Publication Items

Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017 [1]

Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Getting Started on the Sustainable Ag Beat [17]

There's a growing movement toward food production that factors in not only profitability, but environmental health and social equity as well. Our latest Reporter's Toolbox gets you started with some basic resources on the sustainable agriculture beat —who's doing research, finding local resources, tracking the chatter and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide [20]

At a time when government information may be harder than ever to access, WatchDog offers a unique guide to leaks that reporters can offer potential whistleblowers. Also in the latest column, sealed records on a weedkiller-cancer connection, secret talks on coal-ash regs and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Chemicals [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [24]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [26]
Waste [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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The Art of the Essay for Science and Environment Writers [28]

What makes for an effective science or environment essay? Freelance Files contributor Michelle Nijhuis explores universal qualities of the best work: It begins with a persistent question that sets the essayist off on a journey of discovery. Also, practical tips on how to get published beyond the essay departments of major magazines.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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FEJ Grant Supports Creation of Times-Picayune's Louisiana Coastal Reporting Team [30]

The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com will create a Louisiana Coastal Reporting Team in early 2017, made possible in part through a major grant from SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism. The new team will be co-led by longtime SEJ member and award-winning environment reporter Mark Schleifstein. A national search is under way for two additional environmental journalists to work full-time on the Team.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Finding the Stories Beneath the Snow and Ice [32]

Drought, flooding, water pollution, road conditions, shipping, climate change, even recreational activities like skiing, skating and ice-fishing — these are all potential stories around the white stuff, some with big environmental consequences. This week's TipSheet offers resources for local coverage of ice and snow.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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What Challenges Face Enviro Journalism Teaching? [34]

A look at major challenges encountered by teachers of environmental journalism found many: Fluctuating support from administrations and students, advocacy concerns, balancing technology and storytelling, and addressing dim career prospects. Insights — and solutions — from the new EJ Academy column.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Studies [36]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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U.S. Bars Canadian Photojournalist En Route To Cover Dakota Pipeline Protests [37]

The SEJ has voiced concerns to the U.S. government over an incident in which a Canadian photojournalist en route to cover the Dakota Access Pipeline protests was searched at the U.S. border, then prevented entering. The latest WatchDog TipSheet outlines the free speech implications, including for U.S. reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [14]
Canada [38]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Covering Wildfire Is No Longer Seasonal Work [39]

Deadly fires that swept Tennessee are harbingers of a new normal for these massive burns, driven by drought and climate factors to become a year-round, multi-region phenomenon. Our in-depth backgrounder offers dozens of resources, plus tips and ideas for improving your wildfire coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [41]
Forests [42]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [43]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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Analysis: Whither Transparency Under Trump? [48]

A flap over pool coverage of President-elect Trump may prove a prologue to new challenges for the news media. Will journalists have access to the sources and information needed to do their jobs, including covering coming policy battles over the environment? Our WatchDog editor reads the signals on press relations under a Trump Administration. Photo: By Marc Nozell [49] (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 [50]].

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [16]
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