Publication Items

Local Authority Slaps Permits, Fees on Photography in Parks [1]

Professional photojournalists may again be facing unconstitutional requirements for permits to work in public parks — this time at the county level in a well-heeled District of Columbia suburb. But Virginia's Fairfax County Park Authority is encountering pushback as they conduct an annual review of their fee policies at various park units.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Policy [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Mentoring Match: Veteran Freelancer Guides Radio Rookie [8]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Swimming with a New Tide [10]

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [12]
Journalism & Media [3]
Water & Oceans [13]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Committing to Collaboration: How Two Freelancers Pulled Off a Cross-Pacific Partnership [14]

Winnifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little, a former SEJ mentor program pair, describe (with humor!) the process of how they turned their shared interest in the Fukushima disaster's affect on forest ecosystems and rural communities into a successful writing collaboration.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [16]
Journalism & Media [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
Region:
California [18]
Asia [19]
Europe [20]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Waiting for Ansel Adams: Will 114th Congress Legalize Park Photography? [21]

You may have read in recent WatchDogs about controversial federal laws and rules that could restrict photojournalism in federal parks, forests, and rangelands. Now comes the "Ansel Adams bill" that would make it legal to do an activity that is Constitutionally protected. Only someone has to introduce the bill. Photo: Ansel Adams, by J. Malcolm Greany. [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [4]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Arrest of Four Near Hog Farm Tests Utah's "Ag Gag" Law [24]

One way to deal with bad press is to make it illegal. Exposés of inhumane conditions at feedlots and slaughterhouses are being made illegal by state legislatures that pass "ag gag" laws. Now a case in Utah is challenging whether industrial agriculture's claims of secrecy trump the eating public's right to know. Image: Sows in 7'x2' Smithfield Foods gestation crates. By Humane Society of the US [CC], 2010. [25]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [26]
Agriculture [27]
Consumer [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [30]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Northwest (OR WA) [32]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Celebrating 25 Years, Fluff Free [33]

In this last column of his SEJ presidency, Don Hopey addresses the environment beat's necessity and SEJ’s role in it by focusing on two events, one just past, the other approaching quickly.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Thanks to These Generous Members and Friends Who Supported SEJ’s Work in 2013 [35]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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"Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment" [36]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [38]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [39]
Science [40]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Congress Could Still Pass FOIA Reform [41]

There is still a chance that Congress could pass legislation strengthening the Freedom of Information Act before it adjourns. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a fix-FOIA bill (S 2520) November 20, 2014, setting up the possibility of full-Senate floor action. The Society of Environmental Journalists has urged Congress and the President to support such legislation.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [42]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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