Publication Items

Photog Claims Damages from CalTrans, CHP for Arrest, False Report [1]

The California Highway Patrol lied in reports when it violated the First Amendment rights of news photographer Steve Eberhard of the Willitts News by illegally arresting him to intimidate newsgatherers at a protest site in July 2013, Eberhard says in a legal claim against CHP and Caltrans.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
California [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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FAA Nixes Drones for Journos [7]

Drones might count as new media — and certainly have journalistic uses in covering everything from prairie fires to chemical emergencies. The federal government, which devotes enormous technical resources to spying on its citizens, now says this is illegal. The Federal Aviation Administration issued the ruling, saying there was no grey area: hobbyists can legally fly video drones. But journalists can not. Image: Cade Cleavelin, a science/ag journalism senior at U of Missouri, demonstrates a DJY Phantom quadcopter at the 2013 SEJ Conference in Chattanooga, TN. © Roger Archibald.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [8]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Government [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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The Promise of Flight: Drones and Environmental Journalism [10]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Technology [8]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about The Promise of Flight: Drones and Environmental Journalism [10]
Send Us Feedback: How Is the WatchDog Doing? [12]

Even the WatchDog gets a year-end review. Please let us know how we can help you, what we are doing right, and how we can do better.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Send Us Feedback: How Is the WatchDog Doing? [12]
Fostering Diversity in Environmental Journalism [13]

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [16]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Fostering Diversity in Environmental Journalism [13]
Top Photo Winners Span the Globe [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Wildlife [18]
Region:
Africa [19]
Asia [20]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Top Photo Winners Span the Globe [17]
Award-winning Reporter Shares Insight into Coastal Coverage [21]

Reporter Neena Satija, now with The Texas Tribune, reveals the "Inside Story" on the series she wrote for The Connecticut Mirror, which won SEJ's 2013 Award for Outstanding Beat Reporting, Small Market.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Climate Adaptation Story Reaches Tipping Point [24]
Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat [27]

SEJ President Don Hopey reminds us it’s good to remember that environmental journalism can play an important role in digging out the information an increasingly distracted public needs to make tough policy decisions about their environment and health.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat [27]
"Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [29]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Military [31]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about "Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [29]

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