Publication Items

“Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle To Save the Florida Panther” [1]

Sometimes in the face of bad news, it can help to laugh a little. That’s what award-winning environmental writer Craig Pittman may help readers do with his new dispatch from the Sunshine State. Our latest BookShelf reviews Pittman’s upcoming witty, truth-telling volume,“Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle To Save the Florida Panther.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Arctic Refuge in Spotlight for 2020 Over 'License to Drill'? [9]

Millions of acres of pristine Arctic wilderness long at the heart of a national debate over energy development and conservation are expected to be in the news again in 2020, with renewed plans to open land for drilling. The latest TipSheet explains the backstory and why the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge matters, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [15]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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‘Red List’ Is Among Top Data Resources on Threatened Species [18]

When it comes to rare species, good news can be equally rare. But that makes their stories all the more compelling to tell. And that’s why our latest Reporter’s Toolbox details a leading database, soon to be updated, called Red List. Plus, other species databases for reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Studies [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Science [23]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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“Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working With Elephants” [25]

A new book, “Giants of the Monsoon Forest,” offers an intimate look at the lives of working elephants in conflict-ridden Myanmar, where one of the planet’s most majestic animals faces increasing pressures. BookShelf reviewer Melody Kemp, based in Laos, describes her own experience with elephants, their surprising history with man and hopeful possibilities for their future.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Forests [26]
Military [27]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
International [24]
Asia [28]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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SEJ Gets High in Fort Collins [29]

Missed the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual gathering in Fort Collins? Never fear, for our in-house humorist David Helvarg has herein recounted the “highs” (and paranoid lows). Among them: oddball scientists, strolls in a snow storm, bad burros and beet-based dinners. Plus, the secret strategy behind SEJ’s conference site selection.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [15]
Policy [32]
Pollution [33]
Science [23]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Who Wins in Latest Expansion of Fishing, Hunting at National Refuges, Fisheries? [35]

A new rule expands hunting and fishing in National Wildlife Refuges and fish hatcheries, and that means potential impacts on critically important public policy around fish and wildlife conservation. The latest TipSheet offers up story ideas and resources for local coverage of the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [15]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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On Remote Hawaiian Islands, Seeing What Few Ever See [38]

There’s nothing like firsthand reporting, even if it means taking a freighter 1,300 miles to the remotest edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago to visit a newly expanded marine national monument. The latest EJ InSights recounts two journalists’ island-hopping journey and their efforts to capture and organize extensive multimedia for an eventual 14-part package. Plus, why they froze their underwear.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [23]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [17]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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“Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease” [40]

Marine ecologist Drew Harvell’s new book makes the case that the world’s oceans are sick and that few are paying enough attention. According to our latest BookShelf review, her “Ocean Outbreak” takes readers on a panoramic journey through the deep, while equipping reporters to better report problems that go well beyond climate change.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Fish & Fisheries [36]
Natural Resources [15]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [24]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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SEJ in Press Freedom Case, Chem Secrecy Bill Fails and More [41]

SEJ joined with several dozen other journalism groups to support the right to film police activity in a public place, and bills to block information of importance to environmental reporters failed in Louisiana, California and Iowa, but a Colorado paper was blocked from covering a wild horse roundup. All that in this month’s WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [31]
Air [43]
Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [45]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [33]
Science [23]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [46]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Between the Lines: Forging a Future for a ‘Forgotten River’ [49]

Washington, D.C.’s long-neglected Anacostia River bears both tragedy and beauty. And author Krista Schlyer plumbs its depths in her most recent book, “River of Redemption.” In this Between the Lines, she speaks of her connection to the urban waterway, as well as her latest reporting on the environmental impact of the border wall.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [20]
Chemicals [44]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [15]
People & Population [50]
Policy [32]
Pollution [33]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [46]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [51]
International [24]
Mexico [52]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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