Publication Items

Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [1]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [5]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Diversity [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [16]
Forests [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [25]
Pollution [26]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [27]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
International [36]
Mexico [37]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
Europe [39]
South America [40]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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The Call of the Conch — How Seashells Tell Nature’s Story [42]

Cynthia Barnett’s deeply researched and engagingly written new book, “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” brilliantly weaves together mollusk anecdotes, ocean science and human history as it takes a deep dive into the nature of seashells and the story of their connection to us. Read Tom Henry’s review in the new BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [5]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
International [36]
Asia [45]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [46]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [25]
Pollution [26]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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Grantee Suits Up To Ask If Honeybees Harm Native Species [48]

When Colorado-based freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham suited up in protective gear to investigate if commercial honeybee hives on public lands impact native bee populations, as well as to meet with federal scientists and visit a bee study site, it was a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant that helped her do it. Oldham shares her experience and advice in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [50]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [51]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [52]
Science [28]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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‘Wild Souls’ Explores Paradox of Managing Species To Save Them [54]

What does wildness mean when humans interfere with the lives of wild animals in order to protect them? A new volume, “Wild Souls,” explores that dilemma, whether arising through captive breeding programs to reintroduce the California condor and the gray wolf, by allowing hybridization or through the use of gene-editing tools. A review from BookShelf contributor Jenny Weeks.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Politics [14]
Science [28]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
California [55]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
International [36]
Mexico [37]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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Congressional Infrastructure Bill Loaded With Local Stories [56]

The massive infrastructure measure signed into law last week is a potential mother lode of stories for environmental journalists. If that is, they can figure out where the money is going. The latest TipSheet takes an initial look at the $1.2 trillion plan and offers guidance on how to track down reportable local and regional projects.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Policy [25]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [57]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [50]
Biodiversity [5]
Disasters [8]
Environmental Health [12]
Forests [17]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [23]
Science [28]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
International [36]
Asia [45]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [59]

Plastic waste, already the subject of preliminary international talks, could be increasingly targeted after UN meetings in early 2022. Meanwhile, this ubiquitous product is polluting land, ocean and air in its various forms, as well as through little-understood microplastic particles. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on efforts to forge an international plastics treaty, as well as ideas for how to cover plastic pollution locally.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [6]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [60]
Economy & Business [10]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [15]
Food [16]
Government [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Policy [25]
Pollution [26]
Waste [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
International [36]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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New Landsat 9 Offers Variety of Resource Stories [61]

The launch of NASA’s new Landsat Earth-observing satellite is a reminder to reporters that millions of images from over five decades can help unearth many environmental trends, whether deforestation, coastal erosion, suburban sprawl or wildfire impacts. The new Reporter’s Toolbox explains how the service works and how to access the resource, along with examples of prize-winning stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [50]
Climate Change [7]
Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [51]
Forests [17]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [52]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
International [36]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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“Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System” [63]

A slender new volume makes a substantial case for recognizing (and better protecting) one of America’s most diverse ecosystems — Alabama’s Mobile River Basin. BookShelf Editor Tom Henry reviews Ben Raines’ text, full of fascinating info, images and insights, and which serves as a reminder that some of our nation’s most precious, yet little-noted environments, can be found nearest home.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [5]
Environmental Health [12]
Natural Resources [52]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Visibility:
Public [41]
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