Publication Items

Your Vote Matters During SEJ’s Upcoming Election [1]

SEJ board president Sadie Babits explains how important your vote is in our 2022 election, the details of the proposed bylaws amendment (a change for the good) and why SEJ needs YOU to thrive.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Your Vote Matters During SEJ’s Upcoming Election [1]
Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [6]

Levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have doubled in the past 150 years due to human activity, particularly from fossil fuels and extensive farming. As part of an ongoing Society of Environmental Journalists special project focused on covering climate solutions, check out a methane resource toolbox and stay tuned for a methane reporting tipsheet in the coming weeks. Plus, watch the recording [7] of an SEJ virtual webinar, Covering Climate Solutions: Containing and Monitoring Methane.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [9]
Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [6]
Meeting the Challenge of Making More Money [27]

A career as an environmental journalist can be fulfilling — but it can also leave you crying all the way to the bank. Freelance Files gets guidance from four veteran journalists who’ve made the money side of independent reporting work better for them. Plus, six top tips for earning more with your own journalism. No. 1: “Ask for more.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [29]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Meeting the Challenge of Making More Money [27]
Reporter Navigates Ethical Questions in Project on Endangered Species, Free Markets [30]

Rare parrots, captured in the wild and relocated to a European zoo, are at the heart of an award-winning feature that explores the role of private actors in conservation. Journalist Brendan Borrell (pictured, left) talks about the ethical concerns raised by the controversial figure at the heart of his Audubon Magazine piece, and offers advice on making the most of having an investigation scooped.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Biodiversity [33]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Journalism & Media [3]
Wildlife [36]
Region:
International [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [37]
Europe [38]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Reporter Navigates Ethical Questions in Project on Endangered Species, Free Markets [30]
Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts [39]

When a young Ohio-based journalist found her interest piqued by the environmental impacts of wood-burning stoves, she turned — for a second time — to the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Her grant helped her dig deeper and, ultimately, produce a report for Undark. Reporter Diana Kruzman shares her experience with both FEJ-funded projects, along with advice for other grant seekers, in the new StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [10]
Consumer [41]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [34]
Government [15]
Health [42]
Journalism & Media [3]
Pollution [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts [39]
WTO Deal on Fishing Subsidies May Reduce Ocean Overfishing [44]

A new World Trade Organization agreement to limit global overfishing may yield important stories for environmental journalists, as billions of people around the world rely on already heavily exploited fish stocks as their main source of protein. This Backgrounder offers details on the pact and how it tries to address the problem, while providing resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [29]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Food [47]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Water & Oceans [48]
Wildlife [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [4]
Asia [49]
Europe [38]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about WTO Deal on Fishing Subsidies May Reduce Ocean Overfishing [44]
Covering Sharks in Shark Week's Wake — You're Gonna Need a Bigger Meme [50]

Despite how it looks on annual summer “shark attack”-style TV programming, the danger sharks represent to humans is dwarfed by the danger we represent to sharks. The latest TipSheet explores how mass media can distort the reality behind sharks and miss the point of their ecological value — and sheer wonder. Get ideas to better report the real story behind sharks.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Journalism & Media [3]
Water & Oceans [48]
Wildlife [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Covering Sharks in Shark Week's Wake — You're Gonna Need a Bigger Meme [50]
Can Qatar’s World Cup Really Be Carbon Neutral? [52]

Qatar — the world’s highest carbon emitter on a per capita basis — made big promises in its winning bid for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But will they deliver? Doha-based journalism professor Craig LaMay writes that while sports megaevent hosts face increasing pressure to address environmental concerns, critical coverage of their follow-through is challenging, especially in countries with no free press or public right to government information.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Economy & Business [29]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [15]
Infrastructure [54]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [17]
Technology [21]
Transportation [55]
Waste [56]
Water & Oceans [48]
Region:
International [4]
Canada [57]
Africa [58]
Asia [49]
Europe [38]
Middle East [59]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Can Qatar’s World Cup Really Be Carbon Neutral? [52]
Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health [60]

As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists publishing project focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at ocean-based solutions. In this special tipsheet, ocean scientist and science writer Juli Berwald offers a primer on the climate-related challenges and possibilities in the global ocean’s physics, chemistry and biology. Plus, check out an expanded toolbox [61] with reporting resources and watch a recent SEJ webinar [62].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [33]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [35]
Environmental Studies [14]
Fish & Fisheries [46]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [48]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [4]
Antarctica & Arctic [63]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health [60]
Beat Reporter Looks to Get Ahead of the Story [64]

As Brazil’s wetlands burned and as the country illegally shipped wood from the Amazon and scaled back environmental enforcement amid the pandemic, award-winning journalist Jake Spring of Reuters was there, telling tough, sometimes dangerous stories. Spring shares insights into his “just the facts” reporting, including the surprises and the lessons, and offers some practical advice in this Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [65]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Region:
International [4]
South America [66]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Beat Reporter Looks to Get Ahead of the Story [64]

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