Publication Items

SEJournal Fills Associate Editor Slot, Expands Feature Content [1]

SEJournal has a new face — that of just-hired Associate Editor Frances Backhouse, a long-standing member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and a veteran freelancer and author based in Canada. Backhouse will work with the SEJournal’s staff and volunteer editor team to bring in new features from volunteer contributors with journalistic and environmental expertise to share. Meet Backhouse and find out more about her role at the weekly online magazine.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
International [5]
Canada [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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A Chance To Widen Public Information About Chemical Hazards [8]

For years, public information about some of the deadliest chemical security risks has been limited. But now that the Biden EPA is exploring the issue, our latest WatchDog opinion column explains why this is such an important open information issue for environmental reporters and other journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [10]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Policy [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
International [5]
Asia [18]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Covering New IPCC Reports Helps Explain Gravity of Climate Crisis [19]

A new science assessment released this week pinpoints more global warming risks, but also represents reporting challenges to environmental journalists working to cover climate change. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn has the latest news from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and advice for reporters working the climate beat. Plus, links to other climate change reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [11]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [26]
Forests [27]
Government [28]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [29]
Policy [16]
Science [30]
Transportation [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
International [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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A Look Back at the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement [33]

The origins of the struggle to protect animal welfare began with preventing the brutal mistreatment of carriage horses. And a new volume explores how one man did much to extend those protections to many species with the founding of the ASPCA. Our BookShelf has a review of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [35]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [36]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [37]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [38]
International [5]
Europe [39]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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As Climate Change Brings Extreme Heat Events, Human Health Is a Casualty [40]

With heat waves driven by global warming pounding parts of the western United States this summer, environmental journalists mustn’t overlook the toll on especially vulnerable populations, among them disadvantaged groups, the elderly, those in low-income housing and more. The latest Issue Backgrounder helps reporters understand heat’s health effects, track heat-vulnerable populations and clarifies how communities can prepare and prevent the worst public health impacts.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [42]
Disasters [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Health [13]
Infrastructure [43]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
California [45]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
International [5]
Canada [6]
Europe [39]
Middle East [47]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Solar Panel Stories Can Shine for Local, Regional Reporters [48]

As the solar panel business resurges, the wide scope of possible regional and local story angles — climate, tech, consumer, business, jobs, air quality and grid reliability — make bright prospects for journalists. The latest TipSheet sets out recent political and market developments, along with more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [28]
Infrastructure [43]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [51]
Policy [16]
Technology [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
International [5]
Asia [18]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Journalists Team Up To Continue Colleagues’ Work Exposing Mining Risks [53]

Environmental journalists around the world sometimes pay for their work with their freedom, safety or even their lives. The Forbidden Stories network continues the reporting of some of those journalists, and a team there recently produced an award-winning collaboration to investigate troubles at mining giants in Central America, South Asia and East Africa. “The Green Blood Project” in this month’s Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [54]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [55]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [50]
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [56]
Waste [57]
Water & Oceans [32]
Region:
International [5]
Africa [58]
Asia [18]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Uncovering Inequality’s Roots in Timber Poaching [60]

Journalist Lyndsie Bourgon had covered timber poaching in the Pacific Northwest for over a decade when she decided to expand her scope, heading to the Peruvian Amazon to explore old-growth poaching there. In FEJ StoryLog, she shares the ups and downs of that project, made possible in part by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Fund for Environmental Journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [24]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [25]
Forests [27]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [51]
People & Population [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [46]
International [5]
Canada [6]
South America [62]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Is Investor Activism Really Greening Corporate Policy? [63]

Corporate boardrooms are increasingly arenas in the fight over the future of energy and the environment, making it vital for journalists to understand the players, their motivations and the potential impacts on business planning. The new Issue Backgrounder explores the implications of recent news around investment policy, explaining some of its origins and deciphering the shifting scrimmage ahead.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [55]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [42]
Economy & Business [50]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [3]
Policy [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
International [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Reconciling the Divide — How To Report Environment and Religion Together [64]

New thinking and narratives are needed to solve complex environmental challenges like the climate crisis. But for journalists, the ongoing split between religion and environment beats hampers that effort. It’s a reality environmental journalist Meera Subramanian knows from conversations at her own kitchen table. So she helped organize a recent Society of Environmental Journalists’ webinar to explore closing the gap.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [22]
Diversity [65]
Journalism & Media [3]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [66]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
International [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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