Publication Items

As Climate Change Brings Extreme Heat Events, Human Health Is a Casualty [1]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
California [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
International [16]
Canada [17]
Europe [18]
Middle East [19]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Solar Panel Stories Can Shine for Local, Regional Reporters [21]

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 [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [25]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [26]
Policy [27]
Technology [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [16]
Asia [29]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Journalists Team Up To Continue Colleagues’ Work Exposing Mining Risks [30]

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 [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [23]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
International [16]
Africa [37]
Asia [29]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Uncovering Inequality’s Roots in Timber Poaching [39]

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 [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [41]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
International [16]
Canada [17]
South America [42]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Is Investor Activism Really Greening Corporate Policy? [43]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [10]
Policy [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [16]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Reconciling the Divide — How To Report Environment and Religion Together [44]

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 [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [46]
Journalism & Media [10]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [16]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Digging Deep Into an Insect ‘Die-off’ When the Data Is Missing [48]

Even with a book in the works and a pledge to not take on new projects, freelance environmental journalist Jeremy Hance couldn’t say no to a series on global insect decline. Despite missing data and numerous other challenges, the resulting project was an award-winning example of explanatory reporting. Insights and lessons learned, in the new Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [49]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Studies [50]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [51]
Wildlife [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
International [16]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Ready for Climate Change-Induced Grid Blackouts Along With Heat Waves? [53]

Climate change can mean doubling down on disasters, such as a combination of widespread power outages with the kind of extreme heat that kills. The latest TipSheet explores why such simultaneous disasters are so dangerous, where they’ve happened already, why they are increasingly likely to happen again and how to prepare to cover them in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Health [8]
Infrastructure [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Planning & Growth [54]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [55]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Northwest (OR WA) [15]
International [16]
Europe [18]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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“Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism” [57]

While a “Handbook of Environmental Journalism” might initially sound like a scholarly work on environmental journalism, our BookShelf reviewer finds that the volume reads more like an engaging assembly of accessible accounts on the profession from colleagues across the planet. That makes it a rich resource for working journalists ... and anyone else with a passing interest in environmental issues and how they’re covered.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [7]
Forests [41]
Health [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [59]
Waste [35]
Wildlife [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [60]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [61]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
International [16]
Africa [37]
South America [42]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes [63]

Dangerous storm surge that often follows hurricanes can be the focus of life-saving journalism. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists get ahead of storm surge with a key resource — a powerful government database and related maps showing surge hazards. Together with real-time advisories and a better understanding of what causes storm surge, Toolbox helps you better cover this danger.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [5]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Water & Oceans [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [56]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [61]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [65]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [62]
International [16]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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