Publication Items

When Travel Expenses Get Too Expensive [1]

A big reporting jaunt can be a professional thrill. That is, until you consider the upfront costs you might be expected to shoulder as an independent journalist. The latest Freelance Files, from multimedia journalist Gloria Dickie, looks at the realities of travel expenses and offers half-a-dozen workarounds to lighten the load.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Hurricane Reporting, By the Numbers [8]

Smart coverage of the ongoing hurricane season means reporting not just people stories, but numbers stories too. This week’s TipSheet explains and offers half a dozen metrics, including pressure, width, surge and rainfall, to better track these extreme storms. Plus, should there be a “Category 6?”

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
International [6]
Mexico [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [16]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Will State, Local Pesticide Bans Make More News? [17]

When EPA falls short on regulation of pesticides, might states step into the breach? That’s exactly what happened in June when Hawaii banned toxic organophosphate chlorpyrifos. To take a closer look, this week’s TipSheet reports on how federal regulation opens the door for state, or even local, preemption and offers angles and resources for environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Air [19]
Chemicals [20]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Food [25]
Government [26]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Policy [29]
Science [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Canada [31]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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The ‘Dock Deck Doc’ – Multimedia Storytelling in the Web-Wide World [32]

An independent journalist finds a key to survival by building a mini-empire of multiplatform content based on his deep research and extensive interviewing. In our latest Freelance Files column, Silver Donald Cameron shares his so-called “Dock Deck Doc” approach and the collaborative, multimedia techniques that support it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [22]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Forests [34]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [35]
Planning & Growth [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Canada [31]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Disappearing ‘Climate,’ EPA FOIA Surge, Pipeline Docs Ruling and More [38]

A reporter reveals that the National Park Service is deleting references to climate change in an upcoming study of sea level rise, and FOIA requesters are behind a record surge in information lawsuits involving Pruitt EPA. That, plus Keystone XL Pipeline documents and more, in the latest WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Policy [29]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [6]
Canada [31]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Often Misunderstood Estuaries Underpin Environment’s Health [45]

The estuaries that proliferate across the United States can be hard to define — and protect. But their role in a healthy environment makes them a crucial focus of good reporting. The latest Issue Backgrounder explores their importance, the many challenges they face, and how to track the agencies and programs meant to protect them.

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Backgrounders [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [47]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [29]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
California [52]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [12]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [53]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [6]
Mexico [15]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Great Lakes Offer Great Stories to Reporters in the Know [54]

The Great Lakes are not only the largest fresh water system in the world, supplying drinking water to tens of millions. They also face a range of environmental woes that make them ready fodder for reporters. This week’s TipSheet runs down some ongoing developments, plus key resources to cover them.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [18]
Biodiversity [47]
Chemicals [20]
Consumer [55]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [36]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
International [6]
Canada [31]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Reducing the Obstacles to Science-Based Local Climate Reporting [56]

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the most surprising findings from a new survey of environmental journalists. It showed a range of challenges in covering local climate change stories. And see what the group behind the survey hopes to do to help reporters and editors address these obstacles.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [58]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Air [19]
Chemicals [20]
Climate Change [10]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Forests [34]
Government [26]
Health [27]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [29]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Australia & Oceania [59]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [58]
“The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea” [60]

A new book on the Gulf of Mexico earns kudos for the balance and passion of its tone, as well as for its historical storytelling about this important ecosystem and the overfishing, oil spills, hurricanes, explosive growth and poor land-use decisions it faces. BookShelf reviews Jack Davis’ “The Gulf.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [47]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [48]
Planning & Growth [36]
Policy [29]
Pollution [49]
Water & Oceans [37]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Mexico [15]
Central America & the Caribbean [16]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about “The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea” [60]

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