Publication Items

Temperature Shift Tool May Help Journalists Clarify Climate Impacts [1]

A climate modeling service designed for journalists may help them not only survive a hot summer but to cover it better too. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox takes a look at the Climate Shift Index, developed by Climate Central, designed to isolate what part of the heat is due to climate change, pinpointing days and places, and providing useful maps.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Environmental Journalists, Idling in Idaho [9]

With the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 32nd annual conference in Boise now behind us, humorist David Helvarg offers a sharp-witted, albeit affectionate, skewering of the five-day gathering, everything from the host state’s politics to the innumerable sessions and the final blowout party. Prepare for punnage. Plus, check out the evolving multimedia coverage [10] of the event, and watch for session audio recordings to come.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [12]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [13]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [21]
Policy [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Funding Initiative May Help Surface Overlooked Environmental Justice Stories [26]

A new government-organized network of environmental justice assistance centers may not only assist the community groups applying for billions in federal funds but could also help point environmental journalists toward undercovered stories on the beat. The latest TipSheet explains how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiative will work and how to locate the centers for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [28]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [29]
Journalism & Media [4]
Policy [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Why Journalists Should Investigate the Twin Mental Health and Climate Crises [30]

The complicated interplay between climate change and trauma, poorly understood and little covered, is holding back the response by individuals and communities to the realities of the climate crisis, argues the head of a network of mental health and other organizations. Here’s what he has found when it comes to how climate-generated anguish is blocking climate solutions and what can be done about it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [28]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Justice [16]
Health [33]
Policy [22]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [35]
Northwest (OR WA) [36]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
International [7]
Canada [38]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Reporters Can Address Uncertainty Over Local Risk of Rising Seas [39]

U.S. coastal counties are home to 127 million people, making the risk to life and property of flooding from sea level rise a serious one. But how great that risk is varies widely from place to place. So the latest TipSheet makes the case for environmental journalists to explain the local reality to their audiences. Get context, story ideas and resources to do just that.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [40]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Studies [41]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [42]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Public Lands Face New Challenges in Today’s Energy, Climate Landscape [43]

The debate over drilling on public lands goes back decades. But now our view of how — or even whether — to use public lands faces the unprecedented reality of climate change, fire, drought, floods and the transition to clean energy. The latest Backgrounder explains how we got here and where the current battles rage, including over the Alaskan North Slope’s massive Willow Project.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [28]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [14]
Environmental Health [15]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [19]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Natural Resources [21]
Policy [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [46]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [47]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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SEJournal News: Environmental Justice Writer To Launch Column; New Editors Join [48]

Veteran environmental justice reporter and co-founder of The Uproot Project Yessenia Funes has signed on with SEJournal to inaugurate the publication’s new environmental justice column. Funes joins the masthead this spring and expects to publish her first quarterly column this summer. Also, SEJournal has brought on a group of new editors to bolster its Inside Story, FEJ StoryLog, Features and other sections. See who our new volunteers are.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [12]
Environmental Justice [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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New TSCA Chemical Data Can Help Deepen Reporting [49]

Most environmental journalists are familiar with the Toxics Release Inventory as a data reporting tool. But there’s another potentially useful chemical reporting database, this one focused on the highest-volume chemicals. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores the Chemical Data Reporting National Review, reports on how its data is gathered and shares its strengths — and some weaknesses.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [50]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Pollution [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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With 'Silent Spring Revolution,' Historian Brings Pivotal Environmental Era to Life [52]

For BookShelf Editor Tom Henry, historian Douglas Brinkley's latest volume is a remarkable opportunity for anyone seeking an in-depth understanding of the “Great Environmental Awakening” and the myriad personalities that helped drive it. And not just the names you’d expect, but unlikely ones such as convicted Watergate figure John Ehrlichman, MLK Jr. widow Coretta Scott King and UAW President Walter Reuther. Discover what other lessons abound in this “utterly brilliant” new book.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [28]
Environmental Justice [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [20]
Laws & Regulations [45]
Policy [22]
Pollution [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Seasonal Fishing Stories Reflect a Changing Environment [54]

As fishing season begins in many parts of the United States, climate change and pollution can make the sport a, well, can of worms. For the latest TipSheet, though, that means insights and stories for environmental journalists. A thumbnail on key issues, with story ideas and reporting resources. Plus, for those going to #SEJ2023 Boise, famed fishing spots.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [51]
Water & Oceans [23]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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