Publication Items

"North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Fish & Fisheries [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Journalism and Science Students Take to Field Together [13]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [15]
Journalism & Media [16]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Journalism and Science Students Take to Field Together [13]
Backroom Plot To Scuttle Wisconsin FOIA Falls to Disclosure, Outrage [17]

When a stealth legislative move to dismantle Wisconsin's open records law was revealed this month, a statewide uproar caused sponsors to back off. Appropro that the old lesson "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" would be taught once again around July 4, 2015.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [19]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Backroom Plot To Scuttle Wisconsin FOIA Falls to Disclosure, Outrage [17]
Coast Guard Spill Database Rendered Almost Useless for Reporters [20]

There used to be a searchable, online database of oil and chemical spill reports that reporters could turn to in an emergency to get insight into important breaking news. But ham-handed security efforts have sabotaged the public's right to know. Right now, emergency responders are working on a spill of a cancer-causing fuel additive known as MTBE. But news reporters probably couldn't get much if any helpful information from the database today (we checked).

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Government [19]
Military [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Coast Guard Spill Database Rendered Almost Useless for Reporters [20]
Ohio Utilities Seek To Keep Reasons for Public "Bailout" Secret from Public [25]

Three major electric utilities want the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to make ratepayers pay for aging and unprofitable coal and nuclear generation plants in that state. But the ratepayers — the utilities claim — aren't entitled to know whether they might be ripped off.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [26]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [28]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Ohio Utilities Seek To Keep Reasons for Public "Bailout" Secret from Public [25]
News Innovation an Essential Skill for New Journalists [29]

In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal (Spring), we debut the new EJ Academy column (a place for educators and students to explore current research on environmental journalism) with University of Michigan's Emilia Askari sharing how she and SEJ member Julie Halpert teach news innovation à la Knight Challenge style.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [5]
Health [30]
Journalism & Media [16]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about News Innovation an Essential Skill for New Journalists [29]
SEJ Objects to Illegal Military Police Treatment of Toledo Blade Journalists [31]

In a strongly worded April 9, 2014, letter by SEJ Executive Director Beth Parke and SEJ WatchDog Project Director Joseph A. Davis, SEJ urged Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to apologize to the Toledo Blade and direct military employees not to let such illegal actions happen again: Blade journalists Jetta Fraser and Tyrel Linkhorn were detained March 28, 2014 by military police in a public area outside the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center in Lima, Ohio. Fraser was held in handcuffs, and military police threatened sexual violence against her.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
Military [23]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about SEJ Objects to Illegal Military Police Treatment of Toledo Blade Journalists [31]
Adopting Climate Adaptation Messages [32]

Special Report: Part Four

By LEE AHERN

Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [4]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Adopting Climate Adaptation Messages [32]
IJNR Institute Inspires Reporters To Get on Their Boots [34]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [16]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about IJNR Institute Inspires Reporters To Get on Their Boots [34]
Whodunit? The Case of the Disappearing Dilbit [36]

InsideClimate News' Lisa Song notes that US EPA's website had originally shown 1,149,460 gallons of oil recovered from the 2010 Enbridge spill near Kalamazoo, Michigan. Sometime in mid-March 2013, she reports, that number was removed from the EPA site and replaced by one much lower, the amount Enbridge claims was spilled.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [22]
Disasters [21]
Region:
Canada [37]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
National (U.S.) [24]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Whodunit? The Case of the Disappearing Dilbit [36]

Special Report: Part Four

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