Publication Items

Kentucky Legislature Weighs "Ag-Gag" Bill [1]

Kentucky is the latest state to consider legislation criminalizing undercover photography of animal abuse in farm operations, which often ends up in the news. But Democratic Rep. Joni Jenkins (pictured), who sponsored the measure to which the Senate attached the Ag-Gag language, says she won't call it up in the House.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Food [5]
Laws & Regulations [6]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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"For God, Country & Coca-Cola" [9]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [11]
Consumer [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Forests [14]
Pollution [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "For God, Country & Coca-Cola" [9]
"State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love" [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [18]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "State of the Heart: South Carolina Writers on the Places They Love" [17]
Adopting Climate Adaptation Messages [19]

Special Report: Part Four

By LEE AHERN

Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Adopting Climate Adaptation Messages [19]
Host City for SEJ Conference Maintains Sustainable Attitude [22]

SEJ returns to Chattanooga, Oct. 2-6, for its 23rd annual conference, this time building on and highlighting the city's sustainability theme, which has entered its second generation and garnered worldwide recognition. SEJ President Don Hopey explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [24]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Host City for SEJ Conference Maintains Sustainable Attitude [22]
Freedom of Information Sessions at SEJ's 2013 Annual Conference in Chattanooga [25]

On Saturday, October 5: At 9:00 a.m. SEJ FOI Task Force Chair Tim Wheeler of the Baltimore Sun will moderate a session on overcoming obstacles put up by agency press offices to reporters who want to interview government officials. At 10:45 a.m. WatchDog Editor Joe Davis will present a hands-on session with tips for sleuthing dam and levee stories using federal databases like the National Inventory of Dams and the National Levee Database.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [26]
Planning & Growth [24]
Journalism & Media [27]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Freedom of Information Sessions at SEJ's 2013 Annual Conference in Chattanooga [25]
Halliburton Admits Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence [28]

Journalists who worried about a cover-up during the April 2010 blowout of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico got some vindication this month when Halliburton admitted to destroying evidence. The company agreed to pay $200,000 in fines and donate $55 million to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [16]
Economy & Business [13]
Disasters [29]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Halliburton Admits Destroying Gulf Spill Evidence [28]
Groups Oppose North Carolina "Ag-Gag" Bill [30]

NC's Senate is considering an industry-sponsored bill that would extend restrictions on undercover investigations beyond livestock operations to include other categories of industry. The state's Chamber of Commerce supports it, saying industries beyond agriculture want protection from the reporting of workplace abuses.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [6]
Agriculture [4]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Groups Oppose North Carolina "Ag-Gag" Bill [30]
"Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall" [31]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [32]
Journalism & Media [27]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [24]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [33]
Mexico [34]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall" [31]
State 'Ag-Gag' Laws Spreading, Protect Misdeeds from Scrutiny [35]

While a Tennessee governor vetoed "ag-gag" legislation in that state, bills criminalizing the collection of information about abuses in livestock operations are still being pushed in other states — and the mechanism may be extended to stifle reporting on other environmental abuses.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [6]
Agriculture [4]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about State 'Ag-Gag' Laws Spreading, Protect Misdeeds from Scrutiny [35]

Special Report: Part Four

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