Publication Items

Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters [1]

Disasters driven by climate change can leave a lot of people needing help or being displaced long term. But a key safety net and a central federal aid agency often accomplish little to help climate refugees, reports the latest TipSheet. Get the backstory, plus the outlook, along with questions and resources for stories in your community in the wake of climate disasters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts [20]

When a young Ohio-based journalist found her interest piqued by the environmental impacts of wood-burning stoves, she turned — for a second time — to the Fund for Environmental Journalism. Her grant helped her dig deeper and, ultimately, produce a report for Undark. Reporter Diana Kruzman shares her experience with both FEJ-funded projects, along with advice for other grant seekers, in the new StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [22]
Consumer [23]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [5]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [8]
Pollution [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
International [28]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Going Beyond Sensational Drought Headlines Gives Local Audiences News They Need [29]

As drought continues to afflict the southwestern United States, New Mexico PBS correspondent and producer Laura Paskus writes that environmental journalists must bring home its impact on local communities, while translating the science, making the connection with climate change and holding public officials accountable. Plus, reporting resources and a reminder that the story is too big for any one journalist.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Houston and Other Disasters at #SEJ2022 [32]

If it often feels like the world of environmental journalism is all dour worry over our collective futures, resident humorist David Helvarg is here to remind you that our present is just as scary — if for different, and funnier, reasons. In his latest lampoon of the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference [33], Helvarg shares his trademark jests from Houston. Plus, (straighter) reportage from the gathering at the conference coverage page [34].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Houston and Other Disasters at #SEJ2022 [32]
Houston Plays Host to First On-Site SEJ Conference Since 2019 [35]

Environmental journalists from around the country and beyond will gather in Houston later this month for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 31st annual conference. Widely known as the energy capital of the world, this highly diverse city is an ideal place to drill down on the causes and consequences of climate change and other environmental issues of the day.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [37]
Air [22]
Biodiversity [38]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [40]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Food [43]
Forests [44]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [45]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Science [48]
Technology [49]
Transportation [50]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
International [28]
Mexico [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Europe [55]
South America [56]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [57]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares for its annual conference in Houston this March, the SEJournal asked Texas-based reporter Greg Harman to explore the Lone Star State's most critical stories for 2022. Here, in this special Texas-focused TipSheet, are leads, resources, encouragements and challenges.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [37]
Air [22]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [45]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [27]
Wildlife [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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‘Wild Souls’ Explores Paradox of Managing Species To Save Them [58]

What does wildness mean when humans interfere with the lives of wild animals in order to protect them? A new volume, “Wild Souls,” explores that dilemma, whether arising through captive breeding programs to reintroduce the California condor and the gray wolf, by allowing hybridization or through the use of gene-editing tools. A review from BookShelf contributor Jenny Weeks.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [48]
Wildlife [52]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
International [28]
Mexico [53]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin [60]

The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain more than 40% of the continent, but most coverage of environmental stories within the Mississippi Basin is localized and siloed. The recently launched Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk hopes to help news outlets provide region-wide reporting that contextualizes issues like climate change-driven flooding and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [41]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [42]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [45]
Journalism & Media [8]
Pollution [27]
Transportation [50]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
International [28]
Canada [64]
Mexico [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [65]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [37]
Air [22]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [40]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Infrastructure [45]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [46]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [27]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [61]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [16]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [67]

After an 18-month buildup, a one-day U.N. Food Systems Summit earlier this fall generated hundreds of commitments to end global hunger and a dizzying array of alliances dedicated to the cause. Despite controversies surrounding the summit, this groundbreaking event highlighted opportunities for reporting on food and food systems. Award-winning agriculture journalist Chris Clayton shares his insights.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [37]
Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [38]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [43]
Government [7]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [46]
Natural Resources [68]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Pollution [27]
Science [48]
Technology [49]
Waste [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [62]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [18]
International [28]
Canada [64]
Africa [69]
Europe [55]
Middle East [70]
South America [56]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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