Publication Items

Covering Climate Change in the Forgotten Places: A Moroccan Journalist’s View [1]

Environmental journalist Khalid Bencherif struggled to bring the emergent effects of climate change to the attention of local audiences facing many other pressing problems. So he told a powerful story grounded in personal experience, traveling to his childhood home in Morocco’s Tafilalet region, where deepening drought is hitting the oases hard and driving many villagers from their homes.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [10]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [11]
Science [12]
Technology [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Africa [16]
Middle East [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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The Year Ahead Will Spark Abundant Environment News — Both Good and Bad [19]

Even as the climate crisis countdown story continues, a wide range of environment and energy issues are on journalists’ watchlist for the year ahead, per an analysis from our “2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [20].” The overview looks at 13 key trends to track in 2022 and beyond — including infrastructure, pandemics, environmental justice, energy, chemicals, plastics and, of course, climate.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [31]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Deep in the Heart of Complexity … Or, the View From Texas [32]

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 [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Air [35]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Infrastructure Funding Coming Soon for Cleanup of Orphan Oil Wells [40]

With billions of infrastructure dollars now on the table to clean up orphan oil wells, states are already elbowing their way in for a taste. But as our new Backgrounder explains, the process to ensure they cannot pollute the environment or spew climate-change gasses is a complex one. And the sheer (and largely unknown) number of orphaned wells adds to the complications.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [28]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Conflict Over Biden’s Offshore Wind Drive To Generate News in 2022 and Beyond [42]

Offshore wind, which some see as a panacea in the search for climate-friendly energy solutions, is getting a push from the Biden administration. But as noted in this week’s TipSheet, part of our 2022 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, there are numerous obstacles to the renewable power source, whether from states, coastal property owners and towns, fishing industry and even some environmentalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [27]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
California [44]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
Northwest (OR WA) [47]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Challenging Another Year of Oil Company Promises [49]

When disinformation pollutes the debate over the environment and climate change, it’s on journalists to recognize industry PR spin and push back against misleading narratives and false narratives, argues the latest WatchDog Opinion column. A look at the industry “playbook” to delay government action, at deceptive language on energy and news media’s obligation to approach the endless pledges skeptically.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [51]
Economy & Business [36]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [31]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin [52]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [53]
Chemicals [21]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [36]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [5]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Government [7]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Pollution [28]
Transportation [29]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [55]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [45]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [31]
Canada [57]
Mexico [58]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Climate Change Policy & Advocacy Library [60]

SEJ offers an extensive Climate Change Resource Guide to reporters and editors, especially those newer to the climate change beat, in order to support their coverage of this all-important topic. On this page you'll find policy and advocacy documents sorted by intergovernmental, governmental and NGO & private sector categories.

Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [31]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Climate Change Topics [61]

As the dust settles on COP28, climate change news abounds. So to help environmental journalists find and report stories on the beat, SEJ Publications continues to expand its growing Climate Change Resource Guide [62]. Explore dozens of new information sources in the just-added Disaster and Extreme Weather [63] section. Plus, hundreds of other topical resources and more in the overarching Guide, including on deadline reporting, local reporting, science 101s, key sources and experts, news sources, and a policy and advocacy library.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [31]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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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 [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [34]
Air [35]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [66]
Environmental Justice [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Health [24]
Infrastructure [25]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [26]
People & Population [10]
Planning & Growth [37]
Policy [27]
Pollution [28]
Waste [30]
Water & Oceans [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [55]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [56]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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