Publication Items

Selective Media Tour on EPA Scandal, ‘Weaponizing’ Transparency and More [1]

The EPA turns to friendly media to share its news, while limiting access to mainstream reporters. And the agency moves to “weaponize” transparency. Those stories, plus, a new way to map political influence on environmental policy, and key reports made public, in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Environmental Studies [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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When Disaster Strikes, Building Codes May Make Things Worse [20]

They may not be the sexiest topics on the environmental agenda. But building codes and zoning can become a matter of life and death when natural disasters strike. This week’s TipSheet runs down the reporting challenge when floods, earthquakes and wildfires threaten your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [22]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [25]
California [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Reducing the Obstacles to Science-Based Local Climate Reporting [30]

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the most surprising findings from a new survey of environmental journalists. It showed a range of challenges in covering local climate change stories. And see what the group behind the survey hopes to do to help reporters and editors address these obstacles.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [32]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Survey: Climate Change News Coverage Needs More Support To Thrive [33]

Newsroom cutbacks are among the many obstacles that environmental reporters face in reporting local climate change stories, per a new survey of members of the Society of Environmental Journalists. The study was conducted with the SEJ by the Climate Matters project at George Mason University to help identify ways to provide reporters with better tools and professional develop training. Get the full results.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Survey: Climate Change News Coverage Needs More Support To Thrive [33]
Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [35]

While environmental themes were less prominent at the Sundance Film Festival this year, our correspondent JoAnn Valenti unearthed ecological messages from documentaries that explore the emergence of climate change refugees in the face of sea level rise, the escape from modernity into wilderness and the confrontation of environmental threats by young innovators.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [38]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Natural Resources [39]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [32]
Australia & Oceania [41]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Searching for Environment Themes at Sundance 2018 [35]
Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies [42]

There’s little cause to celebrate upcoming Sunshine Week for those who cover Trump administration environmental agencies. The latest WatchDog catalogues how the EPA has adopted a secretive approach and displays frequent hostility to the news media, including with a troubling series of attacks on individual journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Trump, Congress Face Test on Infrastructure Politics, Funding [43]

Infrastructure is much in the news these days, with battles over politics and funding yielding stories for environment reporters. In play are a Trump plan, who gets to pick projects, who pays and much more. But in an election year, how likely are infrastructure plans to move forward? The backstory, with angles for environment and energy, plus what to watch for in 2018, in our Backgrounder on infrastructure.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Planning & Growth [24]
Policy [15]
Technology [45]
Transportation [46]
Waste [47]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
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Policy ‘Confrontation’ is Watchword, Say Journalists at Issue Look-Ahead Forum [48]

Top reporters at an event sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists predicted clashes in 2018 over climate, drilling on public lands, environmental laws, infrastructure, national monuments and more. Here's what these journalistic veterans forecast. Plus, check out the accompanying annual issues guide [49].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Biodiversity [50]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [5]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Policy ‘Confrontation’ is Watchword, Say Journalists at Issue Look-Ahead Forum [48]
OSHA Drops Fatality Data, Science Suppression Tracker and More [51]

OSHA stops publishing on its website a list of U.S. workers who died on the job, a new "Silencing Science Tracker" tool and a journalists' guide to working with whistleblowers are released, plus a powerful politician pressures a scientist on environmental health policy. All in the latest WatchDog TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Science [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about OSHA Drops Fatality Data, Science Suppression Tracker and More [51]
Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [52]

This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. [53] on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here [54].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [36]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [37]
Environmental Politics [9]
Forests [38]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [39]
Policy [15]
Pollution [16]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [25]
California [26]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [56]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
Central America & the Caribbean [58]
Visibility:
Public [19]
- Read more about Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [52]

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