Publication Items

Court Strikes Down “Ag-Gag” Law; plus a Journalist’s Legal Guide; State Shield for Climate Research and More [1]

A federal court has ruled unconstitutional a Utah law that made undercover filming of livestock operations illegal. What's it mean for similar laws elsewhere? The latest WatchDog has the story, plus news on protecting whistleblowers, a digital journalist's legal guide, shielding of climate info and leaked government reports.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Policy [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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“Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet” [23]

The new book “Climate of Hope” by ex-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Sierra Club chief Carl Pope concludes that, despite partisan obstacles, we have made progress in fighting the planet’s warming.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Studies [25]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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“Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [26]

Author Lisa Palmer tackles a question many experts in the natural and social sciences are also pondering: How can we feed a growing world population in the coming decades when climate change is stressing global food production systems?

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [27]
Economy & Business [6]
Food [10]
People & Population [28]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
International [29]
Africa [30]
Asia [31]
South America [32]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about “Hot, Hungry Planet: The Fight to Stop a Global Food Crisis in the Face of Climate Change” [26]
Opening Pruitt’s Calendar and Saving EPA Climate Info; plus, DAPL FOIA Denied and Hoopla over Senate Hallway Interviews [33]

Unlike his predecessors, new EPA head Scott Pruitt isn't publishing his calendar. Pushback from enviros, plus, EPA's scrubbed climate info starts reappearing on city websites around the country. That and news on a Dakota Access Pipeline FOIA and on reporters fighting for Capitol Hill access in this month's WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Opening Pruitt’s Calendar and Saving EPA Climate Info; plus, DAPL FOIA Denied and Hoopla over Senate Hallway Interviews [33]
Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [34]

The global rise of large-scale, intense and devastating wildfires is the subject of a new book by award-winning photojournalist Michael Kodas, who spoke with SEJournal's book editor about what makes these new fires so different, what role climate change plays and how he joined firefighters amid the flames.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Forests [36]
Journalism & Media [12]
Planning & Growth [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [34]
Award-Winner Looks Ahead to Prospects of a Perfect Storm [38]

Extreme weather hypotheticals can be hard to cover. But when news teams Texas Tribune and ProPublica partnered on an award-winning investigation into how a major hurricane in Houston could kill thousands and cripple the national economy, they produced an innovative digital reporting package that brought home the human impacts.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Economy & Business [6]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Award-Winner Looks Ahead to Prospects of a Perfect Storm [38]
Feds Scrub Climate Info; plus Libel Suit, Spill Catcher, Surveillance & Water Data [41]

As some warned, federal environmental agencies have begun to purge web info on topics like climate change. WatchDog TipSheet has that story, plus items about an unusual libel lawsuit, a news outfit using satellite for groundtruthing, a new source of online water data, how journalists can protect against surveillance and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Feds Scrub Climate Info; plus Libel Suit, Spill Catcher, Surveillance & Water Data [41]
Get Ready for Hurricanes [42]

The 2017 hurricane season officially begins this week and experts say it may be worse than usual. So the latest TipSheet has sources and tools to help you prepare for your hurricane coverage. Understand the importance of landfall and storm path, find out about this year's big wild card, and get tips for staying safe.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Get Ready for Hurricanes [42]
Wildfire Season Comes Earlier, Bringing Broader Stories [45]

Fire season is back, if it ever went away. And it's no longer a natural disaster story limited in geographic scope. Now it's a nationwide U.S. story touching on climate, money, politics, zoning, pollution and more. The latest Tipsheet runs down key information sources, plus what make a good peg for your local wildfire reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [35]
Forests [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
California [46]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Canada [47]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Wildfire Season Comes Earlier, Bringing Broader Stories [45]
Reporters Look Under Regulatory Hood at Dallas Workshop [48]

SEJers heard from top experts in environmental law and the science of communicating to news consumers, as well as receiving training in FOIA, databases and key digital storytelling tools at a four-day workshop in Dallas, held alongside Earth Day Texas. Get the highlights in our report from the late April gathering.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [17]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Reporters Look Under Regulatory Hood at Dallas Workshop [48]

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