Publication Items

Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List. [1]

The latest release of the annual endangered rivers list provides boatloads of environmental reporting angles, including climate change-related threats like flooding and drought. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory and the new top-10 list, plus 10 suggested starting points for stories and a half-dozen key reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Styrofoam Container Bans May Be Trending [23]

The first state ban on styrofoam food containers makes this a good time to see how things stand with styrofoam in your area, as the controversial plastic draws negative attention for overflowing landfills, causing litter and polluting waters. More, plus story ideas and reporting resources, in this week’s TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [24]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Food [26]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Pollution [10]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [30]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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SEJ Joins Lawsuits; Press Freedom Tracker Gets Update; Docs on ANWR Drilling Concealed, and More [32]

The Society of Environmental Journalists is backing right-to-know lawsuits brought by journalism groups, and a collaborative press freedom tracker gets new funding. Meanwhile, at the Interior Department, one watchdog group angles for environmental impact statements on ANWR drilling, while others track possible conflicts of interest by the acting secretary. That and more in the latest WatchDog roundup.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [34]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Food [26]
Forests [37]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Military [39]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [40]
Pollution [10]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [14]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Doc on Rare Porpoise Wins Sundance Award [42]

An environmental documentary that follows a risk-laden effort to save a rare and elusive porpoise won over audiences at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Correspondent JoAnn Valenti takes a look at the film, along with other documentaries that explore the role of journalists and journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [34]
Economy & Business [44]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
International [45]
Mexico [46]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Capturing a Planet on the Fly [47]

Capturing panoramas from the air has become a passion for veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick. In the latest EJ InSight, our new column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment, Dimick describes how he visualizes the expanding human footprint of the emergent Anthropocene era — by shooting from commercial airplane flights. Plus, Dimick shares his techniques in a how-to sidebar [48].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [50]
Air [51]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Forests [37]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [52]
Planning & Growth [53]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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The 2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [54]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with this "2019 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment" special report. Stay tuned as we continue to add elements to the report up through and beyond its formal launch Jan. 25 at an annual roundtable [55], organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists with the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [51]
Chemicals [24]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Disasters [57]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [36]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Forests [37]
Government [38]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [52]
Policy [40]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Technology [58]
Transportation [59]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [45]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Oversight on EPA FOIA Screening, Covering Pipeline Protests, Feedlot Air Emissions, Data on Illegal Fishing [60]

The new year will likely mean subpoenas on EPA’s FOIA response policies, as a Democrat takes the chair in the House Oversight Committee amid charges the agency is choking off politically sensitive record requests. And are new laws in a dozen states making coverage of pipeline protests a felony? That, plus air emission exemptions for animal feedlot operators and data on illegal fishing. All in the latest issue of the WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [50]
Air [51]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
People & Population [52]
Pollution [10]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Incoming House Democrat Committee Chairs Promise News [61]

What will a divided Congress mean for environment and energy issues? This week’s TipSheet explores the question by looking at the Democrats who will now lead key House committees once the new Congress is seated next year. Take a lightning tour of a half-dozen top panels, their anticipated leadership and the issues they tackle, including drinking water safety, environmental justice and climate change, infrastructure, science policy, natural resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [51]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [44]
Energy & Fuel [35]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Forests [37]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [40]
Pollution [10]
Science [11]
Technology [58]
Transportation [59]
Water & Oceans [12]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Wetlands Mitigation — Why Draining the Swamp Is a Local Story [62]

As the Trump administration challenges wetlands preservation policy under the Clean Water Act, an important related practice has come into question. Mitigation banking — the creation or preservation of one wetland to offset the loss of another — has become a billion-dollar industry. But as this week’s TipSheet reports, the legal and regulatory tangle aside, wetlands permitting and mitigation continues, likely near you. Tracking the local story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [44]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Military [39]
Natural Resources [9]
People & Population [52]
Planning & Growth [53]
Policy [40]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Hunting for Wildlife Stories? Go to a Wildlife Refuge [63]

Long-standing tensions between hunting and conservation mean stories for environmental reporters, especially as hunting season gets underway. But as this week’s TipSheet points out, much hunting also takes place in one of the nation’s most protected habitats — its national wildlife refuges. A look at why, and where, plus a scan of the landscape of sources and resources to tell the story more richly.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Forests [37]
Government [38]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Natural Resources [9]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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