Publication Items

Your Vote Matters During SEJ’s Upcoming Election [1]

SEJ board president Sadie Babits explains how important your vote is in our 2022 election, the details of the proposed bylaws amendment (a change for the good) and why SEJ needs YOU to thrive.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Your Vote Matters During SEJ’s Upcoming Election [1]
Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [6]

Levels of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have doubled in the past 150 years due to human activity, particularly from fossil fuels and extensive farming. As part of an ongoing Society of Environmental Journalists special project focused on covering climate solutions, check out a methane resource toolbox and stay tuned for a methane reporting tipsheet in the coming weeks. Plus, watch the recording [7] of an SEJ virtual webinar, Covering Climate Solutions: Containing and Monitoring Methane.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [9]
Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Studies [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Methane and Climate Change Toolbox [6]
Meeting the Challenge of Making More Money [27]

A career as an environmental journalist can be fulfilling — but it can also leave you crying all the way to the bank. Freelance Files gets guidance from four veteran journalists who’ve made the money side of independent reporting work better for them. Plus, six top tips for earning more with your own journalism. No. 1: “Ask for more.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [29]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Meeting the Challenge of Making More Money [27]
New Environmental Justice Index Helps ID Vulnerable Communities [30]

Biden administration efforts to measure its response to environmental injustice have spurred the launch of a place-based database that scores individual communities on the issue. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox reviews the new government index and suggests that despite weaknesses, it is still useful as part of a suite of similar tools. Learn more about how to effectively use the new database.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Government [15]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [35]
Policy [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about New Environmental Justice Index Helps ID Vulnerable Communities [30]
Climate ‘Censorship’ Raised in Disinformation Fracas [36]

A recent climate change disinformation kerfuffle involving House Republicans and White House climate czar Gina McCarthy (pictured, left) is an excellent reminder of how journalists can get caught up in the decades-long campaign to deny climate change, argues the latest WatchDog Opinion column. A warning about the effort to weaponize the idea of transparency when it comes to climate change.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [33]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Policy [18]
Science [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Climate ‘Censorship’ Raised in Disinformation Fracas [36]
Reporter Navigates Ethical Questions in Project on Endangered Species, Free Markets [38]

Rare parrots, captured in the wild and relocated to a European zoo, are at the heart of an award-winning feature that explores the role of private actors in conservation. Journalist Brendan Borrell (pictured, left) talks about the ethical concerns raised by the controversial figure at the heart of his Audubon Magazine piece, and offers advice on making the most of having an investigation scooped.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Biodiversity [41]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Journalism & Media [3]
Wildlife [42]
Region:
International [4]
Central America & the Caribbean [43]
Europe [44]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Reporter Navigates Ethical Questions in Project on Endangered Species, Free Markets [38]
Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters [45]

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 [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Justice [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [35]
Planning & Growth [48]
Policy [18]
Water & Oceans [49]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
California [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters [45]
Following Nature on a Transformative Journey Away From the Mean Streets of D.C. [53]

As a young man, Rodney Stotts knew plenty about drugs, guns and poverty and little about the other kinds of wildlife in his hometown. A chance offer of a job cleaning up Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River set him on the path to becoming a master falconer — despite racist resistance — and a mentor to others who share his inner-city roots. BookShelf’s Jennifer Weeks reviews Stotts’ memoir, “Bird Brother.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [54]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Diversity [55]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [49]
Wildlife [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Following Nature on a Transformative Journey Away From the Mean Streets of D.C. [53]
NOAA Data Portal Is a Great Home Port for Environmental Journalists [56]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration database is as vast as the oceans the agency monitors and filled with information collected by a wide array of instruments operating above, below and on the water’s surface. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox delves into the NOAA Data Discovery Portal and takes a look at a new search tool that promises easier exploration of this treasure trove.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [47]
Environmental Studies [14]
Fish & Fisheries [57]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Science [20]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [49]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about NOAA Data Portal Is a Great Home Port for Environmental Journalists [56]
Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts [58]

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 [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [10]
Consumer [60]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [32]
Government [15]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [3]
Pollution [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [22]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
International [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Grants Uncover Downside of Wood Stoves, Water Subsidy Impacts [58]

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