Publication Items

The Year Nature Became Mainstream Medicine [1]

An unusual student journalist, moonlighting in between his Ph.D. training as a clinical psychologist, turned an interest in the ways nature can heal into an award-winning story for a prominent magazine, and in the process helped prompt skyrocketing interest among mainstream physicians in “prescribing nature.” Aaron Reuben shares his experience in the new EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [5]
Science [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Webinar Offers Insight Into Complexities of Environmental Justice Reporting [9]

Long overlooked or misunderstood outside of the communities they affected, issues of environmental equity are now increasingly the focus of both government action and journalistic digging. A recent webinar from the Society of Environmental Journalists explored new developments with this many-layered challenge and offered advice on how it can be better covered. Webinar moderator and reporter Perla Trevizo has a rundown.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Diversity [12]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [5]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Ready for Climate Change-Induced Grid Blackouts Along With Heat Waves? [18]

Climate change can mean doubling down on disasters, such as a combination of widespread power outages with the kind of extreme heat that kills. The latest TipSheet explores why such simultaneous disasters are so dangerous, where they’ve happened already, why they are increasingly likely to happen again and how to prepare to cover them in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Health [3]
Infrastructure [24]
Journalism & Media [4]
Planning & Growth [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
California [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Northwest (OR WA) [29]
International [30]
Europe [31]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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“Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism” [32]

While a “Handbook of Environmental Journalism” might initially sound like a scholarly work on environmental journalism, our BookShelf reviewer finds that the volume reads more like an engaging assembly of accessible accounts on the profession from colleagues across the planet. That makes it a rich resource for working journalists ... and anyone else with a passing interest in environmental issues and how they’re covered.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [34]
Environmental Politics [14]
Forests [35]
Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [36]
Waste [37]
Wildlife [38]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
International [30]
Africa [42]
South America [43]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes [44]

Dangerous storm surge that often follows hurricanes can be the focus of life-saving journalism. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists get ahead of storm surge with a key resource — a powerful government database and related maps showing surge hazards. Together with real-time advisories and a better understanding of what causes storm surge, Toolbox helps you better cover this danger.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [22]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [5]
Water & Oceans [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [40]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [41]
International [30]
Central America & the Caribbean [49]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy [50]

The climate change gas methane, relatively little controlled but with a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide, has been much in the news recently and promises to remain there. The latest Backgrounder helps environmental journalists track the problem by detailing methane’s sources — from oil and gas production, agriculture and landfills — and the politics surrounding its regulation.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [52]
Air [53]
Chemicals [54]
Climate Change [20]
Economy & Business [55]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [56]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
International [30]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Native Tribal Nations Push for Changes in Public Lands [57]

As Native tribal nations successfully exert ancestral rights to land stewardship across the West, journalists covering these developments must first grasp the legal principles that underpin Native governmental sovereignty. But also key is to create and sustain relationships with Native community members. Veteran environment and Indigenous affairs reporter Debra Krol lays out the basics for effective reporting from Indian Country.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Politics [14]
Fish & Fisheries [59]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [56]
People & Population [5]
Policy [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
International [30]
Canada [60]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Reporting on Poor, Kids Sickened by Industrial Air Pollution [61]

Pittsburgh is known for its history of steel production … and of air pollution. In the new Inside Story, reporter Kristina Marusic talks about capturing the health impacts of air emissions in western Pennsylvania, and shares insights on how dogged environmental justice reporting can make the links between pollution cuts and health impacts. Plus, tips on managing a long reporting project, creating infographics and using video.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [53]
Environmental Health [34]
Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [5]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Lawn Chemicals May Make Fertile Soil for Local Environmental Stories [63]

Lawns can be as much bane as boon for homeowners that care for them throughout the United States. But when their maintenance involves the use of pesticides and fertilizers, they become a much wider concern for community health and the surrounding environment. The latest TipSheet combs through the grass for a better understanding of the problem, and offers ideas and resources for local environmental coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [52]
Chemicals [54]
Consumer [21]
Environmental Health [34]
Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [56]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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EPA Scientific Integrity Policy — Good Journalism and Good Science Need Lots of Light [64]

“Science is back at EPA,” declared the agency’s new administrator. But for reporters to do their job means more, argues the latest WatchDog — it means ditching a long-standing policy that requires EPA scientists have permission, along with press office “minders,” for interviews. Why that holds back quality journalism and government responsibility to protect public health. Plus, how past agency appointees have overruled science.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [65]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [4]
Policy [16]
Science [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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