Publication Items

Transparency: Still a Legacy Problem with the Obama Administration [1]

Press Secretary Josh Earnest (pictured) highlighted a few of the Obama administration's steps forward on openness in an Aug 30, 2016, letter to the New York Times. But transparent? Not so much, according to many journalists in the trenches, and a large number of news media and journalism groups who have asked for more from the White House and not heard back.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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"Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right" [5]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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The Truth About Teaching: SEJ Academic Members Weigh In [9]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [11]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Chasing Atoms, Sifting Facts on Nuclear Energy Beat [12]

The good news is that in the nuke business, virtually everything is meticulously documented — somewhere. One just has to take the time to find it, since that is where the real story is.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Between the Lines: Collaborators in the Chronicling of Destruction and Hope [15]

For the latest installment of Between the Lines, an author Q & A, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry interviewed award-winning children’s nature book author Lynne Cherry, best known for“The Great Kapok Tree,” which sold more than a million copies and became a staple in elementary schools. Cherry speaks about her career, as well as her longstanding collaboration with the late Gary Braasch, a renowned photojournalist and past SEJ member who passed away March 7 [16].

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Journalism & Media [11]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Databases Can Help Environmental Reporting [18]

Data journalism is in again. Some new databases, including EPA's on beaches and USGS' on dam removals, can help environmental reporters find and investigate local stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Texting During "Open" Meetings an Area of Concern [21]

Is text messaging compatible with open meetings? Courts have for several years upheld the notion that texts can be public records. The problem, of course, is knowing about them — since they are less visible than meeting minutes. Image: © Clipart.com. [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Despite FDA GRAS Rule, Transparency Debate Over Food Safety Continues [24]

Food industry groups generally liked the new rule, saying that it improved transparency. But consumer groups said it did not go far enough. Image: © Clipart.com. [25]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [26]
Food [27]
Health [28]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Caught Fudging Science, Duke Power Attacks Reporters Privilege [29]

Embroiled in a growing scandal about efforts to cover up the science on the threat posed by coal ash to North Carolinians' drinking water, Duke Energy is asking a court to hold a hearing to discover the source of a document leaked to the Associated Press.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [8]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Pollution [32]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [20]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Reporters Mine a Rich Vein of Who Knew What, When, on Climate [34]

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [17]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Politics [8]
Science [33]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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