Publication Items

Journalism Groups Oppose Photo Fees and Permits in Va. Local Parks [1]

A coalition of journalism and photography groups, including SEJ, objected to requirements for permits and fees for photography in the public parks of Fairfax County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. In a February 4, 2015, letter to the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA), the 14 groups asked the agency to revise its rules to protect photojournalists' First Amendment rights.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Latest EPA Release of Toxics Data Offers Leads to Environmental Stories [7]

The U.S. EPA has unveiled analysis of its most recent Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data (for 2013). The TRI provides a useful starting point for finding not only local and regional hotspots, but also significant trends.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [8]
Pollution [9]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Canadian Public Not Allowed To Know Kinder Morgan Pipeline Emergency Plan [10]

The expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Canada by the multibillion-dollar Houston firm Kinder Morgan is, to say the least, controversial. So it did not help instill public confidence when Canada's National Energy Board on Jan 16, 2015, ruled that Kinder Morgan did not have to make public its emergency response plans for spills and fires.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Region:
Canada [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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With Environmental Rules at Stake, Dark Money Set To Flood 2016 U.S. Elections [14]

Are megabucks from fossil fuels and other big industries corrupting the election of federal government officials? The U.S. public has little chance of knowing under current rules that are bringing "dark money" to ascendancy in American politics.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Environmental Politics [15]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Local Authority Slaps Permits, Fees on Photography in Parks [16]

Professional photojournalists may again be facing unconstitutional requirements for permits to work in public parks — this time at the county level in a well-heeled District of Columbia suburb. But Virginia's Fairfax County Park Authority is encountering pushback as they conduct an annual review of their fee policies at various park units.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [17]
Policy [18]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food" [19]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [20]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [21]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Between the Lines: Scapegoating the Grey Seal — How an Author Fought Government Information Restrictions [22]

In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal, book editor Tom Henry interviews Nova Scotia-based environmental writer Linda Pannozzo about "The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea: An Investigation into the Scapegoating of Canada's Grey Seal." The book explores how the species has been blamed for the decline in cod fisheries. Photo courtesy Zoe Lucas.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [20]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Mentoring Match: Veteran Freelancer Guides Radio Rookie [23]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Swimming with a New Tide [25]

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [27]
Journalism & Media [3]
Water & Oceans [28]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Committing to Collaboration: How Two Freelancers Pulled Off a Cross-Pacific Partnership [29]

Winnifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little, a former SEJ mentor program pair, describe (with humor!) the process of how they turned their shared interest in the Fukushima disaster's affect on forest ecosystems and rural communities into a successful writing collaboration.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [27]
Forests [31]
Journalism & Media [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Region:
California [33]
Asia [34]
Europe [35]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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