Publication Items

Dams and Levees: What You Don't Know Might Kill You [1]

Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are at risk from potential dam disasters, yet state and federal agencies hold to a policy that amounts to "out of sight, out of mind." The biggest danger, apparently, is that the public might find out about the dangers, and criticize insufficient dam safety measures, inconvenience private dam owners, depress real estate values, or demand public spending that is politically painful for those in office.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [6]
Disasters [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Dams and Levees: Introduction [9]

This special issue of the WatchDog focuses on the transparency of safety information related to dams, levees, impoundments, and related water-control structures. For environmental journalists, these subjects offer a goldmine of great story possibilities. These are stories that have not been covered much in the past decade, and stories that fit well at the local, state, or regional level.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [6]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Disasters [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Get Feet Wet on Coastal Adaptation [11]

Special Report: Part Three

By KATE SHEPPARD

Americans — and humans in general — have long flocked to the coasts. Thirty-nine percent of the U.S. population, or about 123 million of us, live in coastal counties. But many in coastal areas are finding it increasingly less hospitable due to sea-level rise and extreme weather events linked to climate change. As communities figure out how to adapt to these changes, it is often environmental journalists who are being asked to cover these complex stories.
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [3]
Planning & Growth [4]
People & Population [5]
Climate Change [12]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [13]

Special Report: Part One

By CHRIS CLAYTON

If you’re looking to connect average Americans to climate change and to how they will have to adapt to it, why not report on the future of food and agriculture? After all, most Americans may not visit the polar ice caps, but everyone needs to eat.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Food [14]
People & Population [5]
Planning & Growth [4]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [13]
Climate Adaptation Story Reaches Tipping Point [15]

This special report on climate change adaptation will help environmental journalists better understand and cover this growing topic. Top-notch beat reporters share how to best get at the nuts and bolts of adaptation in coastal communities and agricultural ones, a leading communications thinker shares insights into the “message” of adaptation, and we provide snapshots of a few of the many noteworthy adaptation projects, as well as the special challenges faced in one developing nation.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Journalism & Media [18]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat [19]

SEJ President Don Hopey reminds us it’s good to remember that environmental journalism can play an important role in digging out the information an increasingly distracted public needs to make tough policy decisions about their environment and health.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [18]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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"Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [21]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [18]
Military [23]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [21]
"Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project" [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [25]
Journalism & Media [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [26]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project" [24]
"The Last Atoll: Exploring Hawai’i’s Endangered Ecosystems" [27]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [28]
Planning & Growth [4]
Pollution [29]
Wildlife [30]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "The Last Atoll: Exploring Hawai’i’s Endangered Ecosystems" [27]
"Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America ’s Children" [31]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [32]
Environmental Politics [33]
Health [34]
People & Population [5]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about "Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America ’s Children" [31]

Special Report: Part Three

Special Report: Part One

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