Publication Items

SEJournal Editor Mike Mansur To Step Down After a Decade at the Helm [1]

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel bids farewell to Mike Mansur, who steered the SEJournal through its quarterly publication schedule, working with a team of volunteer editors and writers to produce issues packed with articles that help environmental reporters hone their skills and broaden their depth of knowledge on a variety of topics.

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SEJ Presidents Report [2]
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Public [3]
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My Old Journalism World Has Crumbled, So How Do I Negotiate the New One? [4]

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Features [5]
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Journalism & Media [6]
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Public [3]
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MIT @ 150 = FAST + Light [7]

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Features [5]
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SEJ Annual Awards [8]

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SEJ News [9]
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Public [3]
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Tap the Encyclopedia of Life's Vast Reservoir of Knowledge [10]

From the latest issue of SEJ's biweekly TipSheet: EOL, which is searchable by both common and scientific terms, has vastly expanded its content since its launch in 2008 and now provides extensive nitty-gritty on about half of all described species, as laid out in more than 950,000 pages and more than 760,000 images.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [12]
Science [13]
Biodiversity [14]
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International [15]
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Public [3]
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2012 Snow Cover Starting Out Very Low [16]

Snow cover has many implications, from ski resorts short on snow and farmers who rely on snowmelt for irrigation to firefighters and residents battling major fires in unusual locations in the middle of winter and smothering blizzards in areas at the other end of the extreme snow spectrum this year.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [17]
Disasters [18]
Climate Change [19]
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Public [3]
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EPA Releases 2010 TRI National Analysis [20]

The analysis can be a useful starting point for targeting angles you want to investigate for toxic pollution stories. The raw data also offer numerous ways to look at occurrences and trends in many ways nationally and locally the agency hasn't addressed or emphasized in its analysis.
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TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [21]
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Public [3]
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EPA To Release Dioxin Noncancer Risk Reassessment [22]

The assessments, expected late January 2012, could have wide-ranging direct and indirect effects in realms such as toxic site cleanups, brownfield development, manufacturing processes, domestic food production and sales, and international trade of food and possibly other goods.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [23]
Health [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Chemicals [21]
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Public [3]
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Checking Local Water Use and Scrutinizing Those Big Water Projects Can Benefit Your Community [26]

Author Cynthia Barnett explains water-use truths and fallacies, offers tips for investigating water projects proposed for your audience area, and reports how some of the country’s most progressive engineers and local governments are showing that it’s absolutely possible to live with far less water.

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Reporters Toolbox [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [25]
Natural Resources [17]
Planning & Growth [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
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Public [3]
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SEJournal Winter 2011-12, Vol. 21 No. 4 [31]

In this issue: Documerica photo archive rediscovered; exploring the narrative form; SEJ Miami, according to Helvarg and Letto; important considerations for freelancers; Transparency Watch project raises serious concerns about government access; how to check local water use and scrutinize big water projects; climate change coverage dips in quantity, shifts in presentation; SEJ members' new books and projects.

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SEJournal Online [32]
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Public [3]
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