Publication Items

"Burning Rivers: Revival of Four Urban-Industrial Rivers That Caught on Fire" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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"The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half A Billion Honeybees Help Feed America" [8]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [9]
Wildlife [10]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Climate Change Coverage Not Only Dips in Quantity, But Also Shifts in Its Presentation [11]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Secret CRS Reports of Interest to Environmental Journalists [15]

Congress still refuses to publish unclassified reports on subjects of general public interest done by the Congressional Research Service, even though they are funded by taxpayer dollars. Here are several, courtesy of the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [17]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Iowa Outlaws Some Undercover Investigations As Other States Mull Bills [18]

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (pictured) signed the so-called "Ag Gag" bill into law March 2, 2012, making it a crime to obtain access to an agricultural facility "under false pretenses" — without defining "false pretenses." Does this apply to hidden cameras? Animal rights activists have often resorted to hidden cameras — and shared with news media photos and videos of shocking cruelty to animals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [14]
Government [17]
Region:
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Va. Supreme Court Denies Cuccinelli Access to Climate Scientist Emails [20]

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R, pictured at left), who avows himself a global warming skeptic, had sought from the University of Virginia grant applications by former U.Va. climate scientist Michael Mann, creator of the "hockey stick" graph, and emails between Mann and other scientists.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [21]
Climate Change [13]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [22]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJ Members Toast New Books and Projects on Wide Range of Science, Environment Topics [23]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [24]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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So Now You’re A Freelancer. Here Are Some Very Important Things To Consider. [25]

Bud Ward covers topics of interest to freelancers, including cash flow, incorporation, health insurance, business expenses and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Toolbox: Covering Stormwater Pollution and Control [28]

Stormwater becomes a big media story during disasters such as floods and hurricane surges, and it's essential to cover the basics then. But there are dozens of related issues that can contribute to the disaster, and covering them in advance can help your audience understand ways of possibly preventing the peak crises.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [30]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJ’s 2011 Annual Conference in Miami Achieves Many Firsts, Setting New Standard [32]

SEJ News

By JAY LETTO

The Miami extravaganza was easily SEJ’s most ambitious annual conference ever. The star-studded Wednesday evening opening reception set the stage for a whirlwind of activity and news-making field trips and presentations that kept members running and writing till they collapsed Sunday morning at the peaceful Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [24]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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