Publication Items

Covering Recovery from Disasters [1]

Jim Schwab, manager of the American Planning Association’s Hazards Planning Research Center, writes in Part 1 of a two-part series about the dynamics of recovery, silver linings, and post-disaster journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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SEJournal Fall 2010, Vol. 20 No. 3 [5]

In this issue: A surge of stories spews from the darkness of the deep ocean BP oil leak; covering recovery from disasters; lionfish, the latest ocean reef invader; SEJ wins prestigious international prize; using humor to promote your online news site.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [6]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Calif. Climate Ballot Fight: National Ripple Effects Either Way [7]

If Proposition 23 passes, it could disrupt plans for many green companies and their suppliers in CA and around the US — not to mention weakening political will in other states, or at the federal level, for tougher green energy policy.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Climate Change [13]
Region:
California [14]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Improved Tsunami Warning System Still Needs Work [15]

A National Research Council report says one of the most significant problems is a continuing lack of communication between federal tsunami warning system officials; local officials and emergency managers; the media; and the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [16]
Planning & Growth [17]
People & Population [9]
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Cities Attack Climate Change, One Kilowatt at a Time [18]

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Canada, US, and Mexico) issued a report on Sept. 17, 2010, illustrating the steps 13 North American cities are taking, from small, planned efforts to reduce building energy use, to comprehensive, multi-sector adopted plans for reducing energy use.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth [17]
People & Population [9]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Economy & Business [12]
Climate Change [13]
Region:
Mexico [19]
Canada [20]
International [21]
National (U.S.) [22]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Report: Nitrogen and Phosphorous Pollution Remains Serious Threat [23]

The USGS study used data from thousands of locations to analyze trends from 1992 to 2004. You can probably find many local and regional stories as these pollutants contribute to various environmental and human health problems.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [16]
Pollution [24]
Health [25]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Chemicals [28]
Agriculture [29]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Government Secrecy Over Pipeline Location, Regulatory Neglect Challenged [30]

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration withholds data about pipeline condition and inspections, meaning pipeline explosions caused by preventable and fixable corrosion are far more likely to kill Americans than any caused by terrorists.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Government [32]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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TSA Likens Photographers to Terrorists [33]

The Transportation Security Administration's recent poster shows a photographer in a hoodie taking pictures at an airport and urging people to call the cops if they saw such a thing.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [32]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Court: BLM Must Release Names of Grazing Permit Holders [34]

The decision could eventually force disclosure for holders of some 18,000 permits across 160 million acres in the West.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [35]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Agriculture [29]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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More Resources for Digging Into the Gulf Spill Story [36]

Despite the new, apparently unwritten law against digging journalistically into the impacts of the spill, there are information resources here that may help you dig into other oil/environment stories as well.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [16]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Disasters [3]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [37]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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