Publication Items

Maryland Legislature Threatens Law Clinic For Defending Chesapeake Bay [1]

In the face of public outrage (and press coverage), the legislature partially backed down — but kept a requirement that the law clinic report to the legislature on whom it represented.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Government [5]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Federal Anti-SLAPP Bill Could Help Bloggers, Freelancers [8]

A bill to protect journalists and citizens against "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" suits has been introduced in Congress but is unlikely to go far unless more members get behind it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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New Move Afoot To Let Taxpayers Read CRS Reports They Pay For [10]

A proposed bill would give the public better access to information about members' personal financial information, travel and gift reports, funding earmarks, committee work and reports, recorded floor votes, lobbyist registration and disclosure, and political contributions.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Deadline for Fed Agency Open Government Plans Is Today, April 7 [11]

As this issue of the
WatchDog
went to press, major environmental agencies had not yet posted their plans online. Find links to look for them here.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Puts HERO Risk-Study Database Online [12]

Environmental reporters covering health risks from chemical exposure have another searchable, free tool in the Health & Environmental Research Online database, which catalogs scientific articles and studies the agency uses to make its decisions based on risk to health and environment.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [14]
Health [15]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Puts HERO Risk-Study Database Online [12]
Private Water Wells Commonly Contaminated in Canada [16]

A University of Alberta researcher publishes his findings online March 15, 2010, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [4]
People & Population [17]
Region:
International [18]
Canada [19]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Makes Chemical Inventory Freely Available [20]

Search and sort 84,000 selected chemicals manufactured, used, or imported into the US — minus 17,000 still hidden from the public due to claims of business confidentiality.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [14]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Money Flows As Elections Loom [21]

The newly upgraded and expanded MAPLight.org will help you make connections between lobbying and campaign contributions and the actions of members of the US House and Senate, including their votes on specific bills and issues.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [22]
Health [15]
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Money Flows As Elections Loom [21]
Small Texas Daily Tackles Complex Issue By Focusing on a Basic Human Need: Safety [23]

Denton Record-Chronicle city hall reporters Lowell Brown and Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe tackle environmental issues as part of their everyday coverage. SEJournal has the inside story on their award-winning shale-gas-drilling series, which revealed through one neighborhood's ordeal how land deals really work in Texas and the impacts of the controversial technology.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Journalism & Media [27]
People & Population [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJournal Spring 2010, Vol. 20 No. 1 [28]

In this issue: When mute swans become a menace; Multimedia training smorgasbord; Scientist's efforts to "persuade the public" have professional costs; Small Texas daily tackles complex issue by focusing on safety; Journalists using term "green"; Sundance roundup; much more...

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [29]
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Public [7]
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