Publication Items

Investigative Journalists Define Crossing the Line [1]

Research suggests that the news media block or transform "beyond recognition" the aims of environmental and other activist groups. But a recent study suggests otherwise. It concludes that investigative journalists often are activists, but they stay within professional boundaries.

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Backgrounders [2]
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Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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In the Eye of the Newsworld Storm [6]

The key ingredient of credible daily journalism — the passion to make a difference — will lead to a bright future, no matter which medium delivers it.

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Features [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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The World Changes and Twirls Us Back Toward Place [8]

SEJ President Christy George explains why she's convinced that an awareness of "sense of place" adds a deeper dimension to our reporting. What is nature writing if not an exploration of very particular places? And I mean nature writing in the broadest sense, including writing about PCBs, CFCs, or CAFOs.

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SEJ Presidents Report [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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SEJournal Spring 2009, Vol. 19 No. 1 [10]

In this issue: New media add to coal-ash coverage; Getting started with podcasts; Newsroom cuts impact E-beat veterans; more...

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SEJournal Online [11]
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Public [5]
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Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer [12]

Two competing bills before Congress would pay people to scrap old, inefficient vehicles. But some say the proposed legislation is not as green as it looks and other factors need to be taken into consideration.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Waste [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Fungus Potentially Threatens Millions of Bats [18]

White-nose syndrome, an increasing cause of bat mortality, is spreading. Bats play an important role in controlling insect populations and pollinating plants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [19]
Region:
International [20]
Canada [21]
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [22]

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [23]
Government [24]
Science [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [28]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Toolbox: EPA's Pesticide Emergency Exemptions Database [29]

There could be a story breeding behind the emergency pesticide exemptions — which could number in the hundreds — in your state.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Government [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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After Secrecy Claims, Bayer's Own Lapses Revealed as Biggest Threat [32]

A U.S. Chemical Safety Board public hearing, delayed for a month due to Bayer's pleas for secrecy, finds lack of safety to be contributing factors to the 'accident' that killed two at an Institute, WV, plant in August 2008.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [31]
Disasters [23]
Environmental Politics [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Trade Secrets" — Largely Untested Grounds for Toxic Secrecy [35]

Witnesses at a House Energy Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection hearing in February said excessive and unjustified claims of "confidential business information" dampen EPA's efforts to regulate commonly used chemicals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [36]
Chemicals [31]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Government [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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