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More Social Media Tools Strengthen Coverage Of The Environment [1]

By AMY GAHRAN

Media aren't what-or where- they used to be, especially when it comes to news.

As an example, look at May 12, 2008, when in the wee hours of the morning (by U.S. reckoning) users of the popular social media service Twitter broke the news of a major earthquake centered in Chengdu, China, three minutes before the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake reporting site posted its announcement.

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Journalism & Media [2]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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The Biz: Lost In A Digital World? What's A "Print Journalist" To Do? [5]

By BUD WARD
"Print reporter."
For years – make that decades – it was a term I applied to myself with honor.
I figured I'd take it to the grave with me, there being no finer epitaph.

Now, dem's fightin' words. Insulting, disparaging, or, at the very least, anachronistic.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Health Care Journos Call for End to Saddam-Style "Minders" [6]

The Association of Health Care Journalists wrote the Obama administration asking it to end the practice of making reporters go through public affairs offices to arrange interviews with federal experts and, in some cases, having public affairs people monitor those interviews.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [8]
Government [9]
Policy [10]
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Health Care Journos Call for End to Saddam-Style "Minders" [6]
Groups Call On EPA To Settle Suit, Restore TRI [11]

Hundreds of civic groups and individuals called on EPA March 1, 2009, to restore the Toxics Release Inventory to its former usefulness for informing people of what toxic chemicals companies are releasing into their air, water, and land.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [12]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Government [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Groups Call On EPA To Settle Suit, Restore TRI [11]
Ten Good Things on the EPA Web Site [14]

There is a lot of useful government information that is freely available to journalists and the public online. Here are some examples from EPA that can be the building blocks of great stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [9]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
- Read more about Ten Good Things on the EPA Web Site [14]
Commerce Seeks Wildlife Leakers [15]

A Bush-appointed holdover inspector general has teamed up with an ultraconservative Senator in a "plumber" operation aimed at punishing agency employees who revealed attempts to gut the Endangered Species Act via "midnight regulations."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [13]
Biodiversity [16]
Government [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Commerce Seeks Wildlife Leakers [15]
SEJ Backs Free Publication of Tax-Funded Research [17]

SEJ and science journalism groups expressed opposition to a bill that would reverse current policy of free publication of scientific results coming from federal agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [13]
Government [9]
Policy [10]
Science [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about SEJ Backs Free Publication of Tax-Funded Research [17]
Federal Polluters Get New Chance To Sway EPA In Secret [19]

By CHERYL HOGUE
It seems improbable — a regulatory agency officially inviting polluters to secretly influence the scientific judgments it uses in crafting cleanup plans. But it happened earlier this year.

And it's likely to have impacts in the communities you cover, especially if they're facing pollution threats from a nearby military base or a Department of Energy or NASA facility.
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [20]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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SEJ Builds For More And Better Coverage Of Climate Change Story [21]

By TIM WHEELER
No story dominates environmental news coverage these days like climate change. To be sure, there still are pressing environmental issues that have little or nothing to do with climate, such as human exposure to toxic chemicals. Butclimate affects so much of the natural and human world that it encompasses—or at least connects with— many of the traditional environmental stories reporters have covered for years, including fisheries, energy, endangered species and pollution, to name just a handful.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about SEJ Builds For More And Better Coverage Of Climate Change Story [21]
A Fresh Perspective On Climate Change: The Impacts At Home [22]


   An Interview With Beth Daley of The Boston Globe
   By BILL DAWSON
Beth Daley began her Journalistic career 19 year ago at the Newburyport Daily News in
northern Massachusetts. In 1994, she joined The Boston Globe, where she has covered breaking news
and features and was the education reporter before moving to the environment beat in 2001.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about A Fresh Perspective On Climate Change: The Impacts At Home [22]

More Social Media Tools Strengthen Coverage Of The Environment [1]

The Biz: Lost In A Digital World? What's A "Print Journalist" To Do? [5]

Health Care Journos Call for End to Saddam-Style "Minders" [6]

Groups Call On EPA To Settle Suit, Restore TRI [11]

Ten Good Things on the EPA Web Site [14]

Commerce Seeks Wildlife Leakers [15]

SEJ Backs Free Publication of Tax-Funded Research [17]

Federal Polluters Get New Chance To Sway EPA In Secret [19]

SEJ Builds For More And Better Coverage Of Climate Change Story [21]

A Fresh Perspective On Climate Change: The Impacts At Home [22]

An Interview With Beth Daley of The Boston Globe

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