Publication Items

SEJ 2008 Annual Conference: Phenomenal, Memorable, Practical, Not To Be Missed [1]

By BILL KOVARIK AND KEN WARD
The 18th annual SEJ conference in Roanoke, Va., Oct. 15- 19, hosted by Virginia Tech, is shaping up to be one of the most memorable and practical yet.

• Memorable, because of the extraordinary speakers, the beautiful location, and the easy access to fun networking events.

• Practical, for you as a journalist, because of the wide variety of craft sessions in fully equipped computer labs focused on helping you survive and thrive in a changing news business.
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Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
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Public [3]
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Budget Knives Don't Cut Creativity, Content In The Blogging World [4]

By BILL DAWSON
"Doing more with less."
The phrase is now often lampooned as a preposterous cliché, but newspaper executives must have thought at first that it was an artful way to spin the bad news of escalating staff cuts.

Publisher Joe Pepe of The Commercial Appeal, for example, used the words when he announced in late 2005 that the Memphis newspaper would slash its workforce of 774 by 170 employees.
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Journalism & Media [2]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [3]
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Journalists As Prophets: From the Climate Change Story to the Great Flood [6]

By MARK NEUZIL
Editor's note: We are fortunate to be able to excerpt a small bit of The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy, by Mark Neuzil, that many SEJ members will find interesting, a history of environmental journalism and its roots. We have removed the footnotes from this section, taken from Chapter Two, "Journalism's Prophetic Voice."
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Region:
International [8]
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Public [3]
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Magic Number: a Sketchy "Fact" About Polar Bears Keeps Going...And Going... And Going [9]

By PETER DYKSTRA
When Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species in May, the political trench warfare over global warming flared up anew. Environmental groups professed surprise that a reluctant Bush Administration acted at all. Global warming deniers said the decision was ludicrous. They cited a polar bear population — a five-fold increase since the 1970s, a doubling since the 1950s, a quadrupling since the 1960s.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Region:
Alaska and Hawaii [10]
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Public [3]
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National Map: Where Is the News? (And Everything Else) [11]

A new federal interagency effort, intended to improve and deliver topographic information from across the US, may end up yielding significant benefits to journalists and the communities they serve.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [13]
Technology [14]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [3]
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Water Footprint: New Way To Measure Green [15]

A recent CERES/Pacific Institute report identifies water-related risks specific to eight key industries, and offers good sources on calculating and using water footprints.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Economy & Business [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [3]
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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy [18]

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Pollution [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [22]
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Public [3]
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March 30 Climate Summit Previews Coming Battles [23]

At the request of Congress, the National Academy of Sciences is hosting the two-day "America's Climate Choices" in Washington, DC.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Google Earth Tool Provides Local CO2 Inventory [25]

Localizing the effects of climate change remains challenging. But a new tool makes it easier to at least pin down the local sources of one of the main greenhouse gases, with the inventory led by Purdue University scientists.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Air [26]
Technology [14]
Region:
International [8]
Canada [27]
National (U.S.) [5]
Mexico [28]
Visibility:
Public [3]
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Many Tools Available For Following the Stimulus Money [29]

The massive $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law by President Obama Feb. 17, 2009, contains extensive funding for projects with direct and indirect environmental ties — all of which can be covered from numerous angles of interest to your audience.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [24]
Government [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [3]
- Read more about Many Tools Available For Following the Stimulus Money [29]

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