Publication Items

VETERANS' HOSPITALS WON'T SHARE CANCER DATA [1]

Cancer registries, which are part of the public health system help physicians collect statistics on cancer incidence and help pinpoint "cancer clusters" that may be caused by environmental factors. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) runs a surveillance system, which has a registry of cancer cases in almost every state. But the hospitals in the federal Veterans Affairs (VA) system are now saying they will not share cancer data with state registries unless the states sign restrictive agreements.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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HOUSE PASSES SHIELD LAW 398-21; WHITE HOUSE THREATENS VETO [6]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Oct. 16, 2007, to create a federal shield law which would offer limited protection for reporters from being compelled to disclose confidential sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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INTERIOR PROPOSES FEE/PERMIT RULE FOR FILMING IN PARKS, REFUGES [8]

The Interior Department has proposed codifying its rules on photography, filming, and sound-recording on public lands it administers. Some newsgatherers are worried that the rules would hurt their ability to do their jobs.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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After Denials, White House Caves on Censored Gerberding Climate-Health Testimony [10]

It was news when the White House censored testimony prepared in October 2007 by Centers for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding - testimony detailing the health hazards likely to result from climate change.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Submits Plan for Reopening Libraries, Which Remain Closed [12]

EPA on March 26, 2008, delivered a report Congress had demanded on its plan to reopen the agency's shuttered libraries.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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New Rail Hazmat Regs Include Non-Disclosure Provisions [14]

A rule issued April 16, 2008, ostensibly to keep the public safe from shipments of highly hazardous materials by rail, has been little-understood by the public.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [15]
Pollution [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJournal Winter 1994, Vol. 3 No. 4 [17]

In this issue: Duke conference: Babbitt, Browner, McGinty headlined program that drew 400 to Durham; Survey probes journalists, student knowledge of global warming data...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [18]
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Public [5]
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Obama Orders Rollback of Bush Secrecy on 1st Day [19]

President Barack Obama signalled that open access to information will be a top priority for his administration, issuing two memos to all executive agencies and one executive order at a January 21, 2009, session open to reporters and cabinet members.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [9]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJournal Fall 1991, Vol. 1 No. 4 [21]

In this issue: The first conference: Inaugural SEJ gathering draws 250 to Boulder; Coverage of military contamination in N.J. a textbook example of dogged reporting; SEJ members elect new board, amend bylaws; more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [18]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJournal Spring/Summer 1991, Vol. 1 No. 3 [22]

In this issue: War and recession: reporters still optimistic on job security, future; U.S. Senator Tim Wirth, host of experts slated for first SEJ national conference; a reporter's reflections on Kuwait 's devastation; traffic in rare plants and animals; indispensable reference texts; more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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