Publication Items

Challenging Another Year of Oil Company Promises [1]

When disinformation pollutes the debate over the environment and climate change, it’s on journalists to recognize industry PR spin and push back against misleading narratives and false narratives, argues the latest WatchDog Opinion column. A look at the industry “playbook” to delay government action, at deceptive language on energy and news media’s obligation to approach the endless pledges skeptically.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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New Reporting Network Aims To Make Connections in the Mississippi Basin [12]

The Mississippi River and its tributaries drain more than 40% of the continent, but most coverage of environmental stories within the Mississippi Basin is localized and siloed. The recently launched Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk hopes to help news outlets provide region-wide reporting that contextualizes issues like climate change-driven flooding and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [14]
Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Pollution [22]
Transportation [23]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [27]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [28]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
International [10]
Canada [33]
Mexico [34]
Central America & the Caribbean [35]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries [36]

As awareness grows about how pollution can cause certain cancers, it’s smart to look beyond cancer risk and also explore available information about actual cancer cases. Reporter’s Toolbox explains how extensive data collected regularly in state-level cancer “registries” can take your coverage on the pollution-public health connection to another level. Plus, avoiding pitfalls in reporting possible clusters.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [38]
Chemicals [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [39]
Government [20]
Health [40]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [22]
Science [42]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Climate Change Policy & Advocacy Library [43]

SEJ offers an extensive Climate Change Resource Guide to reporters and editors, especially those newer to the climate change beat, in order to support their coverage of this all-important topic. On this page you'll find policy and advocacy documents sorted by intergovernmental, governmental and NGO & private sector categories.

Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Climate Change Topics [44]

As the dust settles on COP28, climate change news abounds. So to help environmental journalists find and report stories on the beat, SEJ Publications continues to expand its growing Climate Change Resource Guide [45]. Explore dozens of new information sources in the just-added Disaster and Extreme Weather [46] section. Plus, hundreds of other topical resources and more in the overarching Guide, including on deadline reporting, local reporting, science 101s, key sources and experts, news sources, and a policy and advocacy library.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Climate Change Topics [44]
Topic on the Beat: Environmental Justice [48]

Here's a list of top environmental justice stories from SEJournal.

Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Justice [18]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Biden Administration To Struggle With Environmental Justice in 2022 [49]

The history of environmental racism is a long one in the United States, far longer than the efforts to address the problem. But reporting on environmental justice continues to tick upwards, and an analysis in the latest Backgrounder points to promising progress, explaining why for journalists the year ahead may yield important stories, whether about future footholds or new missteps.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [51]
Air [38]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [52]
Environmental Justice [18]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [20]
Health [40]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [53]
People & Population [41]
Planning & Growth [54]
Policy [55]
Pollution [22]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Congressional Infrastructure Bill Loaded With Local Stories [56]

The massive infrastructure measure signed into law last week is a potential mother lode of stories for environmental journalists. If that is, they can figure out where the money is going. The latest TipSheet takes an initial look at the $1.2 trillion plan and offers guidance on how to track down reportable local and regional projects.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [20]
Infrastructure [21]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [53]
Policy [55]
Transportation [23]
Water & Oceans [25]
Wildlife [58]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Rural Reporter Turns Routine Permit Into Award-Winning Investigation [59]

It was a seemingly mundane legal notice about a surface water discharge permit. But when Wyoming journalist Angus Thuermer Jr. took a closer look, he discovered that it would mean massive discharges of pollutants into local waters. Inside Story explains how Thuermer revealed the truth about the plans, prompting local protests and, ultimately, a withdrawal of the permit.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [15]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Health [40]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [41]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Science Integrity Is About More Than Getting EPA Interviews [61]

Freedom of access to government scientists is just one narrow facet in a worsening crisis in scientific integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new WatchDog Opinion argues that whether it’s about self-interested industry lobbying over climate change or the regulation of chemicals, there’s an assault on science itself — and the news media has a role to play.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [15]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [53]
Policy [55]
Science [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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