Publication Items

‘The Power of Partnerships’ Helps Uncover America’s Energy Gamble [1]

It took teams of journalists to produce an award-winning series of reports digging into environment and climate health effects of massive oil and natural gas production in the Southwestern United States. Our latest Inside Story talks with Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about the benefits of reporting a big story jointly and the project’s sometimes surprising findings.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
International [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [13]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [15]
Agriculture [16]
Air [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [19]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Environmental Studies [24]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Food [26]
Forests [27]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Military [31]
Natural Resources [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [32]
Other or All [33]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Policy [8]
Pollution [36]
Science [37]
Technology [38]
Transportation [39]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [42]
California [43]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [44]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [46]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [50]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
International [11]
Canada [51]
Mexico [52]
Africa [53]
Antarctica & Arctic [54]
Asia [55]
Australia & Oceania [56]
Central America & the Caribbean [57]
Europe [58]
Middle East [59]
South America [60]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [61]

Efforts to bury pandemic data is a story environmental journalists best keep an eye on, argues the new WatchDog opinion column. That’s partly because of the connection between the novel coronavirus and climate change, air pollution and environmental justice. But also because it echoes a deepening rejection of science that’s long been part of the environment beat.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [21]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [37]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [63]

Ammonium nitrate, the explosive agricultural fertilizer that blew up in Lebanon this month, killing dozens and severely damaging Beirut’s center, is stored by the thousands of tons all over the United States. But regulatory blindspots and secretive information policies mean few know exactly where. Backgrounder reviews the chemical’s oversight regime — and its gaps — and has ideas for reporting from your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [16]
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [21]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
International [11]
Middle East [59]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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‘Green Recovery’ Policies an Elusive Promise [65]

As Democratic and Republican parties plan their nominating conventions beginning next week amid a pandemic and a recession, it’s instructive to examine the state of thinking about a “green recovery.” Backgrounder looks at the politicking and policies behind the notion that a massive clean energy plan could be good not just for addressing climate change, but also the economy.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [15]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Policy [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [11]
Australia & Oceania [56]
Europe [58]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Start Tracking Wildfires Before Things Get Hot [66]

With little (and big) fires just about everywhere these days, reporters could use help tracking the myriad blazes. Fortunately, firefighting experts have developed some handy databases that journalists can tap into to better cover this story. Plus, other kinds of data tools to keep on top of fire hazards. And SEJ’s new “Issue: Wildfire [67]” resource page, which includes wildfire headlines from EJToday and more wildfire stories from SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [68]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Forests [27]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [43]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Freelancing in the Time of Coronavirus [69]

When breaking news hits, freelancers often find editors at media outlets eager for related stories. But what about when breaking news like a global pandemic becomes virtually the only story being told? What do you do when those same media editors say no thanks to yet more coverage? Freelance Files editor Karen Schaefer went looking for some timely advice.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [70]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [21]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Finding Native People at Heart of Environment Beat [71]

As Democratic New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland prepares to possibly become the first Native American Interior secretary, it's becoming clearer than ever that environmental concerns are deeply intertwined with Native American life. But news media often ignore the connections, missing important stories as a result. Our new Backgrounder helps set that to rights by spotlighting 10 key environmental issues affecting Native American communities and offering a dozen-and-a-half reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [15]
Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [72]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [73]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
People & Population [34]
Planning & Growth [35]
Policy [8]
Water & Oceans [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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SEJ: Working Today, For Tomorrow [74]

SEJ board president Meera Subramanian shares some of the good news that has emerged over the last month as the immediate onslaught of the COVID-19 crisis settles into what we're all learning will be a very long haul.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [75]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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