Publication Items

When Travel Expenses Get Too Expensive [1]

A big reporting jaunt can be a professional thrill. That is, until you consider the upfront costs you might be expected to shoulder as an independent journalist. The latest Freelance Files, from multimedia journalist Gloria Dickie, looks at the realities of travel expenses and offers half-a-dozen workarounds to lighten the load.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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With Wildfire, When Is Climate Change the Spark? [8]

Massive wildfires have been a huge news story this summer. But caught up in the conflagration is a big question: To what extent can climate change be blamed? This week’s TipSheet looks at the controversy, and helps journalists work their way through the challenge without getting burned.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Forests [12]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
California [15]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJ Names Meaghan Parker as New Executive Director [16]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has tapped former long-time associate board member Meaghan Parker as its new executive director, following a nearly six-month-long search. Parker, praised by SEJ President Bobby Magill for her experience, vision and commitment to environmental journalism, will take on the post on Sept. 17.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [17]
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Public [7]
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Journalism, Science Students Taught To Tune Their B.S. Detectors [18]

When it comes to nosing out the real “fake news,” reporters who cover environment, health and science have a long history of unmasking hype, misinformation and propaganda. The latest EJ Academy shares a new initiative to teach budding journalism and science students together, so they can be advocates for science and information literacy.

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EJ Academy [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [20]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Hurricane Reporting, By the Numbers [24]

Smart coverage of the ongoing hurricane season means reporting not just people stories, but numbers stories too. This week’s TipSheet explains and offers half a dozen metrics, including pressure, width, surge and rainfall, to better track these extreme storms. Plus, should there be a “Category 6?”

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
International [6]
Mexico [28]
Central America & the Caribbean [29]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Taking Office as EPA Acting Administrator, Wheeler Gets Realer [30]

The presence of a new acting administrator at EPA in the wake of Scott Pruitt’s resignation may mean a change in tone and a renewed openness for journalists covering the agency. But it doesn’t appear to mean different policy approaches. This week’s TipSheet reports on the early days of former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s command, with a roundup of coverage and angles to watch.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [31]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Government [35]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Policy [37]
Pollution [38]
Waste [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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SEJ, Other Groups, Object to US Geological Survey Interview Curbs [40]

The Society of Environmental Journalists and 10 other journalism groups have written Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pictured, left) urging him not to interpose political appointees between reporters and the scientists they need to interview. Text here [41].

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Will State, Local Pesticide Bans Make More News? [43]

When EPA falls short on regulation of pesticides, might states step into the breach? That’s exactly what happened in June when Hawaii banned toxic organophosphate chlorpyrifos. To take a closer look, this week’s TipSheet reports on how federal regulation opens the door for state, or even local, preemption and offers angles and resources for environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [20]
Air [31]
Chemicals [44]
Economy & Business [3]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [33]
Environmental Politics [34]
Environmental Studies [45]
Food [46]
Government [35]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Policy [37]
Science [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
International [6]
Canada [47]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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House Investigators Document EPA’s Political Screening, Slow-Walking of FOIAs [48]

A top House Democrat is accusing EPA of deliberately politically screening and slow-walking the fulfillment of Freedom of Information Act requests — and journalism groups are objecting to the delay. The Society of Environmental Journalists wrote Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on June 26, calling on him to "to end this assault on government transparency now."

Visibility:
Public [7]
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Coming to a Coastal Area Near You — Drowning Real Estate [49]

It’s a blockbuster — literally. Homes by the tens of thousands are at risk of being lost to coastal flooding in coming years, communities broken up thanks to climate change. This week’s TipSheet tells you how to find the data to tell the story and provides examples of model reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [21]
Disasters [11]
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Studies [45]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Water & Oceans [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [5]
Alaska and Hawaii [51]
California [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [25]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [52]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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