Publication Items

Reporting on Turkey, Trauma-Free [1]

Turkeys are a favorite American food, but also a multi-billion-dollar industry with myriad environment and food safety issues, not to mention confusing consumer labelling. With Thanksgiving approaching, this week's TipSheet helps reporters carve out a bird beat, serving up story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Food [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Teaching Journalism Skills … To All Comers [12]

If you can both do and teach journalism, your skills are in demand, writes educator Dave Poulson in the new EJ Academy column. Here's how to maximize your chances of finding such opportunities. Plus, Poulson's take on the value of fostering reporting skills and journalistic values, even among non-journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [14]
Region:
International [15]
Africa [16]
South America [17]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"The Death and Life of the Great Lakes" [18]

A look at an acclaimed new work by journalist Dan Egan on the environmental state of the Great Lakes finds much to laud. But our BookShelf editor and long-time Great Lakes reporter Tom Henry sees important weaknesses as well, such as when the comprehensive compendium of environmental challenges tackles Lake Erie’s algae crisis.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about "The Death and Life of the Great Lakes" [18]
"Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [23]

A new book on "Big Chicken" dissects how common practices of the U.S. poultry industry are harming our air, water and health — and why Europe does it better.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [24]
Food [5]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Europe [25]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about "Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [23]
State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [26]

An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [4]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [29]
California [30]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Amid the Fog of Policy, Reporting on Pesticide Regulation [38]

Pesticides are a big environmental story. And under Trump, they are much in the news. But pesticide regulation, and its political, environmental and public health fallout, is an older and more complex tale. The Backgrounder explains how the rules work (and don't), and provides leads and resources for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [40]
Economy & Business [24]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [42]
Food [5]
Government [27]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Amid the Fog of Policy, Reporting on Pesticide Regulation [38]
Mining Road Salt Stories for Snow Season [43]

With ice and snow ahead, it's time to start thinking about road salt — its use may make driving safer, but can also cause real harm to the environment. This week's TipSheet clears the road for your reporting on this potential hazard, detailing its risks, outlining its alternatives and offering story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [40]
Environmental Health [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Why Reporters Should Go to Bat for Bats [44]

Halloween may remind many of the spookier side of bats. But these unique flying mammals provide important ecosystem services — and that's just one of the many reasons why environmental reporters might want to write about them. This week's TipSheet looks at covering bats, the habitat loss that's leaving many species threatened and the growing fungal plague that's wiping out many colonies. Resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [45]
Wildlife [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
International [15]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Why Reporters Should Go to Bat for Bats [44]
SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [47]

The SEJ has written the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to object to its criticism of an Associated Press story about Superfund sites following Hurricane Harvey floods. That, plus a judge rules against EPA for withholding records on the pesticide Enlist Duo, and more, in this month's WatchDog.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [50]
Energy & Fuel [51]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [42]
Government [27]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Policy [52]
Pollution [8]
Science [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about SEJ Objects Over EPA Response to AP Story; plus, Suits & Rulings Involving Interior, EPA, NOAA [47]
Wildland-Urban Interface — How Disastrous Wildfires Get Into Your Neighborhood [53]

As this month's fatal California fires demonstrated, the risk of wildfire at the wildland-urban interface rises as development moves into fire-prone zones. The latest TipSheet explains this complex phenomenon, and provides story ideas and a wide range of resources to help you get ahead of the problem.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [54]
People & Population [55]
Planning & Growth [56]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Canada [57]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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