Publication Items

Green Geeks Liberate Environmental Data [1]

Environmental journalists need environmental data, even as it’s being stripped from government sites by the Trump administration. That’s where a band of programmers organized into the Public Environmental Data Partners comes in. The latest Toolbox reports it’s rescuing wiped data and making it accessible to reporters. Learn who’s behind the project and get an overview of some of the datasets being restored.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Trump Pursues Broad Attack on Press Freedom [10]

In case you haven’t been keeping track, Donald Trump has been engaging in a multifront offensive against the news media and press freedom more generally. WatchDog Opinion catalogs the transgressions to illustrate how the president is moving to grasp control of White House pool coverage, beguile rich media owners, politicize libel law, kneecap public media and weaponize regulatory agencies.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [12]
Government [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Policy [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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‘Misplaced Trust’ Aims Big, But Finds Details Make the Difference [15]

A project of vast scope was needed to tell the untold story of stolen lands originally promised to Indigenous nations. But for Tristan Ahtone, it was the pursuit of "smaller" stories arising out of the detailed data that was the Grist team’s proudest result. Explore the high points — plus three key lessons — of this Pulliam Prize-winning project, in Ahtone’s Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [19]
Policy [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often [20]

The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [22]
Air [23]
Biodiversity [24]
Chemicals [3]
Climate Change [25]
Consumer [26]
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Natural Resources [18]
Policy [14]
Pollution [28]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not [32]

Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Justice [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [5]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [13]
People & Population [19]
Policy [14]
Pollution [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Day Two Sessions From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [35]

From clean energy and public lands to extreme heat and plastics, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered nearly a dozen topical sessions from the second day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, in late April. Get key takeaways and top perspectives in Part 2 of our coverage from the April 26 program. Plus, see Part 1 [36], with coverage of the April 25 program, and our complete on-the-scene reporting from April 24 conference tours [37].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Other or All [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
International [40]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Tours From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [37]

As journalists traversed Arizona’s rivers, mountains, deserts and urban centers, exploring issues ranging from wildlife and nuclear energy to sustainable grown and Indigenous foods, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom was on hand, with on-the-scene reporting from more than a dozen all-day and mini-tours at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe in late April. Get detailed observations, top takeaways and images. Plus, see Part 1 [36] and Part 2 [41] of our coverage from the program’s sessions and plenaries.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [38]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Day One Sessions From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [36]

From the climate crisis and the AI revolution to reporting underserved communities and combating disinformation, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered more than two dozen topical sessions and plenaries from the opening day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, last week. Get key takeaways and top perspectives in Part 1 of our coverage from the April 25 program. Plus, see Part 2 [41], with coverage of the April 26 program, and our complete on-the-scene reporting from April 24 conference tours [42].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [38]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom [43]

From the climate crisis and the AI revolution to reporting underserved communities and combating disinformation, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered more than two dozen topical sessions and plenaries from the opening day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, last week. Get key takeaways and top perspectives, in Part 1 of our coverage from April 25’s program. And tune in to next week’s SEJournal for Part 2, with complete coverage including on-the-scene reporting from conference tours and reporting on the second day’s session program, plus a wide range of images.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Other or All [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
International [40]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Can a City on Fire Be Photographed? Yes, Says One Photojournalist [44]

Will images of a burning Los Angeles last in our consciousness? EJ InSight editor Andrew Cullen makes a powerful argument that they will, illustrating the point with potent photographs of that disaster, as well as from recent hurricanes. An exploration of how photojournalists, working amid the destruction, strive to document not just the devastation but its deeper significance and its human toll.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Disasters [46]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [8]
California [47]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [48]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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