Publication Items

"American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"Carbon Shock: A Tale of Risk and Calculus on the Front Lines of the Disrupted Global Economy — How Carbon Is Changing the Cost of Everything" [7]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [10]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Between the Lines: When the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease [11]

For the latest Between the Lines – a question-and-answer feature in which published authors provide advice to SEJ members – SEJournal Book Editor Tom Henry interviewed Jörg Friedrichs, author of “The Future Is Not What It Used to Be: Climate Change and Energy Scarcity,” which received an honorable mention in the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award category [12] of SEJ’s 2014 annual awards contest. The book offers a unique perspective by explaining how transitions between climatic eras of the past are unlikely to happen again because infinite growth is not possible. Friedrichs, a native of Germany, is an associate professor in politics at the University of Oxford in England.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Journalism & Media [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Digital Tools — Free and Easy for EJ Educators, Students [15]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Technology [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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SEJ Struggles To Achieve Long-Standing Diversity Aims [18]

For the Society of Environmental Journalists, diversity in environmental reporting has long been a concern. Over the organization’s 25-year history, its staff continually has asserted a two-pronged approach to inclusive coverage on the beat. The organization hopes the diversity concern will have its day in the sun at the upcoming annual conference Oct. 7-11, 2015, in Norman, OK.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [20]
Journalism & Media [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Obama Administration Flunks Test at House FOIAPalooza [21]

Journalists, think tanks, and advocacy groups all gave low marks to the Obama administration's performance under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at a House hearing June 2 and 3, 2015. Some GOP members used the occasion to score partisan points; see the video and document archives.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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E-Beat Explainers: For Congress' Eyes Only [24]

The Congressional Research Service, a taxpayer-funded agency, produces a steady stream of fact-filled and objective background reports on many issues of interest to environment and energy reporters but refuses to share them with the public. But there are other ways to access them...

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [25]
Disasters [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Government [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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SPJ, SEJ Seek Meet with White House Spox on Minders, Permissions [28]

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and SEJ sent a letter to Josh Earnest (pictured), White House Press Secretary, May 29, 2015, asking for a meeting to discuss restrictions that infringe on journalists' abilities to report on the federal government. The letter follows up on earlier pleas from some 38 journalism groups to the White House for more openness.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [13]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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Did EPA Press Office Retaliate for Unfavorable NY Times Article? [29]

It appears to an outside observer that NYT reporter Coral Davenport was uninvited to EPA's "Waters of the U.S." (WOTUS) rule announcement phone call as retaliation for an unfavorable story she had written about the agency's public affairs operation the week before. EPA says not.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Water & Oceans [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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House Insists Congressional Research Service Reports Be Secret [31]

It's not a mistake. Congress really doesn't want you to read those excellent explainers on public issues produced by experts at the Congressional Research Service (CRS). We know this because a House Appropriations subcommittee specifically restated that CRS was not to publish its reports.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [23]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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