Publication Items

"The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale" [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Pollution [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"The War on Science: Muzzled Scientists and Willful Blindness in Stephen Harper's Canada" [12]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Science [8]
Region:
Canada [15]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Sundance Festival Sparse on Enviro Themes [16]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [14]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"The Last Ocean: Antarctica's Ross Sea Project: Saving the Most Pristine Ecosystem on Earth" [18]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [14]
Natural Resources [19]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [20]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Between the Lines: Saving the Last Ocean [21]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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17 J-Groups Join SEJ in Letter on Wildlands Photo Regs [22]

Eighteen journalism, photography, and First Amendment groups on October 1, 2014, wrote U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell opposing the proposal to finalize a directive requiring permits for "commercial filming" in Forest Service Wilderness areas. Tidwell has already said the USFS does not want to restrict journalism on wilderness lands, but the groups seek changes to regulatory language that would make this clear. SEJ is one of the groups.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [24]
Journalism & Media [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Will Your Journalism Matter in the Year 2514? [26]

In this excerpt from the latest issue of SEJournal (Summer), Youngstown State University's Marc Seamon experimented in his undergraduate journalism classes last year with a self-guided project that would allow students to investigate the social-responsibility role of the media, particularly regarding the long-term implications of events and issues they cover. See the eye-opening results here. [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [27]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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SEJ FOI Chair Talks to Forest Service Chief Tidwell [28]

After proposing a directive that seemed to require permits and fees for journalists working in U.S. Forest Service wilderness lands, the USFS announced that it had never intended the restrictions to apply to journalists. Tim Wheeler, chairman of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Freedom of Information Task Force, talked with USFS Chief TomTidwell to clarify the USFS position. Here's his report. [29]

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [24]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [25]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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How Does Obama Block Open Info? AP Counts the Ways [31]

Three major journalism groups held a joint convention in Chicago September 15-17, 2014, which included a panel discussion on Obama administration secrecy. News industry leaders used the occasion to point out that the Obama administration's deeds and practices did not match its claims of transparency.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [32]
Journalism & Media [14]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Pipeline Data, Maps Could Be a Reporting Resource — If Open [33]

There are many good investigative stories to be done about natural gas pipelines in your local area. You can get some maps and data about these pipelines if you try. Hard. The government is not going to help too much. One resource is the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS), which allows the general public to see geodata on a county-by-county basis.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [4]
Planning & Growth [34]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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