Publication Items

Juggling Chainsaws, Torches and Watermelons: How to Manage Multiple Assignments [1]

Environmental journalist Adam Hinterthuer (pictured, estimating the circumference of an old-growth tree) shares in Freelance Files [1] his tips for staying sane while balancing a love of writing with responsibilities as employee, father and husband.

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Freelance Files [3]
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Journalism & Media [4]
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Public [5]
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SEJournal Fall 2013, Vol. 23 No. 3 [2]

In this issue: Special report on the climate adaptation story; tips on how to juggle multiple assignments as a freelancer; SEJ Awards' top photo winners span the globe; award-winning reporter shares insight into coastal coverage; fostering diversity in environmental journalism with SEJ's new guide; enviro beat icon Philip Shabecoff "Connects the Dots" in latest book; and more.

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SEJournal Online [6]
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Public [5]
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Tipsheet for Stories in Your Own Watershed [7]

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TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [9]
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Public [5]
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IJNR Institute Inspires Reporters To Get on Their Boots [10]

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Features [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
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Public [5]
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Freedom of Information Sessions at SEJ's 2013 Annual Conference in Chattanooga [13]

On Saturday, October 5: At 9:00 a.m. SEJ FOI Task Force Chair Tim Wheeler of the Baltimore Sun will moderate a session on overcoming obstacles put up by agency press offices to reporters who want to interview government officials. At 10:45 a.m. WatchDog Editor Joe Davis will present a hands-on session with tips for sleuthing dam and levee stories using federal databases like the National Inventory of Dams and the National Levee Database.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [17]
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Public [5]
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News Media Groups Urge Court To Open up Wild-Horse Roundups [18]

In 2010, BLM denied Horseback Magazine photojournalist Laura Leigh access to federal land to photograph a roundup. She went to court, was rejected, then went to a complex chain of appeals. Now the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and other j-groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in support of photojournalists' First Amendment rights to cover government actions.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
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Public [5]
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Senate Committee Once More OKs Federal Shield Law [21]

The Senate Judiciary Committee on September 12, 2013, approved a bill shielding journalists from being compelled to reveal their confidential sources. Its prospects for enactment look iffy in a Congress noted for gridlock. The panel approved the bill (S 987, titled "The Free Flow of Information Act of 2013) by a 13-5 vote.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [20]
Government [22]
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Public [5]
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Koch Dark Money Influences Environmental Politics [23]

News broken this month by Politico revealed the existence of a Koch brothers fund that quietly handed out some $250 million to conservative causes during the 2012 elections. Under U.S. law, such groups are tax-exempt, can raise unlimited amounts of money, and do not have to disclose their donors.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [24]
Economy & Business [25]
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Public [5]
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Most US Public Companies Ignore Rule on Climate Risk Disclosure [26]

In 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) required publicly traded companies to disclose to their stockholders (and the public) what business risks they might face from climate change. Almost three-quarters of the companies are still ignoring the rule, and their shareholders are flying blind.

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WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [25]
Disasters [27]
Climate Change [28]
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Public [5]
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Gina McCarthy on Media Relations: "We'll Talk" [29]

Incoming EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy may have signaled an opening in the agency's long-troubled relations with the news media during her September 20, 2013, announcement of EPA's carbon rule at the National Press Club.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [24]
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Public [5]
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