Publication Items

Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat [1]

SEJ President Don Hopey reminds us it’s good to remember that environmental journalism can play an important role in digging out the information an increasingly distracted public needs to make tough policy decisions about their environment and health.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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"Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [5]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Military [7]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about "Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [5]
"Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project" [8]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [9]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about "Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project" [8]
"The Last Atoll: Exploring Hawai’i’s Endangered Ecosystems" [11]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [13]
Pollution [14]
Wildlife [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about "The Last Atoll: Exploring Hawai’i’s Endangered Ecosystems" [11]
"Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America ’s Children" [16]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Health [19]
People & Population [20]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about "Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America ’s Children" [16]
Improvement Iffy, Slow on Obama Administration's Openness Report Card [21]

OpenTheGovernment.org publishes an annual report on quantifying government secrecy with specific numeric indicators. This year it began with a bombshell statement — saying it could not really guarantee all of its numbers because nobody could any longer trust what the US government tells its citizens in this area.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [23]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Improvement Iffy, Slow on Obama Administration's Openness Report Card [21]
EPA Settles Court Bid To Keep Luminant Pollution Data "Confidential" (Cough, Cough) [24]

A U.S. district judge on October 2, 2013, brushed aside claims by EPA and the Luminant Corp. that information related to pollution from the company's coal-burning power plants was "confidential business information" — which seems to be a growing excuse for withholding public-interest information.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Pollution [14]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about EPA Settles Court Bid To Keep Luminant Pollution Data "Confidential" (Cough, Cough) [24]
Toxic Tank Cars? There's an App for That [26]

When the Oregon government refused to tell her about oil trains, Eugene Weekly environment reporter Camilla Mortensen (pictured) learned about them from a train-hopping local cinematographer. Now you can roam the freight yards with your camera and know what you are looking at. And/or download the UN Number app.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [27]
Disasters [28]
Chemicals [17]
Region:
Northwest (OR WA) [29]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Toxic Tank Cars? There's an App for That [26]
Also Shut Down: Government Transparency [30]

If you have a FOIA request pending, it is likely to be on hold. Moreover, the people who could verify this are not answering the phone. Want to file a new FOIA request? Good luck. The federal government is shut down, and as of now there is no sign that it will go back to work.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [23]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Also Shut Down: Government Transparency [30]
"The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation" [31]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about "The Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation" [31]

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