Publication Items

Enviros File FOIA Suit for Salazar Contacts with Oil Lobbyists [1]

The Center for Biological Diversity requested documents from the Department of the Interior on May 18, 2010, but received no response.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Whistleblower Switches Sides, Spills Story on BP Press Blockade [5]

An ex-BP security contractor hired to shoo reporters off of public beaches claims he was fired by BP after he took pictures of equations showing how dispersants were being used in the Gulf.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [6]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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NOAA Muddies Access to Spill Damage Data [10]

A senior Washington correspondent for the Huffington Post reveals that NOAA has been giving BP all the raw data its research ships collect — but not releasing the data to the public
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Coast Guard Eases Boom Exclusion Zone for News Media [13]

The new rules allow news media to enter the 65-foot exclusion zone if they have a Coast Guard credential, except in cases where safety and security prevent it.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Media Play Key, Sometimes Misleading, Role in Public's View of Climate Research [14]

The media may play a role in misleading the public, especially when journalists attempt a "false balance" in stories, giving equal treatment to climate science skeptics who question the validity of climate science studies.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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SEJ Launches New Grant Program for Reporting Projects [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about SEJ Launches New Grant Program for Reporting Projects [17]
Eruption of 'Shy' Volcano Suddenly Surprises the Experts and the World [19]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Eruption of 'Shy' Volcano Suddenly Surprises the Experts and the World [19]
Here's the Pitch: Help Guide SEJ and Its Mission To Serve the Search for Facts [21]

SEJ President Christy George explains all the exellent reasons why you should run for the SEJ board of directors in the upcoming election.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Here's the Pitch: Help Guide SEJ and Its Mission To Serve the Search for Facts [21]
On-line Journalism Begins To Fill the Void After Newspaper World’s Decay [23]

SEJournal's Bill Dawson interviews Environmental Health News editor-in-chief Marla Cone, who left the Los Angeles Times in 2008, after almost two decades. Since then, Cone has overseen a number of major changes at the not-for-profit online publication.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [12]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about On-line Journalism Begins To Fill the Void After Newspaper World’s Decay [23]
SEJournal Summer 2010, Vol. 20 No. 2 [25]

In this issue: Iceland's shy volcano surprises the world; growing on-line journalism; tips for roving reporters; journalists fight for access to cover BP oil spill; birthing a book; top 40 nature images of all time; SEJ's new grant program for reporting projects; free online tools; geoengineering Earth's climate; and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [26]
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Public [4]
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