Publication Items

Growing Our Leadership Team To Serve SEJ Members [1]

SEJ's new president of the board of directors, Colorado-based public radio journalist Luke Runyon (pictured, left), shares what the board has been up to recently, introduces the Leadership Committee and offers insight into where the organization is headed in 2023.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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New Kolbert Volume Addresses Value of Human Efforts To Control Nature [5]

When engineers reversed the Chicago River, they also upended a hydrologic system that years later required electrification to repel an invasive species threatening a major fishery. This is but one example from the latest book by New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert of the unintended consequences of human actions to dominate nature that may solve one problem only to create another. BookShelf contributor Gary Wilson has a review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Natural Resources [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Policy [13]
Science [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World [21]

As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [23]
Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [25]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Food [29]
Government [30]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [32]
Policy [13]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [33]
Africa [34]
Asia [35]
Middle East [36]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories [37]

The increased frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation presents environmental reporters with challenging coverage of flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as about the climate change driving the downpours. The latest TipSheet offers context, story ideas and resources to cover such big storms in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [25]
Government [30]
Health [31]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [39]
People & Population [32]
Planning & Growth [12]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Bird Migration Explorer Can Help Hatch Environmental Stories [41]

A new data mapper that allows users to track bird migrations is a cache of ideas for journalists looking to illustrate the connections between birds, habitats and human activity. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox takes a (non-geeky) look at the Bird Migration Explorer, how to best use it and the range of story possibilities it may yield.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [3]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
International [33]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Reporting on Storm Chasing’s ‘Human Side’ Hints at Climate’s Future [45]

Writer Noah Gallagher Shannon followed scientists into the heart of the megastorms ravaging an agricultural region in Argentina, and in the process learned not just about their high-risk fieldwork and what these massive thunderstorms might tell us about the storms of the future in the United States, but also their impact on affected communities. Find out about his reporting experience in this Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [25]
Environmental Justice [27]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [32]
Science [14]
Region:
International [33]
South America [47]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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EPA To Propose Plan Soon for First PFAS Drinking Water Rule [48]

Plans are nearing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate PFAS in drinking water — and the complexity around the effort will challenge environmental journalism. In the mix are questions of environmental persistence and health risks, plus thorny politics. Our Issue Backgrounder has guidance on these and more as PFAS regulation hits this critical juncture.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [50]
Consumer [51]
Economy & Business [26]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [30]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Policy [13]
Pollution [52]
Science [14]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [53]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Documentary Tells of Human, Environmental Toll of Unexploded Ordnance [54]

A film by reporting duo Jerry Redfern and Karen Coates — supported by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists — shows the ongoing human and environmental harm of the unexploded U.S. bombs and other ordnance dropped on Southeast Asian villages during the Vietnam War. “Eternal Harvest,” which builds on their earlier book on the topic, was made painstakingly over years, and in the latest FEJ StoryLog, the couple explains their process and storytelling approach.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [24]
Environmental Justice [27]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [3]
Military [56]
People & Population [32]
Region:
International [33]
Asia [35]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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ESA Inaction Spells Trouble for an Iconic Grassland Bird [57]

The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken [58].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [23]
Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [43]
Economy & Business [26]
Energy & Fuel [59]
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [13]
Science [14]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [60]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [61]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Could Biodiversity Be Bee’s Knees for Environmental Journalists This Fall? [62]

While a global gathering on biodiversity this winter will be news in itself, enterprising reporters can also find many biodiversity stories in their own backyards. The latest TipSheet offers insight into the domestic U.S. battle over endangered species, with a tale of a Tennessee dam, and a better understanding of the biodiversity-habitat connection. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [23]
Biodiversity [43]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [28]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Forests [63]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [39]
Natural Resources [11]
Policy [13]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [20]
International [33]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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