Publication Items

Sleuths Tap Obscure Toxics Database To ID Loophole on PFAS [1]

Data specialists working with two databases, one familiar and one little-known, have uncovered how companies may be able to hide releases of the family of toxic PFAS chemicals. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox details the data revelation and explores how journalists may make use of the Chemical Data Reporting service’s datasets for their own stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Environmental Reporting Through an Indigenous Perspective [15]

Indigenous communities that have tried to live in balance with nature have seen their practices largely ignored. But now many have turned to them for guidance. As part of a special initiative from the Society of Environmental Journalists on covering climate solutions, we offer a tipsheet from journalist Brian Bull on reporting on how Indigenous people use nature-based environmental solutions. Also, check out additional resources [16] and watch video from an earlier webinar [17].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Biodiversity [21]
Climate Change [22]
Diversity [23]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Food [26]
Forests [27]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [29]
Policy [30]
Pollution [12]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [31]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
International [35]
Canada [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Should Journalism Educators Mix It Up With Interdisciplinary Projects? [38]

When it comes to working across boundaries in an academic setting, those who teach journalism may be naturals, tapping as they often can into their experience reporting on those from very different backgrounds and disciplines. EJ Academy’s editor, Bob Wyss, shares his experience with a successful project examining self-driving vehicles and explains why fellow journalism educators may want to give interdisciplinary teaching a try.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [10]
Technology [40]
Transportation [41]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Lead Ammo and Tackle, Decades Later, Still Fought Over by Big Guns [42]

Lead kills. With hunting and fishing seasons underway, lead ammo and tackle put a known neurotoxin into the ecosystem. And that renews a long-standing controversy, with a tug of war over rules limiting lead at the local and federal levels. The latest TipSheet examines why it matters to vulnerable species, like the bald eagle, as well as to humans. Plus, local story ideas and resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Pollution [12]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Fossil Fuels Registry Promises Global Warming Data. Does It Deliver? [44]

A new global fossil fuels registry sounds like a breakthrough for covering climate change and energy stories. But Reporter’s Toolbox inspected it and found potentially problematic data sourcing and accuracy. That doesn’t mean that it won’t be useful as one of several tools to help report the beat. Here’s how to make the most of fossil fuel data sources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Journalism & Media [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [35]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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U.S. Wildfire Response Badly Off-Base, New Doc Convincingly Shows [46]

A gripping new documentary on raging megafires weaves together stunning cinematography with deeply researched revelations that reveal the futility of current policy around managing wildfires, writes veteran wildfire reporter Robert McClure in a new EJ InSight column. His review, with three big takeaways.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [48]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [49]
Forests [27]
Government [8]
People & Population [29]
Planning & Growth [50]
Policy [30]
Science [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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COP 27 Egypt — From Afar, How UN Meeting Will Affect Climate Change Reporting [54]

How will the UN’s yearly climate treaty talks in Egypt next month touch domestic U.S. reporting? The latest Backgrounder has an outlook, with close attention to the question of compensation for nations suffering the worst impacts of global warming, plus the politics of war and energy, methane and HFCs. The prospects for action in and after Egypt.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [22]
Disasters [48]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Policy [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [35]
Mexico [56]
Africa [57]
Asia [58]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Central America & the Caribbean [59]
Europe [60]
Middle East [61]
South America [62]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [63]

Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Biodiversity [21]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [65]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Health [6]
Environmental Studies [49]
Fish & Fisheries [25]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [66]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Natural Resources [28]
Policy [30]
Pollution [12]
Science [51]
Technology [40]
Waste [67]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Alaska and Hawaii [68]
California [52]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [69]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [70]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [71]
International [35]
Mexico [56]
Africa [57]
Asia [58]
Europe [60]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [72]

Electric utilities may sound like a wonky beat, but in the hands of L.A. Times’ Sammy Roth, it became an opportunity to weave together seemingly dry, technical subject matter into a series of award-winning stories on natural gas that captured flash points for climate change, communities of color and energy politics. Roth shares his reporting experience in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [73]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [20]
Climate Change [22]
Consumer [65]
Economy & Business [5]
Energy & Fuel [45]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [66]
Journalism & Media [10]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [29]
Policy [30]
Pollution [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [71]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Air Conditioner HFCs Are on the Way Out — The Kigali Amendment Explained [74]

For the first time in years, the United States has ratified a climate change-related treaty — one that phases out HFCs, the greenhouse gas widely used as a refrigerant. That leaves environmental reporters to report how the change will affect everyday objects like ACs, refrigerators and cars. TipSheet has the backstory on the Kigali Amendment, along with story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [22]
Economy & Business [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [11]
Policy [30]
Pollution [12]
Technology [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [35]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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