Publication Items

Environmental Podcasting 101, Pt. I — Find Your Voice on the Digital Frontier [1]

Ever considered starting your own environmental journalism podcast but weren’t sure how? SEJournal’s editors have put together a three-part series to help get the show on the digital road. Part I walks you through finding and refining your podcast concept. Then stay tuned next week for a look at podcast gear and hosting strategies.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
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Quagga Mussels — Worse Than Zebra Mussels and Maybe Headed Your Way [6]

An invasive species of mussel — no, not zebra mussels, but quagga mussels — are wreaking havoc not just in the Great Lakes, but have now spread through the Mississippi and Colorado basins, as far west as Lake Mead. The latest TipSheet runs down the extent of the problem, how quaggas may be even worse than zebra mussels, and ideas for reporting on your local waterways.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [14]
International [15]
Canada [16]
Europe [17]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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“What Bears Teach Us” [18]

Bears are incredibly complex animals with much to teach humans, writes the author of a new volume on grizzlies, black and polar bears. Our BookShelf review calls the text, which also integrates striking photographs, highly scientific yet accessible, and suggests it might go a long way to helping not just to understand bears, but improve their odds of survival.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Science [22]
Wildlife [11]
Region:
International [15]
Canada [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Infrastructure Week All Year — But Will That Infrastructure Be Green? [23]

A much-anticipated infrastructure bill in Congress could help address the United States’ poorly rated roads, pipes and powerlines. But could the massive measure also do the heavy lifting for much-needed climate policy? The latest Backgrounder takes a deep dive into the context around climate-friendly infrastructure legislation, and looks ahead on what’s expected and how to report it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [29]
Infrastructure [30]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Planning & Growth [32]
Policy [33]
Pollution [34]
Technology [35]
Transportation [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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New Program Protects Investigative Freelancers From Legal Woes [37]

Freelance journalists can face debilitating threats of legal action — and the associated costs — as a result of their investigative reporting. But now a contract template that freelancers can use with publishers and broadcasters offers a solution. Freelance Files explains what’s behind the new initiative. Plus, find out about a short-term, pro bono program for contract-related legal assistance.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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CAMEO Software Can Help Journalists Cover Chemical Disasters [39]

When a local hazmat emergency erupts, will you be ready to safely cover it? A well-proven government software suite with a series of power tools will help, and the latest Reporter’s Toolbox guides you through it so you can get ahead of the emergency. Read on to get familiar with CAMEO.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [41]
Chemicals [42]
Disasters [43]
Health [44]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Radio Reporter Takes Listener on Journey in Covering Future of Western U.S. [45]

Perpetual water scarcity issues in the Colorado River basin provide a bounty of stories for public radio journalist Luke Runyon, who shares insights into his beat coverage practices, in the latest Inside Story Q&A. The greatest challenges, surprises and lessons in reporting these critical stories, lauded in SEJ’s awards program, through the medium of sound.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [47]
Water & Oceans [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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EPA Science Integrity Overhaul a Chance To Get Media Access Right [48]

Government suppression of science harms not just journalists, but also the public in its ability to get crucial information and trust in science, not to mention government integrity. So now is the time, asserts the new WatchDog opinion column, for news media to engage intensely over government scientific integrity policies in the making, to be sure that agencies like the EPA get it right.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [3]
Policy [33]
Science [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Teaching Environmental Journalism. For the First Time. In a Pandemic. [50]

An initiate to the ways of teaching collegiate journalism winds her way through unique obstacles of a first term under COVID-19, from students reporting in masks to class sessions on computer screens. Not to mention the already onerous challenges of training young journalists to report and write a range of environmental stories. EJ Academy has her story, from the stumbles to the successes.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Studies [21]
Health [44]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [47]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [10]
Wildlife [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [52]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Biden Rollbacks of Trump Energy-Efficiency Cuts Generate Local Stories [53]

From cardigans to orange tans, the history of presidential politics around energy efficiency has been an odd one. But the story of so-called nega-watts is actually a compelling one. And with new efficiency rules being eyed by the Biden administration, it’s also time for reporters to explore the local angle to energy savings. Our latest TipSheet explains how.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Politics [28]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Policy [33]
Science [22]
Technology [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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