Publication Items

SEJ Objects to EPA's 'Freedom of Information Act Regulations Update' [1]

The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), in a letter to U.S.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Coronavirus Reminds Journalists To Prepare for Public Health Emergencies [6]

COVID-19 is an unpleasant reminder that when a public health emergency hits, it pays for journalists — including environment reporters — to be prepared. The latest TipSheet offers advice on handling the unknown and gathering an emergency “go bag,” as well as tracking story ideas and numerous federal, state/local and media resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [8]
Disasters [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [3]
People & Population [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Condemns Indonesia Arrest of Mongabay Journalist [13]

The Society of Environmental Journalists condemned Indonesia’s arrest and imprisonment of Philip Jacobson, an editor for the environmental news site Mongabay.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Joins RCFP Amicus Brief — Parekh v. CBS [14]

SEJ joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 55 journalism groups and other interested parties in filing an amicus brief in Parekh v. CBS, supporting the right of CBS and reporter Brian Conybeare to recover attorneys’ fees under the Florida anti-SLAPP statute.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Joins RCFP Amicus Brief — Carroll County E911 v. Hasnie [15]

SEJ joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 15 other media organizations in filing an amicus brief in Carroll County E911 v. Hasnie. Carroll County refuses to disclose 911 recordings pertaining to a November 2016 house fire in which four Flora, Indiana children died.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Joins RCFP Amicus Brief — La Liberte v. Reid [16]

SEJ joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 20 other media organizations in filing an amicus brief in La Liberte v. Reid.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Opposes Press Restrictions for Trump Impeachment Trial [17]

January 16, 2020 — The Society of Environmental Journalists joined with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 56 other media organizations in a letter opposing restrictions on the press during the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump. SEJ speaks out about right-to-know issues, such as this one, which would hinder journalists’ efforts to share timely and accurate updates and commentary with the American public.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Joins Protest of Sec. Pompeo Treatment of NPR, Media [18]

SEJ has protested Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's retaliation [19] against, and abuse of [20], National Public Radio and its reporters. SEJ President Meera Subramanian signed the January 30 letter [21].
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Protests SBA "No Journalists" Environmental Roundtable [22]

The Small Business Administration announced an "environmental roundtable [23]" Feb. 28, as being “open to all interested persons, with the exception of the press." The Society of Environmental Journalists, through its Freedom of Information Task Force, has protested this in a Feb 21 letter (full text [24]).

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Illustrating the Environment in a New Light [25]

Freelance photographer Morgan Heim explores the ethical and creative considerations of non-traditional photography when reporting on wildlife issues, in a sidebar to the latest EJ InSight. See a slideshow of images with her unique approach [26]. Plus, Heim on surviving in today’s constrained news media economy [27] and the implications for storytelling, independence and integrity.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [29]
Environmental Health [30]
Environmental Studies [31]
Journalism & Media [3]
Natural Resources [32]
Science [33]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
California [35]
International [36]
South America [37]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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