Publication Items

New Resources Help Improve Climate Coverage [1]

As public concern about climate change grows, journalists face tough challenges in telling the story well, argues one climate communications expert. But as the climate beat takes on increased urgency, new means are becoming available to better report it, including localized content, explainers and workshops. Tap into these expanding climate resources. Plus, tips on climate “talk.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Resists Squeeze, But for How Long? [8]

Despite warnings that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be dismantled under the Trump administration, it remains very much alive, thanks to the realities of politics and litigation. Yet its staffing, enforcement and science advisory roles remain under the gun. In the latest of our Backgrounders for the “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment,” we read the tea leaves on the future of the EPA.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [5]
Water & Oceans [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs [16]

Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
International [26]
Canada [27]
Asia [28]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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The Journalism Student Who Went Down a Rabbit Hole and Came Up a Mine Shaft [29]

A young journalist looking for a quick report found himself instead on a five-month odyssey to cover the hidden dangers of abandoned mining sites in the Southwest — then picked up a Society of Environmental Journalists’ student award in the aftermath. How this student’s persistence paid off, in the latest EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [19]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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ASU’s Cronkite News Service Cleans Up in SEJ Student Awards [32]

One journalism school seems to have hit on a formula for success in generating award-winning student reporting on the environment. EJ Academy editor Bob Wyss on why Arizona State’s Cronkite News Service cleaned up in this year’s Society of Environmental Journalists’ student awards category.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [31]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Climate, Environment Sure To Reverberate in 2020 Elections [33]

This election year, environmental issues like climate change may well break the pattern of past campaigns, where they seemed to recede as voting approached. Our latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [34]” explains how green politics may shape both national and state/local races in the months to come, and provides resources for reporters to track that rapidly changing landscape.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [35]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Policy [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Fostering SEJ’s New Era of Leadership [36]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary, the organization’s newly appointed president offers a rundown of the SEJ’s wide-ranging activities — from conferences and awards to grants, strategic plans and diversity efforts — and calls on members to join in the good work. Get a bird’s-eye view from Meera Subramanian in the latest SEJ President’s Report.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [26]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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“Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle To Save the Florida Panther” [38]

Sometimes in the face of bad news, it can help to laugh a little. That’s what award-winning environmental writer Craig Pittman may help readers do with his new dispatch from the Sunshine State. Our latest BookShelf reviews Pittman’s upcoming witty, truth-telling volume,“Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle To Save the Florida Panther.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Environmental Health [40]
Journalism & Media [4]
Wildlife [41]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [25]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Conflict Over EPA, Interior FOIA Policies May Come to Head in 2020 [42]

FOIA is under fire. And for journalists who rely on open records to do their work, the coming year may prove a crucial test of policies at key federal agencies on the beat. This special WatchDog TipSheet [43] takes a deep dive on looming FOIA controversies at Interior and EPA, flagging potential flashpoints for 2020.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [44]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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The 2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [34]

SEJournal looks ahead to key issues in the coming year with the launch of its annual "Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment." Check out year-ahead Backgrounders, TipSheets and a WatchDog, and stay tuned as we add to the special report in early 2020. Plus, watch for the guide's formal presentation Jan. 24 at an annual roundtable organized by the Society of Environmental Journalists and hosted by National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [45]
Region:
International [26]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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