Publication Items

Water Bottles in Class Offer Varying Lessons in Sustainability [1]

Can consumption in the classroom become a reporting exercise for budding journalists? Our quarterly EJ Academy column explores how collegiate educators can handle sustainability questions. Should students be discouraged from using plastic water bottles? And should faculty use electronic handouts and texts instead of paper copies? Top instructors weigh in.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [5]
Waste [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [12]

To help better cover climate change news, including during the upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit, Sept. 23, in New York, the SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest climate change headlines and EJToday's curated climate coverage. Check out our range of climate-related Issue Backgrounders, TipSheets and Reporter's Toolboxes, plus our Climate Change Guide and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [14]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [17]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Policy [24]
Science [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
International [27]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [12]
Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [28]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

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Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [30]
Chemicals [31]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [3]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [19]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [32]
Planning & Growth [33]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
California [35]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
International [27]
Canada [36]
Mexico [37]
Africa [38]
Antarctica & Arctic [39]
Asia [40]
Australia & Oceania [41]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
Europe [43]
South America [44]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Trailing the Wind, With Massive Turbine Spreadsheet [45]

Wind turbines are everywhere in the United States these days. And now a growing database allows you to track them down by the thousands so you can better report the burgeoning wind energy beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox tells you who’s behind this invaluable database, plus smart ways to use it for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Planning & Growth [33]
Technology [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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30th Anniversary Prompts Big-Picture Look at SEJ’s Future [48]

A Colorado homecoming for SEJ, plus a transition ahead, per the latest report from SEJ President Bobby Magill. His quarterly update also looks at preparations for a major strategic planning initiative, challenges and changes for the upcoming board elections. More on what’s in store for SEJ as it turns 30.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
International [27]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Who Wins in Latest Expansion of Fishing, Hunting at National Refuges, Fisheries? [51]

A new rule expands hunting and fishing in National Wildlife Refuges and fish hatcheries, and that means potential impacts on critically important public policy around fish and wildlife conservation. The latest TipSheet offers up story ideas and resources for local coverage of the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [53]
Biodiversity [54]
Environmental Health [19]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [26]
Wildlife [56]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Hurricane Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [58]

To help better cover Hurricane Dorian, SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest hurricane headlines [59], see our Hurricane Toolbox [60], a Backgrounder [61] on hurricanes and another on infrastructure [62], and a range of hurricane TipSheets on getting ready [63], reporting the numbers [64], storm surge [65], flooding [66] and flood insurance [67], dam failures [68] and toxic floodwaters [69] (plus more [70]). Also, an Inside Story [71] on how an SEJ Award-winner looked ahead at prospects of a perfect storm, and a hurricane-inspired student project [72].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
International [27]
Central America & the Caribbean [42]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Hurricane Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [58]
Tracking Local Land & Water Conservation Fund Sites [73]

Permanent funding could soon be in store for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal program that buys local land and water conservation areas. That means local stories about nearby recreation areas may abound. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explains more, and points to databases and other resources to help locate those projects.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [55]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [5]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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“Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy” [74]

The new book, “Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy,” takes what our reviewer calls an illuminating look into the politics and economics of energy development. The volume examines the decade-long effort to build long-distance transmission lines for wind-generated electricity. More in our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [75]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Energy & Fuel [18]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Planning & Growth [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [76]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [77]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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On Remote Hawaiian Islands, Seeing What Few Ever See [78]

There’s nothing like firsthand reporting, even if it means taking a freighter 1,300 miles to the remotest edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago to visit a newly expanded marine national monument. The latest EJ InSights recounts two journalists’ island-hopping journey and their efforts to capture and organize extensive multimedia for an eventual 14-part package. Plus, why they froze their underwear.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [79]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [54]
Environmental Studies [80]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [25]
Wildlife [56]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Alaska and Hawaii [57]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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