Publication Items

Beyond the Fires and Floods — Comprehensively Covering Disasters [1]

Reporting on extreme-weather disasters is complicated, challenging work. Besides covering immediate impacts, there’s the broader context to consider, from climate change to social and political dynamics — all while looking out for your personal safety and well-being. Environmental journalist Colleen Hagerty draws on her own and others’ front-line experiences as she shares insights and advice for telling these high-stakes stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Is Disaster Aid Backlog Becoming a (Blue State) Disaster? [13]

A critical logjam is emerging for post-disaster aid to U.S. states, $11 billion or more, according to some calculations. At the same time, FEMA, which dispenses much of it, is in the Trump administration’s crosshairs. TipSheet explores how this looks on the ground and how politics play into the backlog, plus offers 10 story ideas and resources for local reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Policy [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Database Details Planetary Asset — Canada’s Forests [17]

They’re a carbon sink, a playground and a major market, but also a source of smoke pollution and pest infestation. Millions of acres of Canadian forest are a big North American story, and the latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a central data source that can help quantify, analyze and visualize the numbers and see the proverbial forest for the trees.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Air [20]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [16]
Pollution [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [27]
Canada [28]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Catching a Chemical Slipping Through the Regulatory Cracks [29]

A chemical found in widely used epoxy resins is an endocrine disruptor that remains largely unregulated, despite its ubiquity. That was the subject of a prizewinning explanatory reporting series that focused on the lesser-known bisphenol known as BADGE, and how it might affect artisan woodworkers, construction workers and many others. SEJournal talks with reporter Meg Wilcox (pictured) in this Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [31]
Health [32]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [27]
Europe [33]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Superfund Under Trump 2.0 — Quick … and Dirty? [34]

Every U.S. state has at least one Superfund site, the worst kind of toxic waste dump. And millions live near them. The latest TipSheet has a look at the state of the decades-old Superfund cleanup program under the Trump administration, and how environmental journalists can turn that into local stories, with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [31]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Pollution [26]
Waste [36]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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ANWR Well Is Deep and Dark — But Is It Dry? [38]

Journalists love a secret. And WatchDog Opinion delves into a whopper on the environment beat — the hidden data surrounding a singular test well drilled in one of the most contested ecosystems in the United States. Now that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been reopened for oil leasing by the Trump administration, do the findings even matter? More on the saga.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [22]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [40]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Helping Students Learn the Hard Work of Journalism [41]

Two flourishing nonprofit programs teach young writers the basics of journalism and environmental reporting — mentoring and paying students, who publish enterprise and public records stories, personal essays and narrative features. Read more about Florida Student News Watch with CD Davidson-Hiers [41] and Indiana’s climate solutions-focused Youth Environmental Press Team with Jim Poyser [42], in the new EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [19]
Climate Change [3]
Government [7]
Water & Oceans [44]
Wildlife [45]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [47]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [49]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Winter Storm — Reporting Resources From SEJ Publications [50]

As a major winter storm dumped snow and ice across much of the United States this weekend, taking lives, leaving many without power and stalling transportation, the SEJ Publications team offers resources for winter storm reporting in your region. We’ve got the latest headlines, plus a Toolbox on data sources, and an array of snow-related TipSheets to help tell the local climate story.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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The Joy of Rewilding [52]

Rewilding is a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity. It’s also the name of an online magazine launched by journalists Kat Tancock and Domini Clark. Their goal? To expose more people to the concept and inspire action through positive storytelling. Co-founder Tancock on the magazine’s editorial vision, opportunities for freelancers to contribute and what rewilding means to her.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [53]
Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [54]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [55]
Wildlife [45]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [46]
International [27]
Canada [28]
Mexico [56]
Europe [33]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Trump Tries (and Fails) To Disappear Climate Disaster Data [57]

Even though the United States suffers multiple billion-dollar climate change-related catastrophes, the federal government has ceased sharing the data publicly. And it’s far from the only example of environmental data being blacked out, notes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. But at least in some cases, civil society organizations have rescued the information and put it back online. See what’s still available.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [15]
Environmental Studies [58]
Government [7]
Science [55]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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