Publication Items

Reporting Science, Side-by-Side with the Scientists [1]

An award-winning radio series takes us along for the ride as reporter and editor work to cover the cutting edge of climate change research. Inside Story interviews the pair to explore not only how they pulled the package together, but also how you can advance your own reporting, working directly with scientists in the field.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Region:
Antarctica & Arctic [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [6]

Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Wildlife [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Oroville Crisis Points to Dam Stories in Many States [16]

California's Oroville Dam has been in the news this month, as it threatened to fail, flooding nearby communities. But worsening dam safety is a national story with local angles throughout the United States. TipSheet runs down the risks and the resources, plus offers upcoming news hooks for dam stories in your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Natural Resources [13]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Toxics Database a Key Tool for Environmental Journalists [22]

The Toxics Release Inventory has long been a vital reporting tool, and now there's a new edition of the database, issued last month by the outgoing Obama administration. Reporter's Toolbox walks you through how to smartly mine TRI for stories, whether you're a newbie or a veteran. Plus, TRI caveats.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [24]
Disasters [18]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Health [27]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Pollution [28]
Waste [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [30]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Agriculture [33]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Fish & Fisheries [20]
Forests [9]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [34]
Policy [35]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [21]
Wildlife [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
California [37]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
International [41]
Mexico [42]
Africa [43]
Australia & Oceania [44]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Veteran Reporters Say Ignore the Noise, and Localize [45]

Environmental journalists at a day-long event [46] urged colleagues to report on the real, local impacts of policy, more than on the buzz around the policy. On hand at the SEJ-sponsored program were representatives of administrations past and present, including Trump EPA transition team head Myron Ebell (shown).

Videos:

Tracy Mehan lll, American Water Works Association [47]
Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute [48]
Ed Maibach, George Mason University [49]
Scott Segal, Policy Resolution Group and Bracewell LLP [50]
Bob Perciasepe, Center for Climate & Energy Solutions [51]
Environmental advocates [52]
Journalists panel [53]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [54]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [26]
Environmental Politics [8]
Environmental Studies [55]
Government [10]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Policy [35]
Pollution [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [56]

The latest WatchDog TipSheet details an open-records case against U.S. EPA nominee Scott Pruitt (shown), the scoop on an Agriculture Department animal welfare database that vanished then returned, a reporter busted at Standing Rock, plus items on whistleblowers, coal-ash and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Agriculture [33]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [58]
Policy [35]
Pollution [28]
Waste [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [60]

Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [32]
Environmental Politics [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017 [61]

Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [54]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [62]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [11]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [35]
Science [63]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
International [41]
Asia [64]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [65]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [67]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [35]
Pollution [28]
Science [63]
Transportation [68]
Waste [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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