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Journalism Remains a Noble Endeavor [1]

For hard-working journalists, reward comes in those quiet moments of reflection when we see our work go public and watch as it positively contributes to the dialogues taking place in our communities, across America and, indeed, around the world. SEJ Board president Jeff Burnside, pictured, explains in the latest issue of SEJournal.

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SEJ Presidents Report [2]
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Leaked: New Secret CRS Explainers for the Environment-Energy Beat [4]

Here are some recent Congressional Research Service reports relevant to the environment and energy beat, thanks to the Federation of American Scientists' Government Secrecy Project.

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WatchDog TipSheet [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [6]
Disasters [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Health [9]
Transportation [10]
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Antarctica & Arctic [11]
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Public [3]
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Canadian Government Drafts New 3-Year Open Government Plan [12]

Overall goals of the new draft plan are to make all government data and information open by default and to eliminate all fees except for an initial $5 filing fee. The Canadian government invites comments on the plan before June 30, 2016.

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WatchDog TipSheet [5]
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Laws & Regulations [13]
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Canada [14]
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Public [3]
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Some Steps Forward on Open Data [15]

Don't get us wrong: the U.S. federal government's openness to public scrutiny leaves much to be desired. Still, it's worth noting that some improvements have taken place. Here are a few prominent ones. Image: Clipart.com. [16]

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WatchDog TipSheet [5]
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Government [17]
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Public [3]
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FAA Finally Legalizes Drone Journalism [18]

Journalism may finally be ready to stride into the brave new techno-world of drone reporting now that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a regulation removing the previous cloud of illegality and uncertainty. It's just the beginning.

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WatchDog TipSheet [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [19]
Laws & Regulations [13]
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Public [3]
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FOIA Improvement Bill Awaits Signature on Obama's Desk [20]

FOIA reform: it's all over but the shouting — and the implementation. The package of amendments to FOIA features codification of the "presumption of openness," would establish a single online federal portal for FOIA requests and strengthen the role of the Office of Government Information Services. Image: Clipart.com. [21]

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WatchDog TipSheet [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [13]
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Public [3]
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Lessons on Lead: Reporting on Drinking Water in Your Community [22]

For environmental and health reporters across the country, the crisis in Flint, Mich., highlighted a long-festering and much larger problem with lead-tainted water, spurring us to ask: What about other places? What about my city?

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Backgrounders [23]
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Beyond the Query: Cultivating Relationships with Editors [24]

Freelancing isn’t all about writing good queries. It’s also about building and sustaining connections between human beings. Dawn Stover has been on both sides of the writer-editor relationship, and shares her lessons learned here.

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Freelance Files [25]
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The Subtle Art of Covering Climate Cycles [26]

In the new issue of SEJournal, Climate Central senior science writer John Upton explains the "lull" in global warming, what's really happening and the clearest way to report it.

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Backgrounders [23]
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SEJournal Summer 2016, Vol. 26 No. 2 [27]

In this issue: Journalism remains a noble endeavor; language of the global warming 'lull'; your reporting, critiqued; Q&A on Exxon exposé; lessons on lead; collaborators chronicle destruction and hope; waypoints in a photographic life; chasing atoms on nuclear energy beat; cultivating relationships with editors; the truth about teaching; BookShelf.

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SEJournal Online [28]
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Public [3]
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