Publication Items

White House, Under Attack for Secrecy, Issues Transparency Report [1]

Under fire from all sides for excessive secrecy, the Obama administration has just issued a status report touting its "open government" achievements. One assessment of the report came from the Federation of American Scientists' long-time secrecy watchdog, Steven Aftergood.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Indiana GOPer Reintroduces Federal Shield Law [5]

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) has reintroduced a bill that would establish a limited federal protection for journalists when prosecutor and courts seek to compel them to disclose their confidential sources. A similar measure died on the Senate floor at the end of the last Congress.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Government [3]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Florida Court Won't Order OSHA To Withhold Images of Orca-Trainer Death [8]

Judge Gregory Presnell ruled that the federal Freedom of Information Act did not allow an injunction before the agency itself had made its decision on whether to release the records.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Appeals Court Orders Release of Timber-Trade Records [11]

Details and documents on the 2006 US-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement will be released after a federal appeals court ruled Sept. 16, 2011, against claims by the Office of the US Trade Representative that the documents, sought by the Center for Biological Diversity and Conservation Northwest, were exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [12]
Economy & Business [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Canada [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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National Press Club To Host Panel on Obama Science Openness Oct. 3 [16]

The event, co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists and other groups, is free and open to the public (RSVP). Panelists include: Curtis Brainard, Columbia Journalism Review science editor; Joseph A. Davis, (SEJ) WatchDog editor; Felice Freyer, Association of Health Care Journalists; Darren Samuelsohn, Politico’s senior energy/environment reporter; and Clothilde Le Coz, Reporters Without Borders energy/environment reporter.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Government [3]
Science [17]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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CJR Probes Press Office Minders, Permissions at Fed Science Agencies [18]

A joint investigation by Columbia Journalism Review and ProPublica into the Obama administration's science openness policies offered only faint praise for Obama's accomplishments. Nearly 400 of roughly 2,100 invited journalists responded to their survey, and they gave both the Bush and Obama administrations poor marks for openness at science agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [17]
Government [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Just As Climate Change Becomes a Dirty Word In Washington, Natural Disasters Strike [19]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [21]
Disasters [22]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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A Nod of Thanks to Our Founders, Who Have Put SEJ on a Path to the Future [23]

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel offers a belated “thank you’’ to the late David Stolberg and all the original founding members of our organization. SEJ members owe them all a deep debt of gratitude. Thanks to their vision and leadership, SEJ remains a vital resource for working journalists and journalism educators.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Nuclear Experts Assess How Well Media Covered Fukushima [25]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Region:
Asia [27]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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BP Blowout: Lessons from Gulf Oil Disaster [28]

Everything from the social media’s importance to the need for a detailed disaster plan — Robert A. Thomas, professor and director of the Center for Environmental Communication, School of Mass Communication at Loyola University in New Orleans, outlines 17 take-away lessons for journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [22]
Energy & Fuel [30]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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