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A Dozen (Or More) TV Stories To Sell Your News Manager For Sweeps [1]

By VINCE PATTON

In Miami, NBC-6 reporter Jeff Burnside thought he had a great story about the restoration of bountiful seagrass beds. But managers weren't interested.

"Later," Burnside says, "I pitched a story about steep fines for boaters running aground." That story they liked.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
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National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste [5]

Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Waste [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [2]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
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Public [4]
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Canadian Court Takes up Shield Issue [12]

The Supreme Court of Canada will consider this week a request by the National Post, civil liberties and media groups to overturn an Appeal ruling that police investigations override the Charter guarantee of free expression.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
Canada [13]
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Public [4]
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EPA Puts Status of FOIA Requests Online [14]

The browsable report lists the date the request was received, the date a response is due, and the status.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Toolbox: RMP*Comp Projects Chemical Disaster Scenarios [15]

Use this free software tool, downloadable from EPA, to calculate how much injury a chemical spill could cause.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Disasters [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Forest Activists Drop Suit on Press-Conference Ejection [17]

After an appeals court ruling against them, and running out of funds, conservationists dropped their suit against the Forest Service for escorting them from a press conference on a Bitterroot National Forest timber sale.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [18]
Government [10]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Analysis: Obama Openness Has Yet To Fulfill Promise [20]

Watchdog groups and the Associated Press report on federal agency foot-dragging in making a reality of Obama administration declarations that it would foster government transparency.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [6]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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EPA Funding Boom Means Dollars for Local Projects [22]

One result of increased EPA grant money going to state and local governments will be uptick in activity on many local environmental projects — which will translate into news.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Federal Crystal Ball Predicts Numerous Wildfire Hotspots [24]

The National Interagency Fire Center maintains an ongoing set of wildfire forecasts, covering time periods ranging from daily to the full wildfire season.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Forests [18]
Government [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Human Health Threats from Animals Are Imported Every Day [25]

About 200 million animals, from more than 190 countries, are imported into the United States every year, according to a team of investigators that published its findings in the May 1, 2009, issue of the journal Science. Many can spread serious diseases.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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