Publication Items

MIKE DUNNE, 1949-2009 Journalists, Mentor, Volunteer Left Us With A Lesson [1]

By MICHAEL MANSUR

This is the first issue of the SEJournal published since the passing of Mike Dunne, our assistant editor.

Each issue, Mike would assemble "The Beat" and an "Inside Story" on some outstanding work of journalism, probing the author about why he chose to lead with this fact. Or asking why he chose to organize a story in this certain way.
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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Climate Change May Help Us- But Not Define Us [5]

By BUD WARD

It was all climate change, all the time – 24/7 as they say. SEJ's 17th annual conference, at Stanford University Sept. 5- 9, was a veritable smorgasbord, an unending feast, for those on the climate change beat. But only for those who actually wanted that particular diet, you understand. Dozens of ostensibly unrelated environmental issues – as well as the delicious "tools of the trade" sessions on new media and like – were addressed at the conference.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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SEJ Names Top Environmental Stories And Journalists [7]

Pollution of lakes, streams and oceans, the long-lasting effects of mining and mineral processing and attempts to turn laws protecting fragile habitats on their heads were the subjects of the best environmental journalism of 2006-2007, according to the Society of Environmental Journalists.

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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SEJ's Innovative Solution: Meet At A Suburban Campus [8]

By DAVID HELVARG

Arriving in the green sprawl of Stanford University, the Virginia Tech of the West, I was greeted by Frisbee-tossing SEJers high on the beat's new relevance amidst growing public concern over rapid climate change and fear about the kind of world Anna Nichole Smith's baby will grow up in.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Magazines Jump On Environment [9]

By BILL DAWSON

Many signs suggest that environmental topics – not just environmental news, in the strict sense – are assuming a bigger place in the journalistic universe, perhaps becoming an enduring Big Deal for editors, news directors, network executives and other media decision-makers.

(Historical note for newcomers to environmental journalism: The prospects for wide-ranging Big Deal status for the beat have waxed and waned in the past.)
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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Gloom And Doom? SEJ's Climate Is Anything But [10]

By TIM WHEELER

A reader sent me an email recently asking why my newspaper so often seemed to take a "negative slant" on the day's news. "All we hear is crime, the death of real estate, toxins, and maybe if someone is in a good mood something about how much fun this place is," the frustrated reader lamented.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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'Horror Movie' Approach Reaches Wide TV Audience [11]

By BILL DAWSON

In a time of ever-accelerating change in American journalism, it probably shouldn't have come as that much of a surprise that one of the big winners in SEJ's 6th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment was a documentary with the trappings of a cheesy horror movie.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Editors Focus New Attention On Climate Change, Environment [12]

By CHRIS BOWMAN

The Society of Environmental Journalists broke major ground at this year's national conference in attracting 18 news executives to day-long dialogues with experts on global warming, one of the biggest and most difficult-to-tell stories of our time.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Bookshelf: The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth And Investment Opportunity [13]

The Clean Tech Revolution: the Next Big Growth And Investment Opportunity
by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
Reviewed by SUSAN MORAN
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [2]
Region:
National (U.S.) [3]
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Public [4]
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Bookshelf: Exploration Of 'God's Reservoir' Informs and Delights [14]

Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal
By Peter Thomson
Reviewed by Krestia DeGeorge

Sometimes, being the biggest, the oldest and the deepest thing can define its fundamental nature.

A case in point: Russia's Lake Baikal. In his new book, "Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal," SEJ member Peter Thomson makes a strong case that the lake's superlative features set it apart from the rest of the world's large freshwater seas.

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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