Publication Items

Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [1]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Policy [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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SEJ: Working Today, For Tomorrow [15]

SEJ board president Meera Subramanian shares some of the good news that has emerged over the last month as the immediate onslaught of the COVID-19 crisis settles into what we're all learning will be a very long haul.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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‘I Can’t Not Shoot This’ — For Photojournalist, Preparation Meets Opportunity [17]

Wildfire photographer Helen Richardson, in a companion EJ InSight case study, shares a personal account of her efforts to capture compelling images from Colorado’s deadly Waldo Canyon Fire. Plus, more of her photos [18] and a report on how to prepare properly to shoot disasters [19] while protecting yourself, including from COVID-19.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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F/8, N95 and Be There — Wildfire Photojournalism in the Pandemic Era [19]

Safety has long been an element of smart disaster photojournalism. But there’s a new dimension to the risk now — coronavirus. Wildfire photographer Helen Richardson writes in the latest EJ InSight column about how to protect yourself, how to be prepared and how to get the story. Plus, a photo slidehow [18] and a case study [17] on confronting the journalistic challenges in one major fire.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
California [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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“Flight Lines: Across the Globe on a Journey With the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds” [24]

Weighing in at little more than a couple of pats of butter, the remarkable grey plover undergoes an epic migration of thousands of miles. A new volume captures the wonder of this tiny shorebird, as well as worries over its rapidly declining numbers and possible extinction. Melody Kemp reviews “Flight Lines” in this month’s BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Health [27]
Wildlife [28]
Region:
International [29]
Antarctica & Arctic [30]
Asia [31]
Australia & Oceania [32]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Former Public Affairs Officers Push Back on Advanced Industry Reaction, Plus Police Scanner Transparency and Ag-Gag Ruling [33]

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a press release with favorable industry response to changes in a rule protecting migratory birds — before actually proposing the new rule — a group of former agency officials cried foul. Plus, why encrypted police scanners are a problem and an ag-gag ruling, all in the latest WatchDog opinion column.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [35]
Biodiversity [26]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Wildlife [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Why Shelter From the (Coronavirus) Storm Isn’t Always Safe [37]

Emergency evacuations are hard to plan under normal circumstances. Now the coronavirus pandemic makes them even more complicated and risky. With the summer disaster season upon us, the latest TipSheet explores how environmental journalists can report on emergency planning under COVID-19, with suggested questions to help you dig up stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Government [6]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [29]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Building Materials Data Can Help Construct Environmental Stories [38]

Toxics abound in many building materials, creating indoor environmental hazards for workers and residents alike. To help report the story, Reporter’s Toolbox details a massive database of chemicals and building materials, and explains how to use it to assess their presence in buildings in your community. Plus, story ideas to get you started.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [40]
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [42]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [27]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [29]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Small-Market Reporter Unmasks Race Gap in Pollution Response [43]

When two towns — one an affluent suburb and the other a poor rural community — faced similar air pollution crises, lopsided government action made clear there was an underlying race and class divide. Reporter Sharon Lerner shares the story behind her award-winning reporting that tells the “Tale of Two Toxic Cities,” in our latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [45]
Air [40]
Chemicals [41]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [47]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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Post-COVID-19 City Design May Transform Built Environment [48]

In the aftermath of the pandemic, the so-called built environment is likely to get a thorough reexamination, whether it’s to reconsider commuting, shopping, recreation, eating out or taking in sporting events. Our latest Issue Backgrounder looks at the top ways coronavirus will force us to rethink our cities and how we live in and travel through them.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [50]
Health [22]
People & Population [9]
Planning & Growth [10]
Transportation [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [13]
International [29]
Europe [52]
Visibility:
Public [14]
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