Publication Items

Reporting the Financial Risks of Climate Change [1]

With the negative impacts of climate change becoming clearer by the day, there is a growing awareness among important financial institutions that global warming confronts businesses with large, even catastrophic, economic losses. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on the financial risks of climate change, plus what’s ahead and how to cover it, with story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Disasters [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Food [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything [23]

As the Pacific Northwest faces serious impacts from climate change, and moves to respond, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a special in-depth report on how journalists can tell the unfolding story. “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” launches Feb. 11 with an extensive issue backgrounder, which will be followed by tipsheets and a toolbox over the next few weeks. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and we welcome your suggestions [24] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Air [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Food [10]
Forests [31]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Pollution [33]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
International [21]
Canada [36]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Making News When Your Ship (Tracker) Has Come In [37]

It may be time to dive into the deep end of the ocean for environmental stories, where big vessels and small are often involved in spills, illegal fishing or more. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks into emerging ship-tracker services that offer data to help trace the source of environmental damage, and that can help create some eye-popping visuals.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Journalism & Media [13]
Pollution [33]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Middle East [39]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about Making News When Your Ship (Tracker) Has Come In [37]
‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’ [40]

The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions and a biodiversity hotspot. But massive hydropower projects have put the Southeast Asian body of water, as well as the lives of the people and natural world around it, in serious jeopardy. In the latest BookShelf, writer Melody Kemp, who lives alongside the legendary river, reviews two volumes that help explain what’s killing the Mekong.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Food [10]
Natural Resources [32]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
International [21]
Asia [42]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Climate Concerns Dominate Reporting Outlook at SEJ Annual Event [43]

An overflow crowd of environmental reporters and others gathered in Washington, D.C., last week at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual look-ahead on environment and energy news to hear what speakers like the former United Nations head and top journalists see as the news to watch for. Find out what one story dominated. Plus, watch video of the full program.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [27]
Chemicals [45]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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How To Freelance and Not Go Broke [46]

What better New Year’s resolution for freelance environmental journalists than putting their work on a sounder financial basis. In the latest Freelance Files column, journalism veteran Julie Halpert (pictured, left) offers 10 tips for financial stability. Among them: Side gigs, grants and relationship building, plus crafting the perfect pitch, spinning several stories from one and thinking big picture.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about How To Freelance and Not Go Broke [46]
Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [48]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [49]” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [44]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Economy & Business [8]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [30]
Food [10]
Forests [31]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [32]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
Policy [17]
Pollution [33]
Science [18]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
International [21]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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New Resources Help Improve Climate Coverage [51]

As public concern about climate change grows, journalists face tough challenges in telling the story well, argues one climate communications expert. But as the climate beat takes on increased urgency, new means are becoming available to better report it, including localized content, explainers and workshops. Tap into these expanding climate resources. Plus, tips on climate “talk.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility:
Public [22]
- Read more about New Resources Help Improve Climate Coverage [51]
EPA Resists Squeeze, But for How Long? [52]

Despite warnings that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be dismantled under the Trump administration, it remains very much alive, thanks to the realities of politics and litigation. Yet its staffing, enforcement and science advisory roles remain under the gun. In the latest of our Backgrounders for the “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment,” we read the tea leaves on the future of the EPA.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [33]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs [54]

Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [7]
Energy & Fuel [9]
Journalism & Media [13]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [20]
California [55]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [57]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [58]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [59]
International [21]
Canada [36]
Asia [42]
Visibility:
Public [22]
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