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Tilling the Storytelling Fields on the Food, Ag and Environment Beat [1]

In his more than a decade at the helm of the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Samuel Fromartz was instrumental in shaping a new way of covering food, agriculture and environmental issues. As he prepares to turn over the top editor’s job to his successor, Fromartz talks about FERN’s innovative business model and the power of narrative.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Consumer [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Food [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Pollution [14]
Waste [15]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [17]

"Charles Is Not Your Climate King" [18]

"When Queen Elizabeth II died September 2022, her son Charles III became the new king of England. Immediately, headlines advised on how he could brand himself as the climate king."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [11]
Public [17]
Europe [21]
Source: Earther [22], 05/09/2023

"Commonwealth Hard Hit By Climate Impacts" [23]

"As King Charles prepares for his coronation this weekend, a study has highlighted the economic impact of climate change on the Commonwealth group of countries he heads as Britain's monarch - and revealed stark inequality within the bloc."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [11]
Public [17]
International [24]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [25], 05/05/2023

"Supreme Court to Mull Voiding Chevron Ruling on Agency Power" [26]

"The US Supreme Court will consider overturning a decades-old legal doctrine that has given federal regulators broad power to define their authority, accepting an appeal that aims to put new constraints on environmental, consumer-protection and financial-watchdog agencies."

Environmental Politics [20]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [28], 05/02/2023

Environmental Journalists, Idling in Idaho [29]

With the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 32nd annual conference in Boise now behind us, humorist David Helvarg offers a sharp-witted, albeit affectionate, skewering of the five-day gathering, everything from the host state’s politics to the innumerable sessions and the final blowout party. Prepare for punnage. Plus, check out the evolving multimedia coverage [30] of the event, and watch for session audio recordings to come.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [31]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [20]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Forests [34]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [35]
Policy [36]
Water & Oceans [37]
Wildlife [38]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Visibility: 
Public [17]

Funding Initiative May Help Surface Overlooked Environmental Justice Stories [40]

A new government-organized network of environmental justice assistance centers may not only assist the community groups applying for billions in federal funds but could also help point environmental journalists toward undercovered stories on the beat. The latest TipSheet explains how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency initiative will work and how to locate the centers for your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [41]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [19]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [11]
Infrastructure [42]
Journalism & Media [13]
Policy [36]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [16]
Visibility: 
Public [17]

"Dispatcher Frustration Over Stress And Pay Risks US Wildfire Chaos" [43]

"Eric Wiersma says there's an 80% chance he'll quit his job helping direct crews to U.S. wildfires if office staff like him are denied new benefits intended for federal firefighters."

Climate Change [5]
Disasters [44]
Forests [34]
Government [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [45], 05/01/2023

"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court" [46]

"Some saw my former student’s actions as a climate protest. As I examined the years leading up to his death, I found his grief for our planet was undeniable."

Activism [19]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [44]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [47]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Inside Climate News [48], 04/24/2023

"White House Plans To Nominate Cancer Center Chief To Lead NIH" [49]

"The White House plans to nominate Monica M. Bertagnolli, a Boston cancer surgeon who became director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) last fall, to lead the National Institutes of Health, according to people familiar with the situation."

Environmental Health [8]
Government [11]
Science [50]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: Washington Post [51], 04/21/2023

"Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice" [52]

"President Biden on Friday plans to announce the creation of a White House Office of Environmental Justice, one of several actions to address the unequal burden that people of color carry from environmental hazards, according to the White House."

Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Government [11]
Public [17]
National (U.S.) [16]
Source: NYTimes [53], 04/21/2023

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