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Too Late To Wait for Covering Infrastructure Vulnerability, Resilience [1]

Could U.S. infrastructure go from being a saver of lives to a bringer of disaster? Yes, warns our latest Issue Backgrounder, which looks at vulnerabilities for our drinking water supply, sewage systems, flood control, power grids, pipelines, refineries and even hospitals. Are environmental reporters paying enough attention? Here’s why they should, with suggestions on how to go about it.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [9]
People & Population [10]
Technology [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
August 12, 2025

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Data Fellowship [15]

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism invites journalists to apply for the 2025 fellowship, Oct 7-10, an online training on how to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. Fellows receive a grant and mentoring to work on an ambitious reporting project. Deadline: Aug 12.

Workshops and Fellowships [16]
Visibility: 
Public [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [8]
Technology [11]
Region: 
California [17]

"What on Earth? Why Climate Change Skeptics Are Backing Geoengineering" [18]

"Next month, a Silicon Valley engineer plans to head out on a snowmobile from Barrow, on the northern tip of Alaska, to sprinkle reflective sand on a frozen lake to try to stop it from melting."

Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [19]
Technology [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Reveal [20], 03/26/2018

Tribe: Dakota Access Pipeline Leak Technology Can't Detect All Spills [21]

"The Standing Rock Tribe argues in a report that thousands of barrels of oil a day could leak into the Missouri River and not be detected by the company's equipment."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Pollution [22]
Technology [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Source: InsideClimate News [24], 03/13/2018

EPA Mapping App Helps Find, Deepen Environmental Justice Stories [25]

As new research reminds us that pollution often disproportionately affects poor and minority communities in the United States, a long-standing mapping tool from the EPA can help reporters explore and discover those environmental justice stories nearest them. The latest TipSheet explains the problem, and walks you through the mapping app.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [27]
Air [28]
Environmental Health [29]
Environmental Politics [19]
Environmental Studies [30]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
People & Population [10]
Pollution [22]
Technology [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
California [17]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Perry Going To London To Hold Nuclear Cooperation Talks With Saudis [35]

"Energy Secretary Rick Perry will fly to London this week to discuss a nuclear cooperation agreement with senior officials from Saudi Arabia, which is planning to build two reactors along the Persian Gulf, according to an administration official."

Energy & Fuel [5]
Military [36]
Technology [11]
Public [14]
International [37]
Source: Washington Post [38], 03/01/2018

New Maps Show The Utterly Massive Imprint Of Fishing On World’s Oceans [39]

"Humans are now fishing at least 55 percent of the world’s oceans — an area four times larger than the area occupied by humanity’s onshore agriculture. That startling statistic is among the findings of a unique, high-tech collaboration that is providing a massive amount of new data about global fishing operations."

Fish & Fisheries [40]
Technology [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [14]
International [37]
Source: Washington Post [41], 02/23/2018

Trump, Congress Face Test on Infrastructure Politics, Funding [42]

Infrastructure is much in the news these days, with battles over politics and funding yielding stories for environment reporters. In play are a Trump plan, who gets to pick projects, who pays and much more. But in an election year, how likely are infrastructure plans to move forward? The backstory, with angles for environment and energy, plus what to watch for in 2018, in our Backgrounder on infrastructure.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [6]
Laws & Regulations [44]
Planning & Growth [45]
Policy [46]
Technology [11]
Transportation [47]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

Tools and Contacts for Covering Infrastructure [49]

Covering local infrastructure projects often means covering energy and the environment. This week’s TipSheet offers a companion to our special backgrounder on the national infrastructure story emerging out of Washington. We’ve got dozens of resources and links for finding infrastructure news and information from Congress, executive agencies, infrastructure organizations and environmental groups.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [27]
Economy & Business [43]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [19]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [44]
Natural Resources [50]
Planning & Growth [45]
Policy [46]
Pollution [22]
Technology [11]
Transportation [47]
Waste [48]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [14]

"Of Science, Certainty, and the Safety of Cell Phone Radiation" [51]

"How to cover an issue when the stakes for human health seem so high, scientific questions still linger, and passions run so deep?"

Environmental Health [29]
Science [52]
Technology [11]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Undark [53], 02/06/2018

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