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November 14, 2019 to November 15, 2019

People-Powered Publishing Conference 2019 [1]

This fourth annual event, at Columbia College Chicago, will tackle culture change in the newsroom with programs, workshops, talks and clinics. How do you build and protect a newsroom culture that is focused on what makes you essential for your community amid unpredictable social media trends, shifting corporate priorities, and constant cuts? Cost: $25.

Professional Meetings [2]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [5]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [6]

Weather Channel To Host Its Own Climate Forum for 2020 Democrats, GOPers [7]

"First it was CNN. Then MSNBC. Now even the Weather Channel wants to ask presidential candidates about climate change."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [11], 10/22/2019

Report Details How Exxon Sowed Seeds Of Doubt On Climate Change [12]

"Two days before ExxonMobil goes to court Wednesday, facing New York state accusations the oil company misled investors about climate change, a team of researchers released a report Monday outlining the company and the broader fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign of deception, and its success at confusing the American public."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Science [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: LA Times [15], 10/22/2019

Farms and Ranches, Possible Cause, Cure of Climate Change [16]

The links between agriculture and climate are as old as the Indus Valley Civilization and as current as this year’s Mississippi Basin floods. And stories about how each influences the other will likely unfold at an ever faster rate, according to this week’s TipSheet. The backstory, with an outline of the interactions between ag and global warming, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [8]
Food [19]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
California [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [22]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [23]
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Public [3]

Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn’t Report Past Food Industry Ties [24]

"A surprising new study challenged decades of nutrition advice and gave consumers the green light to eat more red and processed meat. But what the study didn’t say is that its lead author has past research ties to the meat and food industry."

Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Food [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [14]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NY Times [27], 10/21/2019

"Rick Perry Won’t Comply With Subpoena In Impeachment Probe" [28]

"Energy Secretary Rick Perry is refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena seeking a host of records related to his actions in Ukraine at the heart of Congress’ ongoing impeachment inquiry."

Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Politico [30], 10/21/2019

"Politics: Senate Climate Vote Seen As Democrats' Road Map" [31]

"Climate change activists and their opponents are treating this week's Senate vote on the Trump administration's Clean Power Plan rollback as a sign of how Senate Democrats plan to fight on climate."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: E&E Daily [32], 10/17/2019

"Steyer Calls Climate Change 'Most Important International Problem'" [33]

"Billionaire businessman and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer said climate change is one of the biggest threats facing America, right up there with Russia and election tampering."

Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [34], 10/16/2019

Turning Whistleblowers Into Headlines Takes Skill, Patience, Luck [35]

The latest impeachment scandal engulfing the White House demonstrates how a big story can be triggered by a whistleblower. But it’s not just in the world of politics. Whistleblowers can bring hidden stories into the spotlight in the environment and energy fields too, including one involving Energy Secretary Rick Perry (left). The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks at how reporters can work smartly with whistleblowers, with advice and resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [36]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

SEJ Gets High in Fort Collins [37]

Missed the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual gathering in Fort Collins? Never fear, for our in-house humorist David Helvarg has herein recounted the “highs” (and paranoid lows). Among them: oddball scientists, strolls in a snow storm, bad burros and beet-based dinners. Plus, the secret strategy behind SEJ’s conference site selection.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [18]
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [39]
Policy [40]
Pollution [41]
Science [14]
Wildlife [42]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/people-powered-publishing-conference-2019 [2] https://www.sej.org/category/event-types/professional-meetings [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [6] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes [7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/weather-channel-host-its-own-climate-forum-2020-democrats-gopers [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [11] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/10/21/the-energy-202-weather-channel-to-host-its-own-climate-forum-for-2020-democrats-and-some-republicans/5dacb3f4602ff140839145e5/ [12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/report-details-how-exxon-sowed-seeds-doubt-climate-change [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [15] https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-10-21/oil-companies-exxon-climate-change-denial-report [16] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/farms-and-ranches-possible-cause-cure-climate-change [17] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [21] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [22] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [24] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientist-who-discredited-meat-guidelines-didn-t-report-past-food-industry-ties [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [27] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/well/eat/scientist-who-discredited-meat-guidelines-didnt-report-past-food-industry-ties.html [28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rick-perry-won-t-comply-subpoena-impeachment-probe [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [30] https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/18/rick-perry-subpoena-impeachment-051335 [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/politics-senate-climate-vote-seen-democrats-road-map [32] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1061290123 [33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/steyer-calls-climate-change-most-important-international-problem [34] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/465993-steyer-calls-climate-change-most-important-international-problem [35] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/turning-whistleblowers-headlines-takes-skill-patience-luck [36] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/reporter%E2%80%99s-toolbox [37] https://www.sej.org/publications/features/sej-gets-high-fort-collins [38] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/features [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=322 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=319 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=320 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=321 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=324 [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=325 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=326 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=327 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media?page=576