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Facing Suits Over Asbestos, Paper Giant Launched Secretive Research [1]

"In the spring of 2005, Georgia-Pacific Corp. found itself facing nearly $1 billion in liability from a product it hadn’t made in nearly three decades: a putty-like building material, known as joint compound, containing the cancer-causing mineral asbestos."

Chemicals [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Center for Public Integrity [8], 10/21/2013

"Reporter Glenn Greenwald, eBay Founder Forming New Venture" [9]

"Glenn Greenwald, the reporter and blogger on the National Security Agency's massive surveillance program, is leaving Britain's Guardian newspaper to join a new media venture."

Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [10], 10/17/2013

"U.S. Science Reporters Becoming an Endangered Species" [11]

"The news for environmental journalism in the United States is grim and getting grimmer."

"CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -- The news for environmental journalism in the United States is grim and getting grimmer."

Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: IPS [12], 10/16/2013

Climate Adaptation Story Reaches Tipping Point [13]

This special report on climate change adaptation will help environmental journalists better understand and cover this growing topic. Top-notch beat reporters share how to best get at the nuts and bolts of adaptation in coastal communities and agricultural ones, a leading communications thinker shares insights into the “message” of adaptation, and we provide snapshots of a few of the many noteworthy adaptation projects, as well as the special challenges faced in one developing nation.

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Backgrounders [15]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [16]
Journalism & Media [4]
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Public [6]

Reasons for Hope on Enviro Beat [17]

SEJ President Don Hopey reminds us it’s good to remember that environmental journalism can play an important role in digging out the information an increasingly distracted public needs to make tough policy decisions about their environment and health.

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SEJ Presidents Report [18]
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Journalism & Media [4]
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Public [6]
November 26, 2023

DEADLINE: Grist Fellowship Program [19]

This one-year, paid program is designed to provide newsroom experience for US-based, early-career journalists who have a demonstrated interest in environmental and climate journalism and media. Six fellowships available this round. Deadline: Nov 26 for Mar 3, 2024 start.

Workshops and Fellowships [20]
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Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [21]

"Here I Am: The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer" [22]

 

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BookShelf [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Military [24]
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Public [6]

"Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project" [25]

 

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [23]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Studies [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
November 14, 2013

Book Author Pitch Slam in Seattle [27]

Is there a topic you've been covering in depth that is screaming for further, more in-depth exploration? Is there an untold story or piece of environmental science or history that is unique to this region and its people that you've been pondering? Now is the time to bring out your ideas. Come to the first University of Washington Press/SEJ book pitch slam Thursday, November 14, 2013 from 6-8 pm in Seattle.

Professional Meetings [28]
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Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [21]

Enviros Urge WGBH To Drop Koch from Board over Climate Misinformation [29]

"An environmental activist group wants Boston's public television and radio affiliate to bump billionaire conservative donor David Koch from its board of trustees over his position on climate change."

Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Huffington Post [30], 10/10/2013

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