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Committing to Collaboration: How Two Freelancers Pulled Off a Cross-Pacific Partnership [1]

Winnifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little, a former SEJ mentor program pair, describe (with humor!) the process of how they turned their shared interest in the Fukushima disaster's affect on forest ecosystems and rural communities into a successful writing collaboration.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Freelance Files [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [3]
Forests [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [6]
Region: 
California [7]
Asia [8]
Europe [9]
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Public [10]
February 16, 2015

DEADLINE: IRP Reporting Trip to Nepal [11]

The International Reporting Project (IRP) invites applications for an expenses-paid group reporting trip on health and development in Nepal, particularly in light of the upcoming end of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the potential adoption of Sustainable Development Goals. Deadline to apply for the Apr 25-May 7, 2015 trip is Feb 16th.

Workshops and Fellowships [12]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [5]
Planning & Growth [14]
Region: 
Asia [8]

"Who Needs Lobbyists? See What Big Business Spends To Win American Minds" [15]

"Forget lobbying. When Washington, D.C.’s biggest trade associations want to wield influence, they often put far more of their money into advertising and public relations, according to a new Center for Public Integrity investigation."

Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity [18], 01/16/2015

"Utilities-Backed Dark Money Group Sparking Energy Debate in Michigan" [19]

"Though partisan gridlock is the political buzzword of the day, it's another kind of grid that's making political sparks fly in Michigan. There, two powerful utility companies — Consumers Energy and DTE Energy — control the lion's share of the electric grid and appear to be behind a new advocacy effort that coincides with the start of a new legislative session."

Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]
Source: Sunlight Foundation [21], 01/16/2015

Waiting for Ansel Adams: Will 114th Congress Legalize Park Photography? [22]

You may have read in recent WatchDogs about controversial federal laws and rules that could restrict photojournalism in federal parks, forests, and rangelands. Now comes the "Ansel Adams bill" that would make it legal to do an activity that is Constitutionally protected. Only someone has to introduce the bill. Photo: Ansel Adams, by J. Malcolm Greany. [23]

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [26]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

Arrest of Four Near Hog Farm Tests Utah's "Ag Gag" Law [27]

One way to deal with bad press is to make it illegal. Exposés of inhumane conditions at feedlots and slaughterhouses are being made illegal by state legislatures that pass "ag gag" laws. Now a case in Utah is challenging whether industrial agriculture's claims of secrecy trump the eating public's right to know. Image: Sows in 7'x2' Smithfield Foods gestation crates. By Humane Society of the US [CC], 2010. [28]

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [29]
Agriculture [30]
Consumer [31]
Health [13]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Pollution [32]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
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Public [10]

SEJ by the Numbers: History and Accomplishments 1990-2015 [35]

Numerical facts about the Society of Environmental Journalists from 1990-2015 inclusive.

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Journalism & Media [5]
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Public [10]

"Man Convicted of 'Eco-Terrorism' Freed Amid Claims FBI Hid Evidence" [36]

"Eric McDavid sentenced to nearly 20 years in 2007 for conspiring to bomb one or more targets including electric power stations and cellphone towers"

Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: Guardian [37], 01/12/2015

Celebrating 25 Years, Fluff Free [38]

In this last column of his SEJ presidency, Don Hopey addresses the environment beat's necessity and SEJ’s role in it by focusing on two events, one just past, the other approaching quickly.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ Presidents Report [39]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

"Obama Administration Sued Over Gulf of Mexico Fracking Info" [40]

"An environmental advocacy group sued the Obama administration in federal court on Thursday for refusing to release documents detailing the extent of fracking in the Gulf of Mexico."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Health [3]
Journalism & Media [5]
Water & Oceans [42]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: AP [43], 01/09/2015

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