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Elephant Wrangling on the Energy Beat [1]

More than one observer has compared covering energy to the folk tale about the blind men who try to describe an elephant, and end up shouting at each other because they’ve each grasped a different part of the beast and believe their portion represents the whole thing. Freelancer Jennifer Weeks reports.

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Energy & Fuel [3]
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Changing the Language of Climate Change [8]

 

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Covering Climate: Are Journalists up to the Task? More Important — Is Journalism? [11]

 

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Climate Change [10]
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"How West Was Spun" [12]

"Mistakes were made, and one narrative too readily embraced, in coverage of the blast. Meanwhile, The Dallas Morning News excelled."

Chemicals [13]
Disasters [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Columbia Journalism Review [16], 05/28/2013
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"A Word From Our Sponsor: Public TV's Attempts To Placate David Koch" [17]

Oil-and-chemical billionaire David Koch lobbies hard to influence U.S. politics and environment and energy policy. Did his money influence the kind of coverage presented on public television?

Activism [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: New Yorker [20], 05/28/2013
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"Press Sees Chilling Effect in Justice Dept. Inquiries" [21]

"President Obama’s conciliatory gesture toward the press this week — a review of Justice Department investigations involving journalists — struck some national security reporters as closing the door after the sources have already bolted."

Journalism & Media [5]
Military [22]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: NY Times [23], 05/27/2013
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"Public Employees Sue Over ‘Political Deals’ Behind Wolf Delisting" [24]

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The Obama Administration’s plan to remove the gray wolf from the protections of the Endangered Species Act, as detailed in a draft Federal Register notice released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, is temporarily on hold."

Activism [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Wildlife [25]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ENS [26], 05/23/2013
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Obama Admin Says It Won't Charge Reporters with Conspiracy to Commit Journalism [27]

In the wake of the Justice Department's chilling seizure of AP phone records, the Department asserted that a Fox reporter violated the law by reporting the news. The unprecedented assertion was made by FBI agent Reginald B. Reyes in a search warrant application that was ultimately approved by a judge, allowing Reyes to snoop through the phone records of Fox News correspondent James Rosen.

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UK Measles Outbreaks Flourish After Discredited Autism Research [30]

"LONDON — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease."

Environmental Politics [4]
Health [31]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [32]
Public [7]
Europe [33]
Source: AP [34], 05/21/2013
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"Remember When the IRS Targeted Environmental Organizations?" [35]

"This isn’t the first time the agency has investigated political groups – just the first time it’s become a full-blown controversy."

Activism [18]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Earth Island Journal [36], 05/20/2013
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