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Keeping Up on Chemical Databases [1]

Find a rich collection of online resources courtesy of the National Library of Medicine and others, compiled by SEJ member and NLM technical information specialist Philip Wexler.

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Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [4]
Technology [5]
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Public [6]

EPA’s ECHO Database: Your Two-faced Best Friend [7]

 

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Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Government [8]
Journalism & Media [9]
Technology [5]
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Public [6]

Web Tool Brings Documents to Life [10]

Amanda Hickman explains how the web-based tool DocumentCloud, founded in 2009 with a Knight News Challenge grant, lets journalists engage with the public and knowledgeable sources. Use it to analyze, annotate, and publish the documents behind your reporting.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [9]
Technology [5]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Checking Local Water Use and Scrutinizing Those Big Water Projects Can Benefit Your Community [12]

Author Cynthia Barnett explains water-use truths and fallacies, offers tips for investigating water projects proposed for your audience area, and reports how some of the country’s most progressive engineers and local governments are showing that it’s absolutely possible to live with far less water.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [13]
Natural Resources [14]
Planning & Growth [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
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Public [6]

Some Spreadsheet Techniques To Help You Check the Scientists’ Studies [17]

  

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Reporters Toolbox [3]
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Public [6]

So Little Time, So Stop Procrastinating! [18]

Naomi Lubick writes about the common plight of procrastination and offers helpful tips to better manage your time and energy. Don't put it off — read it now!

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [3]
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Public [6]

Disaster: Response Is Not Recovery Is Not Response [19]

 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [20]
Planning & Growth [15]
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Public [6]

Covering Recovery from Disasters [21]

Jim Schwab, manager of the American Planning Association’s Hazards Planning Research Center, writes in Part 1 of a two-part series about the dynamics of recovery, silver linings, and post-disaster journalism.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [20]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

Free Online Tools Can Broaden Your Reach and Productivity [22]

 

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Reporters Toolbox [3]
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Journalism & Media [9]
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National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [6]

Multimedia Training Smorgasbord Awaits You — Online [24]

 

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [23]
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Public [6]

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