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.

SEJ President Don Hopey passes along some results from SEJ’s fall 2012 member survey, and also an update on the board’s just-launched review of our organization’s programs and services, an effort we are calling, not without some hope (or is it hype?) — “SEJ 3.0.”

SEJ President Don Hopey offers a round-up of tales from SEJ's 22nd annual conference in Lubbock and explains the SEJ board of directors' thoughts on SEJ's future.

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel explains results of a research project underwritten by the Brainerd Foundation to identify SEJ’s strengths and weaknesses, which served as a basis for a discussion on a strategic path for the organization over the next three years.

At its January 28, 2012 meeting, SEJ’s board of directors took steps to increase revenues and cut expenses for the short term as the board and staff pursue effectiveness studies and efforts to bring in new unrestricted gifts, new foundation grants, new university and media support, and new earned income. Read more from SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel.

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel discusses a recent project by Columbia Journalism Review and ProPublica which revealed it’s not just SEJ members who have a tough time gaining access to federal information or scheduling interviews with scientists or other experts at federal agencies.

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel bids farewell to Mike Mansur, who steered the SEJournal through its quarterly publication schedule, working with a team of volunteer editors and writers to produce issues packed with articles that help environmental reporters hone their skills and broaden their depth of knowledge on a variety of topics.

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel offers a belated “thank you’’ to the late David Stolberg and all the original founding members of our organization. SEJ members owe them all a deep debt of gratitude. Thanks to their vision and leadership, SEJ remains a vital resource for working journalists and journalism educators.

SEJ ushered in 2011 with an event at the University of California, Santa Barbara that explored the communication challenges journalists and scientists face. And the SEJ board votes to allow limited gifts of unrestricted general support from anyone who supports SEJ’s mission. Read more from SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel.

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel explains how a co-worker talked her into joining SEJ in 1994, and convinced her to attend the Provo, Utah, conference. Like many other SEJ members, it was the conference experience that hooked her. Here it is 16 years later, and she's still passionate about SEJ and feels privileged to be serving as SEJ president.