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A Newbie's Advice on Getting Started with Video [1]

 

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The Beat: Top Universities Rethink How To Prepare E-Beat Journalists [6]

By BILL DAWSON

The Beat usually examines recent coverage of environmental issues. This time around, though, The Beat looks at the environmental beat itself — specifically, at a couple of recent developments related to the training of journalists to cover environmental issues.

The first event was the October announcement that Columbia University was suspending for review its two-year, dual-degree graduate program leading to one master's degree in journalism and another in environmental science.

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Science Survey: Notes on Nature Can Be a Telling Scientific Record of Home [8]

 

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E-Reporting Biz: It Can Be Dangerous Being An E-Journalist in the Digital Age [12]

The digital age of environmental journalism has brought with it an ugly underbelly characterized by increasingly bitter personal exchanges and accusations and a sucking-up of countless hours of productive reporting time and effort. How reporters handle these distractions may shape how well the American public understands, or doesn't understand, the climate challenge they and future generations will face.

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Scientists Say Actual Data Contradicts Climate Skeptic [14]

A new peer-reviewed analysis by scientists at the National Climatic Data Center concludes that skeptic Anthony Watts' 2009 critique of the U.S. temperature record is itself contrary to the actual data.

Climate Change [15]
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Source: Scholars & Rogues [16], 01/26/2010

"Interior Chief Salazar's First Year a Gusher of Controversy" [17]

"Somewhere just after 12:30 p.m. on a cold Wednesday this month, the image of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as a Western pragmatist and wily political deal-maker evaporated in a cloud of heated rhetoric."

Government [18]
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Source: Denver Post [19], 01/26/2010

"Railroads, Utilities Clash Over Dust From Coal Trains" [20]

"An effort by railroad companies to control dust blowing from coal trains has drawn the wrath of electric-power generators and the attention of federal regulators."

Air [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Greenwire [22], 01/26/2010

"EPA Cracks Down on Pollution Spikes Near Roads" [23]

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it would control -- for the first time -- short-lived spikes of an air pollutant common along major roads and linked to respiratory problems."

Air [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: AP [24], 01/26/2010

As State of Union Looms, Enviros Want Climate Action [25]

"A leading congressional Democrat said President Obama needs to 'lay the prestige of the presidency on the line' in his State of the Union address Wednesday and in the months to come on climate change."

Climate Change [15]
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Source: Greenwire [26], 01/26/2010

"US Loses Opportunity With Home Energy Efficiency" [27]

Many U.S. homes could be made far less expensive to heat and cool -- reducing greenhouse emissions in the process.

Energy & Fuel [28]
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Source: Daily Climate [29], 01/25/2010

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