The House Resources Committee will hold a hearing Dec. 12, 2007, to air concerns that proposed Interior Department rules requiring fees and permits for photography and sound recording on public lands could limit freedom of the press.

In this issue: The environment beat bounces back: Moyers: Did Ida Tarbell seek industry response? Controversial "Trade Secrets": just the first of more on the environment...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

In this issue: Why pay a journalist to think?; Coping with 9/11-on the beat and at home; 'Poison in your backyard': Exposing the hidden dangers of treated lumber...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

In this issue: Green rights cases return: Courts, EPA grapple with environmental justice; Becoming your own publisher; 'The secret history of lead'...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

Rachel Carson: 'No peace for me if I kept silent'; It's best to prepare for the worst; New federal security act threatens FOI; Archives as a source of news; and more.

 

In this issue: The birth of environmental journalism: An early history of environmental reporting and public relations; Mobile Register show U.S. fails to protect seafood eaters from mercury...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

 

In this issue: SEJ tackles data controls; A journalism laurel: Environment writer saved; Veteran journalist unravels emerging issue...for a complete hotlinked table of contents, click on journal cover.

In this issue: How to sell your story; Exploring the cost of mining the west; and much more.

 

 

In this issue: Covering air pollution: the challenge of sorting through the complex law and bureaucracy; Lessons from newspaper's The Nature Conservancy probe...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.

In this issue: Interviewing scientists: a primer on finding a building a stable of science sources; Doing investigations while covering the beat pays off...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.