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Network News Going Green: America's TV Networks Racing To Cover Environmental Issues [1]

 

 By JEFF BURNSIDE

 

America's television network news operations are increasing their coverage of environmental issues, reflecting a pendulum swing of interest among Americans in general.

Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Studies [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]

Covering Coal Country: Overcoming The Obstacles To Reporting In Rural America [6]

 

By AL CROSS

Many if not most environmental stories have their roots in rural places. Those are the places where extractive industries do almost all their extracting, where America ultimately puts much of its solid waste, where farm fields get the fertilizers that create dead zones in the sea.

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Energy & Fuel [7]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]

Reporter's Three Decades On The Beat Bring Awards, Honors [8]

 

 By BILL DAWSON

Jane Kay is one of environmental journalism's most honored and respected reporters. The San Francisco Chronicle's environment writer, she is a two-time winner of the Scripps Howard Foundation's Edward J. Meeman Award.

Last September, for a diverse portfolio of articles, she received the first-place award in the "Outstanding Beat Reporting - Print" category in SEJ's 6th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment. The judges said:

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Journalism & Media [3]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]

Regulating Trade Could Curtail Invasive Species [9]

 

By RHITU CHATTERJEE

In 2003, more than 50 people in the Midwest became ill with the monkey pox virus. The source for the African pathogen – pet prairie dogs that were kept next to infected Gambian pouch rats in a pet store.

In the early 1970s, Arkansas aquaculturists imported the Asian Black carp to control fish parasites in aquaculture ponds. Now these mussel-eating fish are happily lurking deep in the waters of the Mississippi River Basin. Scientists fear that they may be driving precious endangered snails and mussels to extinction.

Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Studies [2]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]
April 12, 2009

Test Calendar Item [10]

This is a test calendar teaser.
Other Events [11]
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Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
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International [13]

Education: Environmental Journalism Programs and Courses [14]

Individuals who are interested in studying environmental journalism (and complementary fields) may choose from the following list of communications programs and courses offered by American universities and other educational endeavors.

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Public [5]
National (U.S.) [4]
Journalism & Media [3]

Green Social Networks: It's Not Easy Being Green Alone [15]

Do green social networks actually increase coherence in the environmentalist community, or are they a distraction? Are they sincere or opportunistic? Can they be used for greenwashing? All of the above?
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TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [12]
People & Population [17]
Journalism & Media [3]
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International [13]
National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]

Energy Dept. Maps, Lists Efficiency Aid for U.S. Cities [18]

The Energy Department is listing state and local grant allocations from the stimulus bill on its website. Find out what your area of coverage is slated to receive in aid.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Government [20]
Technology [21]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]

"Most Endangered Rivers" List To Be Released April 7 [22]

The conservation group American Rivers publishes an annual list of rivers endangered by dams, pollution, mining projects, and other threats they believe require urgent action.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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Public [5]

Consent Decree Forces Regs on Selected Gas and Diesel Engines [26]

Restrictions would be placed on many types of stationary diesel and gas-fired engines under a proposed EPA rule.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [27]
Chemicals [28]
Energy & Fuel [7]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Pollution [24]
Government [20]
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National (U.S.) [4]
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