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Farm Bill Launches Sweeping New Secrecy Initiative [1]

New language added to the 2007/08 Farm Bill by conferees at the 11th hour could create a sweeping new secrecy mandate that would prohibit the Agriculture Department from disclosing almost any information about individual US farm operations.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Government [4]
Policy [5]
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National (U.S.) [6]
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Public [7]

TOOLBOX: Covering the Health Effects of Climate Change [8]

How health may be affected; accusation that Bush administration drastically altered CDC testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Oct. 23, 2007.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [10]
Health [11]
Region: 
International [12]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

Madison, WI 2009 [13]

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Here you'll find coverage of SEJ's 19th annual conference, October 7-11, as well as the agenda, speaker bios and more. This event was hosted by The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Initiatives: 
SEJ Annual Conferences [14]
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Public [7]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]

Roanoke, VA 2008 [16]

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See and hear coverage of SEJ's 18th annual conference, October 15-19, hosted by Virginia Tech. The agenda provides descriptions of the tours and sessions, and lists of speakers with links to biographies.

Initiatives: 
SEJ Annual Conferences [14]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]

Magazines: Green Groups [18]

Magazines published by environmental groups
Magazines [19]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

Magazines: General Audience [20]

Magazines on general environmental topics or for general readers
Magazines [19]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
March 31, 2021

DEADLINE: Blue Earth Alliance Documentary Projects [21]

Blue Earth Alliance fiscally sponsors documentary projects that educate the public about critical environmental and social issues, especially under-represented stories and voices. Projects can be of any geographic scope involving the photographic and motion picture mediums. Next deadline: Mar 31, 2021.

Workshops and Fellowships [22]
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Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [23]

Textbooks and Syllabi [24]

Here we list textbooks and syllabi often used in environmental journalism classes.

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Public [7]

Student publications in environmental journalism [25]

 

Student EJ online publications 

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Public [7]

Teaching Tips [29]

A list of ideas and suggestions assembled by teaching faculty who are members of SEJ-EDU. For more information contact Tom Yulsman (current SEJ academic representative), Sharon Friedman, Bill Kovarik or Mark Neuzil (former SEJ academic representatives).

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Public [7]

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