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J-Groups Challenge Utah Ag-Gag Law on First Amendment Grounds

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 other journalism organizations, including the publishers of two major Utah newspapers, filed a friend-of-the-court brief December 10, 2013, arguing that Utah's ag-gag law infringes on constitutionally protected newsgathering rights.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Food
Agriculture
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY)
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Public
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Adopting Climate Adaptation Messages

Special Report: Part Four

By LEE AHERN

Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
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Host City for SEJ Conference Maintains Sustainable Attitude

SEJ returns to Chattanooga, Oct. 2-6, for its 23rd annual conference, this time building on and highlighting the city's sustainability theme, which has entered its second generation and garnered worldwide recognition. SEJ President Don Hopey explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report
Topics on the Beat:
Planning & Growth
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
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Animal Rights Activist Charged for Video Exposing Cruelty

Reporting on abuse of animals is now officially a crime — at least under Colorado law. Animal-rights activist Taylor Radig was charged after she made public a video showing employees of a Colorado ranch abusing calves.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Agriculture
Activism
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY)
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"Searching for the Seventies: The DOCUMERICA Photography Project"

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Toxic Tank Cars? There's an App for That

When the Oregon government refused to tell her about oil trains, Eugene Weekly environment reporter Camilla Mortensen (pictured) learned about them from a train-hopping local cinematographer. Now you can roam the freight yards with your camera and know what you are looking at. And/or download the UN Number app.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation
Disasters
Chemicals
Region:
Northwest (OR WA)
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Public
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IJNR Institute Inspires Reporters To Get on Their Boots

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI)
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Freedom of Information Sessions at SEJ's 2013 Annual Conference in Chattanooga

On Saturday, October 5: At 9:00 a.m. SEJ FOI Task Force Chair Tim Wheeler of the Baltimore Sun will moderate a session on overcoming obstacles put up by agency press offices to reporters who want to interview government officials. At 10:45 a.m. WatchDog Editor Joe Davis will present a hands-on session with tips for sleuthing dam and levee stories using federal databases like the National Inventory of Dams and the National Levee Database.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation
Planning & Growth
Journalism & Media
Water & Oceans
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)
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Public
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Pennsylvania Blocks Report Criticizing Shale Gas

Under law, Pennsylvania was supposed to publish a report outlining climate change impacts on the state by Spring 2012. But the Department of Environmental Protection says it is still being reviewed, and nobody will say when it might be published.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel
Climate Change
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
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Public
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Calif. Highway Patrol Sort of Backs Down — Questions Remain

SEJ complained in an August 7 letter to CHP that the arrest of Willits News photog Steven Eberhard for attempting to document a protest was a violation of constitutionally guaranteed freedom of the press. CHP responded August 28, noting that its policies for news media access to the Willits highway bypass construction site had changed. However, several assertions in the letter are not true, according to Eberhard and a video of the incident. © Photo by Steve Eberhard: CHP arrests demonstrators Sept. 10, 2013, at the Willits, Calif., bypass construction site.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Journalism & Media
Region:
California
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