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The New Invader, Lionfish, Raises Major Concerns for Ocean Reef Systems

Veteran journalist and SEJ co-founder Rae Tyson writes about the prolific and voracious Indo-Pacific lionfish, which has spread as far north as Rhode Island and as far south as the Caribbean Sea. A Washington, DC chef offers one tasty solution to the problem.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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SEJ Awarded Prestigious International Prize

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SEJ News
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
International
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Public
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Try a Little Carp Humor To Woo More Traffic to Your Online News Site

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Gulf Oil Leak Shrouds Climate Change But Still Holds Key Issues

For journalists covering major energy- and environment-related stories and natural disasters, the visually gushing BP Gulf of Mexico oil leak easily supplanted climate change and other national stories in the steadily shrinking news hole. Yet there are striking parallels between the sudden and in-your-face Gulf BP spill and the incremental and nonlinear climate change issue.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Feds: People Can Take Photos Outside Court Houses

Photojournalists doing environmental stories have been harassed and blocked by federal police for a decade or more when they try to take pictures of federal facilities from public spaces. Now, under a court settlement, the federal government is publicly acknowledging that it is acting illegally when it does this.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Journalism & Media
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Toolbox: Following the Secret Money Can Be a Hard Job. Here's Help

The new buzzword is "dark money." Since the US Supreme Court's decision to override Congress and allow unlimited secret cash from corporations (even from foreign governments) to influence US elections, following the money has gotten hard.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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Congress Too Busy Electioneering To Make Mandated Reports Public

It's hard to believe that some of the reports Congress demands of federal agencies are not available to the public. But it's true — not because the reports are classified but because neither the agencies nor Congress bothers to publish them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Report: Despite Promises, Obama Hasn't Improved Open-Info Much

As soon as he arrived in office, President Obama promised to bring an unprecedented openness to the federal government. A mid-term report by a watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, concludes that Obama's promise has yet to be met.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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MSHA Watchdog Journalist Gets FOIA Records After 7 Years

Is the federal government covering up mine disasters? The Mine Safety and Health Administration was certainly not going out of its way to dispel that impression when it waited seven years to produce records sought by Ellen Smith, editor of Mine Safety and Health News.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
Government
Region:
National (U.S.)
Visibility:
Public
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Spill Commission: Obama Admin Blocked Release of Oil Flow Data

"The White House blocked efforts by federal scientists to tell the public just how bad the Gulf oil spill could have been, according to a panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Region:
National (U.S.)
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Public
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