Winter Storm — Reporting Resources From SEJ Publications

National Guard soldiers push a stuck motorist’s vehicle in Oakland City, Indiana, during January snowstorms. Photo: Indiana National Guard/Staff Sgt. Hector Tinoco via Flickr Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0).

SEJ News: Winter Storm — Reporting Resources From SEJ Publications

At least 13 deaths, nearly a million power outages, thousands of cancelled flights and numerous blocked roads resulted from a major winter storm that dumped snow and ice across much of the United States this weekend.

The SEJ Publications team offers resources for winter storm reporting in your region. Start with the latest snowstorm-related headlines from EJToday. And check out this recent Reporter’s Toolbox on getting relevant data as the Trump administration is starting to liquidate the National Snow and Ice Data Center, and TipSheets on how snow helps tell local climate stories, including through ice fishing and backyard bird feeders. Plus, the risks of road salt and other snow and ice stories. And get our library of disaster-related coverage, with more than 40 stories, on our Topics on the Beat page.

* From the weekly news magazine SEJournal Online, Vol. 11, No. 4. Content from each new issue of SEJournal Online is available to the public via the SEJournal Online main page. Subscribe to the e-newsletter here. And see past issues of the SEJournal archived here.