"What Happened at Camp Lejeune"
"I grew up drinking and bathing in the toxic waters around a military base in North Carolina. Thirty years later, I went back to investigate."
Source: Pacific Standard, 08/22/2018
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When Travel Expenses Get Too Expensive
A big reporting jaunt can be a professional thrill. That is, until you consider the upfront costs you might be expected to shoulder as an independent journalist. The latest Freelance Files, from multimedia journalist Gloria Dickie, looks at the realities of travel expenses and offers half-a-dozen workarounds to lighten the load.
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With Wildfire, When Is Climate Change the Spark?
Massive wildfires have been a huge news story this summer. But caught up in the conflagration is a big question: To what extent can climate change be blamed? This week’s TipSheet looks at the controversy, and helps journalists work their way through the challenge without getting burned.
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SEJ Names Meaghan Parker as New Executive Director
The Society of Environmental Journalists has tapped former long-time associate board member Meaghan Parker as its new executive director, following a nearly six-month-long search. Parker, praised by SEJ President Bobby Magill for her experience, vision and commitment to environmental journalism, will take on the post on Sept. 17.
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Journalism, Science Students Taught To Tune Their B.S. Detectors
When it comes to nosing out the real “fake news,” reporters who cover environment, health and science have a long history of unmasking hype, misinformation and propaganda. The latest EJ Academy shares a new initiative to teach budding journalism and science students together, so they can be advocates for science and information literacy.
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Hurricane Reporting, By the Numbers
Smart coverage of the ongoing hurricane season means reporting not just people stories, but numbers stories too. This week’s TipSheet explains and offers half a dozen metrics, including pressure, width, surge and rainfall, to better track these extreme storms. Plus, should there be a “Category 6?”
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Hostwriter
Hostwriter is an open network that helps journalists to easily collaborate across borders. They connect thousands of journalists from 135 countries to seek and offer help, whether in the form of local advice, story collaboration or accommodation. And they award cash in two categories for the annual #HostwriterPrize.
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Delaware River Basin Interactive Map
Environment America used >5,000 data points from more than a dozen sources to create this map for journalists, policymakers and citizens to pinpoint pollution sources and other threats to this important water source for drinking, wildlife and recreation.
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