Publication Items

SEJ Urges Agency Openness During National Spill Crises [1]

At the Spills of National Significance (SONS) Draft Communications Strategy forum on June 8, and in a June 30 letter, SEJ urged SONS communicators to release data fully and promptly, to acknowledge uncertainties and gaps, and to give journalists good access to officials, experts and places.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Revolving Door: When Enviro Reporters Leave the Beat Behind [9]

SEJ co-founder Rae Tyson delves into the reasons why talented individuals stop working for the purveyors of news, following the recent defection of two veteran reporters — New York Times’ Matt Wald and Dina Cappiello of the Associated Press. Photo (l-r): Former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Dina Cappiello and a fellow AP staffer. © AP/Charles Dharapak.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [10]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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New Congressional Research Service Reports for Environmental Journos [11]

Congress, you may remember, has exempted itself from the requirements for open government — and that included a ban on publishing taxpayer-funded explainers by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Thanks to the Federation of American Scientists, you can read them anyway.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [15]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
Asia [16]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Group Wins Suit To Disclose Fracking in Gulf of Mexico [17]

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on offshore Gulf fracking, and was refused by two Interior Department offshore drilling agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. CBD sued, and the lawsuit was settled June 2, 2015.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
International [21]
Mexico [22]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Yes, the "Oligopoly" of For-Profit Science Journals is Growing [23]

Some environmental reporters find or research stories by browsing science journals. But difficulty of access to those journals is a common barrier to robust, science-based journalism. The barriers have been getting worse, says a new study — in a science journal.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [24]
Science [25]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Journalist Booted from Denial-Palooza for "Advocacy" [26]

Not all journalists were welcome at the Heartland Institute's annual conference messaging doubt about climate change June 11, 2015. Brendan Montague, editor of DeSmog UK, was denied a press pass for the event and escorted from the meeting site by hotel security.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [27]
Climate Change [28]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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AMA Calls for Disclosure, Monitoring of Chemicals in Fracking Fluid [29]

The American Medical Association, the nation's largest professional association of medical doctors, advocates public policies that doctors believe will protect public health. On Jun 9, 2015, the organization said fracking operation information should go not only to doctors, but also to the public whose health may be at risk.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [13]
Health [30]
Water & Oceans [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Staying Afloat in Murky Ethical Waters [31]

Science journalist and editor Hannah Hoag dives into the sad state of affairs that drives freelancers to supplement their income with better-paying work. Photo: Hoag and the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Arctic research icebreaker she lived and worked on in 2008; courtesy Bennie Mols.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [33]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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SEJournal Spring 2015, Vol. 25 No. 1 [34]

In this issue: When enviro reporters leave the beat behind; staying afloat in murky ethical waters; going whole hog on an innovative student project; an ibis takes off...and a micro beat pays off; the English language's paradox of plurals; an interview with "Rain" author Cynthia Barnett; four book reviews; and SEJournal Editorial Board member JoAnn Valenti's rundown of the enviro films at the 2015 Sundance Festival.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [35]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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"Cheap and Clean: How Americans Think About Energy in the Age of Global Warming" [36]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [28]
Consumer [24]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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