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Seeding Climate Stories in the Backyard Garden [1]

Spring may be weeks away, but gardeners are already browsing the seed catalogs, and that makes it a good time for environmental journalists to apprise them of how climate change will affect their backyard patches. Reporter’s Toolbox talks “hardiness zones” and explains why one of the usual repositories of government information may fall short. That plus, story sources to, well, cultivate.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [7]
Journalism & Media [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]

Small-Market Reporter Gives Readers Reason To Care [11]

Reporter Kyle Bagenstose has impressed Society of Environmental Journalists’ awards judges three times in the last four years with his investigative and small-market beat reporting on local and regional issues in Pennsylvania. In our latest Inside Story Q&A, Bagenstose discusses his award-winning work as a beat reporter and his first-place investigative prize for a series on the cleanup of toxic firefighting chemicals from streams and aquifers around military bases.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Journalism & Media [8]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
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Public [10]

SEJ Awards Judges and Screeners [19]

Thank you to our Awards judges and screeners over the years!

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Journalism & Media [8]
Visibility: 
Public [10]
February 9, 2021

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Program [20]

Join ​the AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards program at 12:00 p.m. ET for a ceremony honoring their Diamond Anniversary winners.  It will be held in conjunction with the virtual 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting, and you must sign in as a meeting registrant.

Other Events [21]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [8]
Science [22]

"No Offense, Norway" [23]

"General Motors is kicking off its big push for electric vehicles with a goofy, star-studded Super Bowl advertisement released ahead of Sunday’s championship game."

Climate Change [4]
Consumer [5]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Transportation [27]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [28], 02/08/2021

Climate Scientist Mann Wants a Court to Affirm the Truth of His Science [29]

"When Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann first threatened to sue two conservative bloggers and their publishers for defamation in 2012, they seemed to welcome the opportunity for a face-off in court."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Science [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [30], 02/08/2021

SEJ Wall of Heroes [31]

Journalists are heroes of democracy. We're asking you to honor your journalism heroes by supporting SEJ's work to increase and improve environmental journalism. If you have a journalism hero, tell us using #HonoringTheHeroes. Make a contribution to SEJ in their name and we'll add them to our Wall of Heroes. And you'll both know that you're helping the reporters who tell the world's greatest stories.

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [8]
Other or All [32]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

SEJ Calls on U.S. EPA To Renew Commitment for Journalists To Inform Public [33]

February 3, 2021 — SEJ wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator-Designate Michael Regan, calling for the agency to take steps to ensure that journalists are able to effectively convey essential information to the public. The letter says, in part, "We are calling on President Biden and you as Administrator to commit the agency to restoring government openness and transparency, and to respect the vital role that journalists play in our democracy." Read the letter [34].

Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [35]
Journalism & Media [8]
Visibility: 
Public [10]

K-Pop For The Planet: Fans Of S Korean Stars Take Up Climate Activism [36]

"From petitioning to save forests to raising cash for disaster victims, a growing army of K-pop fans worldwide has emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [8]
Public [10]
International [37]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [38], 02/04/2021

"Obama Alum Returns As EPA Spox; Other Appointees Join Agency" [39]

"Nick Conger is EPA's new press secretary. He served at the agency during the Obama administration as a strategic communications adviser to then-Administrator Gina McCarthy and as communications director for the enforcement office."

Journalism & Media [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: E&E News [40], 02/04/2021

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