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When the Crisis Was Immense, SEJ Award-Winner Went Narrow [1]

How do you gain perspective on a widespread public health disaster? Award-winning reporter Apoorva Mandavilli shares valuable lessons on using a small lens to cover a big story — no, not COVID-19, but the deadly 1984 gas leak in Bhopal, India. And as she explains in this Inside Story Q&A, this decades-old story never really went away in the first place.

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Inside Story [2]
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Activism [3]
Air [4]
Chemicals [5]
Disasters [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region: 
International [14]
Asia [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Seychelles Extends Protection To Marine Area 2x Size Of Great Britain [17]

"Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean famous for its turquoise waters, giant tortoises and wondrous birds, has extended protection to 400,000 square kilometers (154,000 square miles) of its seas, an area twice the size of Great Britain."

Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [21]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
Asia [15]
Source: Mongabay [22], 03/31/2020

Coronavirus Pandemic Spawns Many Stories on Environment Beat [23]

The momentous COVID-19 outbreak has many, many reporting angles — environment and energy stories certainly among them. Our latest Issue Backgrounder has an extensive rundown on possible ways in for environment and energy reporters, including everything from respiratory disease and air pollution to science denial and climate change, and more. Plus, pending passage of a massive congressional aid package [24]. And an earlier TipSheet on how journalists can prepare [25] for public health emergencies.

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Backgrounders [26]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [3]
Agriculture [27]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [28]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [33]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [11]
Policy [34]
Pollution [12]
Science [35]
Transportation [36]
Wildlife [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [38]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Locust Swarms Are Eating Their Way Across Two Continents [39]

"Climate change is worsening the largest plague of the crop-killing insects in 50 years, threatening famine in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent."

Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [28]
Disasters [6]
Wildlife [37]
Public [16]
Africa [40]
Asia [15]
Source: InsideClimate News [41], 03/23/2020

"Cambodia Scraps Plans For Mekong Hydropower Dams" [42]

"Cambodia announced on Wednesday that it would not build any new hydropower dams on the mainstream Mekong for the next decade, allaying fears that the river’s fragile biodiversity could be further devastated by development projects."

Government [8]
Water & Oceans [13]
Public [16]
Asia [15]
Source: Guardian [43], 03/20/2020

SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [44]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

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Agriculture [27]
Air [4]
Biodiversity [18]
Chemicals [5]
Climate Change [28]
Consumer [29]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [33]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Food [46]
Forests [47]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Military [48]
Natural Resources [21]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [49]
Other or All [50]
People & Population [11]
Planning & Growth [51]
Policy [34]
Pollution [12]
Science [35]
Technology [52]
Transportation [36]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [38]
Alaska and Hawaii [54]
California [55]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [56]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [57]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [58]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [59]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [60]
Northwest (OR WA) [61]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [62]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [63]
International [14]
Canada [64]
Mexico [65]
Africa [40]
Antarctica & Arctic [66]
Asia [15]
Australia & Oceania [67]
Central America & the Caribbean [68]
Europe [69]
Middle East [70]
South America [71]
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"Discarded Coronavirus Masks Clutter Hong Kong's Beaches, Trails" [72]

"Discarded face masks are piling up on Hong Kong’s beaches and nature trails, with environmental groups warning that the waste is posing a huge threat to marine life and wildlife habitats."

Health [9]
Waste [53]
Public [16]
Asia [15]
Source: Reuters [73], 03/13/2020

Freelance Photographer Charts New Journalistic Path [74]

How do you survive as a freelance wildlife photojournalist in today’s constrained news media economy? In the latest EJ InSight, photographer Morgan Heim shares the approach she has successfully pursued, and shares its implications for storytelling, independence and integrity. See a slideshow of her images [75]. Plus, Heim explores the ethics of non-traditional photography [76].

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Activism [3]
Biodiversity [18]
Environmental Studies [33]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Journalism & Media [10]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [38]
California [55]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [59]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Toxic Chemicals Data Can Inform Your Community of Risks [78]

The annual release this month of the latest Toxics Release Inventory opens up a world of data about local hazards — but only if journalists have the tools to uncover hidden problems. The latest TipSheet walks you through the background and context needed, plus offers up a reporter’s rig and a pack of questions for possible stories.

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TipSheet [79]
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Chemicals [5]
Disasters [6]
Health [9]
Journalism & Media [10]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [11]
Pollution [12]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [38]
International [14]
Asia [15]
Visibility: 
Public [16]

Japan Races to Build New Coal-Burning Power Plants, Despite Climate [80]

"Just beyond the windows of Satsuki Kanno’s apartment overlooking Tokyo Bay, a behemoth from a bygone era will soon rise: a coal-burning power plant, part of a buildup of coal power that is unheard-of for an advanced economy."

Climate Change [28]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Public [16]
Asia [15]
Source: NY Times [81], 02/04/2020

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