Top Water & Ocean Stories From SEJournal

Updated March 2025

EJ TransitionWatch

• Is Fluoride Facing Phaseout in Your Community’s Drinking Water? [2]

TipSheets

• Beach Nourishment Offers Challenging Local Environmental Stories [3]
• Drainage Infrastructure Leads to Wet Basement Stories [4]
• Reemerging Wetlands Controversy Brings Local Angles [5]
• Seabed Mining May Dredge Up Real Minerals, Fishy Worries in 2024 [6]
• The Spread of Harmful Algal Blooms Makes News in Multitude of Locales [7]
• Dangerous Inland Flooding in Reporters’ Forecast [8]
• Reporters Can Address Uncertainty Over Local Risk of Rising Seas [9]
• Seasonal Fishing Stories Reflect a Changing Environment [10]
• Bring Home Cyber Risks to Water Supply, in Wake of EPA Tightening [11]

Toolboxes

• Watershed Data … for the Rest of Us [12]
• Dredging for Data on Wetlands Permits [13]
• Data Portal Takes Measure of Water Quality [14]

Backgrounders

• Will the Coming Plastics Treaty Solve the Problem Or Enshrine It? [15]
• U.S. Offshore Wind May Not Stay Becalmed for Long [16]
• Painful Process Underway of Regulating PFAS in Drinking Water [17]
• WTO Deal on Fishing Subsidies May Reduce Ocean Overfishing [18]
• Supreme Court Winds Up for Another Swing at Clean Water Act [19]
• Climate Crisis May Quickly Confront U.S., World With National Security Threats [20]

Features

• Exploring the Impacts of Hydroelectric Megaprojects on Indigenous Lands [21]
• Going Beyond Sensational Drought Headlines Gives Local Audiences News They Need [22]
• On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [23]
• Why Reporters Should Catch the Watershed by the Tale [24]
• Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [25]

Inside Story Q&As and FEJ StoryLogs

• Inside Story: ‘A Myriad of Voices’ Tells of Restoring a Swamp in Crisis [26]
• Inside Story: The Forgotten Victims of Hidalgo [27]
• Inside Story: Prize Winner Spurs Policy Change on Illinois PFAS Contamination [28]
• Inside Story: Unique Award-Winner Highlights Risks to Whales From Fight Over Fish [29]
• Inside Story: Uncovering the Environmental Impacts of a Controversial Water Project [30]
• Inside Story: Diving Deeper on the Wetlands Beat Yields Groundbreaking Coverage [31]
• Inside Story: Pulitzer Finalist on an Estuary’s Tale, and Stories Hiding in Plain Sight [32]
• FEJ StoryLog: One Grant, Multiple Stories [33]
• FEJ StoryLog: Grantee Wades Into Surprising Blue-Green Algae Problem [34]

BookShelf Reviews

• Author Brings Far-Reaching Insight to ‘The Three Ages of Water’ [35]
• Between the Lines — Great Lakes Author Looks Back on a Writing Career, Forward to Journalism’s Future [36]
• Tracing Humanity’s Longtime Urge To Manage Moving Water [37]
• Author Shares Unorthodox Look at the Ways of Water [38]
• “Saving America’s Amazon: The Threat to Our Nation’s Most Biodiverse River System” [39]

Special Report: Covering Climate Solutions

• Reporting Ocean Stories Is Key to Blue Literacy, Planetary Health [40]
• Ocean and Climate Change Toolbox [41]

 

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