SEJournal Summer 2002, Vol. 12 No. 1
![](https://www.sej.org/sites/default/files/Summer%202002.jpg)
In this issue: SEJ tackles data controls; A journalism laurel: Environment writer saved; Veteran journalist unravels emerging issue...for a complete hotlinked table of contents, click on journal cover.
In this issue: SEJ tackles data controls; A journalism laurel: Environment writer saved; Veteran journalist unravels emerging issue...for a complete hotlinked table of contents, click on journal cover.
In this issue: How to sell your story; Exploring the cost of mining the west; and much more.
In this issue: Covering air pollution: the challenge of sorting through the complex law and bureaucracy; Lessons from newspaper's The Nature Conservancy probe...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.
In this issue: Interviewing scientists: a primer on finding a building a stable of science sources; Doing investigations while covering the beat pays off...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.
In this issue: The beat's basics: a primer on taking over the environment beat; Newspaper's lead probe yields fast results...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click journal cover.
In this issue: The value of CAR: When a regulator says 'Don't worry,' check it out; It's best to trust the numbers, not the politicians...for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.
In this issue: Covering water: Ask basic questions: Can you drink it? Can you swim in it?; Proving that a neighborhood is polluted and dangerous; and more.
In this issue: Cultivating sources: To win and keep good sources,you must understand them; Testing a family for pollutants yields starting results... for the complete hotlinked table of contents, click on the journal cover.
The SEJ Freedom of Information Task Force wrote letters today to congressmen Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Mark Green (R-WI) protesting the withdrawal of web access to Congressional Research Service reports.
The Society of Environmental Journalists joined other journalism groups September 10, 2004, urging Congressional leaders to strip a new FOIA exemption for certain satellite data on the Earth's resources from the 2005 Defense Authorization Bill (S 2400).