"‘A Government Of Thugs’: How Canada Treats Environmental Journalists"
The Canadian government treats journalists reporting on the tar sands as if they were the enemy.
Source: Climate Progress, 05/26/2014
Journalism & Media
Wash Post Fact Checkers Give Coal Industry Ad 4 Pinocchios
"This is a case study of how a trade group takes a snippet of congressional testimony and twists it out of proportion for political purposes."
Source: Wash Post, 05/26/2014
Agenda — McCormick SRI on Shale Oil and Gas Development
The Society of Environmental Journalists Presents:
The McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Oil and Gas Development
Pittsburgh, June 22-24, 2014
Carnegie Mellon University’s Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
Conference Hotel:
Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center – 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh; (412) 682-6200
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"N.C. Bill Would Make It a Felony To Disclose Fracking Chemicals"
"People who disclose confidential information about hydraulic fracturing chemicals in North Carolina would be subject to criminal penalties and civil damages, under a bill in the state Legislature."
Source: EnergyWire, 05/19/2014
Getting the Most from Conferences
Freelance writer and editor Jennifer Weeks extolls the virtues of freelancers attending conferences and shares her wisdom on choosing ones that meet your needs ("SEJ’s annual conference... my favorite after a decade of freelancing"), and what to do before, during and after. Photo: © Roger Archibald.
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News Media Roll Eyes at Obama Openness Pledges
Some of the eye-rolling was chronicled in a May 1, 2014, post in the blog Mediaite. It quoted New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson calling the Obama administration "the most secretive White House I have ever dealt with." The story came out just a couple of days before the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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Journos Fight Feds To Keep Drones As News Tool
More than a dozen news media organizations filed a brief May 6, 2014, arguing that the Federal Aviation Administration is violating the First Amendment with its limits on drones. The media groups were intervening in the appeal of a judge's overturning of a $10,000 Federal Aviation Administration fine imposed on Raphael Pirker, a videographer who shot a promotional video of the University of Virginia campus.
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John Oliver and Bill Nye Skewer Cable News Climate "Debates"
"Instead of a one-on-one faceoff, 'Last Week Tonight' hosts one that is 97 against 3."
Source: Mother Jones, 05/13/2014
"EPA May Ask Drillers for Info on Chemicals in Fracking"
"The Obama administration began a process that may result in the first federal regulation of chemicals used in fracking, a drilling technique that has transformed energy production while eluding oversight sought by environmentalists."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/12/2014
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