Journalism & Media

"News Study Finds U.S. Chemical Safety Data Wrong About 90 Percent"

"Even the best national data on chemical accidents is wrong nine times out of 10."

"A Dallas Morning News analysis of more than 750,000 federal records found pervasive inaccuracies and holes in data on chemical accidents, such as the one in West that killed 15 people and injured more than 300."

"In fact, no one at any level of government knows how often serious chemical accidents occur each year in the United States. And there is no plan in place for federal agencies to gather more accurate information.

Source: Dallas Morning News, 08/26/2013

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"The Battle Over Global Warming Is All in Your Head"

"Despite the fact that more people now acknowledge that climate change represents a significant threat to human well-being, this has yet to translate into any meaningful action. Psychologists may have an answer as to why this is."

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Source: TIME, 08/20/2013

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June 1, 2020

DEADLINE: Society for Neuroscience Science Journalism Student Award

This award enables students pursuing a science or medical journalism degree to attend the SfN annual meeting. Receive complimentary meeting registration, four nights’ lodging, $750 for expenses and a mentor who is an experienced professional journalist covering the annual meeting. Deadline is Jun 1.

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12 Tips for Getting Around the Press Office

If you expect nothing from the press office, you will rarely be disappointed. Even getting a callback before your deadline is a major feat. Good stories rarely come from a call to the press office, but there are times when you have to call them. Even public affairs professionals admit that good reporters do their best to circumvent the public affairs people. Try these tips!

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Are PAOs a Help or Hindrance? Press Club Debates

Journalists of all stripes heard a panel debate: "Government Public Affairs Offices: More Hindrance Than Help?" August 12, 2013, at the National Press Club, with unsurprising results. The real news may have been presentation of results of a survey conducted by an assistant professor at Kennesaw State University. To risk summarizing in a headline: things are as bad as SEJ members have complained they are.

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SEJ Protests Calif. Highway Patrol's Arrest of Photojournalist

SEJ formally objected to the CHP's July 23, 2013, arrest of Willits News' Steve Eberhard for covering an environmental protest of highway bypass construction, saying the arrest is "unacceptable" and "directly contravenes the right to gather news that derives from the First Amendment."

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Notes for Additional Climate Media

Climate media to add to list

John Abraham and Dana Nuccitelli in the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013...

climate nexus
http://climatenexus.org/

climate communication
http://www.climatecommunication.org/

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"Ambivalent Coverage of Climate Change's 'New Normal'"

"Considering the importance of the information, the mainstream press provided surprisingly limited analysis."

Source: CJR, 08/14/2013

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Food Movement on the Twittersphere

This is a list of Twitter handles and hashtags that will help you find current information about food and agriculture on Twitter.

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"U.S. System for Flagging Hazardous Chemicals Is Widely Flawed"

"A 27-year-old U.S. program intended to warn the public of the presence of hazardous chemicals is flawed in many states due to scant oversight and lax reporting by plant owners, a Reuters examination finds."

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Source: Reuters, 08/12/2013