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It Is Not the Strongest of the Species That Survives...

SEJ President Carolyn Whetzel explains results of a research project underwritten by the Brainerd Foundation to identify SEJ’s strengths and weaknesses, which served as a basis for a discussion on a strategic path for the organization over the next three years.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report
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Journalism & Media
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The Carson Effect

William Souder explains how Rachel Carson's seminal 1962 work Silent Spring shaped (and still shapes) modern environmentalism (from his new book, On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson).

SEJ Publication Types:
Features
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals
Environmental Health
Environmental Politics
Health
Science
Wildlife
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Open-Source Background on Federal BioWatch Program

Referenced from "DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program," SEJ WatchDog TipSheet, November 28, 2012.
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Health
Government
Disasters
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GOPers Attack EPA's Jackson for Alias E-Mail Account

Critics say Jackson's use of an e-mail account using her dog's name is an effort to hide agency business. Agency officials maintain the practice is innocent.

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WatchDog TipSheet
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Government
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DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program

After wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on a non-working program aimed at protecting the US public from biological attack, the Department of Homeland Security and Centers for Disease Control may be refusing to give documents on the program to House Energy Committee investigators.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
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Health
Government
Disasters
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Undercover Muckraking a Lonely, Dangerous Job

Humaneitarian's Caroline Abels relates the story of today's muckrakers going undercover in investigations of American factory farms conducted by the Humane Society of the U.S.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media
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Public
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Obama Signs Whistleblower Bill

President Obama on November 27, 2012, signed into law a bill beefing up previously flimsy protections for federal employee whistleblowers who disclose waste, fraud, and abuse. The legislation was supported by good-government watchdog groups.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Government
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Public
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Access to Fracking Info — Still Bad — Improved by Non-Gov Web Initiatives

A geeky nonprofit watchdog group has done what government and private industry have failed to do; the group, SkyTruth, has made data about the ingredients in fracking fluid easily accessible to the public.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans
Health
Energy & Fuel
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Public
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Congress Sends Bill Strengthening Whistleblower Protection to Obama's Desk

Whistleblowers are key sources for investigative journalists. The bill, approved by unanimous consent in the House and Senate, was hailed by watchdog groups Government Accountability Project and Project on Government Oversight, who had fought for its passage.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
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Laws & Regulations
Government
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ABC News Urges Judge To Toss Out "Pink Slime" Defamation Suit

In September, South Dakota meat processor Beef Products, Inc., had sued ABC, some of its anchors and correspondents, and a USDA microbiologist under South Dakota law for reporting on the controversial meat filler. The company said it would oppose the October 31st motion to dismiss.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations
Food
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Public
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