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Internet resources of interest to journalists covering the environment

• Legislative information can be found at the Thomas Legislative Information.

• Internet Meta-resources for journalists covering the environment (compiled by Bill Kovarik).http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/intl/envsources.html.

• International environmental training & information centers: Seminars & resources for journalists (compiled by Bill Kovarik). http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/intl/envtraining.html.

• Science and Environmental Writing Program at Lehigh University provides information on topics of interest to science and environmental writers. http://www.lehigh.edu/~injrl/sciwrit/.

• A wide variety of regional and national environmental information is available from Environment Canada, including weather, regional and national programs, publications, frequently asked questions, regional experts' phone numbers, publications available to order, and documents covering biodiversity, ecoaction, state of the environment, pollution prevention and regulations.

• The Journalist's Toolbox features more than 20,000 Web resources helpful to the media and anyone else doing research.
• The National Press Club lists news sources.

• Society of Professional Journalists.

• The American Amateur Press Association is a nation-wide non-profit organization of amateur journalists founded in 1936.

• National Press Photographers Association.

• C-SPAN with schedules and resources.

• NewsLink has a number of listings of reference material available to journalists such as the Journalism Reference page at http://newslink.org/gref.html and a list of organizations at http://newslink.org/org.html.

• Studentpress.org has a media sourcebook for student journalists at http://www.studentpress.org/sourcebook/index.html.

• PR Newswire is a multi-lingual online news and information service.

• Journalistic Resources.

Usenet Groups:

• Discussions about general journalism topics alt.journalism

• Discussions about newspaper journalism, very sparse alt.journalism.newspapers

• Discussions about general journalism topics alt.news-media

• Discussions about print, very sparse alt.journalism.print

Bibliographies of Interest:

• Anders Hansen, Ed., The Mass Media and Environmental Issues (St. Martins Press, Scholarly & Reference Division, 257 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. 10010) Note Examination copy price is $5.00.

• Craig L. LaMay, Everette E. Dennis, Media and the Environment, Washington DC, Island Press, 1991. Twenty one essays about media and the environment. Authors include now vp Albert Gore, also Mark Hatfield, Timmothy Wirth, Sharon Friedman, John Maxwell Hamilton, Jim Detjen, and others.

• Sharon Friedman, Reporting on the Environment, A Handbook for Journalists, The Asian Forum of Environmental Journalists, UN Environmental Program, Bangkok, Thailand. Excellent international overview. Second edition in press.

• Michael Keating, Covering the Environment: A Handbook on Environmental Journalism, National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, 1 Nicholas St., Suite 1500, Ottawa, Ontario K1N7B7 Canada. Source lists focused on Canada, excellent briefings on global problems, includes section on sustainable development.

• Bill Kovarik, Roshi Pelaseyed, Nira Worcman, International Environmental Sourcebook, Center for Foreign Journalists, Reston, VA. Overviews of environmental issues and profiles of several hundred international sources. CFJ is working on reissuing the book.

Databases Found On and Off the Net:

• ENVIRONMENTAL/SAFETY LIBRARY is a comprehensive collection of EPA, OSHA and DOT regulations and state regulations. The database contains the full text of the following documents: Public Law Administered by EPA, OSHA Act of 1970 (with amendments, 29 CFR 1900-end (OSHA Regulations in their Entirety), 40 CFR (EPA Regulations in their entirety) 42 CFR 80-89 (OS&H Research and related activity Regulations) 49 CFR 100-199 (DOT Regulations on Transport of Hazardous Materials), Federal Register Final, Interim, and Proposed Rules, notices and other data pertaining to the CFR sections listed, including preambles from July 1, 1990 forward, and Industry Standards pertaining to OSHA and EPA. Also included with the service is a weekly newsletter highlighting current and changing regulatory activity. The database may be ordered on floppy diskettes and CD-ROM from MICROMEDEX, Inc.
  • Sponsor: Commercial
  • System Developer: Information Handling Services, Inc./Co-marketed by MICROMEDEX, Inc.
  • Contact: John Logan: (800) 525-9083

• (EnviroText Retrieval System) is a new U.S. Government comprehensive environmental requirements on-line database, containing Federal and State statutes (abstract and full- text), Federal and State regulations (abstract and full-text), Federal Register (full-text), Federal Executive Orders (full-text), status of Congressional legislation, Federal interagency agreements, National Oil and Hazardous Substance Pollution Contingency Plan (full-text), National Register of Historical Places, Native American Tribal Laws (full-text), Tribal Treaties (abstracts and full-text), and International Treaties (abstracts and full-text). The system will also contain the EPA catalog of Superfund publications, ARARs policy documents, environmental review/NEPA guidance, lists of contacts in Federal and State agencies and Native American Tribal Organizations, information about accessing other useful Federal data systems, and a bulletin board for real-time communication.
  • Sponsor: EPA, DOE, and U.S. Army
  • System Developer: U. S. Army Construction and Engineering Laboratory (USACERL)
  • Contact: Cal Corbin (800) 872-2375

• RAPIC (Remedial Action Program Information Center) database is a bibliographic database containing relevant technical information pertaining to scientific, technical, legal, regulatory, financial, and social aspects of environmental restoration work. Obtained from domestic and worldwide sources, documents covered in the database include technical reports, progress reports, journal articles, conference papers, symposia proceedings, theses, books, patents, legislation, regulations, and DOE orders. Each record in the database provides a bibliographic citation, and abstract, and number of indexing data fields. Indexing fields consist of key words, subject categories, and geographic descriptions of the site. The database currently contains over 10,000 records encompassing all aspects of DOE's environmental restoration program. RAPIC's Home page can be reached at http://web.em.doe.gov/rapic/.
  • Sponsor: Department of Energy
  • System Developer: Martin Marietta Energy Systems

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