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The Reporter's Environmental Handbook: Third Edition

The Reporter's Environmental Handbook: Third Edition

M. Jane Lewis, David B. Sachsman, Renee M. Rogers, Bernadette West, Michael R. Greenberg
$38.95
Publication Date: June 20th, 2003
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
ISBN:
9780813532875
Pages:
352
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Description

When an environmental news story breaks, the first place to turn for background on the issue is The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, now available in an updated and expanded third edition. Here, journalists can find the fast facts they need to accurately cover complex and controversial environmental stories ranging from indoor and outdoor air quality to sprawl and bioterrorism.

About the Author

Bernadette M. West is an assistant professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health (UMDNJ-SPH). M. Jane Lewis is an assistant professor at UMDNJ-SPH and a member of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute. Michael R. Greenberg is a professor and associate dean of the faculty of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. He recently served on a National Academy of Sciences committee that oversees the destruction of the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile. David B. Sachsman is the George R. West, Jr. Chair of Excellence in Communication and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists. RenTe M. Rogers is an environmental consultant specializing in human health risk assessment.

Praise for The Reporter's Environmental Handbook: Third Edition

The Reporter's Environmental Handbook is an excellent quick reference book for reporters and editors under deadline pressure. It contains a short background chapter on every imaginable kind of risk situation. It is a very useful guide for journalists reporting on environmental issues.
— Teya Ryan

[An] indispensable book for any journalist, student, or informed lay person who needs to understand and communicate environmental risks.
— Bernard D. Goldstein

A valuable tool for print and broadcast journalists reporting on the major environmental hazards of this new century. Every news organization ought to have this book in easy reach for their reporters and editors.
— Jerome Aumente