SEJournal Fall 2016, Vol. 26 No. 3


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Freelance Files: 18 Eva Holland Learning to Love Twitter


Armed with two of the basic tools of the profession — a drip torch and a shovel — a lone wildland firefighter as- sesses the progress of the 6,500-acre Border Fire near San Diego last June. During the fire season, environmen- tal photojournalist Stuart Palley devotes much of his time to telling firefighters' stories and documenting the increas- ingly dangerous conflagrations they encounter. To learn more about what he’s experienced, see interview and ad- ditional photos beginning on page 10.


Photo: © Stuart Palley


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EJ Academy: To Teach, 20 Bernardo H. Motta Embed in Community


Review: ‘Time to Choose’ 15 JoAnn Valenti Much Urgency, Few Assurances


Between the Lines: 16 Interview by Tom Henry


Q&A with Craig Pittman on Covering Florida


SEJ President’s Report 4 Jeff Burnside SEJournal Goes Digital


Scrapbooking the SEJ Life 6 Beth Parke 5 A. Adam Glenn


Slot Canyons:


Primeval Landscape, Ancient and Tragic


Inside Story: 10 Interview by Roger Archibald


Q&A with Stuart Palley on Shooting Fire’s ‘Natural Force’


8 Bobby Magill


BookShelf 21 Jennifer Weeks, Eliza Murphy


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