SEJournal Summer 2016, Vol. 26 No. 2


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Between the Lines: 12 Tom Henry Collaborators Chronicle Destruction and Hope


Waypoints in a 14 Roger Archibald Photographic Life: Sampling the Photography of Gary Braasch


Reporter’s Toolbox: 16 Roger Witherspoon Chasing Atoms on Nuclear Energy Beat


Freelance Files: 19 Dawn Stover


Cultivating Relationships with Editors


EJ Academy: 21 Sara Shipley Hiles The Truth About Teaching


As part of a national investigation by USA TODAY Network of lead contamination of drinking water, the news team spoke to Fresno, Calif., resident Alondra Ramos, who holds a glass of water she says is not drinkable. Ramos lives across the street from a school where the drinking fountains have been turned off for two years due to high level of lead. For more on the investigation, read our cover story begin- ning on page 10.


Photo: Jay Calderon, USA TODAY NETWORK 3 SEJournal Summer 2016 SEJ President’s Report 4 Jeff Burnside


Climate Special: Language of the ‘Lull’ 5 John Upton


Your Reporting, Critiqued 8 Bud Ward Q&A on Exxon Exposé 9


Cover Feature: 10 Laura Ungar Lessons on Lead


BookShelf 23 Jennifer Weeks, Tom Henry, Eliza Murphy, Karen Schaefer


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