Covering the waterfront: Workshop gives tips for reporting on water systems
By Amanda Proscia Control panels shaped like Oldsmobile sedan grills, car door handles for controls and hubcaps used as light fixtures set the scene for a recent Knight Center workshop on how to report...
View ArticleVeteran journalists visit Knight Center
By Kate Habrel and Ian Wendrow Longtime journalists John Hughes of Bloomberg News in Washington and Margie Bauman of the Cordova Times in Alaska and Fisherman’s News spoke with Knight Center students...
View ArticleTwo high schools win journalism-environmental science grants from the Knight...
The Knight Center is awarding $2,000 grants to two Michigan high schools for collaboration between journalism and environmental science classes. The winning projects were selected in the center’s...
View ArticleWater art: photographer chases storms, ice to document changing planet’s beauty
By Kate Habrel Environmental photographer Camille Seaman saw the sky rotating when she worked as a storm chaser. “It was so visceral,” she said. “I looked up and for a second, I was no longer on the...
View ArticleKnight Center associate discusses MSU visit with Russian colleagues
Professor Julia Balashova, who was affiliated with the Knight Center as a Fulbright Scholar while doing research at MSU during the past academic year, was the main speaker at a recent workshop called...
View ArticleVisiting scientist, Ken Takahashi, speaks to Knight Center students
BY STEVEN MAIER Ken Takahashi, a research scientist at the Instituto Geofisico del Peru in Lima, visited the Knight Center in the midst of his temporary appointment with the National Oceanic and...
View ArticleAlaskan alum visits Knight Center, Canadian Studies Center
By Steven Maier The Knight Center has again hosted Margie Bauman, the Alaska bureau chief for the Fishermen’s News, environmental and fisheries reporter for the Cordova Times on Prince William Sound,...
View ArticleHigh school journalism, science teachers and students visit Knight Center
By Eric Freedman The Knight Center hosted journalism and science students and teachers from two Michigan high schools that had won collaboration grants from a center initiative. The groups from...
View ArticleTip-sheet – What I Learned at SEJ 2017’s: Going from Professional to...
BY Apoorva Joshi These tips come from panellists and attendees at a Society of Environmental Journalists session about making the transition from professional journalist to academic. The Before:...
View ArticleAlums snare top prize for film on endangered sea turtles
By Steven Maier Michigan State alums and sibling filmmakers Laura and Rob Sams have won Best Engaging Youth Film at the Jackson Hole Film Festival for the second time in their careers Their short...
View ArticleVisiting Chinese journalists discuss storytelling
Six Chinese journalists visiting MSU gave a presentation called “Traditional Media vs. Social Media: Impacts on Storytelling” as part of the Visiting International Professional Program 2017 Academic...
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