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Contaminated fish threaten human health in U.S., Chile

An angler at the Flint River. Image: Rocío Cano Muñoz

By Rocío Cano Muñoz

Next to the Flint River in Flint, Michigan, is a park full of trees with a plaque that commemorates the 25th anniversary of Earth Day.

The sound of the water flowing through that river and the nature around it, helps explain why that plaque is there. Near a red bridge, people photograph the landscape.  Nearby, men fish while, standing and looking at the water cascade or they sit and wait for a bite.

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Editing a scholarly book: Suggestions from Knight Center director

Eric Freedman at al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Getting published is an important marker of academic success for many researchers, and is often essential for promotion and tenure, whether in the United States or elsewhere. An article by Knight Center director Eric Freedman is intended to help researchers successfully deal with the processes of proposing and editing multi-authored scholarly books and dealing with academic and university publishers.

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Native American stories require time, relationship-building

Indigenous rights panel at the 2018 SEJ Conference: Levi Rickert, Theresa Braine, Mark Trahant, Trina Redner. Image: Whitney McDonald

By Whitney McDonald

To accurately cover indigenous communities, reporters need to spend more time with them when developing a story.

“Go and let grandma feed you,” Trina Redner said at the 2018 Society of Environmental Journalists national conference recently in Flint, Michigan.

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Journalists challenged to make climate change today’s news

By: Alexandria Iacobelli

Add another category to sex, religion and politics on the list of things not to talk about at the dinner table.

“Climate change is the fourth topic to avoid,” said Edward Maibach, director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at  George Mason University. “That’s a problem because the media should be telling the world more about it.”

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