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Knight Center students snowshoe to journalism workshop

Knight Center students and faculty snowshoe to the University of Notre Dame’s Linked Experimental Ecosystem Facility. Attending the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources are from right students Jenna Chapman, Kevin Duffy and Amanda Proscia and Knight Center Senior Associate Director David Poulson. Image: Jim Bloch

By Amanda Proscia
With noses running, bodies shivering and faces smiling, three Knight Center student journalists recently snowshoed to a session of an environmental journalism workshop.
The Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources (IJNR) hosted the two-day “Talking Science, Telling Stories” workshop in South Bend, Indiana, for reporters mostly from the Midwest.
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Knight Center in the news

Eric Freedman

Knight Center Director Eric Freedman recently discussed the center’s programs, environmental journalism and Michigan environmental issues and politics on the WJR radio program, the Greening of the Great Lakes.
Check out a text summary here; scroll to the bottom to hear the full broadcast.

Photographer explains images of China at intersection of environment and prosperity

Philipp Rittermann in the gallery at the MSU Museum. Photograph: Jordan Jennings.

By Amanda Proscia
Photographer Philipp Scholz Rittermann recently visited Michigan State University’s School of Journalism to discuss his project, “Emperor’s River: Photographing Along China’s Grand Canal.”
“Rittermann’s presentations gave our environmental journalism and visual journalism students a deeper understanding of the challenges of portraying the essential links between the people of China and the troubled, rapidly changing environment they rely on,” said Eric Freedman, director of the Knight Center.
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Knight Center seeks grant proposals for environment-related documentaries

The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism has launched its first competition for grants to help fund documentary projects (video, audio or multi-media) on environmental topics.
We expect to award three grants of up to $3,500 each. The competition is open to MSU faculty-student teams from any department or college.
Here are the essentials
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