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Journalism and non-journalism students at Michigan State University explore how to better report environmental issues to the public at the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism.
 

Environmental journalism courses can help students meet the School of Journalism’s elective requirements. They can also be used as part of an environmental theme to complete the school’s concentration requirement by combining them with environment-related courses outside the journalism program. See your academic adviser or contact the Knight Center.
 
Non-journalism students interested in environmental issues are encouraged to contact instructors to discuss waiver of pre-requisites. Often a journalism environmental course may meet communication course requirements of other departments.
 

 
Undergraduates are also encouraged to join the student Environmental Journalism Association and write for Great Lakes Echo to gain resume-building experience and clips.
 
Undergraduate students are eligible for several awards and scholarships in environmental journalism.
 
They are encouraged to augment their study with environment classes and programs elsewhere at MSU such as the Residential Initiative on the Study of the Environment.
 
 

Echo hits milestone, looks for help with improvements

Echo-logoBy David Poulson
It’s a little more than five years since the Knight Center launched a non-profit environmental news service.
And as we pass the milestone of the 3,000th post on Great Lakes Echo, we’re celebrating with a new look.
We’re setting the foundation for another five years of producing and fostering original environmental news stories about the Great Lakes region.
Here’s what you’ll notice:
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Knight Center students honored at annual awards convocation

Undergraduate and graduate students associated with the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism will take top honors in the 2014 MSU School of Journalism Awards Convocation on Sunday April 14.
The outstanding PhD student, Kanni Huang, the outstanding master’s student, Katheryn Amann, and one of the J-School’s two outstanding seniors, Becky McKendry are all affiliated with the Knight Center.
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Knight Center graduate gets new environmental post

Aileo Weinmann

Aileo Weinmann


Knight Center graduate Aileo Weinmann (MA-’05) has taken a new job as a senior program director at Resource Media, a nonprofit public relations firm that develops and executes communications strategies for the environment and public health.
He is now based in Washington DC, focusing on energy, climate and water projects. He plans to move west with his wife and two young children to one of Resource Media’s western locations.
Weinmann is a former editor of the Knight Center’s EJ Magazine and the co-winner of the 2005 Rachel Carson Award for Outstanding Graduate Student.
Previously he was the director of communications for the National Wildlife Federation.

Upcoming courses offered at MSU's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism

Here’s the academic schedule for Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism for the summer and fall of 2014 and spring of 2015.

Special notes:

  • The courses are open to all majors provided permission is obtained from the instructor to waive the pre-requisites required of some courses.
  • Some courses feed the Knight Center’s nonprofit environmental news service, Great Lakes Echo, providing students with professional experience and bylined clips.
  • More than $10,000 a year in scholarships is reserved exclusively for undergraduate and graduate students in environmental journalism courses.
  • You may take JRN 472/872 and JRN 473/873 more than once as the focus of each section is different.
  • Enrollment is limited.

Course descriptions:
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