By Eric Freedman
Jeremy Steele giving building tour to students
The Knight Center hosted journalism and science students and teachers from three Michigan high schools that had won collaboration grants from a center initiative.
The groups from Everett High School in Lansing, Grandville High School in Grandville and Thurston High School in Redford presented their collaborative projects, which will be posted on the Knight Center website when they’re complete. Continue reading
Andrew Blok and Kurt Williams
Two master’s students at Michigan State University, Kurt Williams and Andrew Blok, won first place in the Online Reporting category at the recent Region 4 meeting of the Society of Professional Journalists in Cleveland.
Williams and Blok received a Mark of Excellence award for their reporting titled “Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes: Investigating efforts to protect and preserve water quality.” The award recognizes the finest in collegiate journalism in Region 4, which encompasses Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Their project now moves on to the national Society of Professional Journalists competition.
By Eric Freedman
The Knight Center is awarding $2,000 grants to four Michigan high schools for collaboration between their journalism and environmental science classes.
The winning projects were selected in the center’s third statewide competition.
The Knight Center also matches the schools with professional journalism mentors to work with the students and teachers for guidance and advice on the projects. Continue reading
The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism has awarded two $3,500 documentary grants to MSU faculty-student teams.
The winning projects were chosen from proposals submitted in a campus-wide competition:
In addition to public dissemination of the projects, the Knight Center will use the documentaries on its website and for presentation in classes, workshops and other center activities.
This is the fourth year of the center’s grant competition.