Knight News
Knight Center to debut new documentary
The world premiere of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's new environmental documentary, "The Night Shift," will be shown at 4 p.m. May 6 in Studio D of the DMAT lab in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building on the MSU campus. The documentary was produced by journalism instructor Lou D'Aria and his students in JRN 476 Environmental Video Storytelling.
The focus of this new 30-minute documentary is owls. The video looks at research carried out by Sarah Coefield, an MSU environmental journalism graduate student, and colleagues who examined the impact of chemicals on great horned owls in Midland, Mich. It also looks at the rehabilitation of owls and other birds at the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine by James Sikarskie, an associate professor, and the rediscovery of a rare owl in India by Pamela Rasmussen, a curator at the MSU Museum.
“The Night Shift” is expected to be broadcast on WKAR-TV and other PBS stations this spring and again in October. The public is invited to attend the free public showing of "The Night Shift.”
For more information contact D'Aria at (517) 432-7461 (office), (415) 519-8547 (cell) or Daria@msu.edu.
Knight Center students win awards at MSU Journalism Convocation
Several Knight Center students won prestigious awards at the annual Michigan State University Journalism Convocation ceremony. Andrew McGlashen took home the Rachel Carson award for Outstanding Environmental Journalism graduate student. Andrew Balaskovitz won the Edward Meeman Outstanding Environmental Journalism undergraduate student. Mary Hanson and Matthew Cimitile won the Knight Center Service Award. Cimitile also was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student in the Journalism Department. Finally, Gordon Shetler won the Len Barnes AAA award.
Jim Detjen will be keynote speaker for Environmental Journalism Conference
The director of the Knight Center will discuss the history of environmental journalism and what journalists on the environmental beat have to look forward to in the future at the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists day long conference on Friday, March 27, 2009. The conference will address many of the difficulties of reporting on science and environmental issues. For more information about the event click here.
Green on the Big Screen: An Environmental Film Festival and Fair
Green on the Big Screen: An environmental film festival and fair took place from November 13 to 16. Over 20 environmental documentaries, features, family-friendly films and student productions touching on environmental issues such as alternative fuels, water resources, wildlife, food and sustainability were shown. On opening night over 150 people came to watch Werner Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World," and the tremendous turnout continued throughout the weekend. The environmental film festival along with guest speakers associated with the films and experts on specific environmental issues educated, entertained, and stimulated a variety of discussion about important environmental issues. The Knight Center along with its partners hope to continue this event next year and the years to come.
Knight Center Launches Online Courses
Trying to juggle job, internship and J-School program requirements this summer? Here’s a great way to pick up a 400- or 800- level journalism course on your own schedule. The MSU Knight Center for Environmental Journalism is launching undergraduate and graduate online environmental reporting courses this summer. Read more about it.
Knight Center students receive top honors
Four student reporting projects affiliated with Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism received top honors in the Region 4 Mark of Excellence contest of the Society of Professional Journalists. The winning entries encompass journalism efforts in broadcast, magazine, feature-writing and online investigations. Read more about it.
MSU awarded the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism's efforts to promote diversity
The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism was honored by MSU on Wednesday, March 12 for the center's innovative efforts to promote diversity.
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MSU conference helps Detroit student journalists cover heath and the environment
What are the causes of teen depression? How will global warming affect polar bears and other wildlife? Will the cosmetics you use today make you sick when you get older? These are some of the questions that more than 200 high school journalists from Detroit explored on Wednesday, Feb. 27 during a day-long conference called “Steroids, Makeup and Polar Bears: Journalism and the Environment.”
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Three student-produced videos win awards at the first Great Lakes Environmental Film Festival
Three video projects, produced by the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Michigan State University, won honors at the first annual Great Lakes Environmental Film Festival in Bay City, Michigan in early January.
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MSU's Great Lakes Wiki receives national recognition.
A Michigan State University experiment in environmental reporting is among the projects recognized by a national competition for cutting edge journalism.
Judges of the Knight-Batten Awards recognized MSU's Great Lakes Wiki "for collecting information as broad and deep as the Great Lakes it covers." The contest spotlights the creative use of new information ideas and technologies that involve citizens in public issues. Only 10 of the 133 entries were honored.
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