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Knight Center winners and links:
Have it Your (the Sustainable) Way, Best Magazine Non-Fiction Article - Jessica A. Knoblauch. This guide to avoiding the ecological costs of eating cheap food was published in EJ Magazine.
Read an online version here.
Dying to be Heard Television In-Depth Reporting - Ben Phillips, Karly Pence & Kevin Wilt. This feature on the role that an MSU scientist played in uncovering the environmental threats of the pesticide DDT was broadcast on WKAR television.
Read a preview and information here.
Pine River Superfund Site Online In-Depth Reporting - Andy Balaskovitz, John Allison & Ian Walker. This multi-media project examines a community’s struggle to clean and live with a river highly contaminated with DDT and other chemicals.
It is published on the Great Lakes Wiki here.
EJ Magazine Best Student Magazine. Student writers, photographers, designers and editors produce a print version of this environmental magazine in the fall and spring.
An online version is here.
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.
They were announced with other contest winners March 15 in Pittsburgh.
“The diversity of the winning projects is especially impressive,” said Knight Center Director Jim Detjen. “Our students won first place in four categories. We are honored at the recognition they received from the Society of Professional Journalists.”
College journalists submitted 377 entries from 18 colleges and universities across Region 4.
More than 3,400 entries in 39 categories were submitted across the organization’s 12 regions.
First place regional winners advance to the national round of judging. National winners are announced in mid-May.
Download official press release here.
