A couple weeks ago Echo marked its first anniversary. The evolution has been fast, the learning curve steep. It’s hard to find the time to stop and take stock of what’s been accomplished. But here’s a good excuse:
Environmental news stories written for Great Lakes Echo and other publications of Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism are among those recently recognized at the 2009 Region 4 Mark of Excellence Society of Professional Journalists contest.
Among the Echo winners:
Online In-Depth Reporting
- First Place: Cleaning Coal – by Sarah Coefield, Elisabeth Pernicone, Yang Zhang and Rachael Gleason
- Third Place: Public Pools, Public Health – by Haley Walker, Alice Rossignol and Emma Ogutu
Best Independent Online Student Publication
- Second Place: Great Lakes Echo
Online Feature Reporting
- Third Place: Lake Huron sinkholes – by Sarah Coefield
Recognition of the Knight Center’s print publication, EJ Magazine:
Non-Fiction Magazine Article
- First Place: Food Not Waste: Three Decades at the Center of a Movement – by Haley Walker
- Second Place: When Grass Isn’t Green: Marijuana farms on public lands aren’t kind to the environment – by Andrew Norman
Best Student Magazine
- Second Place: EJ Magazine
Recognition of the Knight Center’s television production efforts:
Television In-Depth Reporting
- First Place: The Night Shift – by Sarah Coefield, Mary Hansen, Marla Kalmbach, Lou D’Aria
Here at the Knight Center we’re proud not only of these quality reporting efforts, but of the diversity of media they represent.
Obviously there are good people at the Knight Center.