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Real-World Learning of Public Affairs and Environmental Journalism

Eric Freedman and David Poulson

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator 2014 70:2, 187-196

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Real-World Learning of Public Affairs and Environmental Journalism: Two Models

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Eric Freedman¹

1Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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First Published October 28, 2014 Research Article

https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695814555716

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Volume: 70 issue: 2, page(s): 187-196

Article first published online: October 28, 2014; Issue published: June 1, 2015

Eric Freedman¹, David Poulson¹

¹Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Corresponding Author: Eric Freedman, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, School of Journalism, Michigan State University, 404 Wilson Road, Room 305, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Email: freedma5@msu.edu

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Traditionally, journalism majors gain professional experience before graduation through internships, part-time or summer jobs, and campus media. Those avenues are often insufficient to adequately prepare them for the professional workplace and professional standards. This essay explores two of a journalism school’s practice-based programs that provide such preparation: Capital News Service, covering state government, politics, and public policy, and Great Lakes Echo, covering environmental news in eight states and two provinces.

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public affairs reporting, environmental news, professional standards, student experience

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