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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ Offers Environmental Journalism Class Spring 2008

January 4, 2008


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MOLINE, IL - - Students interested in environmental topics and writing can sign up for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼'s new Environmental Journalism course, which will be taught by two award-winning journalists this spring through the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼-Quad Cities campus.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ Professor Bill Knight, who writes for GateHouse Media newspapers, and Mark Ridolfi, editorial page editor at the Quad City Times, will lead discussion for the course, offered as Journalism 400/Topics.

Environmental Journalism will have a lecture/seminar format, with special guests, relevant videos, and field trips to a Superfund waste disposal site, a Mississippi River eagle count and a wind farm, Knight said.

"Whether students want a 400-level elective, a course about a vital topic, or something to count toward a journalism major or minor, Environmental Journalism could fit," Knight added.

The 3-credit-hour class will meet five weekends from 5:30-8 p.m. Fridays and from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, Feb. 1-2, Feb. 8-9, Feb. 15-16, March 7-8 and April 4-5.

Registration is open; however, enrollment is limited to 18 students. For more information, contact Western's , 309/298-1103.

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