Research and Creative Work
Michigan State's School of Journalism is known for innovative research and creative work that help shape the standards and changes of the media industry.
LIFT Project research explores repairing media harm through an ethic of love
New research from the LIFT Project has been published in The International Journal of Press/Politics, exploring how an ethic of love can help address media harm and strengthen relationships between journalists and the communities they serve.
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Exploring cultural memory, race, and representation through the California Raisins at CHARM 2025
The power of visual storytelling and documentary filmmaking earns HARP grant for two journalism faculty
JRN professor and MSU Museum collaborate through Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Grant
Brown studies the paradigm of protests and the press
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Eric Freedman
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism Chair and ProfessorDepartment
Journalism
Eric Freedman is Professor of Journalism and former Associate Dean of International Studies and Programs. During his 20-year newspaper career, he covered public affairs, environmental issues and legal affairs for newspapers in New York and Michigan, winning a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a legislative corruption scandal.
Eric Freedman is Professor of Journalism and former Associate Dean of International Studies and Programs. During his 20-year newspaper career, he covered public affairs, environmental issues and legal affairs for newspapers in New York and Michigan, winning a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a legislative corruption scandal.
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Geri Zeldes
Professor + Associate Dean of Faculty & Academic StaffDepartment
Journalism
Geri Alumit Zeldes, Ph.D., is a tenured professor in MSU’s School of Journalism. Her anthology includes journal articles, documentary films, radio documentaries, book chapters and a comic book - many works recognized by international communication associations such as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Broadcast Education Association.
Geri Alumit Zeldes, Ph.D., is a tenured professor in MSU’s School of Journalism. Her anthology includes journal articles, documentary films, radio documentaries, book chapters and a comic book - many works recognized by international communication associations such as the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Broadcast Education Association.