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.
Exploring cultural memory, race, and representation through the California Raisins at CHARM 2025
At the 22nd Biennial Conference on Historical Analysis and Research in Marketing (CHARM), held June 12–15, 2025, at Brunel University London, Ed Timke, Ph.D. — Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations — and Christina L. Myers, Ph.D. — Assistant Professor of Journalism — brought critical insight to a campaign that once delighted audiences — and now invites more complex reflection. Their presentation, “Consuming Black Culture: The Materiality and Cultural Exploitation of the California Raisins Campaign,” highlighted how a beloved advertising phenomenon intersected with questions of cultural appropriation, commercial exploitation, and representation.
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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
MSU at 2022 Brazilian National Meeting of Environmental Journalism Researchers
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Eric Freedman
Knight Center for Environmental Journalism Chair and ProfessorDepartment
JournalismEric 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
ProfessorDepartment
JournalismGeri 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.