[MUSIC] Welcome, you are getting advice and guidance in this course, and specialization from the very best teachers in the world. They are high profile professionals. And they teach at Michigan State University, in the school of journalism. And you learn more about these distinguish teachers, as you progress through the courses and through this specialization. But let me introduce myself. I'm Lucinda Davenport, I am the director of the school of journalism at Michigan State University. My prior administrative position had been as associated dean of graduate education. As a faculty member, I have taught all types of journalism classes, from undergraduate to masters to doctoral levels. And also across the board, whether it came to broadcast journalism, print journalism, ethics, history. You name it, I've taught it. I also do a lot of research and present research, award winning research at national conferences. And I write textbooks. And these textbooks are number one in their field, for a variety of markets. And so, they are kind of like the textbooks that other universities use. My professional experience includes being a reporter at a newspaper. It also includes being a news director at a public radio station. I've also done TV work, as well as, I've done public relations at national headquarters, for jewelry companies across the country. I was also one of the first to do a lot, when it comes to news and information online. And when it comes to our local newspaper, I was their very first online editor several years ago. So I keep in and out of the field. And as you can tell from that probably, my area of expertise has to do with journalism and innovative technologies. So this has been fun putting together this course and the specialization. And you'll find that the journalism skills that you are learning here, are the same ones that you will be using on a daily basis. They will help you throughout your daily life. [MUSIC] I'm Professor Eric Freedman, from the Michigan State University School of Journalism. Before I joined the faculty, I worked as a newspaper reporter in New York, and Michigan for 20 years. Winning a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of a legislative corruption scandal. I teach environmental journalism, public affairs journalism, and international journalism. And I still work as a freelance journalist and columnist. [MUSIC] >> Hi, I'm Joanne Gerstner, and I'm a sports writer. And also, a professor of journalism at Michigan State University. I am so excited, that we're going to be taking this journey together to learn about journalism. And specifically, a little bit about what I do in sports journalism. This is a great chance to learn about what we do. So, you probably asked, what's a sports journalist? And who am I? The last 20 years, I covered sports around the world. Working for the New York times, ESPN and USA Today. I've been lucky enough to be at the Olympics, the World cup, Superbowl. Sports journalism is something that it goes across the world. People care about sports. And they care about good journalism. So, what do I emphasize for myself as a journalist? Number one, fairness for the people, or the subjects, or the topics you are talking about. Number two, always remember who your audience is, because that's how you're going to process the information to get to them in your news reports. And number three, are you actually telling people what they need to know? We're going to explore all of that. And I'm really excited to take this journey with you, because it's pretty cool to be a sports realist. And I'm really lucky to get to do it. [MUSIC] >> I'm Joe Grim. And I'm so glad to be a part of the team from the Michigan State University School of Journalism, that is working with you. At Michigan State, I teach reporting writing and editing. I also teach a fun class [LAUGH] the others are fun too, I love this class, in which students publish books to greater cultural competence. So far they've done about ten of them. I have also taught classes in photojournalism, editorial writing, and magazine writing. I have been teaching for a very long time. And I have been an editor for a very long time too. I spent more than 25 years, as an editor in the city of Detroit, in Michigan, in the United States. I'm no longer working in Detroit. I work at Michigan State all the time now. But I'm in Detroit pretty frequently. I have always thought of myself as a teaching editor. I'm looking forward to working with this great group of colleagues. And bringing to you the same passion for journalism. And learning what we talk about, everytime we are together in our journalism school. [MUSIC] >> Hello my name is David Polson. I've been teaching journalism for more than a dozen years. And before that, I was a reporter and an editor for more than two decades. Now I teach Public Affairs Reporting. But I specialize, in helping people tell better stories about science, and the environment. I also edit two news services. There's this one. It's about the environment of the Great Lakes Region of North America. And then there's this one. It's about people who are innovating ways to better feed the world in developing nations. Now, I like outdoorsy kinds of stuff. I hike, I camp, I canoe, I run. But I also do weird stuff like I keep fish. Like these guys. These are African cyclids for Lake Malawi in east Africa. And I really like the view of the environment from underwater. But I also like the view from the air. You don't need an airplane like this one. You can use something like this. It's a real simple drone. It's got a video camera on the nose and another one underneath. It's a way cool way of doing journalism. [MUSIC] >> Hi, I'm Jeremy Steel. I'm a specialist in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. Before joining our faculty, I was a journalist for about 10 years and a professional communicator. I've covered local government and business issues as a reporter. And consulted with local, regional, and national organizations on communication strategy. Here at Michigan State, I teach beginning and advanced journalism courses. I also coordinate our programming, for high school journalism programs all over the state of Michigan. I'm looking forward to working with you throughout this course. [MUSIC]
