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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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