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Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

Person stands in a field with a camera on a tripod photographing a massive storm cloud formation.
February 26, 2025
RJI Partnerships

Climate News Task Force brings newsrooms together to enhance reach and impact of climate journalism

The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism is helping bring 11 newsrooms together from around the country to improve and disseminate climate journalism.

Lock and Dam 15 in the Quad Cities on the Mississippi River near, Iowa on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Photo: Nick Rohlman | The Gazette
December 7, 2023
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Report for America selects 11 newsrooms to expand the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

Report for America today announced the selection of 11 partner newsrooms that will join the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent environmental reporting network based at Missouri School of Journalism, in 2024.

Mississippi River Basin
November 8, 2023
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Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk to host webinar discussing research on attitudes toward environment, media in the river basin

On Nov. 14 at noon, the Missouri School of Journalism’s Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk will host Assistant Professor Kate Rose for a webinar covering her recently announced research into public perceptions of the environment and news media in the river basin. The webinar will be free and open to the public.

An aerial view of Muscatine, Iowa on the Mississippi River on Monday, September 18, 2023. Aerial support provided by LightHawk. Photo: Nick Rohlman | The Gazette
October 23, 2023
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Missouri School of Journalism releases groundbreaking report on attitudes toward environment, media in Mississippi River Basin

The Missouri School of Journalism has released a report on the attitudes and environmental awareness of people living in the Mississippi River Basin — the largest drainage basin in the United States and a vital environmental and agricultural region.

Map of the Mississippi Basin
September 29, 2022
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Growing collaborative local journalism means expecting the unexpected

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, based at the University of Missouri, is finding creative ways to navigate a perpetual struggle: how to make our free, collaborative content so available and relevant that it’s a no-brainer for any local newsroom to join in.

RJI Insight 6 Winter 2025

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