{"id":13567,"date":"2009-04-15T13:07:13","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T20:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=13567"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:50:26","slug":"school-of-communication-honors-green-graduate-on-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/school-of-communication-honors-green-graduate-on-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Communication honors  green graduate on Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jennifer (Jenna) McKnight<\/strong>, a 2000 Summa Cum Laude graduate of NAU with a journalism degree with an emphasis in environmental communication, will be honored during the School of Communication&#8217;s 2009 Associated Press\/Robert R. Eunson Award Ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in room 119 of the School of Communication.<\/p>\n<p>McKnight is the founder of NAU\u2019s student organization the Society of Environmental Communicators. She received a graduate degree from the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.<\/p>\n<p>Her career in journalism includes various reporting and editing positions for newspapers in New Jersey, New York, and Indiana, where her sometimes controversial stories garnered her numerous awards, including a first-place award for environmental reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists.<\/p>\n<p>McKnight currently works in New York City as the news editor of\u00a0<em>Architectural Record<\/em>. She formerly was the web editor of\u00a0<em>Architectural Record<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>GreenSource<\/em>\u00a0magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Bettina Boxall, staff writer for the\u00a0<em>Los<\/em>\u00a0<em>Angeles Times<\/em>, will be keynote speaker during the event. Known for covering tough environmental issues, Boxall will discuss &#8220;Environmental Reporting in the Age of Spin and 24\/7 News.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Williams, Associated Press Arizona-New Mexico bureau chief, also will make a presentation.<\/p>\n<p>The School of Communication&#8217;s Distinguished Achievement Award in Journalism is named for Robert R. Eunson, a 1936 graduate of Arizona State Teachers College, as Northern Arizona University was then known, who enjoyed a distinguished career as a war correspondent, journalist and news executive with the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>For information, contact\u00a0<strong>Annette McGivney<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Annette.Mcgivney@nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Annette.Mcgivney@nau.edu<\/a>, (928) 523-2646,\u00a0<strong>Peter Friederici<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Peter.Friederici@nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Peter.Friederici@nau.edu<\/a>, (928) 523-6378, or\u00a0<strong>Mary Tolan<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Mary.Tolan@nau.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Mary.Tolan@nau.edu<\/a>, (928) 523-0465.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/school-of-communication-honors-green-graduate-on-earth-day\/\">Jennifer (Jenna) McKnight, a 2000 Summa Cum Laude graduate of NAU with a journalism degree with an emphasis in environmental communication, will be honored during the School of Communication&#8217;s 2009 Associated Press\/Robert R. Eunson Award Ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, in room 119 of the School of Communication. 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