Sara Shipley Hiles

RT @agwaterdesk: Riverboats carried more than cargo—they spread jazz and blues along the Mississippi! From Louis Armstrong to delta blues m…

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Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk @agwaterdesk

Exciting news! The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk has won a $100K grant from Press Forward, a nationwide movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. This grant supports our work delivering environmental journalism. https://t.co/NzYr9Qo82V

RT @LatonyaYarbro: Ready for the @agwaterdesk conference at Mizzou 💛 https://t.co/RuzOOvyAx1

Excited that "The Price of Plenty" has received more national recognition, this time from the SPJ 2023 Mark of Excellence. https://t.co/kACaO4eHij

Mizzou Journalism @mujschool

(3/3) "The price of plenty," a reporting project from student journalists at the @UFJSchool and the Missouri School of Journalism, was a Collaborative Journalism national finalist. #MissouriMethod #MizzouMade @agwaterdesk https://t.co/sbwzNxtkRQ

RT @agwaterdesk: Calling all Mississippi River enthusiasts! 🌊 Join us with @newterritorymag and @kbia at @skylarkbookshop on Sept 24th to d…

Wow! Our capstone project from last spring won the student journalism award from @ONA! Thankful for @cynthiabarnett and all the students from @mujschool and @UFJSchool who spent a semester digging into fertilizer! @sejorg @agwaterdesk

Online News Association @ONA

WINNER! Student Journalism Award: The Price of Plenty by @ufjschool and @mujschool https://t.co/BfJsqgbLmY #OJA24 @wuftnews @CoMissourian https://t.co/cuvuE9PVbJ

So true. Cover crops get a lot of attention, but still not a lot of uptake.

Industrial food waste and sewage sludge are spread on millions of acres of farmland nationwide. Some call it free fertilizer, rich in nutrients. Others say the practice should be halted due to emerging contaminants. Our investigation for @comissourian https://t.co/gkUFcLVvn9

RT @madeline_heim: In 1923, a fisherman learned of a plan to drain the pristine backwaters of the upper Mississippi for farming. Within a…

Floods, droughts, and news deserts: How local news nourishes communities https://t.co/g3gcP44nYm via @LinkedIn

This farmer's work was ruined by PFAS-contaminated fertilizer that few Midwest states test for https://t.co/llPPJj8bye

RT @alereports: This week, I got to do something that journalists are not always given the opportunity to do after they publish stories: re…

Tonight, @mariaparazorose will share her work on Grist's "Misplaced Trust" project with the @mujschool. Get there at 5:30 for the free pizza, stay for the mind bomb. https://t.co/OgXlPMMPWU

With environmental journalism needed now more than ever, we are growing! Meet the first of our 11 new reporters, who will start in @agwaterdesk @Report4America partner newsrooms in July!

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk @agwaterdesk

Announcing the first members of our new reporter cohort! These @Report4America corps members will join the Ag & Water Desk from local newsrooms across the Mississippi River watershed starting in July. 🧵https://t.co/cgPIdEjkBu

Working with a data analyst, my students detected dozens of errors in draft permits to spread meatpacking sludge on farmers' fields. Neighbors have been concerned about runoff from the waste, which can contain raw animal parts. https://t.co/YHJhgSnSow