{"id":256,"date":"2021-12-06T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/community-journalism\/?p=256"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:39:46","slug":"joe-riesterer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/community-journalism\/2021\/12\/06\/joe-riesterer\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Riesterer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Joe’s piece, “The Enduring Legacy of the 2010 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill<\/a>,” was published in Belt Magazine<\/em> in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Initially, I chose English 322 as a means of narrowing down my interests within the University’s English department. In this pursuit to refine my interests, 322 ended up introducing me to some entirely new ones. I knew I liked to write and to read, but had minimal practical experience writing as an occupation, outside of occasional high school journalism and sporadic creative submissions to the Daily<\/em>. As far as the classes I took at Michigan go, 322 was one of the most generative.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The workshop structure sort of serendipitously prepared me to write a longer senior thesis while challenging me to produce critique-worthy work. I found a home in Professor Hinken’s classroom, and quickly grew comfortable in the discussion-focused course.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

“To say that 322 has great bones even before the introduction of multiple journalists is evident in the way it motivates writing outside the classroom. In whole, the result is a course with boundless creative freedom and plenty of support, both academic (Prof. Hinken will encourage whatever you choose to work on) and professional (you frequently workshop with a journalist) that is as challenging and multi-modal as you decide to make it. 322 is a course unique to Michigan, and is a worthwhile semester regardless of your big-picture goals postgrad. To practice any<\/em> form of writing with the guidance and feedback of multiple professionals on a bi-weekly basis is a rare opportunity that I was lucky to find in 322.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In working with both Anna Clark and Prof. Hinken in 322, I found opportunities, creative freedom, and genuine interest in environmental writing. Anna taught me how to write a successful pitch, and I continue to use that skill today. I still write, research, and paddle rivers. I’m currently working on a piece highlighting the corroded industrialization along the Rouge and Detroit Rivers. I used a lot of my research and workshop skills from 322 to write an Honors thesis my senior year through the English department. I also manage a vegan kitchen in town.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe’s piece, “The Enduring Legacy of the 2010 Kalamazoo River Oil Spill,” was published in Belt Magazine in 2019. “Initially, I chose English 322 as a means of narrowing down my interests within the University’s English department. In this pursuit to refine my interests, 322 ended up introducing me to some entirely new ones. I knew I liked to write and to read, but had minimal practical experience writing as an occupation, outside of occasional high school journalism and sporadic…<\/p>\n

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