EAST LANSING (MI)
The State News
March 13, 2019
By Riley Murdock
A group of journalists and media professionals gathered at the Michigan State Museum Tuesday evening to discuss their experiences covering the Larry Nassar cases and their impact.
The panel discussion, titled “Covering the Crisis: Journalism and Sexual Violence,” was the fourth of the “Sister Survivors Speak” series. The series consists of five panels leading up to the opening of the MSU Museum’s “Finding our Voices: Sister Survivors Speak” exhibit, set to open April 16.
Among the panelists were Matt Mencarini from the Lansing State Journal, Kim Kozlowski from The Detroit News, Kate Wells from Michigan Radio and independent journalist Alexandra Ilitch. Others on the panel included WKAR Digital News Director Reginald Hardwick and MSU School of Journalism professors Judith Walgren and Joanne Gerstner. The panel was moderated by MSU School of Journalism professor Sue Carter.
Before she started “Believed”, a podcast documenting the experiences of Nassar survivors, Wells said it seemed like a really bad idea at first. Nassar was in prison, the national media had moved on and it appeared MSU was starting to be held accountable, she said.
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