Water’s True Cost: Episode Sneak Peek Watch Party

In this episode sneak peek watch party, join GLN Producer Anna Sysling for a preview of the May show and a conversation with several guests who all played a part in this episode’s story about the complicated financial, public health and infrastructural implications of our drinking water.

Catch more news at Great Lakes Now: 

Join the Conversations: Events on “Water’s True Cost” will answer your questions about water infrastructure

The Catch: Benton Harbor’s lead pipes and the plan to replace them

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/waters-true-cost-watch-party/

GLN Editor

Triple Threat: GLN Show, Website and Facebook Events all honored with media awards

As a public television initiative, Great Lakes Now talks, writes and, yes, tweets about our multimedia, multiplatform, engagement-focused approach to all things Great Lakes and freshwater.

This week we got some much-appreciated outside recognition for all that.

Our website won first place in the Michigan Press Association’s “Better Newspaper Contest” in the Open Class.

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Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/03/show-website-facebook-events-media-awards/

Sandra Svoboda

Watch Party: Coastal Wetlands, Part 1

Coastal wetlands have largely disappeared in many areas surrounding the Great Lakes. But in this Facebook Watch Party, originally broadcast live on Friday, Feb.5, 2021, learn more about restoration projects on Lake St. Clair and on the Rouge River in metro Detroit.

This watch party is part of an ongoing series of “first Friday” events, co-hosted by Great Lakes Now, the Belle Isle Conservancy and WDET-FM 101.9, Detroit public radio.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/02/watch-party-coastal-wetlands-part-1/

GLN Editor