# @msujschool on Facebook - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.facebook.com/1588490806402984/posts/10156431165283666 - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68589873-msujschool-facebook - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d85fa85557.jpg - **Posted:** 2019-04-19T12:07:00.000+00:00 ## Caption It's #Five4Friday! Meet... Rose Keane M.A. 2012 Communications Coordinator School of Integrative Biology University of Illinois Q: How did you choose the MSU J-School? A: The J-School at MSU was one of the only schools at the time that was doing real environmental journalism. I saw that opportunity to take my undergrad background in biology and turn it towards the public and I decided to run with it! Q: What do you like most about your current job? A: In my current role, I manage the communications for the School of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I cover the departments of Plant Biology, Animal Biology, and Entomology, and I love the range of research that I get to see and write about. There’s everything from how crops will be impacted by climate change, what we can learn about how bee species are impacted by pesticides, what an animal’s bite pattern can teach us about its evolution, how different ant species behave....the list goes on and on! It’s been really rewarding to work with people who you can tell are passionate about their work. Q: How has your J-School experience helped in your career? A: My time at MSU really helped me understand all the different perspectives to keep in mind when I’m covering a story. Who’s doing the work? What does it mean for different audiences? How do we know? What does the work mean for future research? Does that mean anything for upcoming public policy? My story might not cover all these points, but I learned it’s important to have those kinds of questions in my mind as I interview and write. Q: What do you miss most about MSU? A: The cohort that I graduated with! We were a small, tight-knit group and they really helped me to understand a lot of those perspectives I just mentioned. I learned a lot from their experiences and input. Q: As an expert, what advice do you have for our students interested in science and environmental communication? A: It’s a brave new world, go for it! I took a roundabout way of getting there, and I would say don’t worry so much about whether your work experience follows any specific trajectory. Just try to find ways to use more science communication in your careers and use that experience as leverage. Everyone’s doing a lot more science communication (both in journalism and otherwise), so take advantage of those opportunities and just keep open to new ones! ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 5 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 1 ## Tags five4friday --- Copyright (c) Gondola