Read more about the article Chas Sisk joins the Ag & Water Desk as editorial director
Chas Sisk has been named editorial director of the Ag & Water Desk. In this role, Sisk will oversee editorial operations and help strengthen collaboration among the Desk's growing network of member newsrooms and distribution partners.

Chas Sisk joins the Ag & Water Desk as editorial director

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk is pleased to announce that Chas Sisk has been named its new editorial director. Sisk brings a proven track record leading successful…

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Read more about the article Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wins Collaboration Award from LION Publishers
Mississippi Ag & Water Desk Executive Director Sara Shipley Hiles accepts the Collaboration of the Year award at the LION Independent News Sustainability Summit St. Louis, Missouri.

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wins Collaboration Award from LION Publishers

The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk has been honored with the Collaboration of the Year Award from nonprofit news consortium LION Publishers.

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Read more about the article DEADLINE EXTENDED: Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk launches its first-ever photo contest
A wetland area in Prentice Park, just south of Lake Superior in Ashland, Wisconsin on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Credit: Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk launches its first-ever photo contest

The Desk is opening submissions for its Wetlands photo contest for the first time.

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Read more about the article Down the Drain: A new series on wetlands by the Ag & Water Desk
Series graphic: Michael Crowe (Ag & Water Desk) with images by Jeff Wheeler and Anthony Soufflé (Minnesota Star Tribune)

Down the Drain: A new series on wetlands by the Ag & Water Desk

Our latest collaborative project, free to republish, explores recent legal and policy changes impacting wetlands, and the many ways people interact with these landscapes in the Mississippi River Basin.

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Read more about the article Ag & Water Desk receives $300,000 grant from MacArthur Foundation
Reporters, editors, students and friends of the Desk visited Cooper’s Landing at the Missouri River to learn about the endangered pallid sturgeon in September 2024. Photo: Sara Shipley Hiles | Ag & Water Desk

Ag & Water Desk receives $300,000 grant from MacArthur Foundation

The Desk has also received more than $120,000 in additional grants and funding over the last few months

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Read more about the article Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wins $100,000 grant from Press Forward
Today, the Ag & Water Desk was named a Press Forward grant recipient. We join this inaugural, historic cohort of more than 200 local newsrooms across the country that are filling critical information gaps and working in service of our communities.

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wins $100,000 grant from Press Forward

The first round of Press Forward’s campaign to strengthen local newsrooms received more than 900 applications nationwide.

Continue ReadingMississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wins $100,000 grant from Press Forward