Twitter: @SamanthaKaras
Hometown: Wayne, N.J.
Professor: Mary D'Ambrosio
Class: Writing about Social Issues
Takeaway:
Discovering how exciting and investigative environmental reporting is, especially in a place like New Jersey.
After decades of neglect, New Jersey's notoriously polluted Passaic River is finally targeted for a $1.4 billion cleanup – one of the most expensive efforts in the federal Superfund program’s 36-year history.
