Meltdown

Meltdown is set to air on WKAR-PBS on June 17th 2008, at 9 PM, and on June 19th at 11:30 PM. Produced by the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University, Meltdown is a half-hour documentary exploring the issue of global climate change using local professors.

Meltdown is the second production of the Knight Center's television program, Environment. Students from a variety of disciplines taking the Environmental Video Production (JRN 808/JRN 408) course, taught by Lou D'Aria, worked on bringing Meltdown together in conjunction with theatre major Allison Lepech, who narrated the piece, broadcast major Jamal Spencer, Environment's host, and music doctoral student Kevin Wilt, who composed the musical score with the MSU symphony.

This site features much of the behind-the-camera media, including unaired interviews, production stills, and the WKAR-PBS aired promo.

To find out how you can be involved in future Environment programming, contact Lou D'Aria at daria@msu.edu.