Reynolds School of Journalism

Kelsey Fitzgerald Reynolds Visiting Scholar kmfitzgerald@unr.edu (775) 741-0496 Reynolds School of Journalism Built in 1992, the building was named for Donald W. Reynolds, journalist and businessman, whose interest and contributions helped transform the university's journalism program from a department to a school. RSJ, with its distinctive atrium, is home to a faculty that has helped produce six Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists. The Travis Linn Reading Room, named in honor of the late Reynolds School dean Travis Linn and located on the first floor of the building, plays host to the school’s annual “Lighting of the Hearth” event each fall semester, where students, faculty, alumni and friends gather to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year. The building also houses the Rollan Melton Conference Room  and the Clarence & Martha Jones Network Center. 077 RSJ 39.5412239387057 -119.81521949172 false /global/images/around-campus/reynoldsschool.jpg 1993 215A /main/images/colleges-schools/journalism/home/profile/profile-kelsey-fitzgerald-headshot.jpg

Kelsey Fitzgerald has a background in biology and ecology and spent her early career working on wildlife biology, wildland fire and ecological restoration projects around the western U.S. Along the way, she came across many important science stories that weren’t being told. She completed her master’s degree at the Reynolds School of Journalism in 2015, with a focus on environmental journalism and citizen science along the Truckee River. She worked as a freelance journalist in Reno covering science and the environment, then continued on to the Desert Research Institute where she served as a science writer and senior communications officer for more than 300 scientists in Northern and Southern Nevada. Fitzgerald specializes in making science stories understandable and relatable to wide audiences and has won awards from the Public Relations Society of America for her work. Her experience includes writing, photography, podcasting, web design, graphic design and ArcGIS StoryMaps. Fitzgerald returned to the Reynolds School in the fall of 2022 and works with the Hitchcock Project for Visualizing Science. She also currently serves as communications coordinator for the USDA-funded Native Climate project, where she leads a journalism internship program aimed at building awareness about climate change impacts and resilience on Native American lands.

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