About
Caroline Grass (she/her) grew up in Burke, Virginia, and recently graduated from Ithaca College with a double major in journalism and legal studies. She is The Alaska Center’s Digital Communications Fellow in Anchorage.
Author: caroline.grass
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Tens of thousands urge Biden to take a stronger stance against fossil fuels. ITHACA — Climate change is driven largely by the use of fossil fuels and as the world warms and countries continue to fall short of climate goals, activists are increasing protest efforts to make themselves heard. On September 17, 2023, over 75,000…
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At least once every season, my crew team rows from our boathouse on the Cayuga Inlet to the Cayuga Salt Mine in Lansing, New York. I’m a coxswain on the team so I’m steering the boat, not rowing, but it’s long Saturday morning practice nonetheless as the rowers log thousands of meters round-trip. I had…
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Sustainable Finger Lakes has awarded over $85,000 to 221 community improvement projects since 2008. ITHACA — Last spring, the Sustainable Finger Lakes Neighborhood Mini-Grant Program awarded four grants to innovative projects including two environmental groups working to improve native plant gardens. Brandon Hoak and Ash Ferlito, co-founders of the Marshy Garden project at the Ithaca Soil Factory were able to buy…
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Social media has fundamentally changed how people get their news and interact with the journalists who write the stories they read. Comment sections, reposts, shares, likes and other communication options allow the audience to engage with reporters and let people know their opinions. In many ways this extra communication is positive, it holds journalists more…
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This semester I’m covering the environment for local news website Ithaca Week and I’ll be writing stories that highlight restoration, preservation, science and innovation efforts in and around Ithaca and Tompkins County. I’m passionate about protecting the environment and I feel the stories I write can help bring awareness to initiatives and work being done…
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By Caroline Grass, Maddy Vogel and Ethan Lieberman December 8, 2022 Cortland based artist Molly Reagan celebrates her hometown through art. Reagan is a muralist, illustrator and the creator of Good Neighbor Art. She recently won the 2022 award for Best Mural in the Ithaca Times “Best of Ithaca” competition for her piece Airways Maze located in Ithaca’s…
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Community members skated in the enclosed arena for the first session of the season ITHACA — Community members of all ages attended the 50th birthday party for Cass Park on November 5, 2022, and skated on the newly enclosed rink with no fear of condensation dripping or melting ice — which were just two problems that used…
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Ten speakers talked around the theme “Empowerment” at conference ITHACA — Ithaca College’s third TEDx conference brought the campus community together on October 22, 2022, in Emerson Suites as students, professors and community members listened to ten TED Talks. TED, standing for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a nonprofit organization which started in1984. TED aims to…
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