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President Trump made international headlines when he announced that he wanted to acquire Greenland for the United States. Supporters pointed to Greenland\u2019s strategic location for America\u2019s national security and its resources of rare earth elements. Critics viewed it as imposing on another nation\u2019s sovereignty and warned it would strain relationships with American allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Jessica McBride and her students wondered: What did Greenlanders think about President Trump\u2019s ambitions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As McBride often tells her students, the best way to find out is to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe core of journalism needs to be going there,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s no substitute for actually going there in person to the locale and literally talking to people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, she and four UWM students went to Greenland in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McBride is a senior teaching faculty member of UWM\u2019s Journalism, Advertising & Media Studies program (JAMS). She also teaches the JAMS Immersion Course, a yearly class where McBride takes several students on a multi-day trip to the field to cover pressing issues of the day. Generally, the trips are funded by a generous grant from the Milwaukee Press Club<\/a>, but a trip to Greenland was outside of the budget. McBride approached a benefactor, who has chosen to remain anonymous, and asked for a $5,000 donation to match the Milwaukee Press Club\u2019s support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe turned around and said, \u2018I gave you guys 10 (thousand),\u2019 because he believed in what the students are doing,\u201d McBride said. \u201cThis donation does show that the community recognizes the importance of UWM and the work our students are doing, and they support it, which is really great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding in hand, the students hurriedly applied for passports, packed their bags, and set off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenland on the ground<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first thing that JAMS major Shannon Knowski noticed when she stepped off the plane in Greenland was the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was so windy. The first impression was, wow, I can\u2019t stay on my feet,\u201d she laughed. \u201cBut my second impression was just how breathtakingly stunning the scenery was. It\u2019s all these snow-covered mountains and hills over the ocean. It\u2019s very desolate, but there\u2019s something gorgeous about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The shoreline in Nuuk. Photo courtesy of Shannon Knowski.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before they arrived, the students did preliminary research and wrote short articles about Inuit culture, Greenlandic government, and the land\u2019s importance in the race to control Arctic air space. They discovered that Greenland is a territory of Denmark, and Nuuk is its largest city and the seat of its government. The U.S. has had a military presence in Greenland since World War II through an agreement with the Danish government. The Inuit are the original inhabitants of Greenland, but nearly everyone in the territory has a mix of Indigenous and Danish ancestry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to truly delve into the culture and the people\u2019s daily lives, the students conducted man-on-the-street interviews. They rented a car and drove around Nuuk, stopping when they saw anyone who looked like they might have something interesting to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowski and another student wandered into a blacksmith\u2019s shop to talk politics. JAMS major Colby Lamb spent 40 minutes on the deck of a tour boat operator\u2019s vessel, learning about life at Nuuk\u2019s port, before snapping some photos of a Danish Royal Navy ship. The students and McBride also spoke with a unhoused man at shopping mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis man is sleeping in the stairwell while political leaders clash over his country, which his ancestors have been in for thousands of years,\u201d McBride said. \u201cReporting should be very people-focused. I think we tried to put the people first, not the political clash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The statue “Mother of the Sea” sits on the shore of Nuuk. Photo courtesy of Shannon Knowski.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lamb\u2019s most exciting interview was with a member of the Greenlandic Parliament. He waited all day until Parliament recessed for the evening, and then approached and convinced a member of Greenland\u2019s Democratic party to talk with him about the territory\u2019s governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy confidence has flourished. If I can talk to a Greenlandic Parliament representative, who can\u2019t I talk to?\u201d Lamb said with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students were prepared to be rebuffed, but time and again, they found native Greenlanders to be warm and friendly \u2013 the exact opposite of the weather, Lamb joked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of immersion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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(From left to right) JAMS students Layla Czaplewski, Colby Lamb, Olivia Davis, and Shannon Knowski take a selfie in Nuuk. Photo courtesy of Shannon Knowski.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

McBride and her then-colleague Jessie Garcia, who is now the news director at channel CBS 58, conceived the JAMS immersion trips in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. The pair took a group of students to Wisconsin\u2019s western border to interview voters who had flipped a stretch of counties from blue to red. The trip was a success and proved to be a great experience for the students, so the pair kept it going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, each year, McBride and the students who sign up for her class spend the first weeks of the course picking that year\u2019s destination. When they return from their trip, students put together multi-media packages of news and feature stories that are posted online<\/a>. Several students have won state and national awards for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter where they go, students agree that the trips helped them grow as journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think this trip pushed me to embrace that \u2018anyone and everyone\u2019 aspect of who you should be talking to,\u201d Knowski reflected. \u201cI\u2019m a very cautious person, and I think that something that this trip taught me is you don\u2019t need to be so cautious. The worst thing someone can tell you is no. If you put yourself out there, you might get some amazing stories that you wouldn\u2019t have gotten if you weren\u2019t willing to just try.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t thank (our donors) enough for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,\u201d said Lamb. \u201cThey\u2019ve helped lift our careers off the ground. They\u2019ve given us a highlight project and moment in our life that we can carry for the rest of our careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Sarah Vickery, College of Letters & Science<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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