Associate Professor
Magazine Journalism
Chair, Magazine Journalism

208 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200

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JAN COLBERT is an associate professor and chair of Magazine Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism where she teaches classes on design, writing, media issues and graduate research seminars. Her research focuses on visual storytelling and creativity. Colbert has been the executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., the managing editor and art director of The IRE Journal and was co-editor of the second edition of The Reporter's Handbook, published by St. Martin's Press. She has worked as a reporter and editor and has designed numerous magazines and books. She freelances as a book designer and photo editor, and is currently writing a book on in-depth reporting, writing and photography methods.