Associate Professor Radio-Television Journalism
News Director, KOMU
5550 Highway 63 South
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200
Phone: 573-884-6397
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STACEY WOELFEL has been part of the faculty in the KOMU-TV newsroom since 1986 and has been news director for more than a dozen years. Under his leadership, the newsroom has moved into the 21st Century of digital television news gathering, picking up numerous awards along the way, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence and a Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism.
Before joining the School of Journalism, Woelfel began his career as a news photographer and assignment editor for WESH-TV in Orlando, Florida. While there, he covered stories ranging from the opening of EPCOT Center to the Challenger disaster.
Woelfel earned three degrees from the University of Missouri: a Bachelor of Journalism and both a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts in Political Science.