July 1, 2009:Associate Dean Brian Brooks to Be Inducted into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame Brian Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, is one of five who will be inducted into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame in October. The program will be held during the Missouri Press Association's 143rd annual convention. [More]
June 2009
June 15, 2009:New iPhone Application a Hit at Apple Global Conference Anthony Brown, a Missouri School of Journalism convergence journalism senior, and other members of Team NearBuy showcased their innovative mobile phone application recently at Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference in San Francisco. [More]
June 2, 2009:Four Revenue Generators That Newspaper Publishers Overlook Researchers at a Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) conference developed four tools newspaper publishers can use to increase revenues and profits. The approaches were presented at a recent forum that brought together newspaper executives and experts in news research. [More]
June 1, 2009:11 Missouri Journalism Students Win Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Editing Internships Eleven Missouri Journalism students have been selected for the prestigious 2009 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund summer internships. The students were among the 78 undergraduate and graduate students picked to work as multimedia, sports or newspaper copy editors. Each student will receive pre-internship training and pay at their news organizations for 10 weeks. [More]
June 1, 2009:Amy Lenk, Longtime Graduate Adviser, Retires After working at the Missouri School of Journalism for 35 years, Amy Lenk retired on May 31. Lenk began working as a secretary in the School's graduate studies office in 1974. [More]
May 19, 2009:Missouri Faculty, Students Present 36 Papers at ICA Conference Missouri School of Journalism continues to be well represented in research on the national scene, as 36 papers written or co-authored by current students and faculty were accepted for the upcoming International Communication Association convention in Chicago. [More]
May 13, 2009:Sara Shahriari Wins $12,000 O.O. McIntyre Fellowship Sara Shahriari, a graduate student in the Missouri School of Journalism, has won the 2009 O.O. McIntyre Fellowship award. Shahriari will use the award in the fall of 2009 to document the land reform process in Bolivia. [More]
May 13, 2009:Journalism Library to Be Rededicated on Friday, May 15 The 1:30 p.m. ceremony in Room 100-A of Reynolds Journalism Institute will honor Dean Frank Lee Martin, for whom the library is named. On hand will be Sam Montague, BJ '36, a Louisiana State student Martin admitted to the School to support freedom of the press. [More]
May 7, 2009:RJI Student iPhone Competition Winners Announced Missouri School of Journalism senior Anthony Brown was a member of the winning team of the RJI iPhone Student Competition. Team members receive a free trip to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco in June. [More]
May 7, 2009:Missouri Journalism Senior Competes on "Jeopardy!" Magazine journalism student Laura Myers won $10,000 and now advances to the semi-finals in the College Championship series of "Jeopardy!" The program will air at 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 12, on ABC. [More]
May 7, 2009:Nina Johnson Named Recipient of the 2009 Amy Lenk Staff Excellence Award Nina Johnson, the staff librarian for the Columbia Missourian, was named the 2009 recipient of the Amy Lenk Staff Excellence Award during the recent recognition ceremony. Johnson received a $500 cash award and a plaque. [More]
May 6, 2009:Journalism Student Designers Win 34 Awards in National Contest Students from the Missouri School of Journalism recently won 34 awards at the 21th annual College News Design Contest, with the top prize, Daily Designer of the Year, going to master's student Kristin Kellogg. [More]
May 5, 2009:KBIA, KOMU Faculty and Students Win Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards Faculty and students of two of the Missouri School of Journalism's news outlets recently won seven regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, competing against professional news organizations throughout the area. KBIA, an NPR-member station, won five awards, including one in the category of overall excellence. [More]
May 4, 2009:Missouri School of Journalism Places Second Overall in 2008-2009 Hearst Competition, Wins $5,000 in Prizes The Missouri School of Journalism placed second overall in the 2008-2009 Hearst Journalism Awards Program, one of the most elite national collegiate journalism competitions. In total, five of the School's students placed in the Intercollegiate Writing Competition of the Hearst awards program, which is often called the "Pulitzers of College Journalism." [More]
April 30, 2009:Missouri School of Journalism Students Develop, Market Real World iPhone Applications Last September more than 70 University of Missouri students started the competition to develop, test and market native iPhone applications. The project is co-sponsored by the Reynolds Journalism Institute, Apple and AT&T. Judges will pick the main prize winner, but the team that wins the People's Choice will keep the coveted iPhones. The public is invited to vote until 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30. [More]
April 28, 2009:13 Students Honored with SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards The published work of 13 Missouri School of Journalism students has earned Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards, a competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists for the best in student journalism. Several students received multiple awards. [More]
April 27, 2009:KOMU-TV Rolls Out New Studio Set Design KOMU-TV unveiled a new high-definition set design this April, which provides unique opportunities for the station's news team and new learning experiences for the more than 150 journalism students who prepare for their industry careers at KOMU 8 each semester. [More]
April 27, 2009:Magazine Journalism Junior Named a Harry S. Truman Foundation Finalist Taylor Rausch, a junior who is studying magazine journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, recently earned the distinction of being selected as a 2009 Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation finalist. [More]
April 22, 2009:Graduate Student Earns Prestigious Smith/Patterson Fellowship in Health Communication Teresa Shipley, who will begin her master's degree in journalism in the fall of 2009, won the prestigious Smith/Patterson Fellowship in which she will work with the University of Missouri's Health Communication Research Center on health-related grant projects funded by agencies such as the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health and the Missouri Foundation for Health. [More]
April 16, 2009:Two-Day Event to Explore Solutions to Journalism's Most Pressing Challenges The Reynolds Journalism Institute will host "Building New Tools, New Business Models and New Jobs," an opportunity to hear the reports of the 2008-2009 Fellows, learn the winners of the iPhone competition, discuss the next generation of e-readers and more. UM President Gary Forsee will be among those participating. [More]
April 8, 2009:Missouri Journalism Professor Awarded 2009 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence University of Missouri Chancellor Brady Deaton and Commerce Bank Chairman Jim Schatz today awarded one of the 2009 William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence to Jennifer (Moeller) Rowe, associate professor in the MU School of Journalism. [More]
March 30, 2009:CBS News Anchor Russ Mitchell to Accept Missouri Honor Medal, Host Master Class Russ Mitchell, BJ '82, a CBS News anchor, will accept the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism on Friday, April 3, at the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia. The medal, first given in 1930, is one of journalism's most prestigious awards. [More]
March 20, 2009:MU Cross-Cultural Journalism Course Available in Kansas City via Internet Video The Missouri School of Journalism expands its course offerings to the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Journalism professors at the School coordinate curriculum and transmit the class discussions across the state via the Internet. About 170 students attend the class at the Columbia campus, while 22 students attend the class at UMKC. [More]
March 6, 2009:Magazine Club Visits 16 Magazines in New York Twenty members of the Magazine Club at the Missouri School of Journalism, along with magazine journalism professors Steve Weinberg and Michael Grinfeld, traveled to New York on a recent trip to visit the offices of 16 magazines. [More]
March 4, 2009:Missouri Journalism Student Documents Wrongful Conviction In fall 2006 Ben Poston enrolled in an intermediate writing class, hoping to learn how to be a better writer. His assignment, a potential wrongful conviction case, continued well beyond the course, the completion of his master's project and graduation. In February 2009, more than two years after the start of his work, Josh Kezer was exonerated. In his own words, Poston shares his experience. [More]
February 2009
Feb. 27, 2009:Winners of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism Announced Two reporters at The Record in Hackensack, N.J., are the latest winners of the acclaimed Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. In a series of stories titled "Living With Cancer," Lindy Washburn and Leslie Brody wrote about themselves, their loved ones and their community in articles that explored the medical and the emotional aspects of cancer. [More]
Feb. 23, 2009:Anne Garrels, an NPR Senior Foreign Correspondent, to Accept Missouri Honor Medal and Host Master Class Anne Garrels, a senior foreign correspondent for NPR, will visit the Missouri School of Journalism on Thursday, Feb. 26, to teach a master class and accept the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, which the School awarded Garrels in 2004. The medal, first given in 1930, is one of journalism's most prestigious awards. [More]
Feb. 17, 2009:Upcoming Forums to Evaluate The Journalist’s Creed in the 21st Century Mike Fancher, a 2008-2009 Fellow at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, will host a series of four forums on The Journalist's Creed and its relevancy in the 21st Century. The discussions will take place in Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Columbia, Mo., and Portland, Ore. [More]
Feb. 5, 2009:Magazine Journalism Students Produce a 40-Page "Top Doctors" Issue In what is believed to be a first for a journalism school, a faculty-led, student-staffed weekly city magazine partnered with a journalism class to publish the Top Doctors issue for the city of Columbia, Mo. The tabloid-size publication hit the newsstands on Dec. 18, 2008. [More]
January 2009
Jan. 30, 2009:NFOIC Awards New Grants to State Coalitions The National Freedom of Information Coalition awarded new grants at its December board meeting in Columbia, Mo., and it is an impressive list of worthwhile activities and projects that will be funded. Meeting for the first time at the brand-new Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, the NFOIC board awarded eight grants to eight coalitions for a total of $69,820 in this the first of two grant award periods. [More]
Jan. 29, 2009:Upcoming Seminar Will Focus on Improving Print and Electronic Publications A slate of award-winning journalists will discuss how to enhance print and electronic publications at the upcoming Missouri Association of Publications 5th Anniversary Publishing Summit. The event will be held Thursday and Friday, March 5 and 6, at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center in Columbia. [More]
Jan. 15, 2009:Lee Wilkins Named a Prestigious Curators' Teaching Professorship Lee Wilkins, a Missouri School of Journalism professor in the radio-television journalism emphasis area, has been awarded one of the University of Missouri's most prestigious honors, a Curators' Teaching Professorship. [More]
Dec. 22, 2008:Columbia Missourian to Continue as a Home-Delivery Print Newspaper; Two Editions to Be Discontinued University of Missouri Provost Brian Foster announced today that the Columbia Missourian will publish a print publication five days a week instead of the current seven. The decision confirms the importance of the Columbia Missourian as a teaching and research laboratory for journalism students and allows the paper to weather its economic challenges. [More]
Dec. 16, 2008:Journalism School to Recognize 134 Graduates during Fall Commencement The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize its 134 fall graduates during commencement ceremonies at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19, at Jesse Auditorium in Jesse Hall. Family and friends of the graduates do not need tickets to attend. Seating will be open. [More]
Dec. 11, 2008:The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Establishes Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation announced today the awarding of a $2 million grant at the Missouri School of Journalism to establish the Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism. The new chair will allow for the expansion of business journalism course offerings at the undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels. It also will provide for the development of course offerings for working professionals through Missouri's online master's programs. [More]
Nov. 14, 2008:New York Alumni to Host a Discussion on the Next Century of Journalism New York alumni and guests can meet with friends and network while participating in an interactive discussion about the next century of journalism during an upcoming event. Seven New York-area alumni will lead a discussion about journalism for a digital globe. This conversation will be a continuation of the Futures Forum, a daylong event that was held during the recent centennial/dedication celebration in Columbia. [More]
Oct. 24, 2008:Research Reveals Effective Anti-Tobacco Ads Should Either Scare or Disgust Viewers Researchers from the Psychological Research on Information and Media Effects (PRIME) Lab at the School examined the effects of two types of content commonly used in anti-tobacco ads, fear and disgust. The researchers found that when ads focused on either fear or disgust, viewers' awareness and understanding of the message increased. [More]
Oct. 24, 2008:Researchers Advance Health Communication for At-Risk Populations The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded an $8.6 million grant to the University of Missouri Health Communication Research Center (HCRC), in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, to advance health communication that will improve health literacy and health outcomes for at-risk populations. [More]
Oct. 15, 2008:New Book Highlights the Role of the News Media in Eliminating Racial Differences in Health Care Glen T. Cameron, a strategic communication professor, and Qi Qiu, MA '03, PhD '06, recently published Communicating Health Disparities - Building a Supportive Media Agenda. The book helps clarify the crucial role that health communicators and the media play in informing the public and in encouraging behaviors that would help close the racial and ethnic gap in health care. Cameron also serves as the co-director and scientific advisor of the Health Communication Research Center at MU. [More]
Oct. 8, 2008:Advergames: Theme of Game Is Secret to Success In a new study, University of Missouri researchers examined the impact of advergame themes on consumers' attitudes toward advergames and brands. According to Kevin Wise, assistant professor of strategic communication, consumers expressed strong positive relationships toward brands when they played advergames with strong thematic connections to the brands. [More]
September 2008
Sept. 23, 2008:Professor Betty Winfield Wins Inaugural Award from American Journalism Historians Association University of Missouri Curators' Professor Betty Houchin Winfield was recently named the first recipient of the National Award for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the American Journalism Historians Association. She will receive the award at the organization's 28th annual convention, to be held in Seattle Oct. 1-4. [More]
Sept. 19, 2008:The Columbia Missourian Wins 28 Awards from Missouri Press Association The Columbia Missourian received 28 awards from the 2008 Missouri Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, the winners of which were announced Saturday. The Missourian received 13 first-place awards, including a General Excellence Award for the sixth consecutive year and the seventh time in eight years. [More]
Sept. 18, 2008:Missouri Journalism Associate Dean Receives Outstanding Educator Award Esther Thorson received the 2008 Outstanding Woman In Journalism and Mass Communication Education award at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) held last month in Chicago. [More]
Sept. 8, 2008:Freedom Sings Brings GRAMMY Award-Winning Musicians to Mizzou Arena Sept. 10 "Freedom Sings™," a critically acclaimed concert and multimedia experience featuring an all-star cast of musicians, will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 10 in Mizzou Arena. The concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. [More]
Sept. 8, 2008:Museum Exhibition Offers Unique Look into Power of Photography and Art A new exhibition at the University of Missouri Museum of Art and Archaeology, "Missouri Through Lens and Palette," will open with an unprecedented showcase of photojournalism and art, both documenting life in small-town Missouri. [More]
Sept. 5, 2008:New Center Will Create Journalism of the Future With fully networked high tech labs, an experienced staff of journalism professionals, technical support and testing facilities geared to new technologies, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) will celebrate its grand opening Sept. 12. [More]
Sept. 3, 2008:Leading Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing Executives to Lead Roundtable Discussion on Ethics As the promise of social media and other online communication opportunities expands, many companies are asking about an enhanced role for advertising and communications ethics. Several top advertising, public relations and marketing professionals will gather at the Missouri School of Journalism in September to discuss this topic and help set a course of action for the future. [More]
Sept. 3, 2008:Emmy-Nominated PBS Documentary "Walt Whitman" to Be Screened during Upcoming Celebration The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the celebratory activities that will commemorate the centennial of the Missouri School of Journalism and the dedication of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. The MU Department of English is a co-sponsor of the "Walt Whitman” documentary showing. [More]
Aug. 29, 2008:Founding Dean of World's First School of Journalism to Be Honored with Bronze Bust The man who founded the world's first school of journalism and was instrumental in spreading journalism education across the globe will be memorialized with a bronze bust in Walter Williams Hall, his namesake at the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]
Aug. 27, 2008:Missouri Photojournalism Faculty and Students Document Life in Historic Arrow Rock, Mo. Photojournalism faculty and students at the Missouri School of Journalism recently released a new book about the village of Arrow Rock at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site Visitor Center. The three-year project was under the direction of faculty members Rita Reed and David Rees with student editors Abigail Pheiffer, MA '08, Leah Gallo, MA '08, and graduate student Shane Epping. [More]
Aug. 22, 2008:Health Journalists Face Translation Challenge, Missouri Journalism Researchers Find Assistant Professors Amanda Hinnant and María Len-Ríos surveyed 396 newspaper and magazine journalists and completed 35 in-depth interviews to offer insight into the role of journalists in reducing the negative effects of limited health literacy. [More]
Aug. 22, 2008:MU to Celebrate Centennial of World's First Journalism School and Dedication of Journalism's Advanced Studies Center More than 35 interactive journalism sessions, 27 technology discussions, 11 museum exhibits and displays, five live performances, two unique dining experiences and the grand opening of the premier advanced studies center for journalism will take place Sept. 10-12 as the Missouri School of Journalism celebrates its centennial and dedicates the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. [More]
Aug. 19, 2008:Missouri's First Newspaper to Be on Display during Missouri Journalism Centennial/Dedication Celebration An original copy of the Missouri Gazette, published in 1808 as the first newspaper in Missouri, will be on display throughout the Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) Dedication Celebration to be held Sept. 10-12 at the University of Missouri. Datelined "St. Louis, Louisiana," the Vol. 1., No. 3, issue of the Missouri Gazette was published 13 years before Missouri was admitted to the Union. [More]
Aug. 19, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism Announces 2008 Winners of the Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards The Missouri School of Journalism today revealed the winners of almost $20,000 in prize money and trophies for the 2008 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards. More than 100 newspapers and writers submitted more than 1,100 entries for this 48th year of the contest, originally known as Penney-Missouri. Sponsored and administered by the Missouri School of Journalism, it is the oldest and best-known feature writing and editing competition in American newspapering. [More]
Aug. 8, 2008:Missouri Journalism Interns at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Blog about Experiences As the 2008 Summer Olympic Games kick off in Beijing, Missouri School of Journalism students are detailing their experiences with blog coverage for news media outlets throughout the United States, as well as being featured on television throughout China. [More]
Aug. 8, 2008:Missouri Journalism Faculty, Graduate Students Present 36 Papers at AEJMC Conference Missouri School of Journalism faculty and students made an impressive showing at the 2008 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, one of the leading journalism research conferences in the world. A total of 36 papers were accepted to the Aug. 5-9 convention in Chicago. [More]
June 2008
June 23, 2008:Graduate Student Wins Atwater Prize for Writing Graduate student Jake Siegel won the 2008 Atwater Prize for Writing, an award worth $600 that was presented at a luncheon this spring. The Atwater Prize is open to students in all emphasis areas and was founded in memory of James D. Atwater, dean of the School from 1983-1989 and a professor of magazine and editorial writing. [More]
June 18, 2008:Columbia Missourian Celebrates Its 100th Birthday with a "Party of the Century" Billed as "The Party of the Century," the Columbia Missourian will celebrate its 100th birthday with a major concert Thursday, Sept. 11 at The Blue Note, 17 N. Ninth St. Son Venezuela, one of the Midwest's top salsa dance bands, is the headliner for the show. [More]
June 18, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism Places First Overall in 2007-2008 Hearst Competition, Wins $37,900 in Prizes The Missouri School of Journalism placed first overall in the 2007-2008 Hearst Journalism Awards Program, an elite national collegiate journalism competition that culminated with finals held in San Francisco from June 1-6. In total, 16 of the School's students placed in the different writing, photojournalism and broadcast news competitions over the yearlong Hearst awards program, which is often called the "Pulitzers of College Journalism." [More]
June 18, 2008:KOMU Faculty and Students Win 17 Heart of America Awards The Missouri School of Journalism's radio-television journalism faculty, staff and students took home multiple awards from two prestigious competitions this spring: the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards and the Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards. KOMU won 17 Heart of America Awards in the annual Kansas City Press Club competition and was named "Television Station of the Year," beating out two Kansas City stations, WDAF and KMBC, for the title. [More]
June 5, 2008:Strategic Communication Students Create Marketing and Advertising Plans for Missouri Town This summer, Missouri School of Journalism strategic communication students spent a week in Stockton, Mo., conducting research and creating advertising campaigns for several businesses in the small southwest Missouri town, which was nearly destroyed by a tornado in May 2003. [More]
June 5, 2008:$120,577 Donation to MU Honors Journalism Alumnus, Supports Columbia Missourian A gift to the Missouri School of Journalism will provide opportunities for students, faculty and staff to gain professional journalism experience at the Columbia Missourian. June Reynolds Miller donated $120,577 in memory of her late husband, MU alumnus George H. Miller, BJ '40, to create the George H. Miller Columbia Missourian Endowment Fund. [More]
May 28, 2008:Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Wins $10,000 O.O. McIntyre Professorship Brian S. Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration at the Missouri School of Journalism, won the 2008 McIntyre Professorship for excellence in teaching, an award presented by the Missouri School of Journalism. Brooks came to the School in 1974 after working in Vietnam as the information officer for the 1st Cavalry Division, a position in which he earned a Bronze Star. [More]
May 27, 2008:Missouri Journalism Faculty and Students Presented 46 Papers at 2008 ICA Conference Missouri School of Journalism researchers presented 46 scholarly papers at the 2008 conference of the International Communication Association, one of the leading communication-related academic organizations. Twenty-eight current students and faculty participated in the conference program. Twenty-six of the School's alumni also had their papers accepted to the program. [More]
May 23, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism Graduate Wins $12,000 O.O. McIntyre Fellowship Doug Meigs won the 2008 O.O. McIntyre Fellowship, a $12,000 award that will allow him to write a book on Bob O'Brien, the orphaned great-grandson of the last recognized Mandan chief. The annual fellowship was established in 1986 to help aspiring writers further their careers. It will allow Meigs to travel to the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota to write the book. [More]
May 22, 2008:The Impact of a Changing Media Environment on Advertising Ethics to Be Explored in National Discussion An upcoming yearlong discussion about advertising ethics in a digital global environment will help the industry uphold its high standards. Wallace S. Snyder, retiring president and CEO of the American Advertising Federation, has been selected to serve as the program's distinguished visiting professor. [More]
May 19, 2008:First Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Fellow Selected Paula Hunt, a veteran health reporter from the San Antonio (Texas) News Express, will become the first Smith/Patterson Fellow this fall when she begins her master's program in convergence journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. Hunt has written for numerous publications including Fitness, Healthy Living, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated and Oxygen.com. [More]
May 16, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism Featured in New Newseum The Newseum, billed as the world's most interactive news museum, features 14 major galleries, 15 theaters, two broadcast studios and a 4-D time-travel experience. The 250,000-square-foot complex cost $450 million and mixes up-to-the-minute news with centuries of journalism history. The Missouri School of Journalism is one of the few universities mentioned in the complex. [More]
May 9, 2008:School of Journalism to Recognize 499 Graduates at Spring Commencement Ceremonies The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize its 499 May and August graduates during commencement ceremonies at 2 p.m., Friday, May 16, at Mizzou Arena. Family and friends of the graduates do not need tickets to attend. Seating will be open. [More]
April 25, 2008:Gift Creates Opportunities for Science Journalism Students, Honors Former Journalism Professor A recent gift to the Missouri School of Journalism will give students the opportunity to gain experience and explore career options in science, health and technology journalism. Named for his J-School mentor, the $100,000 gift from Russell G. Smith II and his wife, Gail, establishes the Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Fellowship and Lecture Series. [More]
April 25, 2008:Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available for the 2008 Centennial/Dedication Celebration Founding dean Walter Williams opened the world's first school of journalism on Sept. 14, 1908. One hundred years later, as the Missouri School of Journalism celebrates its centennial, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute will open its doors. Sponsorship opportunities are now available to allow companies and organizations to congratulate the School and the Institute on these milestones and to help fund important conversations about the future of journalism. [More]
April 23, 2008:Centennial/Dedication Registration Now Open Registration for the Sept. 10-12 Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Dedication is now open, and alumni and friends will begin receiving packets within the next few weeks that include an event guide, the registration form and other informational pieces. [More]
April 23, 2008:Woelfel Selected as Chairman-elect for RTNDA Stacey Woelfel was elected national chairman-elect of the Radio-Television News Directors Association at its recent meeting in Las Vegas. He will produce the 2009 RTNDA convention. An associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, Woelfel also serves as news director for KOMU-TV, the only university-owned commercial television station in the United States that uses its newsroom as a working lab for students. [More]
April 18, 2008:President and CEO of Fleishman-Hillard to Deliver Raymond M. Solomon Memorial Lecture Dave Senay, president and CEO of Fleishman-Hillard, will deliver the 2008 Raymond M. Solomon Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Monday, April 21, in Fisher Auditorium at the Missouri School of Journalism. Headquartered in St. Louis, Fleishman-Hillard is part of Omnicom Group Inc., a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. [More]
April 14, 2008:MU Journalism Professor to Direct USC Journalism School Geneva Overholser, currently an endowed chair for the MU School of Journalism at its Washington, D.C. bureau, has been named the director of the journalism school at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. Overholser said that although she will miss her MU colleagues and her students in Washington, D.C., she is ready to embrace the administrative responsibilities of her new position. [More]
April 9, 2008:J-School Alumnus Steve Fainaru Awarded Pulitzer Prize Six Pulitzer Prizes were awarded to The Washington Post on Monday, one of which went to a Missouri School of Journalism alumnus. Steve Fainaru's 10-part series on how private security contractors in Iraq operate outside many of the laws governing U.S. Forces won the award for International Reporting. Fainaru, 46, graduated from the School of Journalism in 1984. [More]
April 8, 2008:Global News Professionals Offer Open-minded Alternatives for American Journalism Concerns about the future of the press are not just American; they're global. Some of the solutions emerging from other countries were discussed recently during the joint centennial celebration of the Missouri School of Journalism and the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. [More]
April 7, 2008:Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Awards 11 Missouri Journalism Students with Summer Internships The prestigious Dow Jones Newspaper Fund has awarded 11 Missouri School of Journalism students summer internships in news, sports and news wire copy editing. Each student will receive pre-internship training and a weekly salary for the 10-week internship. Interns who return to college full time the following fall will receive $1,000 scholarships from the Newspaper Fund. [More]
March 18, 2008:12 Missouri Journalism Seniors Named to Elite Mizzou '39 The Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board (AASB) recently named 12 Missouri School of Journalism seniors to the 2008 class of Mizzou '39. Created by the AASB in 2005, the name pays tribute to the spirit of service modeled by the families that supported the founding of the University in 1839. Each year, only 39 of the more than 3,000 graduating seniors at the University of Missouri earn this distinction. [More]
March 14, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism Welcomes Two New Faculty Members The Missouri School of Journalism welcomed two new faculty members for the winter 2008 semester. Mark Horvit joined the journalism studies faculty as an associate professor and executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and Karen Mitchell joined the convergence journalism faculty as an assistant professor. [More]
March 7, 2008:Columbia Missourian Sports Section, Two Students Score Big at APSE For the second year in a row, the Columbia Missourian sports desk brought home top awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) contest. This year, the paper also added two individual awards to its collection. Missouri Journalism senior Jeff Birnbaum's story "Willy-Mo" was named as one of the top 10 features, and junior Andrew Astleford's story "A Question of Acceptance" was named as one of the top 10 explanatory pieces. [More]
March 6, 2008:Missouri Journalism Professor Studies Influence of 19th Century Journalism in Shaping the Nation's History A new study by Betty Winfield, an MU Curators' professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, entitled "The Continuous Past: Historical Referents in Nineteenth-Century American Journalism," revealed that 19th century American journalism was significantly influential in shaping the nation's early history in an era when there were little or no published history records. [More]
March 6, 2008:Broadway Play "The Front Page" to be Performed at Centennial/Dedication Celebration As part of the Sept. 10-12 centennial/dedication events at the Missouri School of Journalism, the Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, mid-Missouri's historic outdoor theatre company, will host a performance of "The Front Page," the award-winning Broadway comedic play about journalists, the afternoon of Sept. 11. [More]
March 6, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism Senior Makes Worldwide Impact with 14-part Autism Series on KOMU Missouri School of Journalism radio-television journalism senior Ashley Reynolds will enter the job market after graduating this December with an impressive resume credential under her belt - a 14-part series on autism that not only reached an estimated 150,000 viewers in the mid-Missouri area, but also received worldwide attention for the depth of the reporting. [More]
March 4, 2008:Missouri Association of Publications to Host Annual Conference Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Mike Sager heads a list of publication professionals speaking at the Missouri Association of Publications' Fourth Annual Publications Summit, March 6-7, at the University of Missouri's Memorial Union. About 175 writers, editors, designers, graphic artists and publishers from consumer, business, educational and governmental print and electronic publications will participate. [More]
February 2008
Feb. 28, 2008:Around the World with Movie Director Tim Burton Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism graduate student Leah Gallo used skills she learned during her master's program to get a job photographing on the set of the movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Photojournalism students have many avenues to use their skills, other than traditional jobs. [More]
Feb. 26, 2008:School Alumnus and Cartoonist for The New Yorker to Contribute to Centennial/Dedication As a tribute to the School that helped him launch his successful career in advertising and cartooning, Michael Shaw, MA '92, will serve as the contributing cartoonist for the centennial of the Missouri School of Journalism and dedication of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. Shaw's cartoons will be on display at the Sept. 10-12 centennial/dedication celebration, a three-day extravaganza featuring a variety of social, professional and educational activities. [More]
Feb. 21, 2008:New Book Offers Insider's View of the World's First School of Journalism A Journalism of Humanity: A Candid History of the World's First Journalism School, a new book by Missouri School of Journalism Professor Steve Weinberg, highlights 100 years of behind-the-scenes decisions, conflicts and turning points as leaders at the School carried on Williams' precedent of improving the profession through innovation in training for journalism. [More]
Feb. 21, 2008:Scholarly Symposium to Highlight 1908 as a Pivotal Year in American Journalism A group of nationally renowned scholars and writers will help launch the centennial/dedication celebration by taking a look back at the year 1908 and its role in the history of American journalism. The symposium, "From Whence We Came to Where We're Going," will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Donald W. Reynolds Alumni Center on the MU campus. [More]
Feb. 12, 2008:Sarah Copeland, BJ '99, of the Food Network to Serve as Centennial/Dedication Consulting Chef Sarah Copeland, BJ '99, has been named the consulting chef for the Sept. 10-12, 2008, celebration of the Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and Reynolds Journalism Institute Dedication. She will help design the opening meal event on Sept. 10 and the closing meal event on Sept. 12, both to be held at Mizzou Arena. [More]
Feb. 8, 2008:Strategic Communication Senior Selected to Most Promising Minority Students Program Brandon C. Byrd, a Missouri School of Journalism senior majoring in strategic communication, is one of 50 students in the nation selected by the American Advertising Federation to join the Most Promising Minority Students Program (MPMS). The prestigious award allowed him to travel to New York City with fellow students from Feb. 5-7 to meet with representatives from successful advertising agencies and media companies at the New York Athletic Club. [More]
Feb. 7, 2008:New Innocence Project Gives Students Investigative Reporting Experience and Legal Knowledge The Missouri School of Journalism launched a new Innocence Project, created in conjunction with law schools at MU and the University of Missouri–Kansas City, in January 2008. Innocence projects around the country perform research and advocacy related to awareness and overturning wrongful convictions. Professor Steve Weinberg is teaching an introductory Innocence Project course, which will be a collaborative effort between students at both campuses, and a second-semester fieldwork course. [More]
Feb. 6, 2008:Missouri School of Journalism to Celebrate Centennial Anniversary with National Press Club March 28 On March 28, the Missouri School of Journalism and the National Press Club will honor their intersecting histories with a joint centennial celebration at the NPC headquarters in Washington, D.C. The program, The Next Century: Journalism for a Digital Globe, features media professionals from around the world who will talk about the bright future of journalism in the public interest. [More]
January 2008
Jan. 31, 2008:Strategic Communication Students to Benefit from $100,000 Scholarship Endowment Louise Black Jadel, BJ '46, recently gave $100,000 to create an endowed scholarship for future Missouri Journalism students studying strategic communication, an emphasis area focused on advertising and public relations training. The gift supports 100 by 100: The Centennial Campaign for the Missouri School of Journalism, an effort to increase financial commitments to the School's endowment to $100 million by 2008. [More]
Jan. 14, 2008:Missouri Press Association Announces Centennial Golf Classic Golf enthusiasts will have a chance to tee-off the social side of the Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Dedication with the Missouri Press Association's Centennial Golf Classic. The golf outing will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the University of Missouri's A.L. Gustin Golf Course. The early registration fee, due by May 1, is $50 and includes a cart, greens fees, lunch and give-a-ways. [More]
Jan. 11, 2008:Informal Reunions and Group Gatherings Night Available at Centennial-Dedication On Sept. 10-12, 2008, the Missouri School of Journalism will celebrate its centennial and the dedication of the new Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute with a three-day extravaganza of events. The evening of Sept. 11 is being left open to allow alumni and guests to enjoy their own social time and the Tiger Twilight Festival, an annual celebration of Mizzou pride in downtown Columbia. [More]
