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News Releases: April 2004
April 2004
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April 5, 2004: Journalism Alumna Receives Lifetime Achievement Award Elizabeth Llorente, BJ '84, recently received the 2004 Career Achievement Award for Print Journalists for her work in race and ethnicity from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The award recognizes a variety of contributions that Llorente has made to the field of journalism, including a recent series, "Diverse and Divided," which highlights the relations between African Americans and Hispanics in Patterson, N.J. [More]
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April 5, 2004: Journalism Student Selected for Early Membership to Phi Beta Kappa Kyle Palmer, a broadcast news major from Independence, Mo., is one of ten University of Missouri juniors selected for early membership into the Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Beta Kappa Society is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society that recognizes academic excellence in arts and sciences. Specifically, Phi Beta Kappa requires candidates to demonstrate a depth and breadth of study. [More]
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April 5, 2004: Vector Marketing Honors Student with $1,000 Gift to Advertising Department Journalists and other media watchers recently discussed the impact of journalistic blunders on media credibility. The seminar, "Accuracy: What It Is and Who Decides," was held Sept. 23 in Chicago as part of the Journalism in the 21st Century conversations sponsored by the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]
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April 6, 2004: Missouri Journalism Alumni Win IRE Awards Missouri School of Journalism alumni were among the winners in the 2003 Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. annual awards program. The competition recognizes outstanding investigative work in 15 categories, most of them based on market or circulation size. The categories are separated into print, broadcast, online media and work that demonstrates superior use of freedom of information and open record laws. [More]
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April 7, 2004: Journalism Alumnus Has Guided Fleishman-Hillard's Growth from Small Local Agency to Global Leader John D. Graham, BJ '59, chairman and chief executive officer of Fleishman-Hillard Inc., recently celebrated 30 years at the helm of Fleishman-Hillard. On March 25, 1974, he was named president and chief executive officer of the firm, which then had only a single office in St. Louis. Today, Fleishman-Hillard is one of the world's leading public relations firms, serving clients from 83 offices around the globe. [More]
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April 9, 2004: J-School Grad Garners Literacy Award Maggie Rotermund, BJ '02, won first place in the Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors feature award contest in the 25,000 and under circulation category for her story in The Baxter Bulletin in Mountain Home, Ark. The same piece earlier won first place in feature writing in the 2003 Southern Newspapers Publishers Association's Literacy and Newspapers in Education Contest She serves as a politics and county government reporter for the paper. [More]
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April 9, 2004: Brian Storm to Serve as Professional in Residence Brian Storm, MA '97, vice president of news, multimedia and assignment services for Corbis, will serve as a Professional in Residence at the Missouri School of Journalism. He will present numerous lectures and information-sharing sessions on the University of Missouri campus on April 15-19. [More]
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April 18, 2004: Journalism Student Wins National Design Contest An original sketch of a design concept for the 2004 Dooney & Bourke It Bag line won Missouri School of Journalism junior Camille Styles a trip to New York and Florence and Milan, Italy. Styles, of Dallas, is studying Strategic Communications at the School. She was one of eight national winners in the Teen Vogue/Dooney & Bourke It Bag Contest. Her concept was selected from nearly 500 entries. [More]
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April 19, 2004: New Online Journalism Certification with Optional Master of Education Degree Now Available The Missouri School of Journalism and the College of Education have created a new partnership that offers students the option of journalism certification and/or a Master of Education degree. The new program provides practicing secondary teachers with a convenient way to complete courses leading to journalism certification, or to obtain a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in English education and a focus in journalism while working toward certification. [More]
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April 20, 2004: KBIA Newsroom Wins Two Edward R. Murrow Awards from RTNDA KBIA recently won two Edward R. Murrow awards from the Radio-Television News Director Association (RTNDA). The Murrow Awards honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism. KBIA is a National Public Radio member station and is owned and operated by the Missouri School of Journalism. The station received the regional award for Best Series for the second year in a row. [More]
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April 26, 2004: Missouri Team Places First at Midwest Model European Union A team of students from the Missouri School of Journalism placed first at the recent Midwest Model European Union Conference held at Indiana University - Purdue University in Indianapolis. This is the third time that Missouri has won the top spot in as many years. [More]
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April 26, 2004: Two Journalism Students to Participate in Hearst National Broadcast Championship Two Missouri School of Journalism students are among the top five national finalists in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program. Broadcast news seniors Knez Walker and Katie Piper have been selected to participate in the National Broadcast Championship in TV in San Francisco in May. This is the first year that Missouri has placed two students in the top five. [More]
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April 27, 2004: Cameron Named to National Advisory Board Glen Cameron, a Missouri School of Journalism professor and co-director of the Health Communication Research Center, has been named to the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Advisory Board. The IFIC's purpose is to bridge the gap between science and communications. IFIC disseminates scientific information on food safety, nutrition and health, working with an extensive roster of scientific experts and through partnerships to help translate research into understandable and useful information for opinion leaders and ultimately, consumers. [More]
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