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News Releases: November 2004
November 2004
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Nov. 11, 2004: Contest Recognizes Seven for Outstanding Summer Journalism Work Seven Missouri School of Journalism magazine and news-editorial students were recognized for outstanding work completed in newsrooms during the past summer. Christian Detrick, Andrew Eder, Brandon Hoops, Sarah Larimer, Cristian Lupsa, Elspeth Reeve and Arthur Wedler each received a cash prize of $50 for their winning entries in the "What I Did on My Summer Vacation" contest. [More]
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Nov. 11, 2004: Media's Attitude Significantly Affects Individual's Social Connectedness, MU Researcher Finds This week, U.S. citizens throughout the country had the opportunity to vote for the President of the United States. However, some people decided not to vote because they were upset by the media's negative coverage of the campaign. Their lack of interest could have been caused by the lack of social connectedness, or social capital, they felt toward their country, which may have been brought on by the media. The media's effect on a person's social capital was the focus of a new study by a Missouri School of Journalism researcher. [More]
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Nov. 11, 2004: TV Cameras in Courtroom and Pretrial Publicity to Be Discussed at Upcoming Presentation The topics of television cameras in the courtroom and prejudicial pretrial publicity will be among those discussed at an upcoming presentation at the University of Missouri. "The News Media and the Terry Nichols Trial" will be presented from 9:45-10:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, in Fisher Auditorium at the Missouri School of Journalism. The event is sponsored by the Journalism, Conflict and Law Initiative. [More]
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Nov. 19, 2004: Winners Selected in First J-FIG iLife Challenge The multimedia project of "Dozing in the Strangest Places" won best of show at the Journalism-Freshmen Interest Group (J-FIG) iLife Challenge awards ceremony held Nov. 17 at the University of Missouri-Columbia. A total of 77 teams representing approximately 250 freshmen students participated in the Challenge, designed to help students learn digital technologies in a creative way. Each entry needed to present a completed story in less than five minutes and use the iLife suite of software tools from Apple. [More]
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Nov. 19, 2004: Walter Williams Society Welcomes New Members Two new couples were inducted into the Walter Williams Society at its second dinner on Nov. 5 at the Reynolds Alumni Center on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. The Society was founded in 2002 to recognize the generosity of private philanthropy to the School. Joy Spencer Johnson, BJ '48, and her husband Kenneth, and George Kennedy, BJ '64, PhD '78, and his wife Robin joined the more than 40 other donors at the dinner. [More]
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Nov. 29, 2004: 136 Graduates Will Be Recognized at Fall Commencement Ceremonies The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize 136 graduates at its fall commencement ceremonies that will be held Friday, Dec. 17, in Jesse Auditorium in Jesse Hall. The doctoral degree will be awarded to five students; 40 will receive the master's degree. Of the 91 undergraduate students who will graduate, 28 studied strategic communication; 20, broadcast; 18, news-editorial; 13, photojournalism; and 12, magazine. [More]
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Nov. 30, 2004: Missouri Student Wins Hearst Journalism AwardMissouri School of Journalism student Megan Alexander was among the winners in the 45th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards Program. A total of 105 students from 58 universities and colleges participated in the first Hearst competition of this academic year. [More]
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