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News Releases: 2004 Calendar Year
December 2004
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Dec. 22, 2004: Students Capture Graphic Awards in AP Contest Missourian Journalism students captured three of the top four prizes in the graphics division of the 2004 Associated Press Missouri-Kansas contest. The results were announced at the annual meeting of publishers and editors of Missouri and Kansas AP member newspapers. The winning graphics competed against 19 other entries. They originally were published in the Columbia Missourian, a community daily newspaper and the working newspaper lab for students in news-editorial, design, information graphics and photojournalism. [More]
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Dec. 21, 2004: Class Project Receives Attention from Trade Press A class project involving citizen journalism has received attention by the trade press. Editor & Publisher, The Online Journalism Review, the journalism think tank Poynter Institute and others have written about the MyMissourian project that Clyde Bentley and his media management students launched this semester. [More]
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Dec. 15, 2004: Twelve Missouri Journalism Students Win Dow Jones Editing Internships Twelve Missouri Journalism students have been selected for the prestigious 2005 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund summer internships in business reporting, newspaper copy editing and sports copy editing. The students were among the approximately 35 picked from an applicant pool of more than 500. Each will receive pre-internship training and a weekly minimum salary of $350 for 10 weeks. Interns who return to college full-time the following fall will receive $1,000 scholarships from the Fund. [More]
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Dec. 15, 2004: Missouri Broadcast News Students Win Hearst Journalism Awards Matt Talhelm and Lauren Stiglich, both Missouri School of Journalism students, were among the winners in the November William Randolph Hearst Foundations Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition. Talhelm earned $1,500 for second place in the television finals, qualifying him for Competition Two. The top five winners in both audio and video were selected from among 35 audio and 60 video entries. [More]
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Dec. 15, 2004: First Tina Hills Fellow Wins Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship Marina Walker, an award-winning journalist from Mendoza, Argentina, and the School's first Tina Hills Fellow, has been awarded a scholarship worth $2,000 by the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Walker was one of only 12 selected from a pool of 175 applicants from 60 different colleges and universities. [More]
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November 2004
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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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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. 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. 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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October 2004
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Oct. 27, 2004: MA Student Named 2004 David Kaplan Memorial Fellow at ABC News in D.C. Master's student Ross Todd is the 2004 recipient of the David Kaplan Memorial Fellowship, which is awarded each year to one Missouri graduate student who specializes in broadcast producing. Todd will be the thirteenth David Kaplan Fellow. David Kaplan was a producer for Sam Donaldson at ABC News when he was killed on assignment in Sarajevo in 1992. Donaldson, one of the nation's premier broadcast journalists, participated in the selection process. [More]
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Oct. 21, 2004: Fidler Named to Hall of Achievement at University of Oregon Roger Fidler has been inducted into the Hall of Achievement by the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. Fidler is the inaugural Visiting Fellow of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. He plans to launch the world's first live digital newspaper edition through the School's community daily, the Columbia Missourian, as his Fellow's project. [More]
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Oct. 21, 2004: New Brochure Available for Five-Year BJ/MA Program A new brochure about the Five-Year Bachelor's/Master's Program at the Missouri School of Journalism is now available online and in print. The program allows a student to earn a master's degree in just 12 months after the completion of the Bachelor of Journalism degree. "The Five-Year Bachelor's/Master's Program provides a unique opportunity for students to learn more, earn more and end up with two degrees from the world's first School of Journalism," said Esther Thorson, associate dean of graduate studies and research. [More]
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Oct. 21, 2004: The Tina Hills Fellowship for Latin American Journalists The Missouri School of Journalism announces a call for a new round of applications for the Tina Hills Fellowship for Latin American journalists interested in earning a master's or doctoral degree at the world's first journalism school. The fellowship is part of a long-term program to expand relations between the school and the news business in Latin America. The winner will begin a graduate degree program in Columbia, Mo., in the fall of 2005. [More] Español
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Oct. 4, 2004: New Magazine Department Head Named Associate Professor Jan Colbert has been named head of the magazine sequence at the Missouri School of Journalism. She succeeds Don Ranly, who has stepped down after more than two decades as head. As chair, Colbert will oversee administrative activities of the department and serve as the liaison between other faculty, students and the dean. Her colleagues nominated her for the position. [More]
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Oct. 4, 2004: McKean Receives MU Teaching with Technology Award Mike McKean, an associate professor in the broadcast news department, has been selected as one of the recipients for the new 2004 Innovator Awards for Advancing Teaching with Technology. This award provides special recognition for faculty who have exhibited a broader college or campus impact on the effective use of technology. The awardees were selected from the pool of finalists for the Awards for Excellence in Teaching with Technology, but whose portfolios exhibited a different kind of influence on the teaching and learning process. [More]
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Oct. 4, 2004: Don Ranly Steps Down as Head of Magazine Sequence When Don Ranly decided to step down as head of the magazine sequence earlier this fall, he had held the position for 27 years, making him the school's longest-serving administrator. Though he is ready to leave the day-to-day demands of running a sequence to his successor, Jan Colbert, his contributions to the school are far from over. Ranly's journey to Missouri, and the ensuing tenure, is a testament to great student recruitment. [More]
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September 2004
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Sept. 24, 2004: New Presidential Photo Exhibit to Be Displayed at Debates From the iconographic to the unexpected, 67 photographs of presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt and George W. Bush have been arranged in an exhibit that will be featured at presidential debates in the upcoming weeks. "The Presidential Image: 60 Years of the Best of White House Photography" showcases presidential images from the archives of the Pictures of the Year International (POYi) competition, one of the world's largest and most highly respected photojournalism contests. [More]
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Sept. 23, 2004: Topic of Accuracy Discussed at Chicago Conversation 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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Sept. 23, 2004: Journalism Graduate Students Receive NNAF Awards Two Missouri School of Journalism graduate students were the first to be designated as National Newspaper Association Foundation Alan Cruikshank Scholars during the organization's 118th annual convention in Denver. Kimberlee Belcher and Shannan Wheaton were on hand at the convention to meet the man in whose name the award was named. [More]
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Sept. 20, 2004: Missouri School of Journalism Presents 2004 Honor Medals The Missouri School of Journalism will present the 2004 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism to six individuals and one news magazine. The Missouri School of Journalism has awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism annually since 1930. More than 425 distinguished journalists, advertising and public relations practitioners, business people, institutions and media organizations have been recipients of this prestigious award. [More]
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Sept. 14, 2004: Chicago Forum to Target Accuracy in Journalism A group of journalists and media-watchers will discuss "Accuracy: What It Is and Who Decides" at a seminar hosted by the Missouri School of Journalism. "There is no topic more important to journalism in democratic societies than that of serving as a credible, balanced and fair source of information," said Dean Mills, dean and professor of the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]
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Sept. 14, 2004: Columbia Missourian Nabs 18 State Awards in Newspaper Contest The Columbia Missourian nabbed 18 awards in this year's Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. Distributed throughout Columbia and the surrounding region, the Columbia Missourian is the working newspaper lab for Missouri School of Journalism students in news-editorial, design, information graphics and photojournalism. The Missourian won first place in general excellence among newspapers with similar circulations. [More]
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Sept. 9, 2004: MU Study Finds College Football Writers Show Bias in Reporting The ever-growing popularity of college football has triggered an immediate desire from fans for information specific to their favorite teams. While the media feel obligated to meet these needs, the sports world has become unwelcome territory for many writers and editors. A recent study by a Missouri School of Journalism researcher found that college sports writers, particularly those focusing on football, face challenges from both avid fans and unruly athletes and coaches. [More]
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Sept. 9, 2004: Two Professionals Join the Columbia Missourian as Visiting Knight Fellows The Missouri School of Journalism welcomes Tricia Schwennesen and Alan Scher Zagier as Knight Professional-in-Residence Fellows for the 2004-2005 academic year. "Front-line editors are some of the most crucial people in American newspapers, and hold some of the toughest jobs," said Jacqui Banaszynski, Knight Chair Professor. "The Missouri School of Journalism is committed to supporting and encouraging those editors as they face the challenges and pressures of a new century." [More]
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Sept. 9, 2004: The Missouri School of Journalism Welcomes Five New Faculty Members The Missouri School of Journalism welcomes five new faculty members. Three will join the advertising department as assistant professors: Paul Bolls, Katherine Reed, Maria Len-Ríos, Rick Shaw and Kevin Wise. The more than 90 faculty members at the School of Journalism conduct research in all areas of journalism and strategic communication, have won major teaching awards and serve as leaders in journalism-related organizations. [More]
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August 2004
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Aug. 26, 2004: Missouri Group Publishes New Edition of News Reporting and Writing Textbook The Missouri Group is releasing the eighth edition of News Reporting and Writing, the leading journalism textbook in this subject area. Authored by Missouri School of Journalism professors Brian S. Brooks, George Kennedy, Daryl R. Moen and Don Ranly, the text teaches journalism fundamentals with a clear and practical approach. The book is published by Bedford/St. Martin's. [More]
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Aug. 23, 2004: Missouri Faculty and Students Win Awards, Present Papers at Professional Conference Missouri School of Journalism faculty and students received 14 awards, served as panelists, moderators and discussants for 15 sessions, were elected to serve in 10 leadership positions and presented 50 papers and creative projects at the recent Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual convention held in Toronto. [More]
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Aug. 23, 2004: The 8th Edition of The Art of Editing Published The Art of Editing, the 8th edition of the leading text on the subject, addresses convergence that is taking place among print media, radio and television, and the Web. The book is co-authored by Brian S. Brooks, a news-editorial faculty member and associate dean for undergraduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, and James L. Pinson, Ph.D. '96, who serves as a professor at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. [More]
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Aug. 9, 2004: Wal-Mart Provides School with $50,000 for Minority Scholarships The Missouri School of Journalism is one of 10 select journalism programs nationwide to receive $50,000 for minority scholarships from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. The universities were selected based on the quality of their journalism programs and student demographics. The three-year scholarship program is an effort to increase the level of diversity in newsrooms around the country. [More]
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July 2004
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July 28, 2004: New Web Site Promotes Understanding of Arthritis to Journalists and Public The Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (MARRTC) at the University of Missouri-Columbia is launching a new Web site as part of their nationwide campaign to improve media coverage on arthritis and arthritis-related disabilities. Designed to help both members of the media and the public in their understanding of arthritis and related conditions, the site offers the latest in medical research conducted by MARRTC investigators and outside institutions, as well as feature and news articles, local, regional and national statistics and links to searchable databases. [More]
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June 2004
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June 25, 2004: Magazine Faculty Member Receives Campus Teaching Award Missouri School of Journalism Professor Jennifer Moeller has received the 2003-04 Provost Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award for her superior teaching and advising on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. "Jen works as hard as any faculty member I have ever seen, and she goes beyond the call of duty every day," said Charles Davis, chair of the Editorial department. [More]
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June 23, 2004: Kyle Palmer Wins $10,000 Scholarship Kyle Palmer, a senior broadcast news student at the Missouri School of Journalism, is one of the "Top Ten" Scripps Howard Foundation national scholarship winners. Earlier this year, Palmer won an individual award in the Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. [More]
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June 21, 2004: Four Missouri Journalism Students Win in Hearst National Championships Four Missouri School of Journalism students placed in the Hearst National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships. The Championships, the culmination of the 2003-04 journalism awards program, with more than 100 undergraduate colleges and universities competing under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, were held in San Francisco. [More]
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June 21, 2004: Missouri Journalism Wins Hearst Overall Intercollegiate Competition The Missouri School of Journalism won the overall intercollegiate competition in the 2003-04 Hearst Journalism Awards Program and placed second in the overall writing category. Often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism," the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photography and broadcast news. Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners. [More]
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June 7, 2004: MU Advertising Professor Named 'Most Promising' in Industry Missouri advertising professor Shelly Rodgers will receive the 2004 Most Promising Professors Award for her teaching in Internet advertising and strategic communication at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual meeting that will be held in Toronto, Canada, in Aug.. [More]
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June 2, 2004: Two Journalism Faculty Members Named to the 2004 Class of Apple Distinguished Educators Two Missouri School of Journalism faculty members are joining a select group of national education professionals chosen by Apple Computer for their commitment to innovations in teaching and research. Mike McKean, an associate professor and chair of the information technology committees for the School and the University of Missouri-Columbia campus, and Esther Thorson, associate dean of graduate studies, have been named to the 2004 roster of Apple Distinguished Educators. [More]
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June 2, 2004: Clyde Bentley Honored as 2004 University Bookstore VIP A graduating student's letter of thanks resulted in a new "seat of learning" in Associate Professor Clyde Bentley's office in the Missouri School of Journalism. Bentley was named the 2004 University Bookstore VIP-Very Influential Professor -- based on an essay about him submitted by graduating advertising student Kate Certain. He was awarded an heirloom chair with the University of Missouri emblem. [More]
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June 2, 2004: Esther Thorson Named 2004 Distinguished Educator by American Advertising Federation Esther Thorson, associate dean of graduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, will receive the 2004 Distinguished Educator Award from the American Advertising Federation for her outstanding contributions to advertising education. The Distinguished Educator winner was first awarded in 1987. The second award winner was S. Watson Dunn, also a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Thorson is only the second woman to receive the award. [More]
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May 2004
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May 20, 2004: MU Researcher Suggests New Approach to Reporting Crime and Violence "Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing." "Girls Beat Teen Unconscious at Student Dance." These are some of the headlines commonly found in newspapers across the country. Not only are these stories sometimes taken out of context, but there is growing evidence these crime reports do significant psychological damage to consumers. [More]
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May 18, 2004: Journalism Students Visit Clinton Retailers Missouri School of Journalism students who are making the marketing of Clinton a school project interviewed several businesses on Tuesday, May 18. Businesses who participated spent two to three hours with the students, which included answering questions and "show and tell" time, allowing the students to learn a few things about retail stores in rural America. [More]
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May 17, 2004: School Recognizes 349 Graduates The Missouri School of Journalism recognized 349 graduates at its spring commencement ceremonies held Saturday, May 15, at the Hearnes Center. There were 87 students who received a graduate degree. Seven received the doctor of philosophy degree and the rest earned a master of arts degree. The School recognized its first online journalism degree graduate: Ebony Reed, a reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, received her master of arts degree with a focus in media management. Reed also earned her bachelor of journalism degree from the School in 2000. [More]
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May 13, 2004: Wanta Elected Vice President of National Journalism Education Organization Wayne Wanta has been elected vice president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication for the 2004-05 academic year. He will become president-elect in 2005-06 and president in 2006-07. Wanta will be the second AEJMC president from the Missouri School of Journalism. Earl F. English, a former dean of the School, served in 1953. [More]
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May 12, 2004: Journalism Staff Member Receives MU Award Martha Pickens, an executive staff assistant in the Earl S. English Graduate Studies Office, received a "Tribute to MU Women 2004" award by the Chancellor's Standing Committee on the Status of Women. Pickens was recognized for her work to help create an environment of equity, fairness and justice for all women on the MU campus, for respecting the diversity of women's experiences and for promoting the advancement of women through education, advocacy, support and activism. [More]
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May 10, 2004: Journalism Students Win 26 Awards, Sweep Infographics at National Design Competition Students from the Missouri School of Journalism swept awards in the infographics category of the 2004 National College Newspaper Design competition. Including the sweep, students from MU won a total of 26 awards with two in the Designer of the Year category. Missouri students have the opportunity to design and create infographics for both the Columbia Missourian, the daily morning community newspaper, and Vox, a city magazine. [More]
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May 7, 2004: J-School to Join Fight Against Arthritis The Missouri School of Journalism is launching a campaign to improve and expand coverage on arthritis among local and national media. The initiative is one of several research projects under way at MARRTC (Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center), the only federally funded arthritis center of its kind in the United States. [More]
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May 7, 2004: J-School Associate Dean Recognized for Excellence in Education Brian Brooks, associate dean of undergraduate studies, received the Excellence in Education Award from the Division of Student Affairs. Brooks was one of ten recipients of the award this April. "I am greatly honored because I was nominated by the students." Brooks said, "We have the best journalism students in the world, and I am privileged to work with them." [More]
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May 5, 2004: School Expands Summer Course Offerings The Missouri School of Journalism is expanding the number of required courses it offers during the summer semester. Students entering the School now can enroll in Cross-Cultural Journalism and Principles of American Journalism. Cross-Cultural Journalism teaches students how to be an effective journalist in a multicultural world. The Principles course acquaints students with the concepts and functions of journalism in American society and explores the underlying principles of journalism and other social institutions and values. [More]
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May 3, 2004:Journalism Students to Be Required to Have Wireless Laptop Computers Missouri School of Journalism undergraduate and graduate students will be required to have wireless laptop computers beginning with the fall 2005 semester. "It's impossible for the journalist of today to be productive without an intimate knowledge of the technological tools the profession requires," said Brian S. Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies and director of the Journalism Network, the school's computer infrastructure. [More]
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April 2004
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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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: 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: 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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March 2004
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March 31, 2004: Upcoming Hurley Symposium to Discuss: "Where Is the Public in Public Affairs Reporting?" Journalists talk endlessly about what's wrong with the press. Academics, politicians, business executives and other "experts" regularly get into the discussion. But what about the people whom the press supposedly exists to serve? The Fourth Annual Curtis B. Hurley Symposium, at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 15, will feature five panelists answering the question, "Where is the Public in Public Affairs Reporting," from broadly different perspectives. [More]
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March 29, 2004: Journalism Student Reels in Dream Job on ESPN Before he walks across the stage at MU in May, Mike Hall landed just about everything he could have hoped to gain with his pending journalism degree. Hall earned a one-year contract as a "SportsCenter" anchor, a new Mazda 3 and a $95,000 salary Sunday, beating Aaron Levine, a Stanford University student, in the finals of ESPN's reality series "Dream Job." [More]
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March 24, 2004: Top Incoming Journalism Undergraduates Also Admitted to Graduate Program It is now possible for the top incoming undergraduate journalism students to be admitted to the Missouri School of Journalism's graduate program. Walter Williams Scholars, incoming undergraduate students who have scored a 33 or above on the ACT (1470 on the SAT), can be enrolled in the five-year program. This allows students to earn their bachelor's and master's degrees within five years. [More]
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March 24, 2004: Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards Missouri School of Journalism students Ann Friedman and Ann E. Stratton are among the top 10 winners in the personality/profile writing competition for this year's Hearst Journalism Awards. Friedman won first place in the competition; Stratton won eighth. Friedman, a senior from Dubuque, Iowa, won a $2,000 scholarship for her article "Nerve Mending," which was printed in Vox magazine. The article was a profile of Dr. John McDonald, who believes that patients with spinal cord injuries can move again. [More]
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March 19, 2004: Alumnus Organizes First Newspaper Design Competition in Russia Dmitri Surnin, MA '01, helped organize and judge the first-ever newspaper design competition in Russia called "Newspaper Design 2003." "We had 128 publications participating and more than 2,000 entries, which is not a bad turnout for the first competition," said Surnin. The results were announced March 1. [More]
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March 16, 2004: School Launches New Web Site for Health Communications Research Health Communication Research Center (HCRC) launched a new Web site featuring the latest information in health news and health communication research. "Our goal with this site is prevention. We want people to learn more about health issues and diseases and how to deal with them," said Jon Stemmle, HCRC director of communications. [More]
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March 16, 2004: Students Visit Agencies, Corporations in New York Missouri strategic communications students viewed agency reels, talked with experts and learned how to present themselves to prospective employers during a recent trip to nine advertising and public relations agencies and other companies in New York. The students also attended an alumni reception held at Bloomberg, providing the opportunity to network with more than 100 alumni. [More]
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March 15, 2004: Casio Supports Student Education and Donates Exilim Digital Cameras to the Missouri School of Journalism Casio, Inc., a leader in consumer electronics, has donated eight digital Exilim EX-Z3 digital cameras to the Missouri School of Journalism. The cameras will be used in the School's planning and communications office and as part of a Strategic Campaigns class for the winter semester. Students will design an integrated marketing campaign for the Exilim brand and present their proposal to Casio employees in late April. [More]
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March 15, 2004: KOMU Creates New Copy Desk Function KOMU is pioneering an innovative approach to improving newsroom efficiency and upholding journalistic excellence in broadcast news. Nicknamed the Tiger Chair, this new script approval process in the newsroom allows a senior editor to check stories for grammar, fact error and continuity. "There is simply not enough editing in TV newsrooms. Every newspaper in America has a copy desk function. Why not newsrooms? I hope other television stations follow our lead," said Kent Collins, broadcast news chair and the initiator of the concept. [More]
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March 12, 2004: Students Learn First Hand from Magazine Representatives Representatives from more than 100 magazines met with students, conducted panels and individually spoke about various topics in the industry at the recent annual Magazine Fair held at the Missouri School of Journalism. The primary purpose of the fair is to further the education of magazine journalism students. Danita Allen, professor and Meredith Chair in Service Journalism, said that "many of the journalism teachers encourage interaction with the visitors and give assignments to their classes that involve the Magazine Fair." [More]
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March 11, 2004: Journalism-Law Research Study Receives $49,000 Grant A joint journalism and law research study on domestic violence recently received a $49,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Public Safety to continue its work. The original research study began in 2002 and looked at law enforcement responses to cases of domestic violence in Missouri. The study was initiated after the Family Violence Clinic at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law noticed discrepancies in how Missouri counties handled responses differently. [More]
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March 10, 2004: Magazine Club Visits 17 Magazines in New York Twenty-seven Magazine Club students from the Missouri School of Journalism visited 17 magazines on a recent trip to New York. Kalsey Higley, president of Magazine Club, said that the group plans the annual trip so that "students can get a better understanding of the New York magazine industry and also to network with editors and alumni working in Manhattan." [More]
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March 9, 2004: Missouri School of Journalism Names 61st Annual Pictures of the Year International Contest Winners Winners of the 61st Annual Pictures of the Year International(POYi) Competition, one of the world's largest and most prestigious photojournalism contests, were announced by the Missouri School of Journalism. Judges viewed nearly 26,000 photographs, 2,500 newspaper and magazine pages, submitted by more than 1,300 newspaper and magazine photographers and editors from 338 publications from more than 25 countries. [More]
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March 9, 2004: J-School Graduate One of Youngest to Win Polk Award Brian Joseph, BJ '02, has been awarded a 2003 George Polk Award for work he completed during a summer 2002 internship at The Seattle Times. Joseph, as part of an investigative team, won the local reporting award for "The Art of Deception," a two-day series that exposed a prominent Seattle art gallery that was selling fake Asian antiques. [More]
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March 8, 2004: KOMU Switches to New Avid NewsCutter Editing System KOMU was among the first television stations in the world to switch to digital editing. Now, a new editing system will enable KOMU to be among the first stations to operate a tapeless edit and playback system. KOMU recently made the switch from the tape-based Media 100 to the Avid NewsCutter. [More]
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March 3, 2004: 14 New Journalism Ambassadors Selected Fourteen new Journalism Ambassadors have been selected to represent the Missouri School of Journalism to prospective students and other campus visitors. "Ambassadors give visitors and prospective students an 'inside' view of what it means to be a student here in the J-School," Billie Dukes, Journalism Ambassador coordinator, said. "They promote the very best of what Mizzou offers." [More]
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March 3, 2004: Missouri SPJ Chapter Receives Grant, Will Host Ethicist The Society of Professional Journalists chapter recently received a $500 regional grant. The funds will be used to host a speaker as part of the organization's 2nd Annual Ethics Week. "We're honored to receive this award for the second time," said Charles Davis, adviser for the Missouri School of Journalism's SPJ chapter. "We are excited to have Dr. Philip Seib educate our members and help SPJ create better, more ethical journalists." [More]
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February 2004
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Feb. 24, 2004: Broadcast News Student Selected as Finalist for ESPN Anchor Reality Show Broadcast news senior Mike Hall has been selected as one of 12 finalists to star on ESPN's reality show "Dream Job." Hall, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., was chosen from more than 10,000 contestants who competed through three rounds of preliminary auditions that were held in 29 cities. ESPN experts evaluated the auditions, critiquing the candidates' work in writing, sports knowledge and overall presence. [More]
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Feb. 19, 2004: School Creates New "Media Convergence" Sequence Plans to offer a new "media convergence" sequence to Missouri School of Journalism undergraduate students beginning in the fall 2005 semester are under way. Media convergence is defined as some form of cross-media cooperation, usually involving broadcast stations, print outlets and Internet sites. [More]
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Feb. 18, 2004: Larry Powell Joins Journalism Faculty Larry Powell has joined the faculty of the Missouri School of Journalism as an Assistant Professor, Professional Practice. He will teach introductory and advanced visual communication courses. Previously Powell was the president of his own advertising and marketing firm called Larry Powell & Associates, which he founded in Dallas in 1993. [More]
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Feb. 13, 2004: Journalism Codes of Ethics Now Focused More on Financial Success, J-School Researchers Say For the past 15 years, the public's perception of the news media has been becoming more negative, causing historic professional stress for journalists. The industry has moved from privately owned to publicly traded and toward conglomeration of ownership in order to maximize profits. Readership of newspapers and viewership of broadcast news have fallen. A new study by researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia found that changes to the journalism code of ethics have played a significant part in the negative perception of today's media. [More]
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Feb. 13, 2004: Journalism Student Places First in Hearst Competition Carolyn Szczepanski, BJ '03, won first place in the in-depth writing category of the 44th Annual Hearst Journalism national competition for her report, "The Once and Future River." The story ran in the Columbia Missourian, the working newspaper lab for students in news-editorial, design, information graphics and photojournalism. [More]
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Feb. 9, 2004: Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Grant Largest Ever for University of Missouri The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation announced today the awarding of $31 million to the Missouri School of Journalism for the creation of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, a center that will focus on advanced studies of journalism and its role in democratic societies. The award is the largest private donation ever to the University of Missouri. [More]
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Feb. 9, 2004: KOMU Celebrates 50 Years of News Coverage and Community Service KOMU, an NBC-affiliate, is the only commercial television station in the United States that uses its newsroom as a working lab for students. The station's news department is operated by the Missouri School of Journalism. Missouri's electronic news graduates serve in all capacities -- anchors, executive producers investigative reporters, general assignment reporters and in management -- for major network and cable channels and at television and radio stations throughout the country. [More]
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January 2004
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Jan. 26, 2004: Journalism School Hosts C-SPAN School Bus A plush couch lines half the room. British, Pakistani and Iraqi political programs play on two big screen TVs built into the wall. A Broadcast News class investigates this traveling TV production studio, also known as the C-SPAN School Bus. The Missouri School of Journalism hosted the bus as it was en route from the Iowa caucuses to the South Carolina presidential primaries. [More]
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Jan. 20, 2004: Journalism Professor Honored by Stephens College Missouri Journalism professor Cynthia Frisby was one of three individuals to be honored by Stephens College in Columbia at the 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Convocation. Dr. Frisby and City of Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman and Stephens senior Yashunda Gift were recognized for embodying the principles and human values reflected in the work of Martin Luther King Jr. [More]
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Jan. 7, 2004: New RTNDA Student Chapter Established at J-School The Ed Lambert student chapter of the Radio and Television News Directors Association has been established at the Missouri School of Journalism. "As working journalists, our students and many of our faculty are already served by this highly respected professional organization," said Lynda Kraxberger, the chapter's faculty adviser. "An RTNDA student chapter serves as one more link between the classroom and the newsroom." [More]
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Jan. 2, 2004: Students Participate In Study Abroad Program Twenty-two Missouri School of Journalism students are spending part of their semester break visiting four European cities. The two-week trip features stops at media outlets in Paris, Brussels, Vienna and Frankfurt. [More]
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