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News Releases: May 2006
May 2006
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May 1, 2006: Sophomore Journalism Student Receives $70,000 IIPP Fellowship Award Missouri School of Journalism student Carolina Escalera has received a $70,000 fellowship award from the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) and the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation. The fellowship offers a complete graduate education in international public policy, study abroad opportunities, summer policy institutes, extensive language training, internships and career development. [More]
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May 1, 2006: Sorbara Named Top Copy Editing Student in U.S. Diego Sorbara has received the $2,500 Aubespin scholarship, given to the top copy editing student in the U.S. by the American Copy Editors Society. Sorbara is a newspaper journalism student at the Missouri School of Journalism. As part of his journalism coursework, Sorbara works as a reporter, copy editor, designer and assistant news editor for the Columbia Missourian, the city's daily morning newspaper, and its bilingual magazine, Adelante. Both serve as learning laboratories for Missouri Journalism students. [More]
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May 1, 2006: Stacey Woelfel Receives the Excellence in Education Award Stacey Woelfel, a member of the Radio-Television Journalism faculty and news director of KOMU, is a recipient of the 2006 Excellence in Education Award at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Students select the 10 faculty members, advisers and academic administrators who have made significant contributions to the out-of-class learning experiences for MU students for the award each year. The award celebrates how critical these experiences are to the learning and success of students. [More]
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May 3, 2006: Master's Student to Use $12,000 Fellowship to Write about China's Economic Development Missouri School of Journalism graduate student Michelle Dammon Loyalka wants to combine her experiences living in China with her journalism education to improve reporting on China's rapid economic development. As the recipient of the 2006 O.O. McIntyre Postgraduate Writing Fellowship, Loyalka can do just that. Loyalka was recently awarded the $12,000 fellowship in order to write a book on the rise of China. [More]
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May 4, 2006: Glen Cameron to Present the 2006 21st Century Corps of Discovery Lecture Glen Cameron will deliver the 2006 21st Century Corps of Discovery lecture, a recognition of his excellence in scholarly and creative discoveries. As a recipient of the award, he will receive a $5,000 honorarium and a reception in his honor. Cameron is the Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair in Journalism Research at the Missouri School of Journalism and a professor in the advertising sequence. He also serves as a professor of Family and Community Medicine and an adjunct clinical instructor at the School of Nursing, and is founder-co-director-scientific adviser of the Health Communication Research Center. [More]
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May 8, 2006: School to Recognize 398 Graduates at Upcoming Commencement Ceremonies The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize its 398 May and Aug. graduates at the upcoming commencement ceremonies that will begin at 4 p.m., Friday, May 12, in the Mizzou Arena. The alumnus speaker will be Adrian Holovaty, BJ '01, editor of editorial innovations at washingtonpost.com. The Master of Ceremonies will be Sylvia Snowden who will graduate with a degree in radio-television journalism and a minor in sociology. The student speaker will be Millie Munshi, a dual major in newspaper journalism and economics. [More]
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May 8, 2006: Wanta to Serve as 2007 President of National Journalism Organization Wayne Wanta will be the 2007 president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the largest professional organization of journalism educators in the world with more than 3,500 members. He will assume his term this Aug. when the organization holds its annual meeting in San Francisco. [More]
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May 8, 2006: Nine Design Students Win National Awards in the Student Society for News Design Contest Nine Missouri School of Journalism students were among the winners of the 18th annual contest of the Student Society for News Design awards, the college version of the Society for News Design's international competition. Hosted every year by the Missouri School of Journalism, this year's competition numbered almost 800 entries from around the country and were judged by professional judges from newspapers around the country. The SSND awards recognize the increasing importance of the college work students in the news design field. [More]
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May 10, 2006: Adam Schreck Wins Atwater Prize for Writing Master's student Adam Schreck has been recognized for his outstanding work in writing as the recipient of the 2006 Atwater Prize for in-depth reporting. His submissions for the competition included two in-depth Columbia Missourian reports from the Mississippi coast following Hurricane Katrina and an investigative story about former Enron CEO Ken Lay's connections to Missouri. [More]
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May 18, 2006: Journalism Alumni Return to Campus for 2006 Reunion Rally Seven Missouri School of Journalism alumni returned to the University of Missouri-Columbia campus as part of the 2006 MU Alumni Association Reunion Rally activities held May 1. The alumni, from the classes of 1956, 1961 and 1966, were celebrating their 40th, 45th and 50th graduation anniversaries. They toured the School and were recognized at a special luncheon for Lisa Myers, BJ '73. [More]
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May 25, 2006: Kappa Tau Alpha Initates 41 Students at Spring Commencement Forty-one students were inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha (KTA), the national honor society for journalism and mass communication, at the May 12 graduation ceremony in Mizzou Arena. Founded at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1910, KTA is the seventh-oldest national honor society and recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship. Kappa Tau Alpha means, "The Truth Will Prevail," and its Greek letters stand for Knowledge, Truth, and Accuracy -- words that encapsulate the mission of the society. [More]
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May 25, 2006: Journalism Under Fire: Discussion Series to Focus on News, Gender, Censorship and Photojournalism Issues "Journalism Under Fire," a four-part program in conjunction with The New School in New York, will bring together faculty, students, alumni, professionals and citizens to discuss hot topics in the field. The discussions, taking place at 7 p.m. each Tuesday in June, will range in topics from the lack of women's coverage to censorship in photojournalism. Several alumni, in addition to faculty, are participating in the panels. [More]
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May 25, 2006: Missouri Journalism Faculty and Students to Present 31 Papers at 2006 ICA Conference in Germany The Missouri School of Journalism will be well represented at this year's International Communication Association (ICA) conference with 31 papers accepted, which were written or collaborated by faculty and student authors from the School and with other professors from the University of Missouri-Columbia and other universities. The 56th annual ICA convention will be held June 19-23 in Dresden, Germany. [More]
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May 26, 2006: Journalism Master's Student Wins The New York Times "Win a Reporting Trip to Africa" Contest Missouri School of Journalism master's student Casey Parks is the winner of a "Win a Reporting Trip to Africa" contest sponsored by The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. Parks will write a blog about her experience for nytimes.com and create a video blog for MTV-U. Kristof selected Parks' winning entry from 3,800 applications. Her essay spoke of her southern Mississippi heritage, of growing up poor and isolated from the world. [More]
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