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News Releases: August 2006
August 2006
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Aug. 28, 2006: Homeland Security and Media Evaluate Terror Threats Differently A recent study by Glen T. Cameron, professor of strategic communication and Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair of Journalism Research at the Missouri School of Journalism, found the Department of Homeland Security and media evaluate and communicate terror threats differently. [More]
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Aug. 28, 2006: New Book Explores Media, Mission and Morality in Journalism A new book by Missouri School of Journalism Professor Emeritus John Merrill explores moral and theoretical issues in the field of journalism. Media, Mission and Morality: A Scholarly Milestone Essay in Mass Communication is the first in a series designed to stimulate thinking and challenge ideas while encouraging journalists to embrace ethics. Subsequent titles will be written by some of the journalism's leading writers and thinkers on the topic. [More]
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Aug. 28, 2006: School's Viewbook Wins Bronze Medal in National Contest "The World's Journalism School" won a bronze medal in the "Visual Design in Print" category of the 2006 CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Circle of Excellence Awards. The viewbook was one of approximately 30 bronze medal winners out of 615 entries in the category. The entries were submitted by both public and private colleges and universities and represented a variety of printed materials. [More]
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Aug. 29, 2006: Faculty Member Publishes New Edition of Public Relations Textbook Coverage of global markets, new technologies, and multiculturalism throughout make the recently published edition of Public Relations: The Profession and the Practice one of the leading college textbooks on the topic. The book is co-authored by Suzette Heiman, associate professor and director of planning and communications at the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]
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Aug. 29, 2006: Special Section of Columbia Missourian Receives 1st Place Award A Columbia Missourian newspaper special section titled "Connections-How mid-Missourians stay plugged in to a world ruled by technology" received the first place award at the Inland Press 2006 Newspaper Special Sections & New Products/New Revenue contest. The winning entry was chosen from more than 600 entries submitted by 80 different newspapers across the nation. [More]
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Aug. 29, 2006: Magazine Students Win Five Awards at AEJMC Vox magazine and a magazine publishing class took home five awards in the 2006 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest. The awards were presented during a special ceremony at the group's annual meeting held recently in San Francisco. [More]
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Aug. 31, 2006: Skamenca Wins His Second PRNDI National Award KBIA reporter Aug. Skamenca won the first place award in the news feature category in the 2006 Public Radio News Director, Inc. awards competition, the only national contest recognizing outstanding public radio news reporting at local stations. His winning entry, "Odyssey of Oppression," examined human smuggling and travel by undocumented workers across the border and through the Midwest. [More]
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Aug. 31, 2006: Senior Wins $2,000 C.W. Gusewelle Journalism Scholarship Megan Rolland, a senior newspaper journalism and political science double major from Grand Junction, Colo., has won the 2006 C.W. Gusewelle Journalism Scholarship. The $2,000 scholarship, now in its second year, is awarded to an outstanding student in his or her final year of undergraduate or graduate study in print or broadcast journalism. [More]
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Aug. 31, 2006: Writer at Charlotte Observer Wins Second Sifford Prize Elizabeth Leland, a reporter for the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, is the 2006 Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism winner. The Missouri School of Journalism administers the prestigious award. Leland also won the Sifford Prize in 2001. [More]
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