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News Releases: 2006 Calendar Year
December 2006
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Dec. 14, 2006: Professor Emeritus Honored as Namesake of Inaugural Awards Program The Missouri Association of Publications, a professional organization affiliated with the Missouri School of Journalism, has named its new awards competition after Professor Emeritus and MAP Founder Don Ranly. The Ranlys will honor excellence in quality print and electronic publications, one of the goals of the relatively new MAP organization. [More]
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Dec. 8, 2006: Skamenca Wins National Unity Award for Coverage of Minority Affairs August Skamenca, a KBIA reporter and senior radio-television journalism major from Denver, Colo., is the first Missouri School of Journalism student to receive a national Unity Award in Media from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. His award-winning story, "Odyssey of Oppression," is an in-depth look at human smuggling in the central United States. [More]
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Dec. 5, 2006: Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride A study by a Missouri School of Journalism researcher has found that magazine portrayals of fairytale weddings are missing a key element: African-American brides. "The dominant image of today's bride is that she is white, blond, blue-eyed and thin," said Cynthia Frisby, associate professor of advertising at the School. [More]
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November 2006
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Nov. 15, 2006: RTNDA Student Members Visit Kansas City Television Stations Seventeen members of the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) student chapter at the Missouri School of Journalism had the opportunity to learn about news operations at two Kansas City television stations during a recent trip. The visits allowed students to compare the real-world media experience they receive as part of their radio-television journalism curriculum at KOMU with other professional news organizations. [More]
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Nov. 15, 2006: Judging of National College Photography Competition Now Online through Vodcasting For decades Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism students have had the unique opportunity to observe and collaborate with professionals during the annual College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) contests. Remote audience members can now go online and watch the judging of some 12,500 images in 16 different categories, including spot news, sports action, feature and more. [More]
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Nov. 15, 2006: New Grant Connects Journalism to the Arts A new grant awarded to the University of Missouri-Columbia will now connect the School of Journalism with the College of Arts and Science to provide journalism students with rare opportunities to study the fine arts. The $250,000 grant, which will be received from Carnegie Corporation of New York over the next two years, will provide funding for specialized courses in theater, music and art for journalism students, beginning next semester. [More]
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Nov. 13, 2006: Summer Internship Contest Recognizes Thirteen for Outstanding Journalism Work Thirteen students in the magazine journalism and newspaper journalism emphasis areas at the Missouri School of Journalism were recognized for outstanding work produced while working at summer internships. Sponsored by the newspaper journalism emphasis area, the contest was open to all journalism students. Entries could be submitted in one of six categories: profiles, features, in-depth reporting, breaking news, editorials/opinion and sports. [More]
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Nov. 10, 2006: Walter Williams Scholars Pick Up New Service Project 44 Walter Williams Scholars (first-semester freshmen at the Missouri School of Journalism), all of whom earned a 33 or above on the ACT (1470 on the SAT), have adopted a stretch of pavement on Locust Street between Fifth and Ninth streets in downtown Columbia. The stretch includes the office of the Missouri Press Association, which has been located just one block north of the School since moving out of Walter Williams Hall in 1970. [More]
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Nov. 10, 2006: Building a Better Online Community A new University of Missouri-Columbia study may help increase online social interaction if Web designers and operators take note. The study found several characteristics that make people more likely to contribute to online communities, including the presence of a moderator and messages that are interactive and posted at a slow rate. [More]
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Nov. 3, 2006: Radio-Television Professors Earn Emmy for Tsunami Coverage The Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recently awarded an Emmy for best specialty program outside a newscast to radio-television journalism faculty members, Sarah Hill and Gary Grigsby. Both teach at KOMU-TV, the only university-owned commercial television station in the United States that uses its newsroom as a working lab for students. [More]
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October 2006
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Oct. 31, 2006: Convergence Project Helps Magazine Journalism Students Learn Radio Skills When Katy June-Friesen signed up for Mary Kay Blakely's advanced writing class at the Missouri School of Journalism, she had no idea that she would be producing a broadcast feature for KBIA, the University of Missouri's National Public Radio member station. Blakely started the assignment four years ago because she wanted students to learn different styles of writing and how to use different mediums to display that writing. [More]
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Oct. 31, 2006: Wilkins, Wright Honored with 2006 MUAA Faculty-Alumni Awards The MU Alumni Association has named Lee Wilkins, professor of radio-television journalism, and Dalton Wright, a member of the board of the Missourian Publishing Association, as recipients of the 39th annual Faculty-Alumni Awards. The Faculty-Alumni Awards express the MU Alumni Association's pride in the accomplishments of faculty members and alumni and appreciation for their service to the University. [More]
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Oct. 30, 2006: Research Abilities Develop Practical Career Skills When Roseann Moring, from San Diego, Calif., and Matt Velker, from St. Louis, Mo., enrolled at the Missouri School of Journalism, it wasn't because they were thinking about research. Moring was more intent on getting hands-on training through real-world media outlets such as the Columbia Missourian or Vox magazine, and Velker was focused on working for the convergence journalism media outlets - the Missourian, KOMU and KBIA. [More]
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Oct. 30, 2006: Career Fair Attracts Prospective Employers from Coast to Coast Missouri Journalism students had the opportunity to rub shoulders, visit and interview with recruiters from 16 media organizations from across the United States during the Missouri School of Journalism's sixth-annual Fall Media Career and Internship Fair, which took place Oct. 18-19. [More]
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Oct. 24, 2006: Strategic Planning for Strategic Communication Education For one day, five decades-worth of advertising and public relations professionals gathered at the Missouri School of Journalism with a common mission. The recent Strategic Communication Summit held in Gannett Hall's Tucker Forum may have been only one day, but it represents an ongoing dialogue among the alumni, faculty and students of the School that will shape the future of strategic communication education. [More]
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Oct. 24, 2006: Trip to Africa Shows Master's Student That Journalism Can and Does Effect Change Missouri School of Journalism master's student Casey Parks recently returned from her 10-day reporting assignment in Africa, admittedly with more questions than answers. In the following essay, Parks struggles with the issues she encountered in Africa: real poverty, death, reporters' intervention and journalism's impact on it all. Follow Casey's physical and emotional journey through Africa. [More]
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Oct. 24, 2006: Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards: 2006 Winners and Finalists Announced The Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, the oldest and best known feature writing and editing competition in American newspapering, is sponsored and administered by the Missouri School of Journalism. Each year trophies and prize money totalling $18,000 are awarded to writers and editors and newspapers. [More]
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Oct. 19, 2006: "New Media, Enduring Values" Partnerships to Drive Innovation and Change Introduced at Hurley Symposium The Missouri School of Journalism, the Committee of Concerned Journalists (CCJ) and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute announced the details of upcoming research partnerships with three news organizations around the country during the 2006 Curtis B. Hurley Symposium at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The announcement is the first of what all hope will be many opportunities to collaborate on research and outreach that will drive innovation and positive change in journalism. [More]
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Oct. 16, 2006: Missouri Journalism Student Wins Outstanding Intern Award Matthew Haag, a senior newspaper journalism major and business minor from Dallas, Texas, has been honored as the runner-up for the 2006 H.M. Fentress Memorial Award for Editorial Excellence. The annual award is presented by Cox Newspapers to the top two reporting or feature writing interns in the Texas Daily Newspaper Association Intern Program. [More]
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Oct. 16, 2006: MA Student Named 2006 David Kaplan Memorial Fellow at ABC News in D.C. Jia Zhou, a Missouri School of Journalism master's student, is the 2006 recipient of the David Kaplan Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship, which is awarded each year to one Missouri graduate student who has an interest in broadcast production, includes a paid position at the ABC News Washington Bureau and a $10,000 stipend during the winter semester. Zhou will be the School's first convergence journalism student and second international student to receive the fellowship. The School has named 14 David Kaplan Fellows. [More]
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Oct. 16, 2006: Journalism Student Named Winner in National Hispanic Essay Contest Missouri School of Journalism sophomore Carolina Escalera is one of 12 Hispanic youth leaders named winners of the second annual Lideres de Hoy National Essay Contest sponsored by Allstate Insurance Company and the National Council of La Raza. Escalera, of Tallahassee, Fla., received a $5,000 award during a special reception for all winners at NCLR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. [More]
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Oct. 12, 2006: Journalism's Future: A "Panorama of Possibilities," Concludes Overholser in New Study Journalism will survive only if it adapts to the times, writes Geneva Overholser in a new report titled "On Behalf of Journalism: A Manifesto for Change." The report is being released today by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The Overholser report, a project of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center, is the result of more than a year's worth of research and interviews. [More]
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Oct. 11, 2006: Woelfel to Be the First Missouri Journalism Faculty Member Inducted into Elite "Silver Circle" Stacey Woelfel, a radio-television journalism instructor and news director for KOMU, will be inducted into the Silver Circle of the Mid-America Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences at the 30th Anniversary EMMY Gala on Oct. 28 in St. Louis. He is the first Missouri Journalism faculty member to receive the honor. The Silver Circle is an elite group of professional journalists who have made significant contributions to television. [More]
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Oct. 4, 2006: Journalism Professor Ranked No. 1 Researcher in Internet Advertising A recent study by Nielsen/NetRatings ranked Shelly Rodgers, associate professor of strategic communication, as the No. 1 researcher in Internet advertising and No. 4 researcher in Internet advertising, marketing and communications. The rankings were based on the number of articles published in 15 peer-reviewed journals between 1994 and 2003. [More]
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Oct. 2, 2006: Tan is 'In': Study Finds Light Brown More Attractive than Pale or Dark Skin Some African-American stars have been ridiculed for trying to lighten their skin color, but many Caucasians go to tanning salons to darken their skin. A new study by Missouri School of Journalism researcher Cynthia Frisby found that people perceive a light brown skin tone to be more physically attractive than a pale or dark skin tone. [More]
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September 2006
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Sept. 27, 2006: Eight Journalism Leaders to Receive Preeminent Journalism Award Eight outstanding journalists and a leading journalism organization will receive one of the industry's highest awards: the prestigious Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. The School has awarded the medal annually since 1930. Tom Brokaw, Christiane Amanpour of CNN, Sir Winston Churchill, Carol Loomis of Fortune magazine and Gordon Parks are among the distinguished journalists, advertising and public relations practitioners, business people, institutions and media organizations who have been recipients of this influential award. [More]
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Sept. 26, 2006: Journalism Students Compete With Industry Professionals - And Win The Columbia Missourian brought home 36 awards from the Missouri Press Association's Annual Better Newspaper Contest. The Missourian garnered 13 first-place finishes in a variety of categories, including content, design, photography, and beat reports such as religion, sports, rural life, and business. A first-place award in the General Excellence category highlighted the Missourian's performance, which also included several second place, third place and honorable mention awards. In 2005, the Missourian won 27 awards. [More]
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Sept. 26, 2006: Upcoming Symposium to Discuss "New Media, Enduring Values" The Missouri School of Journalism and the Committee of Concerned Journalists will commemorate their alliance at an upcoming symposium at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The new partners will announce projects that exhibit the kind of work their partnership makes possible. All are designed to point toward promising ways in which journalism's most important values can be translated, and made even more effective, in the digital world. [More]
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Sept. 22, 2006: New Professional Group Helps Students Hone Copy-Editing Skills A new student organization at the Missouri School of Journalism is helping the next generation of copy editors get a head start on their careers. Missouri's student chapter of the American Copy Editors Society, which is one of only six in the nation, focuses on helping students develop skills such as headline writing, story editing and layout. New innovations in technology and journalism are increasing the demand for strong, skillful editors in today's ever-evolving media environment, according to Jacqui Banaszynski, the School's Knight Chair in Editing. [More]
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Sept. 20, 2006: Journalism School Welcomes 44 Walter Williams Scholars Forty-four freshmen were recognized as Walter Williams Scholars in a recent ceremony, making the 2006 class the largest group ever to become a part of this elite program. In all, 117 students are enjoying Walter Williams Scholar benefits. The program recognizes the highest-achieving incoming journalism students at Missouri. To be considered for the program, applicants must earn an ACT score of at least a 33 (1470 on the SAT). [More]
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Sept. 18, 2006: SPJ Honors Davis with President's Award Calling him a "tireless worker," outgoing president Dave Carlson presented Charles Davis with the President's Award at the recent Society of Professional Journalists' national convention in Chicago. Davis is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and serves as executive director of the National Freedom of Information Coalition, which is headquartered here. [More]
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Sept. 15, 2006: Missouri Faculty, Students to Present at Upcoming AJHA Conference Seven Missouri School of Journalism faculty members and graduate students will present their scholarly research or speak on academic panels next month at the 25th annual convention of the American Journalism Historians Association. Missouri Journalism alumnus Fred Blevens, PhD '95, associate dean at Florida International University, will begin his term as AJHA president at the end of this year's convention. [More]
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Sept. 11, 2006: "Fall Welcome" Serves Up Journalism Possibilities, Tiger Stripe Ice Cream Another opportunity for freshman students to enjoy free Tiger Stripe ice cream came recently as faculty and upperclassmen presented various journalism opportunities at "Fall Welcome." Representatives from journalism-related organizations and programs gathered at Peace Park, sharing the scoop on ways for incoming freshmen to develop their journalism skills, expand their professional networks and become involved in the School outside the classroom. [More]
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Sept. 8, 2006: Debra Mason Named Director of Center for Religion, the Professions and the Public Debra L. Mason, a nationally recognized, award-winning and widely published specialist in religion journalism, has been named the new director of the Center for Religion, the Professions and the Public at the Missouri School of Journalism. The Center's research and teaching seeks to advance religious literacy and public knowledge of America's increasing cultural and religious diversity. [More]
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Sept. 6, 2006: Stern Named Managing Editor of the Columbia Missourian Reuben Stern has been named the new managing editor of the Columbia Missourian. He will oversee the daily operations of the newsroom as it expands its use of technology to deliver news. Stern helped lead the re-conceptualization of the Missourian's Sunday newspaper, which included a unique public prototyping process and significant academic research. [More]
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Sept. 1, 2006: Biography of Quad/Graphics Founder Published by Journalism Professor "Ready, Fire, Aim," a new book by Missouri School of Journalism Associate Professor John Fennell, is a business biography on the life and legacy of printing industry icon Harry V. Quadracci. Fennell, a member of the magazine faculty and former editor of Milwaukee Magazine, wrote the book after the founder of Quad/Graphics died in a tragic drowning accident. Quadracci started the company with 11 employees in the then-rural community of Pewaukee, Wis., in 1971. [More]
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August 2006
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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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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: 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. 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. 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: 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. 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. 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: 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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July 2006
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July 17, 2006: Journalism Students and Faculty to Present 31 Papers at 2006 AEJMC Conference Thirty-one scholarly papers - including five receiving top recognitions - will be presented at this year's Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference by Missouri School of Journalism faculty and current and recent graduate students. Their work covers an impressive breadth of topics including advertising, public relations, newspaper journalism, international communications, media ethics and media law. Scheduled for Aug. 2-5 in San Francisco, Calif., the annual meeting is held to encourage academic, industry professionals and students to investigate field trends and issues as well as to create and expand personal networks. [More]
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July 7, 2006: Having Control Might Be Good, but It's Not Interesting When people don't have control, they feel uncertain, worried and nervous. However, a recent Missouri School of Journalism study led by Assistant Professor Kevin Wise found that these concepts don't apply to interactive media like the Internet. The study discovered that people respond more positively to images if they don't have control over when the picture is displayed. [More]
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June 2006
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June 30, 2006: Salvo Named 2006 RTNDA Fellow, Wins National Internship at CBS Radio News Hayley Salvo, a senior radio-television journalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism, was named the 2006 Rob Sunde Fellow at the recent Radio and Television News Directors Association's annual conference. She will graduate magna cum laude in Aug., and was inducted into Kappa Tau Alpha, a national journalism honor society that accepts the top ten percent of each graduating class in May. [More]
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June 29, 2006: Media Convergence Student Wins a $10,000 Scripps Howard Top Ten Scholarship Matt Sokoloff is one of only 10 college students in the U.S. to receive a $10,000 Top Ten Scholarship awarded by the Scripps Howard Foundation in 2006. A senior from Orlando, Fla., Sokoloff is studying media convergence journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. Missouri Journalism students have won this prestigious national award for five years in a row and six out of the eight years it has been given. [More]
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June 28, 2006: Expanded Media Career Fair to Benefit Students and Employers The Missouri School of Journalism's sixth annual Media Career Fair will be held Oct. 18-19. The fair gives current journalism students a chance to meet with potential employers and recruiters, gain practice interviewing, form connections with industry professionals, receive resume or portfolio feedback, and to gain overall insight into their future career options. [More]
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June 26, 2006: Journalism Student Sarah French Crowned Miss Missouri Sarah French, a radio-television journalism junior at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been crowned Miss Missouri for 2006. French will take a leave of absence from her studies to devote her time to her Miss Missouri appearances, press conferences and preparation for the national title. She anticipates traveling more than 50,000 miles to fulfill her engagements around the state. French will also travel to Los Angeles to participate in the filming of the reality television show, "Finding Miss America." [More]
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June 26, 2006: School's KBIA-FM News Lab Wins Prestigious National Award The Missouri School of Journalism's KBIA-FM news lab has won one of America's top journalism awards. "What's on the Line?" earned a national 2006 Edward R. Murrow Award in the small-radio market news documentary category from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. The story is an account of how residents living along the New Madrid fault line in Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas are preparing for an earthquake disaster. [More]
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June 23, 2006: Advertising Student Receives $1,500 Scholarship for Community-Based Summer Course Rachael Bax, a senior advertising major at the Missouri School of Journalism, recently received a $1,500 scholarship that will allow her to continue work started by her classmates in an unusual "real life" advertising experience. Bax will work with Rocheport Mayor Brett Dufur, BJ '94, and Rocheport Area Merchants Association president Lisa Friedemann to implement some of the ideas she and her classmates presented. [More]
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June 22, 2006: Weinberg Honored with $10,000 McIntyre Professorship for Excellence in Teaching Missouri School of Journalism professor, author and freelance magazine writer Steve Weinberg was recently named the 2006 recipient of the O.O. McIntyre Professorship for excellence in teaching. In his more than 25 years of service at the School, Weinberg has taught courses in investigative reporting, feature writing, arts journalism, criminal justice journalism, business journalism and the initial newswriting course. [More]
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June 20, 2006: Jeffrey Dvorkin Named New CCJ Executive Director and Goldenson Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism Jeffrey Dvorkin, the first ombudsman for a major U.S. broadcast news organization, has been named the new executive director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and the Goldenson Chair of Community Broadcasting at the Missouri School of Journalism. Dvorkin will direct the CCJ's Traveling Curriculum, a training program designed to engage journalists in a critical discussion about what it is they do and why they do it. He will also work to expand the Committee's work to promote standards and engage the public in a common effort to assure the social and economic value of a journalism of verification. [More]
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June 8, 2006: Rick Shaw Named Director of Pictures of the Year International Rick Shaw, an award-winning photojournalism and design editor, has been named director of Pictures of the Year International (POYi). Shaw teaches newspaper photo editing at the Missouri School of Journalism and also serves as the director of photography for the Columbia Missourian, the student-produced daily newspaper serving Columbia. Shaw has been involved with POYi since he was a student at Missouri, working under former POYi director Angus McDougall. [More]
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May 2006
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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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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 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: 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 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 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 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 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: 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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