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News Releases: August 2007
August 2007
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Aug. 13, 2007: Senior Wins $5,000 Murray Foundation Scholarship Elizabeth Manring, a Missouri School of Journalism senior from Stockton, Mo., has been named a Murray Scholar by the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation. As a scholar, Manring receives a $5,000 scholarship and an expenses-paid trip to La Quinta, Calif., for the annual Murray Scholars Award Dinner. [More]
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Aug. 24, 2007: Online Master's Degree Students Visit Campus for Three-Day Seminar A reporter and anchor for ESPN New Media, a manager of communications for MetLife and a public affairs officer in the U.S. Air Force are just a few of the accomplished media professionals enrolled in the Missouri School of Journalism's innovative online master's degree program. The diverse group of reporters, editors, managers and public relations specialists met on campus Aug. 17-19 for a special three-day seminar, "The Chaos Scenario in News and Advertising." [More]
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Aug. 27, 2007: Missouri Journalism Professor Releases Sixth Edition of Media Ethics Textbook Terrorism. War. Corporate scandal. Media consolidation. These 21st-century headlines have become the subject matter of the newly released sixth edition of Media Ethics: Issues and Cases, authored by Lee Wilkins, a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, and Philip Patterson, of Oklahoma Christian University. [More]
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Aug. 30, 2007: Center on Religion & the Professions Debuts New Name A new name will kick off the new school year for the Center on Religion & the Professions, an affiliate of the Missouri School of Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. The Center works to improve religious literacy among professionals, including journalists, so that they can better serve, cover and communicate with a diverse public. [More]
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Aug. 30, 2007: Missouri Researchers Present 47 Papers, Panel Discussions at Leading Academic Conference Missouri Journalism graduate students and professors showcased their scholarly work in 47 paper presentations and panel discussions at the 2007 meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which took place August 8-12 in Washington, D.C. Presenting to 14 of AEJMC's academic divisions and numerous interest groups, the Missouri researchers discussed wide-ranging issues in journalism, mass communication, public relations and advertising. Seven papers from the School received top honors at the conference. [More]
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