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News Releases: May 2008
May 2008
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May 16, 2008: Missouri School of Journalism Featured in New Newseum The Newseum, billed as the world's most interactive news museum, features 14 major galleries, 15 theaters, two broadcast studios and a 4-D time-travel experience. The 250,000-square-foot complex cost $450 million and mixes up-to-the-minute news with centuries of journalism history. The Missouri School of Journalism is one of the few universities mentioned in the complex. [More]
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May 19, 2008: First Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Fellow Selected Paula Hunt, a veteran health reporter from the San Antonio (Texas) News Express, will become the first Smith/Patterson Fellow this fall when she begins her master's program in convergence journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. Hunt has written for numerous publications including Fitness, Healthy Living, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated and Oxygen.com. [More]
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May 23, 2008: Missouri School of Journalism Graduate Wins $12,000 O.O. McIntyre Fellowship Doug Meigs won the 2008 O.O. McIntyre Fellowship, a $12,000 award that will allow him to write a book on Bob O'Brien, the orphaned great-grandson of the last recognized Mandan chief. The annual fellowship was established in 1986 to help aspiring writers further their careers. It will allow Meigs to travel to the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota to write the book. [More]
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May 27, 2008: Missouri Journalism Faculty and Students Presented 46 Papers at 2008 ICA Conference Missouri School of Journalism researchers presented 46 scholarly papers at the 2008 conference of the International Communication Association, one of the leading communication-related academic organizations. Twenty-eight current students and faculty participated in the conference program. Twenty-six of the School's alumni also had their papers accepted to the program. [More]
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May 28, 2008: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Wins $10,000 O.O. McIntyre Professorship Brian S. Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration at the Missouri School of Journalism, won the 2008 McIntyre Professorship for excellence in teaching, an award presented by the Missouri School of Journalism. Brooks came to the School in 1974 after working in Vietnam as the information officer for the 1st Cavalry Division, a position in which he earned a Bronze Star. [More]
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