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J-School Home ... news ... 2008 ... August 2008

News Releases: August 2008

August 2008

2008 Summer Olympic Games Student Interns in Uniform

Aug. 8, 2008: Missouri Journalism Interns at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Blog about Experiences As the 2008 Summer Olympic Games kick off in Beijing, Missouri School of Journalism students are detailing their experiences with blog coverage for news media outlets throughout the United States, as well as being featured on television throughout China. [More]

Aug. 8, 2008: Missouri Journalism Faculty, Graduate Students Present 36 Papers at AEJMC Conference Missouri School of Journalism faculty and students made an impressive showing at the 2008 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention, one of the leading journalism research conferences in the world. A total of 36 papers were accepted to the Aug. 5-9 convention in Chicago. [More]

Aug. 19, 2008: Missouri School of Journalism Announces 2008 Winners of the Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards The Missouri School of Journalism today revealed the winners of almost $20,000 in prize money and trophies for the 2008 Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards. More than 100 newspapers and writers submitted more than 1,100 entries for this 48th year of the contest, originally known as Penney-Missouri. Sponsored and administered by the Missouri School of Journalism, it is the oldest and best-known feature writing and editing competition in American newspapering. [More]

Aug. 19, 2008: Missouri's First Newspaper to Be on Display during Missouri Journalism Centennial/Dedication Celebration An original copy of the Missouri Gazette, published in 1808 as the first newspaper in Missouri, will be on display throughout the Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) Dedication Celebration to be held Sept. 10-12 at the University of Missouri. Datelined "St. Louis, Louisiana," the Vol. 1., No. 3, issue of the Missouri Gazette was published 13 years before Missouri was admitted to the Union. [More]

Aug. 22, 2008: MU to Celebrate Centennial of World's First Journalism School and Dedication of Journalism's Advanced Studies Center More than 35 interactive journalism sessions, 27 technology discussions, 11 museum exhibits and displays, five live performances, two unique dining experiences and the grand opening of the premier advanced studies center for journalism will take place Sept. 10-12 as the Missouri School of Journalism celebrates its centennial and dedicates the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. [More]

Aug. 22, 2008: Health Journalists Face Translation Challenge, Missouri Journalism Researchers Find Assistant Professors Amanda Hinnant and María Len-Ríos surveyed 396 newspaper and magazine journalists and completed 35 in-depth interviews to offer insight into the role of journalists in reducing the negative effects of limited health literacy. [More]

Aug. 27, 2008: Missouri Photojournalism Faculty and Students Document Life in Historic Arrow Rock, Mo. Photojournalism faculty and students at the Missouri School of Journalism recently released a new book about the village of Arrow Rock at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site Visitor Center. The three-year project was under the direction of faculty members Rita Reed and David Rees with student editors Abigail Pheiffer, MA '08, Leah Gallo, MA '08, and graduate student Shane Epping. [More]

Arrow Rock, Where the Past is the Future

Aug. 27, 2008: Dr. Edward C. Lambert, Missouri Broadcast Pioneer, Honored in Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute More than a half century after changing the face of broadcast news in mid-Missouri, Dr. Edward C. Lambert is being honored by former students, family and friends with a named endowment and seminar room in the new Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]

Aug. 27, 2008: Dale R. Spencer, Legendary Missouri Journalism Communication Law Professor, Honored in Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute The legacy of Professor Dale R. Spencer, who was considered a national expert on communication law and libel, will be recognized in the new Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]

Aug. 29, 2008: Founding Dean of World's First School of Journalism to Be Honored with Bronze Bust The man who founded the world's first school of journalism and was instrumental in spreading journalism education across the globe will be memorialized with a bronze bust in Walter Williams Hall, his namesake at the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]

Aug. 29, 2008: Top Health Communicators and Journalists to Discuss Industry Issues and Innovation at Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and RJI Dedication Celebration Issues of accuracy, ethics and responsibility in health communication and reporting are integral to planning for the industry's future. Several of the nation's top health communicators and journalists will tackle such issues Sept. 11-12. [More]


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