The Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism
1941: Dean Martin Died Suddenly
1942: WWII Disrupted Curriculum
1942: Mott Named Dean
1942: WWII Halted Graduate Studies
1944: Racial Issues Continued
1944: Photography Tradition Established
1945: Kappa Alpha Mu Founded
1946: Public Relations Course Offered
1946: Veteran Enrollment Engulfed Campus
1947: Mott Trained Japanese Journalists
1948: Television Arrived on Campus
1948: Radio Reporting Improved
1949: School Offered Technical Certification
1949: Facsimile Technology Implemented
1949: First Missouri Photo Workshop Held
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1949
Facsimile Technology Implemented

 
The Missouri Fax newspaper was one of only three publications in the United States to offer facsimile transmission of news content. Receivers were located in Read Hall, the University Library, Jay H. Neff Hall and the Columbia Savings Bank. The advent of commercial television put an end to the Missouri Fax in the early 1950s.

A noon edition of the Missouri Fax was broadcast daily using equipment on loan from the St. Louis Star Times (top). Journalism Week 1947 presenter Elliot Crooks demonstrated facsimile news content to guests (bottom).

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