Saurav Rahman receives $3,500 Carol Loomis Scholarship for Business Reporting

COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 9, 2025) — Master’s student Saurav Rahman has earned the Missouri School of Journalism’s $3,500 Carol Loomis Scholarship for Business Reporting. Named for the 1951 School of Journalism graduate, donor, Missouri Honor Medal recipient and former business writer at Fortune, the scholarship supports graduate students pursuing excellence in business reporting. Rahman isn’t … Continued

Merging algorithms and the human element, Missouri School of Journalism researchers are revolutionizing news desert research

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 8, 2025) — One of the foremost challenges facing the news industry today is the spread of news deserts, which are areas of the country not adequately served by local journalism. While large-scale studies have helped identify the most obvious deserts with access to little or no news coverage, … Continued

KBIA wins national award for series about sustainable agriculture

Schleis interviews farmer Arlyn Kauffman in Weldon, Iowa, for an episode about peer-to-peer farmer training and support. By Austin FitzgeraldPhotos by Cory W. MacNeil, Ph.D. ’24 COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 7, 2025) — KBIA-FM, the Missouri School of Journalism’s NPR-member radio station, has won a first-place national award from the Public Media Journalists Association Awards. The … Continued

Mark Saxon joins Columbia Missourian as associate sports editor and faculty member

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 2, 2025) — The Missouri School of Journalism has announced that Mark Saxon, a journalist with more than two decades of experience in sports reporting, is the new associate sports editor for the Columbia Missourian and an assistant professional practice professor. At the School of Journalism’s professional community newspaper, … Continued

Mark Saxon

Mark Saxon spent three decades as a sports reporter, first at the Oakland Tribune, then the Orange County Register, ESPN.com and The Athletic. Saxon’s career began while he was still completing his Master’s degree at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. After working his way up from the high school sports desk, he began covering the San … Continued

Hannah Artman

Hannah Artman is a post-doctoral research fellow in local news at the School of Journalism. Her current work focuses on multidisciplinary approaches to understanding local news audiences, publication distribution, and alternative media networks. She graduated from the University of Miami with her PhD in 2024 where her dissertation explored Spanish-language populist disinformation networks on YouTube. … Continued

Mark Horvit earns Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year Award, the latest recognition for a determined difference-maker

Horvit speaks to a data journalism session during the High School Summer Workshop Program in June 2023. By Austin FitzgeraldPhotos by Nate Brown COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mark Horvit, professor and chair of the journalism professions faculty group at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been named Teacher of the Year in the prestigious Scripps Howard … Continued

Daphne Loustalet

Daphne Loustalet is a system support analyst at the University of Missouri. She grew up in northern California and recently earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of California, Davis. She moved to Missouri to pursue a career change and be closer to family. Daphne also serves as a reservist in the … Continued