Missouri Journalism Centennial Timeline Presents the 1940s The School survived World War II with a drop in enrollment, no graduate programs and an accelerated curriculum that sent students out into a world that needed them. Near war's end, the photojournalism program flourished, and advances in technology and the curriculum produced students with new skills in radio, public relations and facsimile news transmission. [View Timeline]       Centennial Biography: Dean Frank L. Mott Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar Dr. Frank Luther Mott succeeded Frank L. Martin as dean of the Missouri School of Journalism in August of 1942, just a few months after the United States entered World War II. Before arriving in Missouri, Mott was an English professor and director of the journalism school at The University of Iowa. As a former newspaper editor with a doctoral education, Mott brought with him both extensive experience in journalism and a wide-ranging scholarly and intellectual mind. [More]     Registration to Open in Late April The official registration packet for the Sept. 10-12 Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and Reynolds Journalism Institute Dedication will be mailed in late April. An online registration system also will be available through the MU Conference Office. Keep checking the 2008 Centennial/Dedication Web Site for more information.         Reynolds Construction Webcam Watch the real-time construction progress of the Reynolds Journalism Institute, a new center for advanced journalism studies. The construction includes a renovation of Walter Williams Hall and the former sociology building, in addition to a linked building between the two. [View Webcam]     New Reunion Planned for Centennial/Dedication The Columbia Missourian is the latest group to organize a reunion during the centennial/dedication celebration. Add your reunion to the list by sending your information to jour2008@missouri.edu. For planning ideas and resources, consult the 2008 Reunions and Group Gatherings Web page.     Columbia Missourian Alumni Reunion     Thursday, Sept. 11     4-6 p.m.     Location: TBD     Contact: Christine Pickett     Newsroom Coordinator     573-882-5720     MissourianCentennial@gmail.com     Centennial/Dedication News       Broadway Play "The Front Page" to Be Performed at Centennial/Dedication Celebration  The Maplewood Barn Community Theatre, mid-Missouri's historic outdoor theatre company, will host a performance of "The Front Page," the award-winning Broadway comedic play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the afternoon of Sept. 11. [More]     School Alumnus and Cartoonist for The New Yorker to Create J-School Epiphanies  As a tribute to the School that helped him launch his successful career in advertising and cartooning, Michael Shaw, MA '92, will serve as the contributing cartoonist for the centennial/dedication. [More]         New Book Offers Insider's View of the World's First School of Journalism  In A Journalism of Humanity, Missouri Journalism Professor Steve Weinberg highlights 100 years of behind-the-scenes decisions, conflicts and turning points as leaders at the School carried on Williams' precedent of improving the profession through innovation in training for journalism. [More]     Scholarly Symposium to Highlight 1908 as a Pivotal Year in American Journalism A group of nationally renowned scholars and authors of the new book, Journalism-1908: Birth of a Profession, will help launch the celebration by taking a look back at the year 1908 and its role in the history of American journalism. [More]         Registration Still Available for March 28 Joint Centennial Celebration with National Press Club  On March 28, the School and the National Press Club will honor their intersecting histories with a joint centennial celebration at the NPC headquarters in Washington, D.C. The program, The Next Century: Journalism for a Digital Globe, features media professionals from around the world who will talk about the bright future of journalism in the public interest. [More]     Missouri Journalism News, Notes and Profiles Take this opportunity to check out what else has been going on both at the School and in the lives of our alumni. March 17:  Mark Carter Named CCJ Executive Director and Goldenson Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism March 14:  Missouri School of Journalism Welcomes Two New Faculty Members March 7:  Columbia Missourian Sports Section, Two Students Score Big at APSE March 6:  Missouri School of Journalism Senior Makes Worldwide Impact with 14-part Autism Series on KOMU Feb. 28:  Around the World with Movie Director Tim Burton A Four-Generation Missouri Journalism Family From left: Tom Briggs, Jour '39; Jeff Briggs, BJ '85; Frank P. Briggs, BJ '15; and Jack Briggs, BJ '61, in 1983. Photo courtesy of Jack Briggs. Alumni Profiles Jack Briggs, BJ '61 Stephen Mulligan, BJ '71 Sue Pondrom BJ '68 Sonja Steptoe, BJ '82 Class Notes 2000-Present 1990-1999 1980-1989 1970-1979 1960-1969   1950-1959 1940-1949 1930-1939 1920-1929     If you have questions/comments about the Missouri Journalism Centennial and/or dedication of the new Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, please contact the School via e-mail at jour2008@missouri.edu.     Revised: March 18, 2008 Published by the Missouri School of Journalism Copyright © 2008 The Curators of the University of Missouri An Equal Opportunity/ADA Institution