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News Releases: April 2003
April 2003
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April 11, 2003: Will Work For Credit: MU Journalism Students Create Ads For National Television College students spend countless hours working on class projects, preparing themselves for future career opportunities. For a number of advertising students at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the chance to launch those careers and gain national exposure has arrived early. Last week, two Nokia ads, created by four MU students and produced into television spots, began airing across the country. [More]
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April 13, 2003: Esther Thorson Receives Prestigious AAA Award Esther Thorson, PhD, associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has received an Outstanding Contribution to Research Award from the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) for her 20 years of contributions to the field of advertising research. She is the 11th person to win the award since it began being given in 1992 and the second woman to win it. [More]
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April 14, 2003: Dallas-area Alumni Celebrate the Launch of Nokia Ads Developed by Mizzou Students Dallas-Fort Worth-area alumni and other guests gathered April 14 at La Cima Club, Irving, to celebrate the launch of two television ads developed by Missouri School of Journalism students for the Nokia 3650 phone. Debra Kennedy, Nokia, and Jack Smith, broadcast advertising course professor, discussed how two two-member teams designed 30-second TV commercials demonstrating the 3650's built-in camera capabilities. [More]
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April 25, 2003: Missouri School of Journalism Professor Receives Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence ong-time faculty member Professor Don Ranly has received one of 10 William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence awarded each year to outstanding MU professors. He is the fourth Missouri School of Journalism professor to receive the award since its creation in 1991. The trustees of the William T. Kemper Foundation made a $500,000 gift to MU to establish an awards program that would recognize the importance of outstanding teaching to the success of the University. [More]
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April 28, 2003: KOMU.com - Best in the Midwest KOMU's Web site has won the Edward R. Murrow Award for the best small-market TV Web site in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. The award, which is given by the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), recognizes Web sites that offer timely news and original content while maximizing the use of on-line technology to inform and educate the public and stimulate debate of important issues. [More]
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April 28, 2003: Missouri School of Journalism Student Receives 2003 MU Distinguished Dissertation Award For the first time in the history of the Journalism School, a doctoral student's dissertation has been recognized as the most accomplished of the year by a MU student. Seow Ting Lee, now an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, received the MU Distinguished Dissertation Award -- and a check for $1,000 -- from Graduate School Dean Suzanne Ortega, on April 3. [More]
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