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News Releases: March 2004
March 2004
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March 3, 2004: 14 New Journalism Ambassadors Selected Fourteen new Journalism Ambassadors have been selected to represent the Missouri School of Journalism to prospective students and other campus visitors. "Ambassadors give visitors and prospective students an 'inside' view of what it means to be a student here in the J-School," Billie Dukes, Journalism Ambassador coordinator, said. "They promote the very best of what Mizzou offers." [More]
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March 3, 2004: Missouri SPJ Chapter Receives Grant, Will Host Ethicist The Society of Professional Journalists chapter recently received a $500 regional grant. The funds will be used to host a speaker as part of the organization's 2nd Annual Ethics Week. "We're honored to receive this award for the second time," said Charles Davis, adviser for the Missouri School of Journalism's SPJ chapter. "We are excited to have Dr. Philip Seib educate our members and help SPJ create better, more ethical journalists." [More]
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March 8, 2004: KOMU Switches to New Avid NewsCutter Editing System KOMU was among the first television stations in the world to switch to digital editing. Now, a new editing system will enable KOMU to be among the first stations to operate a tapeless edit and playback system. KOMU recently made the switch from the tape-based Media 100 to the Avid NewsCutter. [More]
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March 9, 2004: J-School Graduate One of Youngest to Win Polk Award Brian Joseph, BJ '02, has been awarded a 2003 George Polk Award for work he completed during a summer 2002 internship at The Seattle Times. Joseph, as part of an investigative team, won the local reporting award for "The Art of Deception," a two-day series that exposed a prominent Seattle art gallery that was selling fake Asian antiques. [More]
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March 9, 2004: Missouri School of Journalism Names 61st Annual Pictures of the Year International Contest Winners Winners of the 61st Annual Pictures of the Year International(POYi) Competition, one of the world's largest and most prestigious photojournalism contests, were announced by the Missouri School of Journalism. Judges viewed nearly 26,000 photographs, 2,500 newspaper and magazine pages, submitted by more than 1,300 newspaper and magazine photographers and editors from 338 publications from more than 25 countries. [More]
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March 10, 2004: Magazine Club Visits 17 Magazines in New York Twenty-seven Magazine Club students from the Missouri School of Journalism visited 17 magazines on a recent trip to New York. Kalsey Higley, president of Magazine Club, said that the group plans the annual trip so that "students can get a better understanding of the New York magazine industry and also to network with editors and alumni working in Manhattan." [More]
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March 11, 2004: Journalism-Law Research Study Receives $49,000 Grant A joint journalism and law research study on domestic violence recently received a $49,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Public Safety to continue its work. The original research study began in 2002 and looked at law enforcement responses to cases of domestic violence in Missouri. The study was initiated after the Family Violence Clinic at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law noticed discrepancies in how Missouri counties handled responses differently. [More]
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March 12, 2004: Students Learn First Hand from Magazine Representatives Representatives from more than 100 magazines met with students, conducted panels and individually spoke about various topics in the industry at the recent annual Magazine Fair held at the Missouri School of Journalism. The primary purpose of the fair is to further the education of magazine journalism students. Danita Allen, professor and Meredith Chair in Service Journalism, said that "many of the journalism teachers encourage interaction with the visitors and give assignments to their classes that involve the Magazine Fair." [More]
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March 15, 2004: Casio Supports Student Education and Donates Exilim Digital Cameras to the Missouri School of Journalism Casio, Inc., a leader in consumer electronics, has donated eight digital Exilim EX-Z3 digital cameras to the Missouri School of Journalism. The cameras will be used in the School's planning and communications office and as part of a Strategic Campaigns class for the winter semester. Students will design an integrated marketing campaign for the Exilim brand and present their proposal to Casio employees in late April. [More]
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March 15, 2004: KOMU Creates New Copy Desk Function KOMU is pioneering an innovative approach to improving newsroom efficiency and upholding journalistic excellence in broadcast news. Nicknamed the Tiger Chair, this new script approval process in the newsroom allows a senior editor to check stories for grammar, fact error and continuity. "There is simply not enough editing in TV newsrooms. Every newspaper in America has a copy desk function. Why not newsrooms? I hope other television stations follow our lead," said Kent Collins, broadcast news chair and the initiator of the concept. [More]
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March 16, 2004: School Launches New Web Site for Health Communications Research Health Communication Research Center (HCRC) launched a new Web site featuring the latest information in health news and health communication research. "Our goal with this site is prevention. We want people to learn more about health issues and diseases and how to deal with them," said Jon Stemmle, HCRC director of communications. [More]
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March 16, 2004: Students Visit Agencies, Corporations in New York Missouri strategic communications students viewed agency reels, talked with experts and learned how to present themselves to prospective employers during a recent trip to nine advertising and public relations agencies and other companies in New York. The students also attended an alumni reception held at Bloomberg, providing the opportunity to network with more than 100 alumni. [More]
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March 19, 2004: Alumnus Organizes First Newspaper Design Competition in Russia Dmitri Surnin, MA '01, helped organize and judge the first-ever newspaper design competition in Russia called "Newspaper Design 2003." "We had 128 publications participating and more than 2,000 entries, which is not a bad turnout for the first competition," said Surnin. The results were announced March 1. [More]
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March 24, 2004: Top Incoming Journalism Undergraduates Also Admitted to Graduate Program It is now possible for the top incoming undergraduate journalism students to be admitted to the Missouri School of Journalism's graduate program. Walter Williams Scholars, incoming undergraduate students who have scored a 33 or above on the ACT (1470 on the SAT), can be enrolled in the five-year program. This allows students to earn their bachelor's and master's degrees within five years. [More]
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March 24, 2004: Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards Missouri School of Journalism students Ann Friedman and Ann E. Stratton are among the top 10 winners in the personality/profile writing competition for this year's Hearst Journalism Awards. Friedman won first place in the competition; Stratton won eighth. Friedman, a senior from Dubuque, Iowa, won a $2,000 scholarship for her article "Nerve Mending," which was printed in Vox magazine. The article was a profile of Dr. John McDonald, who believes that patients with spinal cord injuries can move again. [More]
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March 29, 2004: Journalism Student Reels in Dream Job on ESPN Before he walks across the stage at MU in May, Mike Hall landed just about everything he could have hoped to gain with his pending journalism degree. Hall earned a one-year contract as a "SportsCenter" anchor, a new Mazda 3 and a $95,000 salary Sunday, beating Aaron Levine, a Stanford University student, in the finals of ESPN's reality series "Dream Job." [More]
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March 31, 2004: Upcoming Hurley Symposium to Discuss: "Where Is the Public in Public Affairs Reporting?" Journalists talk endlessly about what's wrong with the press. Academics, politicians, business executives and other "experts" regularly get into the discussion. But what about the people whom the press supposedly exists to serve? The Fourth Annual Curtis B. Hurley Symposium, at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 15, will feature five panelists answering the question, "Where is the Public in Public Affairs Reporting," from broadly different perspectives. [More]
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