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News Releases: October 2005
October 2005
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Oct. 6, 2005: Three Knight Editing Fellows Named for 2005-2006 Academic Year Rania Adwan, Traci Angel and Rob Weir were named Knight Editing fellows at the Missouri School of Journalism for the 2005-2006 academic year. The Knight Editing Fellowship program was started in 2002 as an opportunity for experienced journalists to serve in a teaching capacity as an editor at the Columbia Missourian. [More]
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Oct. 6, 2005: Missouri School of Journalism Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Establish New Home, Expand Scope for NFOIC The Missouri School of Journalism's Freedom of Information Center is receiving a $1.7 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish a new home for the National Freedom of Information Coalition and expand its ability to support state groups. The NFOIC will move to the School on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus and be housed in the National Freedom of Information Center. [More]
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Oct. 13, 2005: Online Classified Ads Not Using All Available Resources, MU Study Finds A recent study conducted by a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher found that classified advertisements in online newspapers are not making full use of Internet resources. Sarah Farebrother, an MU journalism graduate student, conducted the study with Shelly Rodgers, assistant professor of journalism. [More]
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Oct. 17, 2005: Angus McDougall to Receive Missouri Honor Medal Angus McDougall, a former photojournalism sequence faculty member and photography innovator known to his peers and students as "Mac," will be the second recipient this year to receive a Missouri Honor Medal for his dedication to teaching students how to succeed in every aspect of journalism. [More]
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Oct. 19, 2005: Award-Winning Journalists Among Those to be Honored at the 2005 MUAA Faculty-Alumni Awards William L. Miller, AB '51, Randall D. Smith, BJ '74, and Sonja Steptoe, BJ '82, AB '82, will receive awards for their successful careers, service to Mizzou and dedication to community at the 38th Annual MU Alumni Association Faculty-Alumni Awards program, where a total 18 recipients will be honored. The event is scheduled to take place Friday, Oct. 21, in the Reynolds Alumni Center on the MU campus. [More]
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Oct. 27, 2005: Columbia Missourian Wins 27 Awards in 2005 Better Newspapers Contest The Columbia Missourian, the Missouri School of Journalism's working newspaper lab for students in news-editorial, design, information graphics and photojournalism, took home 27 awards in the 2005 Missouri Press Foundation's Better Newspapers contest. Student reporters and photographers won the awards in 19 categories for daily newspapers, competing mainly in the small newspaper category. A highlight for the Missourian was sweeping the top three places in the Class 1 "Best Sports Feature Story" and "Best Investigative Reporting" categories. [More]
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Oct. 31, 2005: Journalism Students Impress Newspaper Recruiters at Career Fair The 2005 Newspaper Fair was held Oct. 20 at the Missouri School of Journalism. More than 100 students interviewed for internships and job positions at newspapers across the United States. In addition to opportunities for Journalism students to mingle informally with recruiters during a reception the evening before and a luncheon during the day of the fair, this year's activities included a narrative workshop with Bryan Gruley, Chicago Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, as well as a diversity discussion with recruiters hosted by the newly-formed Asian American Student Journalists Association. [More]
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