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News Releases: December 2006

December 2006

Dec. 5, 2006: Central and South American Journalists Encouraged to Apply for Prestigious Tina Hills Fellowship The Missouri School of Journalism announces a call for applications for the Tina Hills Fellowship for Latin American journalists interested in earning a master's or doctoral degree at the world's first journalism school. The fellowship is part of a long-term program to expand relations between the School and the news business in Latin America. [More] Español

Dec. 5, 2006: Always the Bridesmaid, Never the Bride A study by a Missouri School of Journalism researcher has found that magazine portrayals of fairytale weddings are missing a key element: African-American brides. "The dominant image of today's bride is that she is white, blond, blue-eyed and thin," said Cynthia Frisby, associate professor of advertising at the School. [More]

Grand Prize Winner and First Place: Arts and Culture

Dec. 6, 2006: Freshmen Tackle iLife Challenge, Learn Career-Building Multimedia Skills Hundreds of University of Missouri students, faculty and staff members recently filled Bush Auditorium in Cornell Hall for the awards presentation of the third annual Freshman iLife Challenge, a multimedia contest designed by the Missouri School of Journalism. [More]

Dec. 7, 2006: Journalism Graduate Students Take Advantage of Opportunities at Recent Society of Environmental Journalists Conference Graduate students Rebecca Townsend and Traci Angel found themselves amid almost 700 environmental writers at the Society of Environmental Journalists 16th annual conference in Burlington, Vt., earlier this fall. [More]

Dec. 7, 2006: School of Journalism to Recognize 96 Graduates at December Commencement Ceremonies The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize its 96 December graduates during commencement ceremonies at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 15, in Jesse Auditorium. Graduate degrees will be awarded to 35 students, including three doctoral candidates and 32 master's recipients. [More]

Dec. 8, 2006: Skamenca Wins National Unity Award for Coverage of Minority Affairs August Skamenca, a KBIA reporter and senior radio-television journalism major from Denver, Colo., is the first Missouri School of Journalism student to receive a national Unity Award in Media from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. His award-winning story, "Odyssey of Oppression," is an in-depth look at human smuggling in the central United States. [More]

Dec. 13, 2006: Vogue Venture: MU Freshman Casey Lewis' Interest in Style Led Her to Create a Fashion Blog A 19-year-old freshman journalism student at MU, Casey Lewis, is making fashion waves. She began her career writing for fashion.about.com and now dabbles in freelance writing about fashion. Gaining the most attention, however, is her fashion blog: TeenFashionista.com, which Lewis said gets 20,000 hits a month. [More]

Dec. 14, 2006: Professor Emeritus Honored as Namesake of Inaugural Awards Program The Missouri Association of Publications, a professional organization affiliated with the Missouri School of Journalism, has named its new awards competition after Professor Emeritus and MAP Founder Don Ranly. The Ranlys will honor excellence in quality print and electronic publications, one of the goals of the relatively new MAP organization. [More]


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