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News Releases: April 2006
April 2006
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April 4, 2006: Master's Students Receive International Recognition for Excellence in Visual Journalism Work produced by students for the Columbia Missourian has received international recognition for excellence in visual journalism by the Society of News Design for the second consecutive year. Two information graphics created by master's students Robbie Ketcham and Reuben Stern won an Award of Excellence in the 2005 Best of Newspaper Design category at the organization's 27th annual competition. [More]
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April 4, 2006: Missouri Photojournalism Students Win Pictures of the Year International Awards The work of more than 25 Columbia Missourian photo editors and staff photographers and a recent Missouri School of Journalism student were among the top winners at the 63rd annual Pictures of the Year International (POYi) contest. The steep global competition of the contest's entries makes the Missouri Journalism wins even more significant. [More]
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April 5, 2006: Two Journalism Professors Win Regional Edward R. Murrow Award The work of two Missouri School of Journalism professors has earned KOMU one of broadcast journalism's highest awards. Sarah Hill, KOMU anchor, reporter and adjunct professor, and Gary Grigsby, assistant professor and KOMU photographer, won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award in the documentary category for "Dealing with Disaster: Sarah's Stories from South Asia." [More]
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April 6, 2006: Master's Student Shares Win in 2006 Best of Cox Award Master's student Ben Poston and two of his former colleagues from the Hamilton (Ohio) JournalNews won a 2006 Best of Cox Award for best deadline reporting on the Katrina coverage. The award carries a $1,000 cash prize. Their winning entry recounted the group's travel to Stone County, Miss., on Labor Day weekend in 2005 to cover the Katrina aftermath. [More]
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April 10, 2006: KBIA Faculty and Students Win Five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards The collaborative work of Missouri School of Journalism faculty and students at KBIA radio has earned the station five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. This is the most Murrow Awards ever won by KBIA, the NPR-affiliate member station at which radio-television and media convergence journalism students cover events, write stories and air newscasts. KBIA won five out of nine categories in the competition, including "Feature: Hard News," "News Documentary," "Newscast," "Sports Reporting," and "Use of Sound." [More]
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April 10, 2006: Broadcast News Student Places Fifth, Wins $600 Scholarship in Hearst Competition Andrea Ramey, a Missouri School of Journalism broadcast news senior, placed fifth and won a $600 scholarship in the television news competition for this year's Hearst Journalism Awards. The win makes Ramey eligible to compete in the next round of the contest, the semi-finals, the winners of which will go to the national broadcast news championships in San Francisco, Calif., in June. Ramey, of Paducah, Ky., will graduate magna cum laude in May. [More]
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April 10, 2006: Nine Journalism Students Receive Mizzou '39 Outstanding Senior Award Nine journalism students are among the top seniors in the Class of 2006. Created in 2005 by the University of Missouri Alumni Association, the Mizzou '39 Award honors 39 outstanding seniors for their leadership, scholarship and service to the University and community. The recipients were recognized at four different events including a special Mizzou '39 reception, the Founder's Day Celebration, a special Mizzou '39 award banquet and at half-time of the MU vs. Texas A&M men's basketball game. [More]
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April 21, 2006: Mojo Ad Launches Web Site Mojo Ad, the new student-staffed agency of the Missouri School of Journalism's advertising sequence, has launched its Web site. The site features staff profiles, a history of the organization, information about how industry professionals can hire Mojo Ad and how students can apply to become members. Additionally, the site details Mojo Ad's capabilities, agency partnerships and case studies. [More]
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April 24, 2006: Missouri Journalism Alumnus Turns 100: A Look Back at the Life of an International Correspondent In the spring of 1927, a young man graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism with a mission shared by timeless reporters - to report the truth to citizens of a world filled with turmoil, trouble and triumph. Few journalists have fulfilled that mission as completely as Lester Ziffren, BJ '27. From covering South American revolutions to breaking the news of the Spanish Civil War, Ziffren has filed reports on some of the 20th century's most cataclysmic events. [More]
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April 24, 2006: NBC Correspondent Lisa Myers to Receive Missouri Honor Medal on May 1 Lisa Myers, BJ '73, and the senior investigative correspondent for NBC News, will be awarded a Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism for her dedication and commitment to truth and high ideals, for producing investigative reports that improve society and elevate the public's trust in journalism, and for her selfless devotion and untiring energy on behalf of journalism and democracy. Myers will be on campus on Monday, May 1, to present her Master Class from 10-10:45 a.m. in Tucker Forum. [More]
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April 27, 2006: Byron Scott Retires, Earns Professor Emeritus Status Missouri School of Journalism professor Byron Scott, known as "Scotty" to his colleagues and students, will retire effective this Aug. and earn emeritus status. He has been a Missouri faculty member in the magazine journalism sequence for 20 years. Scott joined the School in 1986 as its first endowed chair, the Meredith Chair in Service Journalism. [More]
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