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News Releases: October 2006
October 2006
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Oct. 2, 2006: Tan is 'In': Study Finds Light Brown More Attractive than Pale or Dark Skin Some African-American stars have been ridiculed for trying to lighten their skin color, but many Caucasians go to tanning salons to darken their skin. A new study by Missouri School of Journalism researcher Cynthia Frisby found that people perceive a light brown skin tone to be more physically attractive than a pale or dark skin tone. [More]
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Oct. 4, 2006: Journalism Professor Ranked No. 1 Researcher in Internet Advertising A recent study by Nielsen/NetRatings ranked Shelly Rodgers, associate professor of strategic communication, as the No. 1 researcher in Internet advertising and No. 4 researcher in Internet advertising, marketing and communications. The rankings were based on the number of articles published in 15 peer-reviewed journals between 1994 and 2003. [More]
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Oct. 11, 2006: Woelfel to Be the First Missouri Journalism Faculty Member Inducted into Elite "Silver Circle" Stacey Woelfel, a radio-television journalism instructor and news director for KOMU, will be inducted into the Silver Circle of the Mid-America Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences at the 30th Anniversary EMMY Gala on Oct. 28 in St. Louis. He is the first Missouri Journalism faculty member to receive the honor. The Silver Circle is an elite group of professional journalists who have made significant contributions to television. [More]
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Oct. 12, 2006: Journalism's Future: A "Panorama of Possibilities," Concludes Overholser in New Study Journalism will survive only if it adapts to the times, writes Geneva Overholser in a new report titled "On Behalf of Journalism: A Manifesto for Change." The report is being released today by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The Overholser report, a project of the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center, is the result of more than a year's worth of research and interviews. [More]
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Oct. 16, 2006: Journalism Student Named Winner in National Hispanic Essay Contest Missouri School of Journalism sophomore Carolina Escalera is one of 12 Hispanic youth leaders named winners of the second annual Lideres de Hoy National Essay Contest sponsored by Allstate Insurance Company and the National Council of La Raza. Escalera, of Tallahassee, Fla., received a $5,000 award during a special reception for all winners at NCLR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. [More]
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Oct. 16, 2006: MA Student Named 2006 David Kaplan Memorial Fellow at ABC News in D.C. Jia Zhou, a Missouri School of Journalism master's student, is the 2006 recipient of the David Kaplan Memorial Fellowship. The fellowship, which is awarded each year to one Missouri graduate student who has an interest in broadcast production, includes a paid position at the ABC News Washington Bureau and a $10,000 stipend during the winter semester. Zhou will be the School's first convergence journalism student and second international student to receive the fellowship. The School has named 14 David Kaplan Fellows. [More]
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Oct. 16, 2006: Missouri Journalism Student Wins Outstanding Intern Award Matthew Haag, a senior newspaper journalism major and business minor from Dallas, Texas, has been honored as the runner-up for the 2006 H.M. Fentress Memorial Award for Editorial Excellence. The annual award is presented by Cox Newspapers to the top two reporting or feature writing interns in the Texas Daily Newspaper Association Intern Program. [More]
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Oct. 19, 2006: "New Media, Enduring Values" Partnerships to Drive Innovation and Change Introduced at Hurley Symposium The Missouri School of Journalism, the Committee of Concerned Journalists (CCJ) and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute announced the details of upcoming research partnerships with three news organizations around the country during the 2006 Curtis B. Hurley Symposium at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The announcement is the first of what all hope will be many opportunities to collaborate on research and outreach that will drive innovation and positive change in journalism. [More]
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Oct. 24, 2006: Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards: 2006 Winners and Finalists Announced The Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards, the oldest and best known feature writing and editing competition in American newspapering, is sponsored and administered by the Missouri School of Journalism. Each year trophies and prize money totalling $18,000 are awarded to writers and editors and newspapers. [More]
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Oct. 24, 2006: Trip to Africa Shows Master's Student That Journalism Can and Does Effect Change Missouri School of Journalism master's student Casey Parks recently returned from her 10-day reporting assignment in Africa, admittedly with more questions than answers. In the following essay, Parks struggles with the issues she encountered in Africa: real poverty, death, reporters' intervention and journalism's impact on it all. Follow Casey's physical and emotional journey through Africa. [More]
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Oct. 24, 2006: Strategic Planning for Strategic Communication Education For one day, five decades-worth of advertising and public relations professionals gathered at the Missouri School of Journalism with a common mission. The recent Strategic Communication Summit held in Gannett Hall's Tucker Forum may have been only one day, but it represents an ongoing dialogue among the alumni, faculty and students of the School that will shape the future of strategic communication education. [More]
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Oct. 30, 2006: Career Fair Attracts Prospective Employers from Coast to Coast Missouri Journalism students had the opportunity to rub shoulders, visit and interview with recruiters from 16 media organizations from across the United States during the Missouri School of Journalism's sixth-annual Fall Media Career and Internship Fair, which took place Oct. 18-19. [More]
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Oct. 30, 2006: Research Abilities Develop Practical Career Skills When Roseann Moring, from San Diego, Calif., and Matt Velker, from St. Louis, Mo., enrolled at the Missouri School of Journalism, it wasn't because they were thinking about research. Moring was more intent on getting hands-on training through real-world media outlets such as the Columbia Missourian or Vox magazine, and Velker was focused on working for the convergence journalism media outlets - the Missourian, KOMU and KBIA. [More]
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Oct. 31, 2006: Wilkins, Wright Honored with 2006 MUAA Faculty-Alumni Awards The MU Alumni Association has named Lee Wilkins, professor of radio-television journalism, and Dalton Wright, a member of the board of the Missourian Publishing Association, as recipients of the 39th annual Faculty-Alumni Awards. The Faculty-Alumni Awards express the MU Alumni Association's pride in the accomplishments of faculty members and alumni and appreciation for their service to the University. [More]
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Oct. 31, 2006: Convergence Project Helps Magazine Journalism Students Learn Radio Skills When Katy June-Friesen signed up for Mary Kay Blakely's advanced writing class at the Missouri School of Journalism, she had no idea that she would be producing a broadcast feature for KBIA, the University of Missouri's National Public Radio member station. Blakely started the assignment four years ago because she wanted students to learn different styles of writing and how to use different mediums to display that writing. [More]
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