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News Releases: April 2007
April 2007
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April 2, 2007: Missouri Journalism Senior Wins National American Advertising Federation Internship Senior Katie Roehrick, a strategic communication major from Kansas City, Mo., received a 2007 Vance and Betty Lee Stickell Internship in advertising. Roehrick will spend 10 weeks working in the advertising department of The Los Angeles Times. In addition, she will receive $1,500 in May to help cover moving and living expenses and a $4,000 salary over the course of the internship. [More]
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April 3, 2007: Convergence Journalism Project Offers Media Outlet for Columbia Schools One of the latest trends in media technology is giving community members an unprecedented insiders' view of Columbia's public schools, thanks to the work of a group of radio-television journalism and convergence journalism students at the Missouri School of Journalism, several faculty members, an alumnus, teams of high school students and their advisers. [More]
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April 4, 2007: Overholser to Headline Mizzou Dinner in Washington, D.C., April 21 As the evening's featured speaker, Overholser will address the crisis facing journalism in the public interest - and what citizens can do about it. MU Chancellor Brady J. Deaton will host the event with his wife, Anne Deaton, and Heather Starek, BJ '97, president of the Washington, D.C., Mizzou Alumni Association (MAA) chapter. [More]
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April 16, 2007: Journalism Master's Student Wins Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Germany Robin Hoecker, a master's student at the Missouri School of Journalism, has received one of five Fulbright Beginning Professional Journalism Awards to Germany, the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. During her 10-month Fulbright program, Hoecker, from Monroeville, Pa., will study how photojournalism and citizen journalism can be used to promote dialogue among ethnic groups in Germany. [More]
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April 18, 2007: Missouri School of Journalism Receives $590,000 Grant to Host Reynolds High School Journalism Institutes The American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation has awarded the Missouri School of Journalism $590,000 over the next three years to host an innovative training program for high school journalism advisers nationwide. From July 8-20, the School will offer its first Reynolds High School Journalism Institute, an intensive training program for 35 high school advisers recruited by ASNE. [More]
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April 19, 2007: Three Missouri Students Receive Health Journalism Fellowships Master's student Traci Angel, senior Jamie Greber and junior Tara Ballenger were among 18 professionals and students from the state who received an expenses-paid trip to Health Journalism 2007, AHCJ's national conference. Headquartered at the Missouri School of Journalism, AHCJ is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing public understanding of health care issues. [More]
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April 19, 2007: Student Reporters at KBIA Radio Win Four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards Four Missouri School Journalism students working at KBIA radio competed with professionals and brought home top honors. Seniors Ryan Famuliner and August Skamenca, along with recent graduates Hayley Salvo, BJ '06, and Bente Birkeland, MA '06, each won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA). [More]
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April 19, 2007: KOMU Earns Regional Edward R. Murrow Award The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) recently awarded KOMU-TV a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Series, the station's fourth Murrow in five years. KOMU, an NBC affiliate, is the only university-owned commercial television station in the United States that uses its newsroom as a working lab for students. [More]
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April 26, 2007: Colin Kilpatrick Wins 2007 "Pat on the Back" Award Executive Director of Advancement Colin Kilpatrick has received this year's "Pat on the Back" award, which honors outstanding contributions by Missouri School of Journalism staff members. In his position, Kilpatrick oversees the School's fundraising efforts that support faculty, students, facilities and programs. [More]
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