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News Releases: December 2007
December 2007
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Dec. 3, 2007: Missouri School of Journalism Shares Grant to Improve Missouri's Health Literacy The Missouri School of Journalism is part of a $726,784 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to build an infrastructure that will become an interactive and comprehensive health literacy resource throughout the state. The award was given in conjuction with the MU Center for Health Policy. The grant is part of $7.1 million in funding approved by the Missouri Foundation for Health to establish its Missouri Health Literacy Enhancement initiative. [More]
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Dec. 5, 2007: Strategic Communication Students Join Professionals to Set Record Sales With guidance from the professionals at the Columbia Missourian, 16 Missouri School of Journalism strategic communication students sold 28 of 58 total ads in a 28-page Homecoming special section, helping to set a record for ad sales. Understanding the sales side of advertising is an important aspect of the Missouri Method, a teaching philosophy of learning by doing. [More]
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Dec. 17, 2007: "Freedom Sings™" Performance to Launch 2008 Centennial-Dedication Activities "Freedom Sings™," a critically acclaimed multimedia experience featuring an all-star cast of musicians, will open the 2008 centennial and dedication celebration of the Missouri School of Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. The 90-minute event will be held the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008, at the University of Missouri. [More]
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Dec. 27, 2007: Missouri School of Journalism Magazine Students Remake Fundraising Publication for Barnes-Jewish Hospital As part of the final capstone project in Associate Professor John Fennell's magazine publishing class, six students revamped the 40-page glossy magazine distributed by the hospital's fundraising arm, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation. The students redesigned the publication's layout, reported the stories, compiled the photography and re-conceptualized the magazine to give it a stronger focus on sharing inspiration. [More]
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Dec. 31, 2007: Journalism Students Claim Overall Victory in 2007 Freshman iLife Challenge Several hundred self-made stars of the silver screen, faculty members and campus leaders, including Chancellor Brady Deaton, packed Bush Auditorium in Cornell Hall the night of Nov. 27 to honor the winners of the 2007 Freshman iLife Competition. This year's overall winner was team iLost, comprising first-year journalism students Spencer Ernst, Daniel Posey, Alex Ruppenthal and Fred Trotman. [More]
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