Knight Fellow
Newspaper Journalism

305 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200

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LIZ HEITZMAN, BJ '99, is a visiting fellow of the Knight Center for Editing Excellence for the 2007-2008 academic year. She is the Columbia Missourian's first-ever immediacy editor, a role in which she is helping coordinate the newspaper's transition from print-first to Internet-first. She also serves as the Missourian's business editor.

Heitzman spent the past six years as a beat reporter and business editor for the Columbia Daily Tribune. In that time, she oversaw a redesign of the Tribune's business pages, which included the introduction of consumer-oriented theme pages. She also received an honor from the Missouri Press Association for leading the state in local coverage. As the business editor for the Tribune, she wrote occasionally on topics such as the health care industry, biotechnology and agriculture. Prior to joining the Tribune, Heitzman worked at newspapers in Washington and Arizona.