Year: 2006
Professional Experience, Networking Benefit Students in Washington Program
By Shawn Brouwer Washington, D.C. (Feb. 13, 2006) — When Divya Abhat accepted a professional project at the National Geographic Traveler magazine in Washington, she hoped for assignments that would enable her to combine her journalism skills with environmental reporting. Her assignment to create an online newsletter about sustainable environmental tourism puts her on the cutting-edge of modern … Continued
BBDO Managing Director to Deliver Raymond M. Solomon Memorial Lecture
By Katie Costello Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 13, 2006) — Nancy Hill, executive vice president and managing director of BBDO New York, will be the 2006 Raymond M. Solomon Memorial Lecture speaker. Her talk will begin at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16, in Fisher Auditorium. “Nancy Hill is one of the luminaries of the advertising industry,” said … Continued
Two Journalism Students Win Hearst Writing Awards
By Rachel Dennis Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2006) — Missouri School of Journalism student Dusty Luthy and recent graduate Elspeth Reeve are among the top 20 winners in the in-depth writing competition for the 2005-2006 Hearst Journalism Awards. Luthy won seventh place in the competition; Reeve tied for twentieth place. Luthy, a junior news-editorial major from Lebanon, … Continued
Upcoming Publishing Summit to Provide Professional Development, Networking, Student Recruitment Opportunities
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2006) — The second annual Publishing Summit will provide publication professionals from the Midwest with the opportunity to improve their skills, network and get reenergized about their profession. Sponsored by the Missouri Association of Publications (MAP), the event will take place on Thursday and Friday, March 2-3, on the University of Missouri campus. … Continued
New PRIME Lab Web Site to Facilitate Sharing of Media Effects Research
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2006) — With the launch of the new PRIME Lab Web site, faculty, students and other scholars will have an easier way to share data and other information about media effects research. The PRIME (Psychological Research on Information and Media Effects) Lab is equipped to conduct advanced research on how different … Continued
Newspaper Journalism Student Named Best Intern in National Editing Program
By Traci McMurray Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 1, 2006) — Missouri School of Journalism student Diego Sorbara has been chosen as the 2006 Ed Trayes Scholar, an honor given to the best intern in the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund‘s intensive copy editing summer program. Sorbara, the award’s second recipient, received a $1,000 scholarship. Approximately 100 students participate … Continued
School Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
By Ashley D. Gammon Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 1, 2006) — The Missouri School of Journalism welcomed two new professors to its Radio-Television Journalism faculty this semester. Holly Edgell is an assistant professor and executive producer at KOMU. She comes to the School with experience in television news and academia. She worked as a newscast producer in Youngstown, Ohio, at … Continued
Former Tina Hills Fellow Wins International Award
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 24, 2006) — A story with its roots in a journalism master’s thesis has won the European Commission Lorenzo Natali Prize in the Latin America and the Caribbean zone, an award that recognizes excellence in the coverage of human rights and democracy in the developing world. Marina Walker Guevara, MA ’05, an award-winning journalist … Continued
Award-Winning Photojournalist Ami Vitale to Visit Missouri for Lecture
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 23, 2006) — Ami Vitale, an award-winning photojournalist best known for her international news and cultural documentation work with Getty, will share insights and tips with Missouri School of Journalism students and other interested persons at an upcoming presentation at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26, in the University of Missouri Museum of Art … Continued
Innovative Digital eMprint Delivers Breaking News
Nieman Reports Uses eMprint to Get Stories to Journalists Quickly Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 17, 2006) — With a federal court’s decision on the public school teaching of intelligent design looming in mid-December, Nieman Reports Editor Melissa Ludtke knew that her upcoming issue of the quarterly journalism magazine, with a collection of articles about news coverage of … Continued