Three from Missouri School of Journalism Attend Regional ACES Conference

Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 20, 2010) — Two students and one professor represented the Missouri School of Journalism at the regional American Copy Editors Society (ACES) conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Oct. 9. Graduate student Jessica Stephens, sophomore Tron (Michelle) Gao and associate professor, Maggie Walter made the trip, along with 50 other students … Continued

Missouri Journalism Student Named Dow Jones News Fund’s Top Intern

By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 13, 2010) — Missouri School of Journalism student Joshua Barone recently was selected as the 2010 Edward Trayes Scholar. Given to the top intern in the Dow Jones News Fund‘s rigorous copy editing summer program, the honor also includes a $1,000 scholarship. Barone is the seventh recipient … Continued

Four Journalism Alumni Honored at Mizzou Alumni Association Awards Ceremony

By Jerett Rion Mizzou Alumni Association Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 11, 2010) — Four Missouri School of Journalism alumni were among those who received a faculty-alumni award during the 43rd annual Mizzou Alumni Association Faculty-Alumni awards ceremony. Mike McKean, BJ ’79; Ken Paulson, BJ ’75; Tom Schultz, BJ ’56; John Walsh, MA ’68, were honored Oct. … Continued

Journalism Graduate Student Published with News21

Stevie Mathieu Collaborated on Multimedia Story about Transportation Safety By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Journalism graduate student Stevie Mathieu was one of 11 students, each from a different university, who spent 10 weeks of the summer at News21, collaborating on a 23-story multimedia investigation into transportation safety in America. The project, based at Arizona State … Continued

Missouri Journalism Student Travels to Guatemala as Winner of International YouTube/Pulitzer Center Contest

By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 6, 2010) — Radio-television journalism senior Alex Rozier recently was named the grand prize winner in the “Project: Report” contest sponsored by YouTube and the Pulitzer Center. He won a $10,000 grant for an international reporting project, which he used for travel to Guatemala in September. The … Continued

63 Walter Williams Scholars Bring Impressive Academic Achievements to the School

By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 27, 2010) — The Missouri School of Journalism recently welcomed a record-setting 63 Walter Williams Scholars at a ceremony held in Fisher Auditorium on the MU campus. This year’s group represents the highest-achieving incoming journalism students in a class of 972 declared journalism or pre-journalism majors. To be … Continued

Patricia Smith Elected to International Press Institute Executive Board

By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Vienna (Sept. 24, 2010) — Patricia Smith, managing editor of Global Journalist magazine published by the Missouri School of Journalism, was named to the executive board of the International Press Institute in IPI’s 59th General Assembly Sept. 13. The Assembly also elected four other new board members: Owais Aslam Ali, chairman … Continued

The Missouri School of Journalism Selected as an Initial PatchU Network Member

The Program Is Sponsored by AOL and Patch Media Contact Caroline Campbell 917-606-4772 New York, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2010) — AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Patch Media Corporation today announced the launch of PatchU, a new network of partnerships between local Patch online publications and leading journalism schools, colleges and universities to … Continued

Missouri School of Journalism Welcomes Fall 2010 Students

By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 17, 2010) — The Missouri School of Journalism recently welcomed new and transfer students to campus and returning students back to campus with its annual Fall Welcome event. Counting all upperclassmen, directly admitted freshmen and pre-journalism students, the School now has 2,013 undergraduate students, which is an … Continued