More Than 400 Key Accomplishments, Awards and Recognitions
Faculty and Students Recognized for Excellence During 2011-12 Academic Year
Columbia, Mo. (June 4, 2012) — Missouri School of Journalism students and faculty earned more than 400 top awards, honors and recognitions in writing, design, research, design, strategic communication and other areas during the 2011-12 academic year. The following list outlines these international, national and regional distinctions.
Adobe Web Analytics National Competition
- Third Place Team
Alaska Journal of Commerce
- Online master’s student selected for “Top 40 Under Forty” issue
American Academy of Advertising
- Faculty and doctoral students present peer-reviewed papers at annual conference
American Advertising Federation
- 12 students inducted in Alpha Delta Sigma, a national honor society
American Advertising Federation, Kansas City Chapter Student Competition [Related]
- Gold ADDY, Print Magazine Category
- Silver ADDY, Mixed Media Campaign Category
American Advertising Federation National Student Advertising Competition
- Fourth Place, District 9
American Copy Editors Society [Related]
- $1,000 Copy Editing Scholarship, three of five national winners are Missouri journalism students
American Journalism Historians Association [Related]
- Distinguished Administrator Award given to Dean Mills
Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators
- First Place, Excellence in Research in English
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication [Related] and [Related]
- 94 Peer-Reviewed Papers Presented
- Top Faculty Paper, Communication Theory and Methodology Division
- Top Student Paper, Community Journalism Interest Group
- Top Faculty Paper, History Division
- Top Paper, Special Call, Media Ethics Division
- Top Faculty Paper; Newspaper Division
- Top Faculty Paper, Radio-Television Journalism Division
- First Place Faculty Paper, Law and Policy Division
- First Place Faculty Paper, Minorities and Communication Division
- Second Place, Mass Communication and Society Division
- Second Place Faculty Paper, Minorities and Communication Division
- Second Place Research Paper, Advertising Division
- Third Place Paper, Graduate Education Interest Group
- Fourth Place, Mass Communication and Society Division
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest [Related]
- Honorable Mention, Consumer Magazine Article: People
- Honorable Mention, Consumer Magazine Article: Investigation and Analysis
- Honorable Mention, Consumer Magazine Article: First Person
- Honorable Mention, Single Issue of an Ongoing Print Magazine: Design
- Honorable Mention, Single Issue of an Ongoing Print Magazine: Editorial
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Visual Communication Division [Related]
- Berkley Hudson named editor of Visual Communication Quarterly
Associated Press [Related]
- Three students among 20 selected as summer interns, 1,000+ applicants
Associated Press Sports Editors [Related]
- Top 8 Sports Section, Under 15,000 Circulation Category, Columbia Missourian
- Top 10 Feature Writing, Student Honor (no ranking)
- Top 10 Project Reporting, Student Honor (no ranking)
- Top 10 Columns, Student Honor (no ranking)
Big 12 Conference
- Student named to 2012 Academic All-Big 12 Softball Team
Books
- “Macon: The People and Stories of Missouri’s City of Maples”
(Edited by a master’s student.) [Related] - “Reporting Disaster on Deadline”
(Authored by faculty and an alumnus.) [Related]
Carnegie Corporation and John S. and James L. Knight Foundation [Related]
- News21 Fellowship
Center for Media Religion and Culture Conference on Digital Religion
- Doctoral student presents peer-reviewed paper at annual conference
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
- Yong Volz is one of 12 in U.S. to receive generous research grant
College Photographer of the Year
- Gold, Spot News
- Silver, Illustration
- Silver, International Picture Story
- Bronze, Domestic Picture Story
- Award of Excellence, Spot News
Dow Jones News Fund
- Eight students selected as summer interns
Fox Sports Network [Related]
- Student-created campaign, “Every Game Matters,” airs on Fox Sports Midwest
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
- Betty Winfield, Fulbright Distinguished Chair, University of Warsaw in Poland
German-American Fulbright Commission
- Three students to be among select few from U.S. journalism schools for Young American Journalist Program
Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal
- Faculty members has one peer-reviewed article published
Hearst Corporation’s Innovation group and Reynolds Journalism Institute [Related]
- National Winner, 2012 Student Media Design Competition
Hearst Journalism Awards
National Championships
- Third Place, National Multimedia Championship
- Third Place, National Television Broadcast News Championship
- Finalist, National Television Broadcast News Championship
Monthly Competitions
- Finalist, Multimedia
- Second Place, Television II News [Related]
- Fourth Place, Overall Writing Awards
- Fourth Place, Enterprise Reporting [Related]
- Fourth Place, Multimedia I Features [Related]
- Fourth Place, Multimedia III News
- Fourth Place, Television II News [Related]
- Fifth Place, Multimedia I Features [Related]
- Sixth Place, Enterprise Reporting [Related]
- Eighth Place, Multimedia II Features [Related]
- Eighth Place, Personality/Profile Writing [Related]
- Tenth Place, Breaking News [Related]
- Tenth Place, Multimedia IV [Related]
Howard Journal of Communications
- Faculty member co-authors a peer-reviewed article
Ingram’s Kansas City Business Magazine [Related]
- Professor Emeritus Don Ranly named an “icon of education”
International Association of Business Communicators [Related]
- Professor Emeritus Don Ranly named “All-Star Speaker”
International Communication Association
- 23 peer-reviewed paper and panel presentations
- Faculty chair two sessions
- Gold, Documentary Program, KOMU-TV
- Gold: Feature Reporting, KOMU-TV
- Gold: Photojournalism, KOMU-TV
- Silver: Feature Reporting, KOMU-TV
- Silver: Newscast, KOMU-TV
- Silver: Photojournalism, KOMU-TV
- Silver: Sports, KOMU-TV
- Bronze: General Reporting, KOMU-TV
- Bronze: Photojournalism, KOMU-TV
McCormick Foundation
- School one of only six to receive $5,000 grant for national “1 for All” campaign [Related]
- $50,000 grant funds news literacy survey [Related]
Michigan State University Design Contest for College Students
- Second Place, Sports Page Newspaper
- Third Place, Infographics
- Third Place, Front Page Newspaper
- Honorable Mention, Front Page Newspaper
Mid-America Emmy Award, Regional [Related]
- Professor Emeritus Rod Gelatt inducted into Gold Circle
- College Student Award
- Regional Emmy, Community Service
- Regional Emmy, Historical/Cultural
- Regional Emmy, Photography
- Regional Emmy, Video Editing
Mindfire, an Idea Engine by Ketchum [Related]
- Challenge winner
Missouri Broadcasters Association
- Winner, Best Feature Report, KOMU-TV
- Winner: Best News Series, KBIA-FM
- Winner, Best News Series, KOMU-TV
- Winner: Best Weathercast, KOMU-TV
- Certificate of Merit: Documentary, KOMU-TV
- Certificate of Merit: Investigative Reporting, KOMU-TV
- Certificate of Merit: Promotion, KOMU-TV
- Certificate of Merit: Special Programs, KBIA-FM
- Certificate of Merit: Sports, KOMU-TV
Missouri Press Association for the Columbia Missourian [Related]
- Gold Medal, Class 2
- First Place, Best Ad or Promotion of an Advertisement
- First Place, Best Business Story-News or Feature
- First Place, Best Breaking News Story
- First Place, Community Service Award
- First Place, Best Coverage of Family Living
- First Place, Best Coverage of Government
- First Place, Best Columnist-Humorous
- First Place, Best Story about Education
- First Place, Best Front Page
- First Place, Best Front-to-Back Newspaper Design
- First Place, Best Information Graphic
- First Place, Best Investigative Reporting
- First Place, Best Local Business Coverage
- First Place, Best News Story
- First Place, Best News or Feature Series
- First Place, Best Photo Package
- First Place, Best Story about Rural Life or Agriculture
- First Place, Best Special Section
- First Place, Best Story about Religion
- First Place, Best Sports Feature Story
- First Place, Best Sports News Story or Package
- First Place, Best Sports Pages
- First Place, Best Sports Photograph
- Second Place, Best Columnist-Humorous
- Second Place, Best Columnist-Serious
- Second Place, Best Story about Education
- Second Place, Best Feature Story
- Second Place, General Excellence
- Second Place, Best Headline Writing
- Second Place, Best Story about History
- Second Place, Best Information Graphic
- Second Place, Best News Content
- Second Place, Best Story about the Outdoors
- Second Place, Best News Photograph
- Second Place, Best Photo Illustration
- Second Place, Best Photo Package
- Second Place, Best Story about Religion
- Second Place, Best Story about Rural Life or Agriculture
- Second Place, Best Special Section
- Second Place, Best Sports Photograph
- Third Place, Best Columnist-Humorous
- Third Place, Best Columnist-Serious
- Third Place, Best Information Graphic
- Third Place, Best News or Feature Series
- Third Place, Best Story about the Outdoors
- Third Place, Best Page Design
- Third Place, Best Photo Illustration
- Third Place, Best Story about Religion
- Third Place, Best Sports Feature Story
- Third Place, Best Sports News Story or Package
- Third Place, Best Special Section
- Honorable Mention, Best Story about History (1)
- Honorable Mention, Best Story about History (2)
- Honorable Mention, Best Investigative Reporting
- Honorable Mention, Best News or Feature Series
- Honorable Mention, Best Photo Package (1)
- Honorable Mention, Best Photo Package (2)
- Honorable Mention, Best Sports Feature Story
National Press Photographers Association Monthly Multimedia Competition
- First Place, Video Category
- First Place, Audio Slideshow Category
- Second Place, Audio Slideshow Category
National Press Photographers Association Quarterly Contest [Related]
- First Place, News Page, Second quarter 2011
- Second Place, Feature Page, Second quarter 2011
- Third Place, Picture Page, Second quarter 2011
Newseum [Related]
- Top 10 Best Of The Day Front Page
Orbit Gum Spotlight Series National Design Contest [Related]
- Grand Prize (two separate winners)
Overseas Press Club Foundation [Related]
- Student recipient of a $2,000 scholarship
Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis [Related]
- Student recipient, $5,000 Press Club/St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Lipman Scholarship
- Student recipient, $5,000 Press Club Media Scholarship
- Student recipient, $1,000 Press Club Scholarship
- Student recipient, Missouri Professional Communicators Journalism Foundation Scholarship
Radio Television Digital News Foundation [Related]
- Lou and Carole Prato Sports Reporting Scholarship, student winner
- Mike Reynolds Journalism Scholarship, student winner
Radio Television Digital News Association Regional Edward R. Murrow Award
- KOMU-TV, Video Documentary
Sports Journalism Institute [Related]
- Missouri journalism student selected to participate
Society for American Business Editors and Writers [Related]
- Best in Business Award
Society For News Design Best of Digital News Design Competition [Related]
- Award of Excellence for multimedia project, Vox magazine
Society of News Design College News Design Contest [Related]
- First Place, Information Graphics Portfolio
- First Place, Multipage Story Package Features
- First Place, Overall Design of a Magazine
- First Place, Special Section Cover
- First Place, Sports Design
- First Place, Student Designer of the Year
- Second Place, Illustration
- Second Place, Multipage Story Package Features
- Second Place, Photo Story Design
- Second Place, Special Section Cover
- Second Place, Multipage Story Package News/Sports
- Second Place, Overall Design of a Special Section
- Third Place, Information Graphics Portfolio
- Third Place, Photo Story Design
- Honorable Mention, Animated or Interactive Infographic
- Honorable Mention, Breaking News
- Honorable Mention: Front Page Broadsheet
- Honorable Mention, Front Page Tabloid
- Honorable Mention, Illustration
- Honorable Mention, Information Graphic (1)
- Honorable Mention, Information Graphic (2)
- Honorable Mention, Information Graphic (3)
- Honorable Mention, Multipage Story Package Features (1)
- Honorable Mention, Multipage Story Package Features (2)
- Honorable Mention, News Products Appearing on Other Digital Platforms
- Honorable Mention, Photo Story Design (1)
- Honorable Mention, Photo Story Design (2)
- Honorable Mention, Photo Story Design (3)
- Honorable Mention, Photo Story Design (4)
- Honorable Mention, Photo Story Design (5)
- Honorable Mention, Special Topics (1)
- Honorable Mention, Special Topics (2)
- Honorable Mention, Sports Design
- Honorable Mention, Student Designer of the Year (1)
- Honorable Mention, Student Designer of the Year (2)
Society of Professional Journalists National Mark of Excellence Awards [Related]
- National Winner, Non-Fiction Magazine Article
- National Winner, Online News Reporting
- National Winner, Television News Photography
- National Winner, Television Sports Reporting
- National Finalist, Best Student Magazine
- National Finalist, General News Reporting
- National Finalist, In-Depth Reporting
- National Finalist, Television In-Depth Reporting
Society of Professional Journalists Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards [Related]
- First Place, Best Student Magazine
- First Place, Feature Writing
- First Place, General News Reporting
- First Place, In-Depth Reporting
- First Place, Non-Fiction Magazine Article
- First Place, Online Feature Reporting
- First Place, Online News Reporting
- First Place, Radio In-Depth Reporting
- First Place, Radio News Reporting
- First Place, Television Feature Reporting
- First Place, Television In-Depth Reporting
- First Place, Television General News Reporting
- First Place, Television Breaking News Reporting
- First Place Television News Photography
- First Place, Television Sports Reporting
- Second Place, Breaking News Reporting
- Second Place, In-Depth Reporting
- Second Place, Radio News Reporting
- Second Place, Television Feature Reporting
- Second Place, Television In-Depth Reporting
- Second Place, Television News Reporting
- Second Place, Television News Photography
- Second Place, Television Sports Reporting
- Third Place, Breaking News Reporting
- Third Place, In-Depth Reporting
- Third Place, Television Feature Reporting
- Third Place, Television In-Depth Reporting
- Third Place, Television General News Reporting
- Third Place, Television Sports Reporting
U.S. Department of State [Related]
- Student recipient of a critical language scholarship
University of Missouri
- Two Mizzou Alumni Association Faculty-Alumni Awards, one of which was the Distinguished Faculty Award [Related]
- Mizzou ’39, eight journalism students represented among the 39 selected [Related]
- One of 13 on the MU campus to receive a Dr. Richard Wallace Research Incentive Grant from Mizzou Alumni Association
- Tap Day: 1 Mortar Board, 1 Mystical Seven, 6 Omicrom Delta Kappa
University of Washington [Related]
- Professor Emeritus Betty Winfield inducted into “Alumni Hall of Fame”
White House Correspondents’ Association
- Six master’s students selected as White House Correspondents’ Association Fellows and attended the group’s annual dinner with the President and First Lady
William & Mary Bill of Rights Law Journal
- Faculty member has one peer-reviewed article accepted for publication
Women’s Media Center [Related]
- Second Place, Girls State of the Union International Video Contest
Updated: August 26, 2020