Year: 2012
Three Missouri School of Journalism Students Receive College Photographer of the Year Awards
The International Contest Drew More Than 14,000 Entries from 17 Countries By Celia Darrough Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 6, 2012) — Three Missouri School of Journalism students – Stuart Palley, Benjamin Hoste and Grant Hindsley – placed in the 2012 College Photographer of the Year competition. Palley received a silver in the interpretive-project category for his collection of … Continued
Free Screening of Students’ Multimedia Documentaries to Be Held Dec. 4 at Ragtag Cinema
‘My Life, My Town’ Stories Share Lives of Teens in Rural Missouri Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 1, 2012) — A free screening of multimedia documentaries produced by Missouri School of Journalism students will begin at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the Ragtag Cinema in Columbia. The documentaries are part of the “My Life, My Town: … Continued
Strategic Communication Team Places Fourth, Wins $1,500 in Adobe Digital Analytics Competition
More than 160 Entrants Competed in the National Contest Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 29, 2012) — A team of Missouri School of Journalism students placed fourth and won $1,500 in the national Adobe Digital Analytics Competition (DAC). Team “Xfinite to Win It” competed against more than 160 entrants to win one of the six finalist positions. … Continued
Program on Media Literacy and New Technologies to Be Offered on Thursday, Nov. 29
Renowned Photographer Ed Kashi Will Present ‘Canon U.S.A. Visual Impact: The Documentary Experiment’ Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 27, 2012) — A presentation on media literacy and how new technologies are changing the use of still and video photography within the social documentary field will be presented at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Fred W. … Continued
Award-Winning Photojournalist Brian Storm, MA ’97, to Present Special Lecture on Multimedia Storytelling
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 20, 2012) — An award-winning multimedia storyteller will share tips from some of the world’s top photojournalists in an upcoming presentation to students at the Missouri School of Journalism. Brian Storm, MA ’97, will present “Multimedia Storytelling” from 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Fred. W. Smith Forum at the Reynolds … Continued
Project Open Vault Website Offers New Platform for Election Coverage
The Missouri School of Journalism Project Focused on How Political Candidates Spend Money on Advertising By Celia Darrough Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 19, 2012) — A team at the Missouri School of Journalism came together to analyze not only how much money political candidates devote to delivering their messages but also what messages the … Continued
RJI Receives $30.1 Million Endowment Gift from Reynolds Foundation
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 8, 2012) — The University of Missouri announced Thursday that it has received a $30.1 million gift to guarantee permanent funding for the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, the four-year-old center devoted to innovation, collaboration and research in media industries. The gift, the largest endowment gift in the history of the university, … Continued
Your Digital Multimedia Skills Are in High Demand, Say Recent Journalism Alumni to Current Students
All Speakers Had Full-Time Jobs Within 2-3 Months After Graduation Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 5, 2012) — It wasn’t but a semester or two ago that the six Missouri School of Journalism alumni on the Google+ Hangout screen were preparing to graduate and begin their careers. They had sat through a session much like this one … Continued
Reaching Young Adults: Using Communications Expertise from the Missouri School of Journalism to Engage Young Adults in USFWS Volunteer Opportunities
By Ashley Spratt Communications Coordinator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 30, 2012) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the nation’s premiere agency dedicated to the protection, conservation and management of fish, wildlife and our natural resources, faces an unprecedented challenge of engaging a generation of tech-savvy, highly diverse, and highly … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Develop English-Language Content for the China Open Tennis Tournament
The Crash Course in Culture and Tennis Was a Big Hit with the Reporting Team Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 30, 2012) — Working side-by-side with journalists from The Associated Press, China Daily, Getty Images and other international news outlets, a team of Missouri School of Journalism students recently covered the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. … Continued