Year: 2016
Meet New J-Students: Meredith Wright
By Savannah Borgsmiller Incoming J-School student Meredith Wright was awarded a $1,000 Dow Jones News Fund Scholarship this past spring for her journalistic excellence covering Suicide Awareness Week at Kirkwood High School in St. Louis. Wright won the Dow Jones scholarship after covering a talk by Gary Behrman, a representative from the Communities Healing Adolescent … Continued
Paula Hunt Selected for Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2016-17 Academic Year
The Program Provides Teaching and Development Opportunities for Recent Doctoral Graduates Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 17, 2016) — Paula Hunt, MA ’10, PhD ’16, is the recipient of a Preparing Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year at the University of Missouri. The program, sponsored by the graduate school, provides teaching and professional development … Continued
Vox, Magazine Students Win 9 Awards in National Contest
Work Stood Out Amid 218 Entries in Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 17, 2016) — Missouri School of Journalism magazine students and Vox Magazine won nine awards in the annual Student Magazine Contest sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The total … Continued
Four Things I’ve Learned as a Content Creator
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 5, 2016) — This summer, I have been working with VML to create and publish content on behalf of the Missouri School of Journalism for the Advanced Social Media Strategies class. This experience has been a roller coaster of ups and downs, but has been extremely valuable. Here are four things I’ve … Continued
Insights on Internships: Classes That Helped
With the fall 2016 semester coming up, are you having trouble finding the perfect class that will help you get your dream internship? We talked to some Missouri School of Journalism students who worked as interns across the country and asked them, “What class best prepared you for your internship?” Here are the classes that … Continued
Missouri Method: What’s New at Vox Magazine
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 2, 2016) — Aspiring movie critic Max Havey can tell you in 60 seconds if a new movie is worth seeing. The Snapchat video reviews this master’s student does for Vox Magazine spotlights mainstream blockbusters along with films from Ragtag Cinema, Columbia’s prime venue for independent documentaries. Havey is at a movie … Continued
Research: How National Media Define US Citizenship
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 1, 2016) — Research at the Missouri School of Journalism focuses on solving problems and understanding different situations that are currently affecting our world. Assistant Professor Cristina Mislan will present a paper she co-authored with graduate student Alejandro Morales at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference Aug. 4-7 … Continued
Research: Defining ‘Extreme’ and ‘Offensive’ Content
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 1, 2016) — The practice of journalism can sometimes become difficult in our current day and age, especially with the complexity of legal terms such as “freedom of expression” and the difference between extreme and offensive content. These complexities are the things that Missouri School of Journalism Assistant Professor Brett Johnson hopes … Continued
Retired Broadcast Professor Dave Dugan Dies
He Taught Every Student in Broadcast 101, the Entry-level Reporting and Writing Class During His Time at Missouri Overland Park, KS. (July 29, 2016) — Retired Missouri School of Journalism professor Walkerman David Dugan Jr., 85, died on July 23, 2016, at his home in Overland Park, Kansas. Dugan’s introduction to broadcast journalism began at Dartmouth … Continued
Strategic Planning: Moving Toward Priority-Setting
By Dave Senay Columbia, Mo. (July 29, 2016) — One of the most liberating and powerful questions asked by leadership of any organization is: “What do you think?” It’s a lesson I learned quickly in the early days of my near decade-long tenure as president and CEO of a global public relations firm. A companion … Continued