Year: 2017
Students Create a New Intelligent Mobile Search Tool
Columbia, Mo. (April 27, 2017) — A team of sophomores in journalism and computer science took the grand prize in the 10th annual Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition with Informator, an intelligent mobile search tool that finds hidden relationships between key words and phrases. Informator helps journalists overcome the problem of too many news organizations … Continued
Research Finds Media Portrayal of Public Shooters Can Perpetuate Stereotypes
Study Highlights Need for Journalists to Examine Implicit Bias When Reporting on Shootings By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (April 27, 2017) — As the pervasiveness of media reports on public shootings increase, the way in which media cover these violent stories can have broad social implications, including the creation and perpetuation of … Continued
Inside Sports: Missouri School of Journalism
At the Missouri School of Journalism, students have many media outlets available to cover all aspects of sports. (Photos: Lexi Churchill.) Check out what students are covering, photographing, filming, editing and sharing, as well as creating for strategic communication clients. The sports journalists represent all years in school, from freshman on up. For updates on … Continued
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer to Present ‘The Human Toll of Toxic Pollution’
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Larry C. Price will be at the Missouri School of Journalism for a two-day visit with faculty and students April 27-28. In addition, master’s student Neeta Satam will be recognized as the recipient of the first student fellowship under the new Smith/Patterson Pulitzer Partnership. Updated April 2018: Larry Price has been … Continued
KBIA 91.3 FM Debuts New Home in McReynolds Hall
KBIA’s new space in McReynolds Hall provides its professional staff and students with the tools necessary to produce top-quality audio. The New Space Provides Professional Staff and Students with the Tools to Produce Top-Quality Audio Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2017) — KBIA-FM, Columbia’s listener-supported NPR-member station, has a new home. It’s in McReynolds Hall, just … Continued
Alumna Jane Singer Receives Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award from University of Georgia
Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2017) — Jane B. Singer, PhD ’96, is this year’s recipient of a “Distinguished Alumni Scholar Award” from the school where she earned her bachelor’s degree, the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research has traced the evolution of digital journalism since the mid-1990s, with a … Continued
12 Journalism Students Inducted into Secret Societies During Annual Tap Day
From top, left to right: Jake Boeding, Tyler Anne Emery, Ana Perez, Jennifer Prohov, Lauren Puckett, Hughes Ransom, Madison Stanze, Rylee Stoulil, Rachel Tiedemann, Michaela Tucker, Swee-Yang Ashley Yong. (Not pictured: Hannah Linsky.) Selection Is Based on Scholarship, Leadership and Service By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2017) — Twelve Missouri School of Journalism … Continued
School of Journalism Places First in Hearst Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition
Often referred to as “the Pulitzer of college journalism,” the Hearst Journalism Awards Program is open to 106 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs and offers up to $500,000 in awards. The Award Recognizes High Rankings in the Television Broadcast News, Television Broadcast Features, … Continued
New ‘Inside Sports’ Feature Is Available on Twitter, Blog and Video
Missouri sophomore Rylee Pierce slides into home as a Southeast Missouri State University catcher jumps out of the way during game one of a double-header at Mizzou Stadium on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Pierce hit her seventh home run in the bottom of the third inning in game one. Photo: Monique Woo, junior in photojournalism, … Continued
Inside Sports: Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2017) — Check out the behind-the-scenes sports action of Missouri students as they report, photograph, film, edit and share, create and more for the school’s professional news outlets and agencies, national publications as well as campus media. Opportunities are available for all years in school, freshmen through senior. Follow us on … Continued