Year: 2017
The New Yorker Film Critic Reflects on School’s Documentary Journalism Program and True/False Film Festival
Columbia, Mo. (March 29, 2017) — The New Yorker magazine film critic Richard Brody highlights documentary journalism professor Robert Greene and the Based on a True Story program at the University of Missouri in his March 8 story about the 2017 True/False Film Festival. In the article, “Three Genre-Expanding Documentaries About Racist Crimes of the … Continued
Doctoral Candidate Yang Cheng Wins ‘Extra-Outstanding Award’ from Chinese Government
Doctoral candidate Yang (Alice) Cheng is the recipient of the highly-selective 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. She Is One of Only 10 Worldwide to Earn the Highly Selective Recognition By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (March 29, 2017) — Yang (Alice) Cheng, a doctoral candidate at the Missouri School of Journalism, is … Continued
Alumna Elsa Garrison Named to ‘Women of Influence’ Series for Sports Photography
Columbia, Mo. (March 28, 2017) — For more than 20 years, Elsa Garrison, BJ ’96, has photographed elite-level action of a wide variety of sports as a staff photographer with Getty Images Sport. Millions of fans relive the big moments Garrison captures on the sidelines at the World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals and … Continued
Magazine Club Visits Top Publications in New York City
Magazine Club students visit the 9/11 memorial (top) and Cosmopolitan magazine during a trip to New York City. Photos: Brittany Emond. The Trip Included a Networking Event with Alumni By Crystal Duan New York (March 27, 2017) — Magazine Club students and professors from the Missouri School of Journalism traveled to New York City to … Continued
Student Organization to Host International LGBTQ Film Screening
‘The Blue Hour’ Will Show at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, in Fisher Auditorium Columbia, Mo. (March 27, 2017) — The Queer Media Association, with support from the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, will host a free screening of “The Blue Hour” at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18, in Fisher Auditorium in Gannett Hall at … Continued
The New York Times Features Long-Form Storytelling Alumnae
Columbia, Mo. (March 27, 2017) — A March 17, 2017, article in the New York Times begins with alumna Joanna Demkiewicz as a Missouri School of Journalism student in March 2013. Demkiewicz attended a daylong event on reporting and writing long-form nonfiction. Mike Sager, writer-at-large for Esquire magazine, had just published “Next Wave: America’s New … Continued
Junior Miranda Cowan Selected for National AAF Stickell Internship Program
Junior Miranda Cowan will serve a paid, 10-week internship at The Richards Group in Dallas this summer. She Will Serve a Paid, 10-Week Internship at The Richards Group in Dallas This Summer By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (March 23, 2017) — Missouri School of Journalism junior Miranda Cowan is one of 20 American Advertising Federation … Continued
Professional Journalists Pair Up Students in Missouri and India for Reporting Project
Missouri School of Journalism students and faculty have formed a unique international journalism partnership with journalism students in India. Their Multimedia Stories Will Be Published in Both Countries at the End of the Semester By Elizabeth Cassidy Columbia, Mo. (March 27, 2017) — Missouri School of Journalism students are building global understanding with the U.S./India … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Receives UM System Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Research and Economic Development Bob Schwartz with Drew Rogers. Award Recognizes Students with Demonstrated Innovation, Originality and Entrepreneurial Spirit By Kelly Wiemann UM System Columbia, Mo. (March 25, 2017) — University of Missouri System Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Bob Schwartz presented the Student Entrepreneur of the Year … Continued
Documentary Journalism Program Featured in Leading Trade Pub
Columbia, Mo. (March 24, 2017) — Documentary, the online publication of the International Documentary Association, featured the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism in a Feb. 28, 2017, article. “Documentary Film, Journalism Intersect in Groundbreaking Academic Program in Missouri” highlights how Jonathan Murray, an alumnus and the acknowledged father of reality television, found a … Continued