Journalism Students Provided Coverage of Liberty Bowl to Media Outlets Across Missouri
Road trips are a semi-regular feature of a Missouri Method approach to preparing for a career in journalism. Last month, 10 students from the University of Missouri traveled to Memphis to help provide media coverage of the Liberty Bowl held on New Year’s Eve.
Navigating large-size event prepares students to stand out as future professionals.
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 16,2019) — The Missouri Tigers football team went bowling at the end of the 2018 season and so did 10 students from the Missouri School of Journalism.
Mizzou played Oklahoma State University on New Year’s Eve in the Liberty Bowl. Eight students provided multi-day coverage in Memphis, Tennessee, for the community newspaper Columbia Missourian and NBC affilate KOMU-TV. Two sports interns covered the game for the state’s two largest newspapers.
Photojournalism students Nate Brown, Jay Bury, Jessi Dodge and Julia Hansen provided images for the Columbia Missourian. Dodge also served as the onsite photo editor.
“After covering the team last year as a photographer and then again this year as a photo editor, the bowl isn’t just the goal for the [football] team but our team, too,” said Dodge.
Eli Lederman and Joe Noser reported on the game and festivities for the Missourian. Andrew Carlson and Edward Redler covered the game for KOMU-TV.
“This [was] another great chance for our students to spread their wings and showcase their skills far from Columbia,” said KOMU News Director Randy Reeves, referring to last month’s KOMU coverage of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry from Stockholm. “Students are chosen for these assignments based on their proven skill and hard work. Andrew and Edward are outstanding examples of the Missouri Method.”
Missourian Sports Editor Michael Knisley believes the Liberty Bowl experience, due to its size and scope, is why the Missouri Method is so valuable.
“This is exactly the sort of work environment our students can expect to encounter as sports journalists going forward,” Knisley said. “And when they do, they’ll know how to navigate – and perhaps how not to navigate – through the difficulties an event of this size presents. They’ll be much better equipped to make their work stand out in the future because they’re learning how to do it hands-on now.”
Journalism students Peter Baugh and Anne Rogers covered the Liberty Bowl for The Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, respectively. Both are sports interns who reported on Mizzou football for their metro dailies during the regular season.
Student-Produced Liberty Bowl Coverage
Columbia Missourian
- ‘Thank You’: Transformative Tigers’ Senior Class Falls at Liberty Bowl
- Missouri’s Final Drive Representative of Season That Could Have Been
- Notebook: Crockett (Ankle) Misses Liberty Bowl, Rountree Excels in His Place
- Photo Gallery: Missouri Loses Liberty Bowl After Near Comeback in Final Minutes
- Photo Gallery: Pre-Bowl Parade Held on Beale Street in Downtown Memphis
- Five Paths to a Missouri Win in the Liberty Bowl
- Bowl Notebook: Odom, Tigers Ready for Liberty; Okwuegbunam Out
- Civil Rights Museum, St. Jude Visits Gives Tigers Perspective
- Tigers Fans Showing Up in Memphis Ahead of Bowl Game
The Kansas City Star
- Rountree Runs Wild in Mizzou’s Liberty Bowl Loss to Oklahoma St., Eclipsing 200 Yards
- Odom Takes Team to Civil Rights Museum; Okwuegbunam Out for Liberty Bowl
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Mizzou Overwhelmed by Oklahoma State Passing Attack
- Mizzou’s Hall Finishes Turbulent Season On a Mission
Updated: November 6, 2020