Shawn Beal

Shawn Beal serves as a Systems Support Analyst Specialist for the Missouri School of Journalism. A natural “restorative learner,” Shawn thrives on moving past quick fixes to diagnose and solve the root causes of complex technology challenges. With over four years of dedicated IT support experience at the University of Missouri—spanning both DoIT and the … Continued

FRONTLINE names 2026–27 Missouri School of Journalism reporting fellow

This month, the PBS investigative series FRONTLINE, produced at GBH in Boston, welcomes Aminah Jenkins as the 2026-27 reporting fellow from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. Now in its fourth year, this year-long fellowship aims to expose new and emerging investigative journalists to FRONTLINE’s award-winning approach to documentary storytelling, immersing … Continued

Watchdog Writers Group

The Watchdog Writers Group (WWG) is a fellowship program and teaching lab based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The WWG has a dual mission: to financially support authors as they write a deeply reported nonfiction book in the public interest, while simultaneously training the next generation of young reporters. The WWG’s fellowship … Continued

Watchdog Writers Group

The Watchdog Writers Group (WWG) is a fellowship program and teaching lab based at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The WWG has a dual mission: to financially support authors as they write a deeply reported nonfiction book in the public interest, while simultaneously training the next generation of young reporters. The WWG’s fellowship … Continued

Eden Dinneen

Eden Dinneen is the Innovation in Focus Editor on RJI’s Innovation Team. She produces the monthly web series and newsletter Innovation in Focus, which experiments with new ideas, tech and methods of storytelling for local and community-centered journalism. She also helps manage RJI’s Student Innovation Fellowship, which places Missouri School of Journalism Students in newsrooms to lead innovative … Continued

Zoe Naylor wins $3,000 Stelzer Stipend Award to kick off journalism career post-graduation

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 30, 2026) — Zoe Naylor, MA ’26, has won the Richard J. Stelzer Starter Stipend Award, a $3,000 prize for an outstanding graduating master’s student from the Missouri School of Journalism. Naylor received the honor for writing the most compelling personal statement detailing the life and professional experiences that … Continued