Awards
Mark Horvit earns Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year Award, the latest recognition for a determined difference-maker
Horvit speaks to a data journalism session during the High School Summer Workshop Program in June 2023. By Austin FitzgeraldPhotos by Nate Brown COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mark Horvit, professor and chair of the journalism professions faculty group at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been named Teacher of the Year in the prestigious Scripps Howard … Continued
Shelly Rodgers honored with esteemed Blum Research Award from AEJMC
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 10, 2025) — Shelly Rodgers, the Maxine Wilson Gregory Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism, has earned the Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The award, which will be presented at the 2025 AEJMC Conference in … Continued
Three industry titans to receive Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service from Missouri School of Journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 2, 2025) — The Missouri School of Journalism has announced the winners of the 2025 Missouri Honor Medal, which recognizes extraordinary service in journalism and strategic communication. The honorees — selected by the faculty of the School of Journalism — are Jorge Ramos, former host of Univision’s flagship news … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students and staff win 11 Missouri Broadcasters Association awards
Left to right: Jacob Richey, Beth Finello, John Murphy, Jeimmie Nevalga, Evie Allen and Dominick Lee By Nate Brown Osage Beach, Mo. (June 2, 2025) — NPR-member station KBIA-FM and NBC affiliate KOMU-TV, both working labs for students at the Missouri School of Journalism, won a total of 11 awards from the Missouri Broadcasters Association on May 31. The Missouri News … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students win 1 national, 6 regional SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 30, 2025) — Students at Vox Magazine and NPR-member station KBIA-FM, two of the Missouri School of Journalism’s professional news outlets, have won a total of six regional Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Master’s student Aminah Jenkins also earned a national Mark of … Continued
Six Missouri School of Journalism students place in Hearst Journalism Awards, powering first-place finish in Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition
By Emily Early COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 22, 2025) — Six Missouri School of Journalism seniors have been honored by the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Program, adding to the seven awards already earned in this year’s competition. These include two top-ten wins in the Hearst Journalism Awards’ Television News Competition: Siobhan Harms and Bethany Cates placed … Continued
Jon Stemmle and Colleen Cutts honored with O.O. McIntyre and Amy Lenk Awards from Missouri School of Journalism
The Missouri School of Journalism has announced the recipients of its 2025 annual awards for teaching and staff excellence. Professor Jon Stemmle has been awarded the prestigious O.O. McIntyre Professorship for Teaching Excellence, and Colleen Cutts, Scholarship & Finance Coordinator, has received the Amy Lenk Staff Excellence Award. Both awards were presented during the School’s … Continued
Trio of industry leaders at Missouri School of Journalism and Reynolds Journalism Institute win esteemed NPPA Awards
By Austin Fitzgerald Three members of the staff and faculty at the Missouri School of Journalism and the School’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) have won top awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA). Jackie Bell, Marie D. De Jesús and Kat Duncan each earned honors recognizing their efforts to support visual journalism. “Jackie, Marie … Continued
From brainstorms to best creative: Mizzou’s NSAC team delivers big
By Maggie Pelter After months of collaboration and creativity, the Missouri School of Journalism’s National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) team brought home Best Creative and second place overall honors at this year’s District 9 competition. The 11-student team built an integrated marketing campaign for AT&T, focused on increasing brand affinity among Generation Z — a … Continued
Kathryn Lucchesi earns coveted Provost’s Teaching Award
By Austin FitzgeraldPhotos by Nate Brown COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 1, 2025) — Kathryn Lucchesi, an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, will accept the Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award on May 2 during Mizzou’s Faculty Excellence Week. The award, which comes with a $1,000 prize, recognizes exceptional teachers with no more than … Continued