KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV Win 8 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Network affiliates – and working laboratories for Missouri Journalism students – KBIA-FM and KOMU-TV were awarded a total of eight prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio and Television Digital News Association, recognizing the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world. The Radio and Television Digital News … Continued

15 Journalism Students, 1 Professor Inducted into Secret Societies during Annual Tap Day

Members of Mizzou’s secret societies are “tapped” (chosen) based on academic performance, extracurricular activities, scholarship, leadership and service. Top row, left to right: Emily Aiken, Megan Brenneke, Mitchell Davis, Shoshana Dubnow, Maddie Dunkman. Middle row: Holly Enowski, Simone Esters, Mel Frieders, Catherine Hoffman, Jasmine-Kay Johnson. Bottom row: Blythe Nebeker, Jeannette Porter, John Pottebaum, Matt Schmittdiel. … Continued

Professor Emeritus receives distinguished service to broadcast journalism award

In recognition of his 50-plus year career as reporter, producer, anchor, newsroom manager, professor and consultant, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has named Professor Emeritus Kent Collins as the 2019 recipient of the Edward L. Bliss Award for distinguished service to broadcast journalism education. Kent Collins named Edward L. Bliss award … Continued

Missouri Journalism Master’s Student Chosen for Global Ethics Fellowship

Master’s student Alexis Allison is one of 14 journalism students from around the world chosen to participate in the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics this summer from May 25 through June 7. Alexis Allison Joins Groundbreaking Program for Journalism Students and Early-Career Journalists New York (April 11, 2019) — Alexis Allison, … Continued

Pete Ozias Wins University of Missouri 2019 March Service Champion Award

Congratulations to Pete Ozias, the School’s director of undergraduate advising, recipient of the March 2019 Service Champion award from MU Staff Advisory Council. Pictured with Pete is, on the left, Journalism Dean David Kurpius and Sean Brown. Columbia, Mo. (March 29, 2019) — Pete Ozias, director of undergraduate advising, has received the University of Missouri … Continued

SEC Honors Strategic Communication Professor Shelly Rodgers with Faculty Achievement Award

Shelly Rodgers, professor of strategic communication, has been awarded the 2019 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Achievement award. The Honor Qualifies Rodgers as the University of Missouri Nominee for the SEC’s Professor of the Year Award Columbia, Mo. (March 28, 2019) — Shelly Rodgers, professor of strategic communication at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been … Continued

6 Missouri Journalism Professors Awarded Hearst Faculty Fellowships

Missouri Journalism faculty receiving a William Randolph Hearst Faculty Fellowship grant for the 2019-20 academic year are (clockwise from top-left) Elizabeth W. Frogge, Holly Higginbotham, Sara Shipley Hiles, Ron Stodghill, Amy Simons and Cristina Mislán. The Competitive Grants Will Advance the School’s Strategic Plan Columbia, Mo. (March 22, 2019) — Six Missouri School of Journalism … Continued

Missouri Journalism Senior Wins Prestigious Overseas Press Club Foundation Award

Missouri senior Daphne Psaledakis accepts the Flora Lewis Fellowship from the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Fluent in French, Psaledakis plans to return to work at the Reuters bureau in Brussels. Daphne Psaledakis Among 16 Winners Chosen from 175 Applicants from 50 Colleges/Universities Nationwide New York City (March 6, 2019) — Daphne Psaledakis, a senior at … Continued

Columbia Missourian Sports Section Scores Big with Associated Press Sports Editors Awards

Columbia Missourian student sports reporters receiving nationwide Top 10 recognition from the Associated Press Sports Editors include (top row, from left) Matt Antonic, Ryan Herrera, Hannah Hoffmeister, Will Jarvis, Jenna Kieser. Second row: Reed Koutelas, Brendan Lavell, Eli Lederman, Alec Lewis and Langston Newsome. Third row: Liv Paggiarino, David Sack, Jake Sutherlin and Antranik Tavitian. … Continued