Awards

Carolina Vargas

Master’s Student Carolina Vargas Receives $5,000 Carol Loomis Scholarship for Business Reporting

Master’s student Carolina Vargas is the recipient of the $5,000 Carol Loomis Scholarship for Business Reporting for 2017. Vargas Interned for Bloomberg BNA While Studying Business Reporting Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 21, 2017) — Carolina Vargas is the recipient of the $5,000 Carol Loomis Scholarship for Business Reporting for 2017. Vargas is a second-year master’s student … Continued

Lily O'Neill

Lily O’Neill Receives the $2,000 Heaster Scholarship in Business Journalism

Scholarship winner Lily O’Neill is currently a junior studying journalism with an emphasis in magazine writing and a minor in Spanish. Magazine Writing Junior Plans to Study Abroad, Intern at Missouri Business Alert Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 20, 2017) — Missouri School of Journalism junior Lily O’Neill is the 2017 recipient of the $2,000 Jerry Heaster … Continued

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Two Strat Comm Students Selected for AAF St. Louis Scholarship

Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 29, 2017) — Strategic communication students Dun Li and Denajha Phillips were awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the American Advertising Federation (AAF) St. Louis Chapter for the 2018 spring semester. The scholarship was awarded to both students for their high academic performance, involvement in MU’s AAF chapter, and their passion for the … Continued

Jasmyn Barr

Jasmyn Barr Named AAF Most Promising Multicultural Student

Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 16, 2017) — On Nov. 1, the American Advertising Federation selected strategic communication student Jasmyn Barr among 49 other students from across the nation for their annual Most Promising Multicultural Students (MPMS) program. Barr is currently studying abroad in Brussels, Belgium, and applied for the program last year after meeting with representatives … Continued

Allison Pecorin

Senior Allison Pecorin Named the 25th David Kaplan Fellow

She Receives a $10,000 Award and Paid Internship at ABC News Washington Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 27, 2017) — Allison Pecorin, a convergence journalism senior, will head to Washington, D.C., in the spring as the Missouri School of Journalism’s David Kaplan Memorial Fellow. Students selected for the program spend the semester working behind the scenes … Continued

Walter Williams Scholars for 2017-2018

Missouri School of Journalism Honors 50 Freshmen as 2017 Walter Williams Scholars

Top row, left to right: Lauren Bishop, Nathan Busch, Mary Dimitrov, Bennett Durando, Madeleine Harres, Kaitlyn Hoevelmann, Jacob Horton, Pubali Kundu. Row 2: Sadie Lea, Christina Long, Benjamin Luty, Connor McLindon, Heather Miller, William Morris, Reagan Myers, Madeline Niblett. Row 3: Joy Park, Sarah Peterson, Emmalee Reed, Peyton Rives, Leo Rocha, Zoe Shedd, Alyssa Shikles, … Continued

KOMU-TV, KBIA-FM Win 4 National Edward R. Murrow Awards

KOMU-TV, KBIA-FM Win 4 National Edward R. Murrow Awards

Missouri Journalism media outlets KOMU-TV and KBIA-FM beat out hundreds of the nation’s top local and network programs to win national Edward R. Murrow Awards on Oct. 9 at the 2017 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala in New York City. News Outlets Serve as Teaching Labs for Missouri School … Continued

Missourian Wins 57 Awards in Missouri Press Association Contest

Missourian Wins 57 Awards in Missouri Press Association Contest

Competing with newspapers with a circulation of 5,000 to 15,000, the Columbia Missourian won the coveted Gold Cup award (given for amassing the most points in its class in the competition) for the seventh year in a row. Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 4, 2017) — The Columbia Missourian, including Vox Magazine, won 57 awards at this … Continued