Awards
Kara Tabor Wins $5,000 Donald W. Reynolds Business Journalism Scholarship
School’s Business Journalism Program Helps Build Understanding of Complex Corporate and Government Finances By Ashley Szatala Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 7, 2015) — Convergence journalism senior Kara Tabor is the 2015 winner of the $5,000 Donald W. Reynolds Scholarship in Business Journalism. Tabor is emphasizing entrepreneurial journalism in her studies at the Missouri School of Journalism … Continued
KBIA-FM Wins Top RNA Award for Religion Reporting
Broadcast Special ‘Heartland, Missouri’ Wins for Excellence in Radio or Podcast Religion Reporting in Annual Contest By Kiara Ealy Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 5, 2015) — “Heartland, Missouri,” a special report by KBIA-FM, has won the 2015 Religion News Association‘s first place honor for Excellence in Radio or Podcast Religion Reporting. The 30-minute feature has become … Continued
Online News Association Awards KBIA-FM Its Top Award for Excellence
Judges Call the Station ‘a Real Standout’ Los Angeles (Sept. 28, 2015) — KBIA-FM has won the General Excellence in Online Journalism award in the small market category in the 2015 Online News Association‘s Online Journalism Awards. Dean of the Missouri School of Journalism David Kurpius and Director of the Futures Lab in the Reynolds Journalism Institute Mike … Continued
Columbia Missourian Wins Gold Cup, 50 Missouri Press Association Awards
This Is Its Fifth Year in a Row to Receive the Top Honor in Class 2 Dailies Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 24, 2015) — For the fifth year in a row, the Columbia Missourian is the winner of the Gold Cup in Class 2 dailies in the 2015 Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The Gold … Continued
Alumna to Be Honored at Dow Jones News Fund Alumni Awards Reception
Ashley Thomas, BJ ’07, Is One of 6 Outstanding Former Participants Selected for the Recognition Princeton, N.J. (Sept. 16, 2015) — Ashley Thomas, BJ ’07, is one of six outstanding former participants in the Dow Jones News Fund who will be recognized at organization’s first-ever Alumni Awards Reception. The Oct. 9 event in New York … Continued
Alumni Named to LinkedIn Next Wave List of Game Changers Under Age 35
Jon Halvorson Selected for ‘Marketing & Advertising’ Category; Justin Myers, ‘Media’ Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 14, 2015) — Two Missouri School of Journalism alumni have been named to the LinkedIn Next Wave list, a group of 150 professionals ages 35 and under, who are changing 15 different industries. Jon Halvorson, BJ ’04, and Justin Myers, BJ … Continued
Graduate Student Earns Top Honors for Photo Story on Marriage of Lesbian Couple
National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Honors T.J. Thomson with a First Place in Photojournalism in its Excellence in Journalism Awards By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 10, 2015) — Soon after 16th Circuit Court Judge J. Dale Youngs ruled that 10 same-sex Missouri couples could marry last fall, Becky Plovanich and Karen Bataille, a … Continued
Poynter Lauds Columbia Missourian’s ‘Show Me the Errors’ Feature
The Contest Creates a Great Connection to the Community, the Article Says Los Angeles (Aug. 26, 2015) — Poynter, a global leader in journalism, praised the Show Me the Errors feature in the Columbia Missourian in an Aug. 25 article on online corrections. The story, “L.A. Times op-ed on online corrections: ‘There’s a stunning lack … Continued
Jeimmie Nevalga Selected for Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program
The Society of Professional Journalists Program Strives to Increase Diversity Participation in Its Regional and National Levels Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 20, 2015) — Assistant Professor Jeimmie Nevalga is one of five journalists selected for the Dori Maynard Diversity Leadership Program, sponsored by the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation. Maynard was a longtime champion of diversity in … Continued
Junior Aaron Reiss Wins $5,000 National Sports Journalism Scholarship
The Jim Murray Memorial Foundation Scholarship Is Awarded to Students Interested in a Sports Writing Career Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 4, 2015) — Aaron Reiss, a Missouri School of Journalism junior, is one of five national winners of the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship. Reiss, a magazine journalism major from Houston, will receive a $5,000 award … Continued