Awards
Two from the Missouri School of Journalism Recognized by Editor & Publisher Journal
Missourian’s Ad Director Bryan Chester and Ryan Martin, BJ ’10, Named to Publication’s ’25 Under 35′ List Reprinted with permission from Editor and Publisher. Columbia, Mo. (April 24, 2015) — Bryan Chester, the advertising director at the Columbia Missourian, and Ryan Martin, BJ ’10, the managing director at The Elkhart Truth in Indiana, were recently … Continued
SoundStir Takes Top Honors in 2015 RJI Student Competition
Turnip Team Awarded for Technical Innovation Columbia, Mo. (April 23, 2015) — SoundStir, an Android app designed to be “the only mobile community for public radio listeners,” has won the grand prize in the eighth annual Reynolds Journalism Institute Student Competition. This year’s sponsor was the Public Media Platform (PMP), a digital repository of audio, video, … Continued
KBIA-FM Wins SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award for Radio Documentary
The Yearlong Project Examines Life in Heartland, an Intentional Christian Community in Northeast Missouri By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 23, 2015) — KBIA-FM will receive its first Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. The program honors the best professional U.S. journalism in print, radio, television, newsletters, art/graphics, online and research … Continued
Glen Cameron One of 6 to Receive National ‘Milestones in Mentoring’ Award
Award Given by the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University of Alabama By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2015) — Missouri School of Journalism Professor Glen T. Cameron is being honored with the national Milestones in Mentoring award by the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at the University … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Win 13 Student Society for News Design Awards
Top Finishers Include Vox Magazine Special Section, Columbia Missourian Page and Cover Designs By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2015) — Missouri School of Journalism students won 13 awards in the 2015 College News Design Contest. The juried contest is hosted by the Missouri Student Society of News Design and co-sponsored by the Society … Continued
Aaron Reiss and Natalie Helms Win Dean’s Award for Breaking News Stories
Winning Stories Cover Resignation of MU Athletic Director and Suspension Rates of Black Students in Columbia Public Schools By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2015) — Missouri School of Journalism students Aaron Reiss and Natalie Helms each won the Dean’s Award for Breaking News, based on their reporting on the University of Missouri‘s athletic … Continued
Associate Dean Fritz Cropp Wins University of Missouri System Award
The C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award Honors Commitment to the Land-Grant Mission By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (April 17, 2015) — Associate Dean for Global Programs Fritz Cropp has been named the winner of the 2015 C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship Award. The intercampus award recognizes a University of Missouri System faculty member who … Continued
7 Journalism Students Win Writing, Art Awards in ‘Rewriting Realities’ Contest
Second Annual Competition Was Hosted by MU’s Multicultural Certificate Office By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (April 16, 2015) — Seven Missouri School of Journalism students have been named winners in the second annual Rewriting Realities art and writing contest hosted by the Multicultural Certificate office. The contest, which accepted entries in the form of visual … Continued
Missouri Wins Top Association of Women in Sports Media Honor
Campus Group Named National Student Chapter of the Year By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (April 15, 2015) — The Missouri School of Journalism chapter of the Association for Women in Sports Media has been named the national winner of the third annual Student Chapter of the Year. An AWSM board committee selected the Missouri chapter … Continued
Scripps Scholarship Recipient Tim Nwachukwu to Intern at Newsday
The Photojournalism Major Will Receive a $3,000 Stipend and $500 Scholarship By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (April 13, 2015) — Tim Nwachukwu, a photojournalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the winner of a 2015 Scripps Howard Foundation scholarship. He will serve as a summer multimedia intern for Newsday, a newspaper with one … Continued