Awards
7 Missouri Journalism Students Selected for Mizzou 39 by the Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board
The Award Recognizes Academic Achievement, Leadership and Service to the University of Missouri Columbia, Mo. (April 15, 2013) — The Mizzou Alumni Association Student Board (AASB) recently named seven Missouri School of Journalism seniors to the 2013 class of Mizzou 39. Mizzou 39 honors outstanding seniors for their academic achievements, leadership and service. Created by … Continued
Master’s Student Jesse Bishop Wins Don Romero Prize for Outstanding Writing; Receives $750 Award
Columbia, Mo. (April 12, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism master’s student Jesse Bishop is the 2013 winner of the Don Romero Prize. He will receive a $750 award. The prize was established in honor of Don Romero, a former magazine professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, by two of his former students. The … Continued
Graduate Academic Adviser Martha Pickens Wins a 2013 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award
Columbia, Mo. (April 11, 2013) — Martha Pickens, an academic adviser in the Graduate Studies office at the Missouri School of Journalism, has won the 2013 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Award for her office/secretarial services to the University of Missouri. Chancellor Brady Deaton will recognize Pickens and the other winners in the administrative/professional, technical/paraprofessional and crafts/maintenance … Continued
Missouri Business Journalism Students Honored with Society of American Business Editors and Writers Awards
The Ceremony Took Place During the Group’s 50th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2013) — Three Missouri School of Journalism students were honored for their work Friday night at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual Best in Business Awards during the organization’s 50th annual meeting in Washington, D.C. … Continued
The Missouri School of Journalism Wins First Place and $10,000 in Hearst’s Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition
Columbia, Mo. (April 8, 2013) — The Missouri School of Journalism won first place and $10,000 in the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition with the highest accumulated student points from the two photo competitions. Grant Hindsley won first place and $2,600; Samuel Gause, ninth, in the Photo I-News & Features category. In the Photo II category, Sarah … Continued
Blake Ursch Wins Fourth Place in College Personality Profile Writing in Hearst Journalism Awards Program
San Francisco (April 5, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism senior Blake Ursch won fourth place in the College Personality Profile Writing category in the 53rd annual Journalism Awards Program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Ursch wins a $1,000 scholarship for his placement, and the School receives a matching grant. Ursch won for … Continued
Two Missouri School of Journalism Students Place in Top 10 of Picture Story/Series Category of Hearst Journalism Awards Program
By Erik Hall Columbia, Mo. (April 4, 2013) — Two Missouri School of Journalism students placed in the top 10 in the Photo II-Picture Story/Series category of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Sarah Hoffman received the seventh-place certificate, and Jaime Henry-White, the ninth-place certificate. The winners were selected from 61 entries submitted from 38 schools … Continued
Professor Marty Steffens to Receive the President’s Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers
Phoenix (April 2, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism Professor Marty Steffens will be among three business journalists to be honored with the President’s Award at the 50th annual spring conference of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in Washington, D.C., April 4-6. SABEW founding member Gene Miller, who helped to organize SABEW’s … Continued
Four Missouri School of Journalism Students Recognized As Talented Young Photojournalists by the Boston Globe Website
By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (March 27, 2013) — Boston.com has included four Missouri School of Journalism students and alumni in a list of promising photojournalists under the age of 25. Boston.com is the website for the Boston Globe. “The Big Picture,” which highlights the work of photojournalists, named 40 up-and-coming photojournalists, 10 percent of … Continued
Radio-Television Journalism Senior Dan Kennedy Places in Top 10 of Hearst Broadcast News Competition
Columbia, Mo. (March 22, 2013) — Dan Kennedy, a radio-television journalism senior at the Missouri School of Journalism, has received a top 10 placement in the Broadcast News Competition II of the Journalism Awards Program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Kennedy’s entry was a September 2012 story about price gouging at Mid-Missouri’s only … Continued