Awards
Strategic Communication Team Places Fourth, Wins $1,500 in Adobe Digital Analytics Competition
More than 160 Entrants Competed in the National Contest Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 29, 2012) — A team of Missouri School of Journalism students placed fourth and won $1,500 in the national Adobe Digital Analytics Competition (DAC). Team “Xfinite to Win It” competed against more than 160 entrants to win one of the six finalist positions. … Continued
Master’s Student Mary McGuire Named 2013 David Kaplan Memorial Fellow
She Receives a $10,000 Award and Paid Internship at ABC News’ Washington Bureau By Celia Darrough Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 23, 2012) — Mary McGuire, a master’s student at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been awarded the 2013 David Kaplan Memorial Fellowship. She will receive a $10,000 award and a paid internship at ABC News‘ … Continued
Three Journalism Professors Selected for Inaugural University of Missouri Faculty Scholars Program
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 22, 2012) — Three Missouri School of Journalism professors – Elizabeth Frogge, Jeimmie Nevalga and Amy Simons – have been accepted into the inaugural class of the University of Missouri Faculty Scholars program. This new program is designed to assist faculty in their second, third and fourth years of UM employment as … Continued
Associate Professor Fritz Cropp to Be Honored by Mizzou Alumni Association
The Annual Faculty-Alumni Award Ceremony Recognizes Outstanding Service and Achievements By Jory Mick Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2012) — The Mizzou Alumni Association (MAA) will honor 13 outstanding faculty and alumni Friday, Oct. 12, at its 45th annual Faculty-Alumni Awards Ceremony in the Reynolds Alumni Center. The Distinguished Service Award, the Distinguished Faculty Award and … Continued
Student Journalist Artyom Rayev Honored with His First Emmy at Mid-America Awards Ceremony
KOMU-TV Also Takes Home Three Emmys for News and Interactivity Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 2, 2012) — Artyom Rayev, a radio-television journalism senior at the Missouri School of Journalism, received his first Emmy at the 36th annual Mid-America Emmy awards ceremony in Kansas City. Rayev’s successful entry, “Scoring for Slaten,” won in the student production-news category. … Continued
2012 Missouri Honor Medalists to Speak on Experience, World Issues
Master’s Classes Scheduled for Monday, Oct. 15 By Celia Darrough Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 27, 2012) — Free speech, the changing times of journalism, deep investigative reporting and looking into hidden cultures are topics that recipients of the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism will speak about a daylong series of master … Continued
Columbia Missourian Wins 65 Awards in 2012 Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest
Awards Include Gold Medal for General Excellence and a Sweep in Four Categories Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 26, 2012) — A new record: The Columbia Missourian won a total of 65 awards in the 2012 Missouri Press Association‘s Better Newspaper Contest. This is up from the 58 earned in 2011 and 29 in 2010. Included in … Continued
School’s Photojournalists Win Third Place in ‘Best Use of Photography’ National Competition
Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 5, 2012) — A story and photographs by Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism student Nick Agro, with help from photo editor Ally Appelbaum and page designer Jason Brynsvold, earned third place in the “Picture Page” category of the quarterly National Press Photographers Association competition. The contest evaluates newspaper clips and is judged … Continued
Sports Writing Senior Wins $5,000 Jim Murray Memorial Foundation Scholarship
By Celia Darrough Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 23, 2012) — Andrew Wagaman, a Missouri School of Journalism senior from Schnecksville, Pa., has been selected as a winner of the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship. Wagaman, a print and digital journalism major, will receive a $5,000 award and a trip to La Quinta, Calif., for the Jim … Continued
Missouri Journalism Faculty, Students and Alumni Earn 19 Top Paper Awards for Peer-Reviewed Research
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 14, 2012) — Missouri School of Journalism faculty, students and alumni received a total of 19 top awards for peer-reviewed papers at the centennial convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. The high honors were earned in 12 of AEJMC’s divisions, interest groups and commissions. Approximately 2,500 mass … Continued