Awards
Columbia Missourian’s July 1 Front Page Selected as One of the Nation’s Best by the Newseum
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 4, 2011) — For the first time, a front page of the print Columbia Missourian has been recognized by the Newseum as one of the top 10 best of the day. The Newseum is considered the world’s most interactive news museum. It mixes up-to-the-minute news with centuries of journalism history. The Friday, … Continued
Professor Emeritus Don Ranly Named 2011 IABC All-Star Speaker
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 4, 2011) — Outstanding audience evaluations at the 2011 IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) World Conference in San Diego have earned Professor Emeritus Don Ranly the “IABC Recommended Speaker” designation. This title is given to those who have a favorable rating of 85 percent or higher at the association’s major events. Ranly … Continued
Magazine Journalism Students and Vox Magazine Win Five Awards in National Student Magazine Contest
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 2, 2011) — Vox magazine and seven Missouri School of Journalism students have won recognition in the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest in the areas of people, investigation and analysis, first person and design. Vox is an award-winning weekly city magazine that appears in the Columbia … Continued
Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis, Journalism Foundation Award Scholarships to Four Missouri Journalism Students
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 2, 2011) — Matt Beezley of Fenton, Mo., received the $5,000 Press Club/St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Lipman Scholarship at the Missouri School of Journalism during a summer gathering of the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis and Journalism Foundation. The annual scholarship was established in 2009 in memory of David Lipman, BJ … Continued
Recipients of the 2011 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism Announced
Five Media Leaders, Two News Organizations and a Public Relations Expert to Be Honored This Fall Columbia, Mo. (July 12, 2011) — Five media leaders, two news organizations and a public relations expert will be honored this fall with one of journalism’s highest awards, the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. The Missouri … Continued
Eight Missouri Journalism Students Selected for Dow Jones News Fund Summer Internships
Princeton, N.J. (June 24, 2011) — Eight Missouri School of Journalism students have been selected by the Dow Jones News Fund to work as news and sports copy editors, multimedia editors and business reporters at news organizations across the country this summer. They were among the 86 undergraduate and graduate students selected from among 600 applicants … Continued
Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News Reporter Wins Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism
Julia O’Malley’s Series Chronicles a Woman’s Struggle to Overcome Heroin Addiction Columbia, Mo. (June 7, 2011) — An award-winning reporter and columnist at the Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News is the 2011 winner of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism, an award administered by the Missouri School of Journalism. The annual award and $2,000 prize … Continued
Journalism Students Win Fox News Channel College Challenge
Blake Hanson and Emily Spain Earn a $10,000 Scholarship and a Trip to New York City By Dolores Obregon Planning and Communications Staff Columbia, Mo. (June 6, 2011) — Radio-television juniors Blake Hanson and Emily Spain looked calm and professional as they discussed their winning entry during a national broadcast on the Fox News Channel. … Continued
New Smith/Patterson Fellow to Focus Her Health and Science Journalism on Poverty Issues in India, China and Africa
Columbia, Mo. (May 17, 2011) — Shraddha Sankhe of Mumbai, India, will bring her global experience in health and science journalism to the Missouri School of Journalism as she begins her Smith/Patterson Fellowship for the 2011-12 year. She is the first international student to receive this honor. Sankhe’s most recent work was as editor at … Continued
University of Wisconsin-Madison Honors Graduate Studies Dean Thorson with Nelson Award
Madison, Wis. (May 9, 2011) — Esther Thorson, the associate dean for graduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, recently received the Harold L. Nelson Award for achievement in mass communication research from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thorson was a faculty member at Wisconsin-Madison for 12 … Continued