Awards
2010 Missouri Honor Medalists to Share Expertise, Perspectives during Oct. 28 Master Classes
By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 20, 2010) — Photographing the impact of climate change, reporting on drug trafficking in Mexico and building the Honda brand are some of the topics of this year’s Missouri Honor Medal master classes. The daylong series of eight classes will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, … Continued
Four Journalism Alumni Honored at Mizzou Alumni Association Awards Ceremony
By Jerett Rion Mizzou Alumni Association Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 11, 2010) — Four Missouri School of Journalism alumni were among those who received a faculty-alumni award during the 43rd annual Mizzou Alumni Association Faculty-Alumni awards ceremony. Mike McKean, BJ ’79; Ken Paulson, BJ ’75; Tom Schultz, BJ ’56; John Walsh, MA ’68, were honored Oct. … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Travels to Guatemala as Winner of International YouTube/Pulitzer Center Contest
By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 6, 2010) — Radio-television journalism senior Alex Rozier recently was named the grand prize winner in the “Project: Report” contest sponsored by YouTube and the Pulitzer Center. He won a $10,000 grant for an international reporting project, which he used for travel to Guatemala in September. The … Continued
Eight to Receive the 2010 Missouri Honor Medal
Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 15, 2010) — The 2010 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism will be presented to five leading journalists and an advertising executive, as well as two international organizations dedicated to press freedom. The Missouri School of Journalism has awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism annually since 1930. Approximately … Continued
Journalism Sophomore Wins Second Place in National PSA Contest on Driving Safety
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 30, 2010) — Missouri School of Journalism student Taylor Deeds was named the second-place winner in the 2010 Bridgestone Safety Scholars Video Contest. Entrants in the contest were asked to create an original 25- to 55-second public service announcement to promote automobile and driving safety. As one of the top three winners, … Continued
National Press Club Board Selects Press-Freedom Honorees
Missouri School of Journalism Professor Charles Davis to Be Honored By John M. Donnelly NPC Board of Governors Washington, D.C. (Aug. 25, 2010) — The National Press Club Board of Governors voted on Aug. 23 to honor a Missouri School of Journalism professor and an Iranian blogger with its 2010 John Aubuchon Freedom of the … Continued
Biotech University Student Winner Attends International Science Conference In China
By Steve Veile Manager, Biotech University Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 19, 2010) — For Charlotte Bellis, it was a long way from the Missouri School of Journalism to the World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology in Dalian, on the east coast of China, but she earned the right to be there and was determined to make the … Continued
Magazine Journalism Students Win Four National Awards for Feature Writing and Start-up Magazine Concepts in AEJMC Contest
By Brian Jarvis Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (July 30, 2010) — Vox magazine and a magazine journalism publishing class brought home four awards this year in the 2010 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest. Vox magazine scored third place in feature writing, thanks to a collaboration on a project between staff … Continued
Seattle Times Writer Wins the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism
The Annual Prize Honors Missouri Journalism Alumnus Who Died in 1992 Columbia, Mo. (July 2, 2010) — A Seattle Times writer is the 2010 winner of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. The annual award, named for a long-time Charlotte Observer and Philadelphia Inquirer columnist who died in 1992, recognizes newspaper writing that illuminates … Continued
KOMU, The Columbia Missourian Win 12 Honors at the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards
Columbia, Mo. (June 24, 2010) — The Missouri School of Journalism took home an impressive number of awards – 12 in total – from the Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards banquet held earlier this month. The Kansas City Press Club, a chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, uses the Heart of America … Continued