Awards
Charles Davis Named National Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation
Cincinnati (March 13, 2009) — Charles Davis, associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the Scripps Howard Foundation‘s Journalism Teacher of the Year. He is among the winners of the organization’s annual National Journalism Awards, honoring the best in print, Web and electronic journalism and journalism education in 2008. Davis also serves as … Continued
Journalism Senior Named in National Top 10 by the Associated Press Sports Editors
Columbia, Mo. (March 12, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism senior David Ubben won a top 10 ranking in the national Associated Press Sports Editors contest. His entry was entered in the explanatory story category of newspapers with an under-40,000 circulation. This is the third year in a row that the Columbia Missourian reporters have … Continued
Master’s Student Wins Google Policy Fellowship to Study Internet Policy in Washington, D.C.
Columbia, Mo. (March 12, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism graduate student Bryan Utter has won a prestigious 2009 Google Policy Fellowship. Utter, who is enrolled in the journalism-law dual-degree program, will complete his master’s project at Media Access Project (MAP) in Washington, D.C. He also is a second-year student at the University of Missouri … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Receives Award of Excellence from the University of Navarra in Spain
Columbia, Mo. (March 6, 2009) — The University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, recently awarded the Missouri School of Journalism its highest honor: the Luka Brajnovic Award for Communication. “The award was established to commemorate Luka Brajnovic – journalist, scholar and poet – one of the founding members of the School of Communication,” said Teresa La … Continued
Winners of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism Announced
Lindy Washburn and Leslie Brody of The Record in New Jersey Win for “Living with Cancer” Series Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 27, 2009) — Two reporters at The Record in Hackensack, N.J., are the latest winners of the acclaimed Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. In a series of stories titled “Living With Cancer,” Lindy Washburn … Continued
Anne Garrels, an NPR Senior Foreign Correspondent, to Accept Missouri Honor Medal and Host Master Class
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 23, 2009) — Anne Garrels, a senior foreign correspondent for NPR, will visit the Missouri School of Journalism on Thursday, Feb. 26, to teach a master class and accept the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, which the School awarded Garrels in 2004. The medal, first given in 1930, is … Continued
News Agency Thomson Reuters Names Journalism Alumnus as Latin America’s Reporter of the Year
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 16, 2009) — The international news agency Thomson Reuters has named Alonso Soto, BJ ’05, as its Latin America’s Reporter of the Year. Soto reports from Ecuador. In the award announcement, judges said that the Missouri School of Journalism alumnus “was ahead on virtually every story all year long as leftist President … Continued
Lee Wilkins Named a Prestigious Curators’ Teaching Professorship
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 15, 2009) — Lee Wilkins, a Missouri School of Journalism professor in the radio-television journalism emphasis area, has been awarded one of the University of Missouri‘s most prestigious honors, a Curators’ Teaching Professorship. Wilkins is recognized around the world as an expert in the area of media ethics, and she has conducted … Continued
Associate Professor Stephanie Craft Receives Kappa Tau Alpha Chapter Adviser Grant
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 25, 2008) — Stephanie Craft, associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been awarded a Kappa Tau Alpha Chapter Adviser Research Grant in the amount of $750. She is the first Missouri chapter adviser to receive one of the grants. Craft will use the grant to study how journalists critiqued and … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student, Alumnus Win Awards in Society of Environmental Journalists’ National Contest
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 25, 2008) — Two graduate students from the Missouri School of Journalism – one former and one current – won first and third place in the student category of the Society of Environmental Journalists‘ national awards contest. Gavin Off, MA ’08, won first place for “Lessons in Leniency,” an article published May … Continued