Global Journalist Wins Two ‘Telly’ Awards for Online Videos

As part of their Missouri Method training, J-School students worked as producers for two Telly Award-winning episodes of Global Journalist. Top row, left to right: Aleissa Bleyl, Maria Fernanda Callejon, Jinghong Chen, Lily Cusack. Bottom row: Rachel Foster-Gimbel, Safiya Sadyr, Denitsa Tsekova. Student-Produced Episodes Net Silver Trophies Among 12,000 Entries Nationwide Columbia, Mo. (May 23, … Continued

J-School’s ‘Global Journalist’ Signs Distribution Agreement with KMUD Radio in Northern California

The J-School’s “Global Journalist” program has signed a one-year rebroadcasting agreement with KMUD/Redwood Community Radio in northern California. Programming Includes International News, Challenges to a Free Press and Human Rights Issues Nov. 1, 2017 (Columbia, Mo.) — The Missouri School of Journalism’s “Global Journalist” program has signed a one-year rebroadcasting agreement with KMUD/Redwood Community Radio … Continued

Missouri Journalism Wins National Hearst Intercollegiate Broadcast News Competition

Often called “the Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photojournalism, broadcast news and multimedia for journalism undergraduates. The School Places in the Top 10 in Intercollegiate Writing and Multimedia Competitions; Ties for Fourth Overall San Francisco (May 26, 2017) — The Missouri School of Journalism has won $10,000 as … Continued

Radio Reporting Lab Offers New Learning Opportunity for Journalism Students

At top, undergraduate and graduate advanced reporters from across the journalism school worked together on radio feature stories aired on KBIA. At bottom, graduate students Erin McKinstry, left, and Catherine Wheeler edit together during a lab. The Course Helps Students Add Audio Skills to Their Reporting Tool Kits Columbia, Mo. (May 9, 2017) — Radio-focused … Continued

KBIA 91.3 FM Debuts New Home in McReynolds Hall

KBIA’s new space in McReynolds Hall provides its professional staff and students with the tools necessary to produce top-quality audio. The New Space Provides Professional Staff and Students with the Tools to Produce Top-Quality Audio Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2017) — KBIA-FM, Columbia’s listener-supported NPR-member station, has a new home. It’s in McReynolds Hall, just … Continued

School of Journalism Places First in Hearst Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition

Often referred to as “the Pulitzer of college journalism,” the Hearst Journalism Awards Program is open to 106 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs and offers up to $500,000 in awards. The Award Recognizes High Rankings in the Television Broadcast News, Television Broadcast Features, … Continued

NewsPro Names Kent Collins as a ‘Journalism Educator Who Made the Grade’

He Is Cited for Helping “the School Maintain the Right Balance Between the Academic and Professional Worlds of Journalism” By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 25, 2017) — Kent Collins, chair of the radio-television journalism faculty at the Missouri School of Journalism, is listed as one of “10 Journalism Educators Who Made the Grade” by … Continued

Kristen Reesor Wins Radio Television Digital News Foundation Scholarship

Student Kristen Reesor is the 2016 winner of the Mike Reynolds Scholarship awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Foundation. The $1,000 Mike Reynolds Scholarship Award Will Help Offset College Expenses Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 3, 2017) — Radio-television journalism student Kristen Reesor is the 2016 winner of the Mike Reynolds Scholarship awarded by the Radio … Continued

Fall 2016 @Mizzou: Producing a Morning Show Means Adopting a Nocturnal Lifestyle

By Jillian Mullin Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 16, 2016) — While other University of Missouri students are tucking in for the night at 11 p.m., sophomore radio-television producing student Mike Carlson rolls into KOMU-TV to work on the station’s morning show as a student producer. Carlson individually sought out opportunities at KOMU and has been working … Continued