Columbia Missourian
Missourian wins 45 awards at 2025 Missouri Press Association contest
By Mackenzie Leece COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 19, 2025) — The Columbia Missourian won 45 awards in the 2025 Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest, announced Saturday during the annual Missouri Press Association convention in Wildwood. The Missourian placed first in 17 categories, second in 10 categories and third in 18 categories. Here is the list … Continued
Election guides from Columbia Missourian and KOMU help local community prepare for April 8 elections
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (April 4, 2025) — The Columbia Missourian and KOMU-TV have published comprehensive election guides on their websites, allowing community members to read about the candidates and issues in the upcoming municipal elections. The guides each offer different emphases, in keeping with the collaborative, community-focused ethic that guides the Missouri News … Continued
Students take flight in Missouri School of Journalism drone program
A photo taken with a drone by Alex Buchanan for the Columbia Missourian showing construction on the new Interstate 70 bridge over the Missouri River near Rocheport. By Benjamin Miller COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 12, 2024) — Juniors and seniors at the Missouri School of Journalism have the opportunity to see the world from above ground … Continued
Columbia Missourian launches redesigned website
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 9, 2024) — The Columbia Missourian, a professional community newspaper based at the Missouri School of Journalism, has debuted a new website. From back-end improvements like search engine optimization to a slew of quality-of-life upgrades for the user experience, the refreshed website — made possible by a $20,000 grant … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism welcomes two new faculty members starting in July
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 9, 2024) — The Missouri School of Journalism is welcoming two new faculty members starting this month as assistant professors with key roles in Missouri News Network newsrooms: Brittany Hilderbrand, community news editor for community newspaper the Columbia Missourian; and Stan Jastrzebski, news director for NPR-member station KBIA-FM. “Brittany … Continued
Columbia Missourian wins $20,000 to supercharge community engagement
The grant is the maximum possible award from the LION Sustainability Audits and Funding Program The Columbia Missourian has earned a $20,000 sustainability award from Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers. It’s not the first award from LION for the Missouri News Network’s community newspaper, which won a LION Local Journalism Award in 2022, but … Continued
Three students at Missouri School of Journalism score top 10 finishes in Hearst Journalism Awards
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (April 18, 2024) — Three students at the Missouri School of Journalism have earned top ten finishes in recent Hearst Journalism Awards competitions, adding to a growing number of honors from the prestigious program to Mizzou journalism students. In the Television News Competition, senior John Murphy earned third place — … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students kick off the Hearst Awards season with multiple wins
By Benjamin Miller COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 5, 2024) — The 64th annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program already features six student winners from the Missouri School of Journalism, with four students placing in the top 10 in their respective categories, kicking off a strong start to the 2023-2024 Hearst award season for the Missouri School of … Continued
Columbia Missourian wins 81 Missouri Press Association Awards, the most ever for the Missouri School of Journalism’s community newspaper
By Ryleigh Hindle, Columbia Missourian COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 26, 2023) — The Columbia Missourian dominated at the 2023 Missouri Press Association Awards on Saturday, winning 81 awards overall in addition to the Gold Cup for Class 1 dailies. The total surpasses the Missourian’s previous record of 79 awards set in the 2020 contest. The results … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students win SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards and national finalist honors
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 16, 2023) — Published work from students at the Columbia Missourian, KBIA-FM and Vox Magazine was recognized with the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2022 Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 7, which covers collegiate journalism in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Missouri School of Journalism students earned nine wins … Continued