Columbia Missourian
Vox and Magazine Journalism Students Win Seven Awards in National Competition
Columbia, Mo. (July 25, 2012) — Missouri School of Journalism magazine journalism students and Vox magazine won seven awards in the 2012 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest. This year’s competition attracted 240 entries from 23 universities from the United States and Canada. Judges for the contest, which included 13 … Continued
Journalism Students Produce 10-Part Series on Book Challenges in Missouri’s Public Schools
The “Unfit to Read” Project Provides Hands-on Experience with Sunshine Requests Columbia, Mo. (July 25, 2012) — Graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in a Missouri School of Journalism course have produced a 10-part series about book challenges in the state’s public schools. The investigative report, recently published in the Columbia Missourian, includes three interactive graphics. … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Document Lives and Dreams of Millennial Generation – Ages 16 to 35 – in the State
“The American Next” Now Available as an Ebook Download or Online Columbia, Mo. (July 11, 2012) — A group of Missouri School of Journalism students documented the hopes, fears and expectations of the next generation in a just-published series called “The American Next.” The stories can now be downloaded as a 131-page ebook or viewed … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Designers Earn Four Awards in National Contest
Columbia, Mo. (May 9, 2012) — Missouri School of Journalism students earned four awards in the national Michigan State University Design Contest for College Students. The MSU Design Contest began in 2000 as a way for students to enter work done not only for a campus newspaper, but also projects done for a class, a … Continued
Print and Digital News Senior Earns a Top 10 Ranking in Hearst ‘Breaking News’ Intercollegiate Writing Competition
Harry Plumer Wins for a Story about Missouri’s Move to the SEC Columbia, Mo. (April 17, 2012) — Print and digital news senior Harry Plumer was a top 10 winner in the college breaking news writing category in the 52nd annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation‘s Journalism Awards Program. Plumer earned a tenth-place ranking for “MU … Continued
Journalism Senior Places in Top 10 of Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia Competition
By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2012) — Missouri School of Journalism senior Ellen Thommesen received eighth place in the second multimedia competition of the academic year for the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The name of the category was “The Human Condition.” More than 100 undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate … Continued
Students, Faculty Receive 3 Top-Three Placements in National Photo and Design Contest
A Front Page of Joplin, Mo., After the Tornado Earned First Place By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 28, 2011) — Missouri School of Journalism students and faculty received three top awards in the National Press Photographers Association‘s (NPPA) “Best Use of Photography” quarterly clip contest. The award-winning work was published in the … Continued
Strategic Communication Students Help Columbia Missourian Set a New Sales and Page Count Records for Centennial Homecoming Special Edition
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 18, 2011) — Strategic communication students in the media sales class helped the Columbia Missourian‘s advertising department set new page count and total sales records for the annual Homecoming special supplement. This year’s 56-page edition, “A Century of Coming Home,” was twice as large as the 28-page issue published in 2007. “I’m … Continued
Columbia Missourian Wins 58 Awards in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest
Honors Include the Gold Medal in the Class 2 Division Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 27, 2011) — The Columbia Missourian brought home an impressive 58 awards from the 2011 Missouri Press Association‘s Better Newspaper Contest. The amount of awards won this year shatters the previous record of 36 awards in 2006. “I was sure there must … Continued
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