Columbia Missourian
Missouri Journalism Students Earn 30 Awards in Statewide Professional Competition
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2007) — Taking on top professional journalists from across the state, the Columbia Missourian‘s student writers, designers and photographers claimed 30 awards in this year’s Missouri Press Association (MPA) Better Newspaper Contest. Top row, from left: Andrew Astleford, Steve Bartel, Nathan Birt, Kevin Crowe, Caroline Dohack. Second row: Ben Fredman, Matthew Haag, … Continued
New Fellowship Announced for Adelante!
Fellow to Serve as Editor of Spanish-English Newsmagazine, Earn Master’s Degree UPDATED September 2010: The Adelante Fellowship has been discontinued. Columbia, Mo. (July 30, 2007) — The Missouri School of Journalism announces a new two-year Adelante! fellowship for an early career journalist who is bilingual in Spanish and English and wishes to pursue a master’s degree … Continued
Missouri Journalism Reporters Earn Seven Awards in National Society of Professional Journalists’ Competition
Columbia, Mo. (May 29, 2007) — Five Missouri School of Journalism students and one School-affiliated media outlet recently brought home seven Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists‘ national competition. Recognizing student journalists in 39 categories, SPJ announced the winners of the national Mark of Excellence competition at its 2007 Convention and … Continued
Traudes Wins Atwater Prize for Writing
Columbia, Mo. (May 25, 2007) — Senior newspaper journalism major Cristof Traudes recently won the 2007 Atwater Prize for Writing at the Missouri School of Journalism. The Atwater Prize provides a $500 stipend to one talented writing student each year. Traudes, who grew up in the Netherlands but settled in Columbia, Mo., has worked as … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Dominate Annual College News Design Contest
Columbia, Mo. (May 14, 2007) — Students from the Missouri School of Journalism recently swept the 19th-annual College News Design Contest, winning more awards than any other college or university and capturing first place in both the overall newspaper design and redesign competitions. Missouri’s designers brought home a total of 31 awards from the contest, … Continued
Convergence Journalism Project Offers Media Outlet for Columbia Schools
MySchool Video Project Launched by Students, Debuts on MyMissourian.com Columbia, Mo. (April 3, 2007) — One of the latest trends in media technology is giving community members an unprecedented insiders’ view of Columbia’s public schools, thanks to the work of a group of radio-television journalism and convergence journalism students at the Missouri School of Journalism, … Continued
New Harte Teaching Fellow Shares Information Graphics Expertise with Missouri Journalism Students
Columbia, Mo. (March 8, 2007) — Nearly 22 years after graduating from Temple University, John Duchneskie has returned to the classroom. This time, however, he is the one doing the teaching. Duchneskie, the graphics editor of the Philadelphia (Penn.) Inquirer, has taken a leave of absence from the nation’s 11th-largest paper to become the first … Continued
Columbia Missourian Sports Section Wins National Award
Columbia, Mo. (March 5, 2007) — The Columbia Missourian sports staff scored a national award from the Associated Press Sports Editors‘ (APSE) annual contest, which took place Feb. 26-28 in Long Beach, Calif. APSE named the Columbia Missourian one of the top 20 Sunday sports sections in the country among papers with a circulation … Continued
Woodward Joins Photojournalism Faculty at Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 8, 2007) — The Missouri School of Journalism welcomed one new faculty member to campus at the beginning of the winter 2007 semester. Rie Woodward, MA ’99, has joined the School’s photojournalism faculty as an assistant professor and will serve as director of photography for the Columbia Missourian, a community newspaper that … Continued
Ace Copy Editor Wins National Scholarship
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 31, 2007) — The American Copy Editors Society recently named Missouri School of Journalism senior Krysten Chambrot a winner in the organization’s annual national scholarship competition. Chambrot, a newspaper journalism major from Miramar, Fla., is one of four students in the United States to receive a $1,000 scholarship from ACES this year. A … Continued