Documentary Journalism
Welcome to the Documentary Journalism Program
Welcome to the Documentary Journalism Program How often do you get to learn from an award-winning filmmaker and spend a whole year making your own film? Every day, if you’re a student in the documentary journalism program at the Missouri School of Journalism. Twenty-three students enrolled in the first year of the new documentary journalism … Continued
Documentary Journalism Students Premiere Short Film at True/False Festival
‘Concerned Student 1950’ Provides a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Campus Protests During Fall 2015 By Kiara Ealy Columbia, Mo. (March 11, 2016) — Missouri School of Journalism students Varun Bajaj, Adam Dietrich and Kellan Marvin premiered their short film “Concerned Student 1950” in front of an audience of True/False festival-goers in the Missouri Theatre. Original members … Continued
Documentaries by Professor, Alumnus Selected to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
‘Kate Plays Christine’ by Assistant Professor Robert Greene and ‘Speaking Is Difficult’ by AJ Schnack, BJ ’90, Will Open at the Utah Event in January By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 21, 2015) — “Kate Plays Christine,” a documentary by Missouri School of Journalism Assistant Professor Robert Greene, and the documentary short “Speaking Is Difficult,” … Continued
Visiting Artist Series Kicks Off with Noted Documentary Filmmaker
19 Students Will Begin Coursework in the New Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 20, 2015) — On the eve of the launch of its first two courses, the new Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism hosted noted filmmaker Rachel Boynton in a pre-semester workshop for students called “Stronger than … Continued
Sophomore Lindsay Gloor Is a Finalist, Wins $1,000 in LabTV Contest
The Second LabTV Tribeca Video Awards Competition Focused on Young Medical Scientists Who Serve as Role Models Stamford, Conn. (Dec. 22, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism student Lindsay Gloor won $1,000 as a finalist in the Second LabTV Tribeca Video Awards Contest sponsored by LabTV. Students from dozens of colleges and universities as well … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism to Host Lecture by Anti-Apartheid Activist Albie Sachs
The Lecture Is Sponsored by the Chancellor’s Distinguished Visitor Program and the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism By Sarah Clinton MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 10, 2014) — Human rights activist Albie Sachs, former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will visit the University of Missouri to give his lecture … Continued
Noted Documentary Filmmaker Joins the Missouri School of Journalism Faculty
Robert Greene Will Share His Skills as a Director, Producer, Film Editor and Film Essayist with Students Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 6, 2014) — Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Robert Greene will join the faculty of the Missouri School of Journalism, bringing his skills as a director, producer, film editor and film essayist to the new Jonathan B. … Continued
Missouri Tests Multi-Platform Storytelling Across Six Newsrooms
By Jim Flink Originally published to PBS MediaShift; used by permission. Clutter. Chaos. Copious amounts of content. News organizations are struggling right now. Struggling to connect with users, who are migrating to increasingly diverse and cluttered platforms. Struggling to migrate their staffs, sometimes chaotically, to distribute distinct, quality, multi-platform content to different and varied platforms. … Continued
Woelfel Named Director of New Documentary Journalism Center at the Missouri School of Journalism
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 25, 2014) — Dean Mills, dean of the Missouri School of Journalism, announced today that Stacey Woelfel, news director at KOMU-TV and associate professor of journalism, has been named the first director of the new Jonathan Murray Documentary Journalism Center at the School of Journalism. Woelfel … Continued
$6.7 Million Gift Funds New Documentary Journalism Program at MU
New Program Made Possible by Gift from Bunim/Murray Productions Chairman and MU Alumnus Jonathan Murray Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 11, 2014) — The University of Missouri today announced a gift of $6.7 million from Jonathan Murray, an Emmy Award-winning MU alumnus and chairman of Bunim/Murray Productions, to create a documentary journalism program in the Missouri School … Continued