Faculty
Professor Marty Steffens Elected to Executive Board of International Press Institute
The Global Network of Editors and Leading Journalists Focuses on Press Freedom and Improving the Practice of Journalism Cape Town (May 12, 2014) — Marty Steffens, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers endowed chair at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been elected to serve a four-year term on the executive board of … Continued
Two Magazine Journalism Faculty Members to Retire at End of Academic Year
Mary Kay Blakely and Michael Grinfeld Will Have Given a Combined 30 Years of Teaching, Research and Service to the School and University Columbia, Mo. (May 12, 2014) — Mary Kay Blakely and Michael Grinfeld, both an associate professor of magazine journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, will retire at the end of the … Continued
9 Missouri Journalism Students, 1 Professor Inducted into Selective Collegiate Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Members Build an Enduring Legacy for Future Generations Columbia, Mo. (May 12, 2014) — Nine Missouri School of Journalism juniors and seniors and one journalism faculty member were recently inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Founded in 1897 at … Continued
Professor Earnest Perry and Alumna Jane Singer Elected to AEJMC Leadership Positions
Their Committees Appointments Focus on Teaching Standards and Professional Freedom and Responsibility Columbia, Mo. (May 8, 2014) — Associate Professor Earnest Perry, MA ’95, PhD ’98, and Jane Singer, PhD ’96, a professor at City University London, have been elected to two key committees of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Each … Continued
Dean Mills Honored by Missouri Interscholastic Press Association with Knight Award
His Support of Scholastic Journalism Has Benefited High School Students and Educators By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 28, 2014) — Dean Mills, the dean of the Missouri School of Journalism, was awarded the 2014 Knight Award by the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. The recognition was announced during April’s Scholastic Journalism Day on the University … Continued
Associate Professor Maggie Walter Receives Outstanding Journalism Alumna Award from Ball State University
The Copy Editing Guru Credits Curiosity as Key to Being a Journalist and Educator By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 22, 2014) — Her journalism career started back in third grade, when Maggie Walter still went by “Cookie” (from the Blondie comic strip) and earned a nickel a month writing the third-grade class report. Every … Continued
Updating the Missouri Method with Rapid Iteration, Multiplatform Delivery
By Jim Flink This is the second installment of Jim Flink‘s coverage of his new multiplatform experiment at the Missouri School of Journalism. Check out his opening piece that ran in February. Originally published to PBS MediaShift; used by permission. What causes species to migrate? Inhospitable conditions? A yearning for home? A longing for greener pastures? In the … Continued
MU Journalism Dean Names Reeves New KOMU-TV News Director
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2014) — Dean Mills, dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, announced today that Randy Reeves has been named news director at KOMU-TV, effective Sept. 1, 2014. Reeves, an associate professor in the MU School of Journalism, will replace Stacey Woelfel, who was … 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
Missouri School of Journalism Dean to Retire in August
By Christian Basi MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2014) — University of Missouri Interim Provost Ken Dean announced today that Dean Mills, dean of the MU School of Journalism, will retire effective Aug. 31, 2014. Mills, who has served in this position for 25 years, is the longest current serving dean at MU. … Continued