Faculty
Barbara Ifshin Receives the MU Excellence in Education Award
Strategic Communication Faculty Member Cited for Work with MOJO Ad Columbia, Mo. (April 19, 2011) — Barbara Ifshin, a member of the strategic communication faculty and director of account management and planning for MOJO Ad, is a recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Education Award at the University of Missouri. Members of the campus community … Continued
Challenges to Public Broadcasting to Be Discussed by Top Leaders and Journalists
Washington, D.C. (April 12, 2011) — Public broadcasting is facing the most serious threat to federal funding in its 44-year history. Top industry leaders and journalists will gather to discuss this issue at the 2011 Curtis B. Hurley Symposium on April 26 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Leading the dialogue will be the … Continued
Earnest Perry Selected for Summer Institute at Harvard University
Columbia, Mo. (April 12, 2011) — Earnest L. Perry Jr., associate professor and chair of journalism studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been selected to participate in the 2011 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute for College Teachers at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University. The four-week program, hosted … Continued
Missouri Journalism Professor Awarded 2011 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
Mike McKean Is One of Five MU Teachers to Be Recognized By Dolores Obregon Planning and Communications Staff Columbia, Mo. (April 7, 2011) — Mike McKean knew he had been nominated for one of the William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence, but he did not know when the winners would be announced. The “when” … Continued
Journalism Professor Works to Make Missouri Information More Accessible
Open Missouri Project to Simplify Searching for Missouri Government Data By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (March 18, 2011) — Despite a dramatic increase of available information due to the prevalence of the Internet, many important government records and data are still not readily accessible for citizens and journalists to view online. In … Continued
Local Public Broadcasting Stations Should Not Lose Funding Because of Problems with NPR, MU Journalism Expert Says
By Christian Basi MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (March 11, 2011) — Vivian Schiller, the president of National Public Radio (NPR), resigned on Wednesday, following the release of a video that records one of NPR’s fundraising executives criticizing the Republican party while also referring to Tea Party supporters as “seriously racist, racist people.” Barbara Cochran, … Continued
Life Stories: Jane Eleanor Clark, MA ’69
Jane Eleanor Clark, 82, died on March 2, 2011, at Lenoir Woods Senior Community. Ashes will be interred in the Memorial Garden at Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia, with visitation at Parker Funeral Service, 22 N. 10th Street, on Thursday, March 24, from 6-7 p.m. Jane was born July 15, 1929, in Pittsburgh, the only … Continued
Journalism Professor Offers Insight on Chinese Overseas Publicity Efforts
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (March 7, 2011) — In recent years, the Chinese government has poured millions of dollars into high-profile events like the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai and several publicity campaigns in the United States. According to a Missouri School of … Continued
School’s Commemorative Book Wins Silver ADDY Award from the KC Chapter of the American Advertising Federation
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 25, 2011) — The hardcover commemorative book celebrating the first century in journalism education at the Missouri School of Journalism and the dedication of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute has won a Silver ADDY award from the Kansas City chapter of the American Advertising Federation. “The J-School: Celebrating One Hundred Years … Continued
William Taft, Historian and Journalism Educator, Dies at 95
By Ally Appelbaum Columbia Missourian Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 21, 2011) — One requirement that sticks out in students’ minds of William Taft’s history and principles of journalism class was to memorize and recite the Journalist’s Creed written by Walter Williams, founding dean of the Missouri School of Journalism. “Bill Taft was a man who cared … Continued