Faculty
Steve Weinberg Receives UM Curators’ Award for Scholarly Excellence
Columbia, Mo. (June 14, 2010) — Missouri School of Journalism Professor Steve Weinberg was one of five faculty members honored for excellence at a recent University of Missouri System awards ceremony hosted by the UM Board of Curators and President Gary Forsee and his wife, Sherry. Weinberg received the Curators’ Award for Scholarly Excellence, an annual … Continued
Missouri Journalism Faculty, Students End Academic Year with Impressive Research Record
Productivity Includes 34 Journal Articles, 89 Refereed Papers, 9 Books and 16 Book Chapters Columbia, Mo. (June 14, 2010) — Missouri School of Journalism faculty and students produced a striking amount and breadth of journalism and mass communications research in the 2009-2010 academic year. Researchers discovered a range of significant and illuminating results. For example: … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students, Faculty, Alumni to Present 12 Papers, Lead Panel Discussions at 2010 ICA Conference in Singapore
Columbia, Mo. (June 7, 2010) — A dozen papers written or co-authored by Missouri School of Journalism faculty, students and alumni will be presented at the International Communication Association‘s 60th annual conference on June 22-26 in Singapore. ICA is a global network of scholars with the mutual aim of producing and sharing research worldwide. Papers … Continued
Glenn Leshner Named O.O. McIntyre Professor for 2010
Columbia, Mo. (June 7, 2010) — Associate Professor Glenn Leshner is the winner of the 2010 O.O. McIntyre Professorship for excellence in teaching, an annual award presented by the Missouri School of Journalism. Leshner will receive a $10,000 salary supplement for the upcoming academic year. Leshner’s research interests focus on social and psychological processing of … Continued
Health Coverage in Popular Women’s Magazines Focuses on an Individual’s Initiative, Missouri Journalism Professor Suggests
Columbia, Mo. (May 28, 2010) — Popular women’s magazines tend to focus on what women can do as individuals to better their health yet largely ignore collective or institutional actions needed to address problems in health and healthcare, a Missouri School of Journalism study has found. The study’s author, Assistant Professor Amanda Hinnant, analyzed articles … Continued
New Curriculum Expands Study Options for Incoming Undergraduates at the Missouri School of Journalism
25 Interest Areas Are Offered Columbia, Mo. (May 26, 2010) — Incoming undergraduates in the Missouri School of Journalism will have a new way of selecting their majors effective with the fall 2010 semester. Journalism students will now choose from an array of interest areas designed to build expertise in areas in which journalism and … Continued
Kappa Tau Alpha to Honor Professor Emeritus George Kennedy with Outstanding Service Award
Columbia, Mo. (May 10, 2010) — The Frank Luther Mott Chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha has named Professor Emeritus George Kennedy as the 2010 recipient of the Keith P. Sanders Outstanding Service Award. The award will be presented during the May 15 ceremony inducting new members into Kappa Tau Alpha. The award recognizes Kennedy’s “exemplary … Continued
The Clock Is Ticking for Mobile Journalism Adaptation, Journalism Professor Says
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2010) — This January, Gartner, Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company, announced their prediction that by 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide. Clyde Bentley, an associate professor of convergence journalism at the Missouri School … Continued
All the World’s a Museum…and the Information May Be as Close as Your Cell Phone
By Kris Hilgedick Jefferson City News Tribune Used by permission. Columbia, Mo. (May 5, 2010) — The idea arrived the way many ideas do: Clyde Bentley, a professor of journalism at the University of Missouri, was taking an outdoors stroll through a Columbia park. “It had just snowed on this remote bench, when I noted … Continued
Five Missouri School of Journalism Faculty Members Approved for Graduate Faculty Status
Columbia, Mo. (April 29, 2010) — The University of Missouri Graduate School has approved Missouri School of Journalism faculty members Jeanne Abbott, Holly Edgell, Gary Grigsby, Janet Saidi and Marty Steffens for membership on the Graduate Faculty. Graduate Faculty membership is required to teach graduate-level courses, chair master’s thesis committees, and to vote on graduate education … Continued