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KBIA Wins Second National Edward R. Murrow Award
Student Reporters August Skamenca, Matt Wynn Investigate, Write and Produce Award-Winning Story Columbia, Mo. (June 28, 2007) — It was a repeat performance for KBIA and Missouri School of Journalism senior August Skamenca in this year’s national Edward R. Murrow Awards contest, presented by the Radio-Television News Directors Association. Skamenca and Matt Wynn, BJ ’07, … Continued
Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards KOMU, KBIA Top Honors
Broadcast Newsrooms Create Real-Life Lab Experiences for Missouri School of Journalism Students Columbia, Mo. (June 15, 2007) — The Missouri Broadcasters Association (MBA) recently awarded KOMU and KBIA top honors in several categories of its annual television and radio contest. KOMU won best newscast, weathercast and feature reporting, while KBIA won best news series and feature … Continued
Student Reporters at KBIA Radio Win Four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Columbia, Mo. (April 19, 2007) — In one of the nation’s most prestigious broadcast awards programs, four Missouri School Journalism students working at KBIA radio competed with professionals and brought home top honors. Seniors Ryan Famuliner and August Skamenca, along with recent graduates Hayley Salvo, BJ ’06, and Bente Birkeland, MA ’06, each won a … Continued
Skamenca Wins National Unity Award for Coverage of Minority Affairs
By Kate Greer Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 8, 2006) — August Skamenca, a KBIA reporter and senior radio-television journalism major from Denver, Colo., is the first Missouri School of Journalism student to receive a national Unity Award in Media from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. His award-winning story, “Odyssey of Oppression,” is an in-depth look at human smuggling in the … Continued
RTNDA Student Members Visit Kansas City Television Stations
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 15, 2006) — Seventeen members of the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) student chapter at the Missouri School of Journalism had the opportunity to learn about news operations at two Kansas City television stations during a recent trip. The visits allowed students to compare the real-world media experience they receive as part of … Continued
Collaborative Merge of KBIA, KOMU and the Missourian Newsrooms Creates a New Convergence Experience for Students
By Alexandra Rampy Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 10, 2006) — Missouri Journalism students and faculty from all areas of study recently participated in a groundbreaking convergence project called “Smart Decision,” a multimedia Web site that provided in-depth coverage of the 2006 state and local mid-term elections. Smart Decision, which launched earlier this semester, gave students across all … Continued
Convergence Project Helps Magazine Journalism Students Learn Radio Skills
By Katie Costello Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 31, 2006) — When Katy June-Friesen signed up for Mary Kay Blakely‘s advanced writing class at the Missouri School of Journalism, she had no idea that she would be producing a broadcast feature for KBIA, the University of Missouri’s National Public Radio member station. Students in Blakely’s and Berkley Hudson‘s advanced writing classes write … Continued
NPR Associate Producer/Alumna Heats Up the Air Waves at KBIA as a Hearst Visiting Professional
“Listening Lounge” Brings Radio to Life for Students By Alexandra Rampy Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 17, 2006) — “I just love these Cheetos! They make me go crazy!” a child squeals as his classmates’ laughter echo him. “Your booty might get burned!” another child warned the narrator. These sound clips, which originally ran as part of a … Continued
Skamenca Wins His Second PRNDI National Award
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 31, 2006) — KBIA reporter August Skamenca won the first place award in the news feature category in the 2006 Public Radio News Director, Inc. awards competition, the only national contest recognizing outstanding public radio news reporting at local stations. His winning entry, “Odyssey of Oppression,” examined human smuggling and travel by undocumented workers across the … Continued
Salvo Named 2006 RTNDA Fellow, Wins National Internship at CBS Radio News
By Brenda Escobar Columbia, Mo. (June 30, 2006) — Hayley Salvo, a senior radio-television journalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism, was named the 2006 Rob Sunde Fellow at the recent Radio and Television News Directors Association‘s annual conference. Salvo, from Carrollton, Texas, reports and anchors the news for KBIA radio, one of the most successful public … Continued