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Jamie Grey Nominated for Emmy in the Crime/Single Story/Series Category
For her Emmy-nominated story for KOMU, former assistant professor Jamie Grey utilized multiple body camera videos and video depositions as well as shot portions of the story using just her iPad. Nomination Places J-School Instructor’s Work Head-to-Head with Major News Outlets in St. Louis, Kansas City Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 20, 2018) — Former assistant professor … Continued
KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV Win National Edward R. Murrow Awards
Serving as working laboratories for broadcast journalism students at the Missouri School of Journalism, KBIA-FM and KOMU-TV have consistently bested professional news outlets nationwide in competition for RTDNA’s prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award. Missouri’s Student-Staffed Media Outlets Compete with the Nation’s Best…and Win Columbia, Mo. (June 22, 2018) — KBIA-FM has won its fifth consecutive … Continued
KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV Win 11 Awards from Missouri Broadcasters Association
University of Missouri faculty, staff and alumni on hand for the 2018 Missouri Broadcasters Association award banquet included (top, left to right) Dean David Kurpius; Kent Collins, BJ ’70, associate professor; Bob Priddy, BJ ’63, Missourinet news director (retired); Clyde Lear, MA ’68, founder of Learfield Communications. Bottom, left to right: Landon Burke, BJ ’15, … Continued
Lauren Barnas and Carter Woodiel Place in Top 3 in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program
Lauren Barnas, BJ ’17, and Carter Woodiel both placed in the top three at the 58th annual William Randolph Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Recent Alumna and Journalism Senior Place Third in the “Pulitzer Prizes of College Journalism” By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (March 19, 2018) — Two Missouri School of Journalism competitors placed in the top … Continued
University of Missouri Student Journalists Prepare to Cover Mizzou Tigers at NCAA Tournaments
Undergraduate NCAA tournament student reporters include (top row, from left) Hailey Hofer, Will Jarvis and Eric Lee. Bottom row, from left: Kevin Levine, Alec Lewis and Matt Weller. By Jennifer Nelson Columbia, Mo. (March 15, 2018) — Months of hard work have paid off for the University of Missouri‘s basketball teams – and the student … Continued
Volunteering Provides J-School Students with Fun, Hands-On Experience
Working on KOMU’s ‘Friday Night Fever’ Offers a Primer on the Missouri Method By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 27, 2017) — In nearly any other mid-size market, local news stations would be hard-pressed to cover more than 40 local and regional high school football games each week. At the University of Missouri, journalism students … Continued
KOMU-TV, KBIA-FM Win 4 National Edward R. Murrow Awards
Missouri Journalism media outlets KOMU-TV and KBIA-FM beat out hundreds of the nation’s top local and network programs to win national Edward R. Murrow Awards on Oct. 9 at the 2017 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Edward R. Murrow Awards Gala in New York City. News Outlets Serve as Teaching Labs for Missouri School … Continued
KOMU-TV 8 Named ‘Station of the Year’ by the Missouri Broadcasters Association
In honoring KOMU-TV 8 with its top prize, the Missouri Broadcasters Association cited the station for its Target 8 investigations, such as its story on Columbia-area sex offenders living too close to public schools in violation of Missouri statutes. Target 8 Chief Investigator Jamie Greber (top left) and alumna Stephanie Sierra, BJ ’16, worked together … Continued
KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV Win 13 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
KBIA-FM and KOMU-TV have won 13 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for the best electronic journalism produced in Region 5, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The International Competition Recognizes the Best Electronic Journalism Produced by Radio, TV and Online News Organizations Columbia, Mo. (May 16, 2017) — Two student-staffed newsrooms at the Missouri … Continued
2 Journalism Students Place in Top 12 in the Hearst TV News Competition
They Were Selected from 70 Entrants from 39 Schools Across the US By Yue Tang San Francisco (April 14, 2017) — Two Missouri School of Journalism students placed in the top 12 in the Television Broadcast News Competition of the 2016-17 national Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Current KOMU-TV reporter and anchor Lauren Barnas placed sixth, … Continued