Missouri Method
Intensive Career Workshop Prepares Radio-TV Students for Interviews and Job Searches
Sessions Focused on Application Strategies, Creating Resume Reels and Handling Pay Negotiation By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 20, 2014) — Expert faculty members provided students with tips on effective job searching at a workshop hosted by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) on Feb. 16. The “Get Me Hired” workshop, held at the … Continued
3 Missouri Journalism Students Named Inaugural Recipients of the MU Award for Academic Distinction
The Student-Led Initiative Recognizes Those Who Have Made Significant Contributions to the Body of Knowledge By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 12, 2014) — Three Missouri School of Journalism students are among the 14 University of Missouri students named the inaugural recipients of the new MU Award for Academic Distinction. All are members of the … Continued
Missouri Magazine Journalism Students Learn How to Write, Produce Radio Commentaries
Multimedia Skills Enhance Portfolios and Broaden Career Opportunities By Gwen Girsdansky Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2014) — Learning how to write radio commentaries that keep listeners in their cars until the end – the so-called “driveway moment” – is part of the Advanced Writing capstone course for magazine students at the Missouri School … Continued
A Section of the Fundamentals of Multimedia Class Uses All-Mobile Reporting Techniques
Missouri Sophomores Learn to Use iPhones, iPads to Capture and Edit High-Quality Multimedia Pieces By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 30, 2014) — This spring, 13 Missouri School of Journalism students will embark on a new kind of class: one that sends them out with just an iPhone or iPad and teaches them to use … Continued
News Professionals Select Missouri as the Top J-School in the Country
The ‘Missouri Method’ of Hands-On, Real-Media Training Cited for No. 1 Ranking Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 17, 2013) — News professionals have selected the Missouri School of Journalism as the top J-school in the country in the 2013 NewsPro–Radio Television Digital News Association Top Journalism Schools poll. “Survey: The Top 25 Journalism Schools – NewsPro’s Survey … Continued
A First: Social Media Reporter Among Those Covering SEC Championship Game for the Missourian
Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 6, 2013) — From the moment the Columbia Missourian team leaves the University of Missouri columns to the arrival in Atlanta, its members will give readers and followers a sense of the road trip and images of Tiger fans they meet along the way. For the first time the Missourian is sending … Continued
Boot Camp Prepares Missouri Journalism Students to Apply for Internships
Sessions Focused on Interview Skills, Resumes, Online Personas and More Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 4, 2013) — More than 150 Missouri School of Journalism students participated in the recent Internship Boot Camp, an opportunity to polish their cover letters and resumes, practice interview skills and to learn more about professionalism in the workplace. The five-hour boot … Continued
Alex Mallin Named David Kaplan Fellow, Will Work at ABC News Washington Bureau
The Radio-TV Senior Plans to Report on International Political Issues After Graduation By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 21, 2013) — Alex Mallin, a senior at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been selected as the next David Kaplan Memorial Fellow and will spend next semester working at ABC News Washington Bureau. The fellowship was … Continued
Students Use Google Glass to Cover the World Food Prize Conference
The New Wearable Technology Has Potential for Journalism By Bill Allen Des Moines, Iowa (Oct. 21, 2013) — It started when Bruce Rasa walked into the pressroom Thursday afternoon in the Marriott Hotel Downtown wearing Google Glass. It ended with Kate Hrdina and Rachel Zamzow, two University of Missouri students, pioneering in using Google Glass … Continued
Emerging Technologies in Journalism Class Experiments with Distant News Coverage of ONA13
Project Might Provide Insights About How to Maximize Work of Foreign Bureaus Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 21, 2013) — Students from the Emerging Technologies in Journalism class at the Missouri School of Journalism experimented in technology-enabled distant news coverage of ONA13, the Online News Association 2013 conference held Oct. 17-19 in Atlanta. Each of the students … Continued