Missouri Method
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
AdZou Helps the Pettis County Health Center Rebrand Its Image
The Communication Plan Aims to Increase Utilization of Services By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 18, 2013) — The work of a Missouri School of Journalism AdZou campaign team is helping the Pettis County Health Center reach its community with a rebranded image. The health center is implementing the students’ recommendations mere months after receiving … Continued
Family Weekend Visitors Meet Faculty and Tour Journalism Facilities
By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 9, 2013) — The Missouri School of Journalism welcomed families of current students during the Sept. 27-29 Family Weekend at the University of Missouri. The visitors had opportunities to tour the professional newsrooms and other facilities as well as interact with faculty and learn more about journalistic innovations. “It … Continued
Missouri Photo Workshop Publishes ‘Troy,’ the Latest Book in Series of Small-Town Portraits
Timmy Huynh, MA ’13, Edited the Book as Part of His Master’s Project By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 9, 2013) — Forty photographers inundated Troy, Mo., last September, coming from nine different countries with the goal of documenting life in one Missouri town. Together with the people of Troy, they captured a portrait of … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Learn Radio Skills at Nation’s No. 4 NPR-Member Station
KBIA-FM Recently Ranked as One of the Most Listened-to Public Radio Stations in the U.S. By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2013) — The hour-to-hour coverage at KBIA-FM might include a 21-year-old Missouri School of Journalism student at Columbia’s city hall producing interviews and a story about how the police department is reacting to … Continued
2 Missouri Journalism Students Create a Major Multimedia Exhibit About Boone County Residents
‘100 Ages, A Century of Voices’ Shares the Stories of Those Between the Ages of 1 and 100 By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism student Alyssa Goodman was walking to her internship at Xinhua News Agency of China in Brussels during the summer of 2012 when she … Continued