Missouri School of Journalism Students Head to Work as Journalists

Seven Selected for Prestigious Dow Jones News Fund Summer Internships Princeton, N.J. (June 11, 2012)— Seven Missouri School of Journalism students have been selected by the Dow Jones News Fund to work as news and sports copy editors, multimedia editors and business reporters at news organizations across the country this summer. They were among the … Continued

Six Master’s Students Attend Annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner

The Experience Includes Personal Congratulations from the President and First Lady Columbia, Mo. (May 18, 2012) — Six Missouri School of Journalism students had tickets to one of the hottest events in Washington – the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Headlined by comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, the event was attended by … Continued

Missouri School of Journalism Places in Top Ten in Hearst Multimedia Competition IV

San Francisco (May 14, 2012) — The top ten winners in the college Multimedia IV Team Reporting category were announced in the William Randolph Hearst Foundation‘s Journalism Awards Program, in which 106 undergraduate journalism programs at universities across the nation are eligible to participate. The Missouri School of Journalism placed tenth for Project 573, an … Continued

Four National Winners and Four National Finalists: Missouri Journalism Work Earns Eight SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards

Columbia, Mo. (May 8, 2012) — Four national winners and four national finalists – Missouri School of Journalism students excelled in the Society of Professional Journalists 2011 Mark of Excellence Awards, recognizing collegiate work published or broadcasted during 2011. This year, student journalists from across the country submitted more than 4,000 entries. Winners and finalists … Continued

Strategic Communication Students Participate in Award-Winning Mindfire Program

Senior Jordan Tatman Awarded $100 for Winning Idea New York (May 7, 2012) — Missouri School of Journalism strategic communication students are among those from 40 elite and diverse universities around the world to participate in Mindfire. This idea engine – just awarded the Silver SABRE Award for PR Product of the Year by the … Continued

New Website Lauds Work of Those Who Care for Mid-Missouri’s Mentally Ill Population

Missouri School of Journalism Students Share Skill Sets to Produce the Project By Jessica Cullen Marketing Manager Project 573 Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2012) — A new multimedia website lauding the work of those who care for mid-Missouri residents with a mental illness will launch today. “An Unsung System” includes seven stories about people who … Continued

Missouri School of Journalism Students Earn 29 SPJ Regional Mark of Excellence Awards

By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (April 13, 2012) — The published work of 22 Missouri School of Journalism students earned Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards, a competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists for the best in student journalism. Several students received multiple awards. Missouri students earned 29 awards by placing … Continued

‘Letters Home’ Offers a Bridge of Support Between Alumni and Students

Columbia, Mo. (April 5, 2012) — “Letters Home,” an initiative to obtain advice from alumni for current Missouri School of Journalism students, recently made its debut on the website of Online News Association Mizzou. Juana Summers, BJ ’09, who works as a national political reporter for POLITICO, wrote the first letter. In the Feb. 27 … Continued