Missouri Method
Missouri School of Journalism student earns top 5 finish in Hearst Audio Competition
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 21) — Senior Briana Heaney has won fifth place in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Audio Competition, earning her $1,000 and an automatic berth in Hearst’s National Audio Championship in San Francisco. “It’s fantastic to continue to see our audio journalism program represented on the national stage through excellent … Continued
Digital ambassadors
MU senior Sofi Zeman served as a Potter Digital Ambassador at The Northeast News in Kansas City. Photo: The Northeast News Contact: Sara Diedrich, 573-882-3243, diedrichs@misssouri.edu Don’t tell publisher Mike Bushnell and his award-winning staff at Kansas City’s Northeast News that readers don’t crave community journalism. The bustling multimedia weekly is proof they do. The … Continued
NY Campaign program challenges strategic communication students to pitch marketing campaigns at major New York City ad agency
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 16, 2023) — Twenty-one strategic communication students from the Missouri School of Journalism traveled over Winter Break to New York City, where they created and pitched marketing campaigns for a real client of global agency VMLY&R. The program was a new venture for the School of Journalism’s New York … Continued
Mentor Network helps Damon Kiesow bring Missouri Method of hands-on learning to emerging product thinkers in journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Jan. 24, 2023) — Damon Kiesow, the Knight Chair in Digital Editing and Producing at the Missouri School of Journalism, is offering his expertise in service of the industry as a mentor in the News Product Alliance’s (NPA) Mentor Network. As a co-founder of the NPA and one of the … Continued
MOJO Ad students unwrap sweet campaigns for client Sour Patch Kids
Seniors Kate Cupp and Kallie Lehenbauer of MoJo Ad take a selfie with their new client’s product Aug. 22, 2022, in Lee Hills Hall. Sour Patch Kids was announced as this semester’s client on the first day of class. Student advertisers gave final presentations to Sour Patch Kids executives, industry professionals and J-School representatives in … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students gain hands-on event planning experience
By Claire Hamlin The events planning and promotion course at the University of Missouri offers journalism students the opportunity to gain real-world experience in event planning. During fall 2022, students are working collaboratively to plan and promote events for two clients — American Public Square at Jewel (APS), a community organization dedicated to improving public … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism announces inaugural class of Gregory Scholars
L-R: Doctoral student Ting-Hao Tsou, master’s student and J-School alum Cate Enrooth, junior Owen Bazigian, Shelly Rodgers, junior Sophie Carite, master’s student Krutika Deshpande, junior Nahomi Gonzalez, and doctoral student Justin Willett The Gregory Scholars Program offers paid, interdisciplinary research experience to undergraduate and graduate students alike By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 31, 2022) … Continued
Two Missouri School of Journalism students selected for prestigious Kaplan Fellowship
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 25, 2022) — Ella McCarthy and Leah Vredenbregt, seniors at the Missouri School of Journalism, have been named the 30th and 31st David Kaplan Memorial Fellows. McCarthy and Vredenbregt will work at the ABC News Washington Bureau in Washington, D.C., in the spring. The announcement marks only the second … Continued
Ag & Water Desk launches first collaborative project, ‘When It Rains’
Missouri School of Journalism students Mikayla Higgins and Adam Goldstein edit an interview with a St. Louis resident who experienced flooding to create a social media post as part of the ‘When It Rains’ series. After floods hammered St. Louis and eastern Kentucky this summer, the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wanted to know: … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism and MU News Bureau come together to give students real-world news conference experience
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 3, 2022) — The Missouri School of Journalism is partnering with the University of Missouri’s media relations office, the MU News Bureau, to hold professional news conferences for journalism students. Jointly coordinated by Professor Amy Simons and the News Bureau and generally occurring once a month when school is … Continued