McDougall Center welcomes new Women Photojournalists of Washington exhibit

Luca Giordano, right, a junior from St Louis who’s studying documentary journalism and history, meets with Washington, D.C., photojournalist Allison Robbert for a portfolio review on Sept. 11, 2025, in the McDougall Center gallery. Photo: Nate Brown By Emily Early COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 17, 2025) — The Missouri School of Journalism’s Angus and Betty McDougall … Continued

Revived Japan program is a hit for Missouri School of Journalism students

Students were given a tote with gifts following the conclusion of the campaign. By Jack Toal COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 17, 2025) — The Missouri School of Journalism’s Global Programs office reignited the Tokyo experience this summer with McCann Worldgroup after a five-year hiatus. A group of seven students spent a month getting exposure to the … Continued

Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wins Collaboration Award from LION Publishers

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 9, 2025) — The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an environmental journalism collaborative based at the Missouri School of Journalism, has won the Collaboration of the Year Award from nonprofit news consortium LION Publishers. Part of the 2025 LION Sustainability Awards, the honor recognizes the Ag & … Continued

Experience Mizzou at the School of Journalism on Friday, Sept. 5

Get ready to roar, J-School Tigers! As part of the university-wide Experience Mizzou celebration leading up to the sold-out Mizzou-kU rivalry game, the Missouri School of Journalism is opening its doors to the community with a full slate of events. Choose your own experience: drop in any time between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. for open-house activities, … Continued

KBIA and KPR bring Mizzou-Kansas rivalry to the airwaves with inaugural Radio Rivals fundraising competition

By Austin Fitzgerald Public radio will join the fray when Mizzou Football faces off against the University of Kansas in a revival of the 134-year-old gridiron rivalry on Saturday, Sept. 6. Beginning on Thursday, Sept. 4, and continuing through game day, KBIA-FM — the Missouri School of Journalism’s NPR-member station — will battle Kansas Public … Continued

Play ball! Mizzou senior scores ‘dream’ internship at MLB Network

Rory Whetstone turned her lifelong love of baseball into a dream internship at MLB Network, where she covered breaking news, learned from top broadcasters and saw her career goals come into sharper focus Contact: Eric Stann, StannE@missouri.eduPhotos courtesy Rory Whetstone From a young age, Rory Whetstone wasn’t just a baseball fan — she was a … Continued

Missouri School of Journalism students win Online Journalism Award for series exposing use of industrial waste in fertilizer

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 29, 2025) — A team of students at the Missouri School of Journalism has won the Student Journalism Award from the Online Journalism Awards (OJA), a program of the Online News Association honoring digital storytelling. The winning series, “Waste Land,” was published last year in the Columbia Missourian — … Continued

FRONTLINE names 2025-26 Missouri School of Journalism Reporting Fellow

BOSTON (Aug. 26, 2025) — This month, the PBS investigative series FRONTLINE, produced at GBH in Boston, welcomes the 2025-26 reporting fellow Skye Lucas, MA ’25. Now in its third year, this year-long fellowship aims to expose new and emerging investigative journalists to FRONTLINE’s award-winning approach to documentary storytelling, immersing fellows into all phases of the series’ … Continued