News Releases
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
2025 Missouri Honor Medal recipients to deliver master classes at Missouri School of Journalism
Public master classes are part of a full day of events, including an expert panel on global erosion of press freedoms By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 12, 2025) — On Tuesday, September 30, this year’s Missouri Honor Medalists will present free, public master classes drawing from the experience and wisdom they have gathered over … 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
Missouri School of Journalism alumna finds path as an intellectual property attorney
By Isabella Trost In the fall of 2018, Jazmyn Ferguson, BJ and BSBA ’19, had to make a decision. She was entering her senior year at the Missouri School of Journalism, majoring in journalism and business. However, she was unsure if either of those majors would factor into her life after graduation or if she … 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