News Releases
MU Tap Day Honors 21 Journalism Students and a Faculty Member
Columbia, Mo. (April 28, 2011) — During the recent 84th annual Tap Day on the University of Missouri campus, 21 Missouri School of Journalism students and one faculty member were tapped into five of the six University of Missouri’s secret honorary societies. Top row, from left: Adrianna Amato, Charles Davis, Jayme Gardner, Evan Glantz, Maggie … Continued
Photojournalism Student Wins First Student Sports Shooter Annual Portfolio Competition
Senior Patrick Fallon’s Sports Portfolio is Selected out of 118 Entries By Dolores Obregon Planning and Communications Staff Columbia, Mo. (April 22, 2011) — Patrick Fallon, a senior photojournalism student, won the first Student Sports Shooter Portfolio Competition. Hosted by the Sports Shooter Academy, this award recognizes the best student and professional sports photographers of … Continued
MU to Award Honorary Degree to Journalist Byron Calame, BJ ’61
By Kate McIntyre MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (April 20, 2011) — Over the past four decades, Missouri native and University of Missouri alumnus Byron E. “Barney” Calame has dedicated himself to the practice of ethical journalism and to the education of aspiring journalists. For his work in the field of journalism, the University of … Continued
17 Students Honored with SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards
By Dolores Obregon Planning and Communications Staff Columbia, Mo. (April 20, 2011) — The published work of 17 Missouri School of Journalism students has 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. Radio-television journalism students won 19 … Continued
Barbara Ifshin Receives the MU Excellence in Education Award
Strategic Communication Faculty Member Cited for Work with MOJO Ad Columbia, Mo. (April 19, 2011) — Barbara Ifshin, a member of the strategic communication faculty and director of account management and planning for MOJO Ad, is a recipient of the 2011 Excellence in Education Award at the University of Missouri. Members of the campus community … Continued
Students Establish Online News Association at the Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2011) — Missouri School of Journalism students interested in digital journalism have a new extracurricular outlet for professional networking and development, the Online News Association (ONA) Mizzou club. “The Online News Association provides our students with a unique professional and networking outlet,” said Amy Simons, assistant professor who serves as the … Continued
Challenges to Public Broadcasting to Be Discussed by Top Leaders and Journalists
Washington, D.C. (April 12, 2011) — Public broadcasting is facing the most serious threat to federal funding in its 44-year history. Top industry leaders and journalists will gather to discuss this issue at the 2011 Curtis B. Hurley Symposium on April 26 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Leading the dialogue will be the … Continued
Earnest Perry Selected for Summer Institute at Harvard University
Columbia, Mo. (April 12, 2011) — Earnest L. Perry Jr., associate professor and chair of journalism studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been selected to participate in the 2011 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Institute for College Teachers at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University. The four-week program, hosted … Continued
News Writing Styles Not to Blame for Newspaper Readership Decline, MU Researchers Find
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (April 12, 2011) — In the past several years, newspaper readership has shrunk in the tough economic climate, particularly among females. Many have criticized common news writing style used by newspapers as a possible cause for the decline. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found … Continued
Alumna Named Recipient of NCA/ICA Dissertation of the Year Award
Liz Gardner, PhD ’10, Wins $500 and a Complementary Ticket to the Conference in Boston By Dolores Obregon Planning and Communications Staff Columbia, Mo. (April 7, 2011) — Liz Gardner, PhD ’10, was selected as the winner of the 2011 National Communication Association/International Communication Association Health Communication Division Dissertation of the Year award. As this … Continued