News Releases
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
Janet Saidi releases biography of Jane Austen, marking influential author’s 250th birthday
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 22, 2025) — Dec. 16, 2025, will mark the 250th birthday of Jane Austen, a towering figure in literary history and the author of such immensely popular novels as “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility.” Just in time for the occasion, the Missouri School of Journalism’s Janet Saidi … Continued
Keith Greenwood earns national AJHA teaching award
The award recognizes Greenwood’s approach to making journalism history relevant By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 20, 2025) — Keith Greenwood, an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, will receive the 2025 National Award for Excellence in Teaching from the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA). The award recognizes excellence in teaching journalism and … Continued
Update: KBIA wins two national awards for series about sustainable agriculture
Schleis interviews farmer Arlyn Kauffman in Weldon, Iowa, for an episode about peer-to-peer farmer training and support. By Austin FitzgeraldPhotos by Cory W. MacNeil, Ph.D. ’24 UPDATE Aug. 14, 2025: “The Next Harvest,” KBIA-FM’s series about challenges facing sustainable agriculture in the Midwest, has added a national Murrow Award to its list of honors. Bestowed … Continued