News Releases
MU Researchers Find Celebrity Journalism May Contribute Positively to Consumer Health Behaviors
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 13, 2010) — Celebrity journalism is often considered to be without merit, discounted due to its sensational details and lack of news value. MU researchers now say that celebrity journalism may be an underappreciated way to communicate health messages. In a recent award-winning paper, Amanda Hinnant, … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Named Dow Jones News Fund’s Top Intern
By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 13, 2010) — Missouri School of Journalism student Joshua Barone recently was selected as the 2010 Edward Trayes Scholar. Given to the top intern in the Dow Jones News Fund‘s rigorous copy editing summer program, the honor also includes a $1,000 scholarship. Barone is the seventh recipient … Continued
Four Journalism Alumni Honored at Mizzou Alumni Association Awards Ceremony
By Jerett Rion Mizzou Alumni Association Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 11, 2010) — Four Missouri School of Journalism alumni were among those who received a faculty-alumni award during the 43rd annual Mizzou Alumni Association Faculty-Alumni awards ceremony. Mike McKean, BJ ’79; Ken Paulson, BJ ’75; Tom Schultz, BJ ’56; John Walsh, MA ’68, were honored Oct. … Continued
Journalism Graduate Student Published with News21
Stevie Mathieu Collaborated on Multimedia Story about Transportation Safety By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Journalism graduate student Stevie Mathieu was one of 11 students, each from a different university, who spent 10 weeks of the summer at News21, collaborating on a 23-story multimedia investigation into transportation safety in America. The project, based at Arizona State … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Travels to Guatemala as Winner of International YouTube/Pulitzer Center Contest
By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 6, 2010) — Radio-television journalism senior Alex Rozier recently was named the grand prize winner in the “Project: Report” contest sponsored by YouTube and the Pulitzer Center. He won a $10,000 grant for an international reporting project, which he used for travel to Guatemala in September. The … Continued
63 Walter Williams Scholars Bring Impressive Academic Achievements to the School
By Nathan Allen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 27, 2010) — The Missouri School of Journalism recently welcomed a record-setting 63 Walter Williams Scholars at a ceremony held in Fisher Auditorium on the MU campus. This year’s group represents the highest-achieving incoming journalism students in a class of 972 declared journalism or pre-journalism majors. To be … Continued
Patricia Smith Elected to International Press Institute Executive Board
By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Vienna (Sept. 24, 2010) — Patricia Smith, managing editor of Global Journalist magazine published by the Missouri School of Journalism, was named to the executive board of the International Press Institute in IPI’s 59th General Assembly Sept. 13. The Assembly also elected four other new board members: Owais Aslam Ali, chairman … Continued
The Missouri School of Journalism Selected as an Initial PatchU Network Member
The Program Is Sponsored by AOL and Patch Media Contact Caroline Campbell 917-606-4772 New York, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2010) — AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Patch Media Corporation today announced the launch of PatchU, a new network of partnerships between local Patch online publications and leading journalism schools, colleges and universities to … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Welcomes Fall 2010 Students
By Amy Brachmann Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 17, 2010) — The Missouri School of Journalism recently welcomed new and transfer students to campus and returning students back to campus with its annual Fall Welcome event. Counting all upperclassmen, directly admitted freshmen and pre-journalism students, the School now has 2,013 undergraduate students, which is an … Continued
Eight to Receive the 2010 Missouri Honor Medal
Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 15, 2010) — The 2010 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism will be presented to five leading journalists and an advertising executive, as well as two international organizations dedicated to press freedom. The Missouri School of Journalism has awarded the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism annually since 1930. Approximately … Continued