News Releases
Kappa Tau Alpha to Honor Professor Emeritus George Kennedy with Outstanding Service Award
Columbia, Mo. (May 10, 2010) — The Frank Luther Mott Chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha has named Professor Emeritus George Kennedy as the 2010 recipient of the Keith P. Sanders Outstanding Service Award. The award will be presented during the May 15 ceremony inducting new members into Kappa Tau Alpha. The award recognizes Kennedy’s “exemplary … Continued
4 National Winners, 4 National Finalists in the SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards
Indianapolis (May 10, 2010) — Four national winners and four national finalists – Missouri School of Journalism students excelled in the Society of Professional Journalists 2009 Mark of Excellence Awards, recognizing collegiate work published or broadcasted during 2009. This year, student journalists from across the country submitted more than 3,600 entries. Top row, from left: … Continued
Robert Mays III Wins 2010 Atwater Prize for Writing
Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2010) — Magazine journalism senior Robert Mays III is the 2010 winner of the Atwater Prize for Writing. His winning story, “Road to the pros,” is a profile of the University of Missouri Tigers wide receiver Jeremy Maclin; “Colorado’s buffalo tradition more than just a sprint,” about the University of Colorado … Continued
The Missouri School of Journalism to Recognize 538 Graduates at Commencement on May 15
Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2010) — The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize its 538 May and August graduates during commencement ceremonies at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 15, at Mizzou Arena. Family and friends of the graduates do not need tickets to attend. Seating will be open. Graduate degrees will be awarded to 93 students, including … Continued
Hearst Corporation, Reynolds Journalism Institute and Adobe Announce Winners of Student Interactive Design Competition
New York, N.Y. (May 6, 2010) — Hearst Corporation‘s Innovation group, the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism and Adobe Systems Inc. today announced the two winning teams in a student competition to produce interactive applications that solve real-world needs in the advertising or news-gathering sides of the journalism industry. The … Continued
Sandy Kornberg, BJ ’64, Receives International Medal of Merit
Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2010) — Sandy Kornberg, BJ ’64, will receive the Medal of Merit from the International Advertising Association (IAA) at a gala dinner to be held in the Kremlin during the organization’s upcoming World Congress in Moscow. Established in the 1960s, the IAA Medal for Merit is awarded to recognize outstanding service to … Continued
The Clock Is Ticking for Mobile Journalism Adaptation, Journalism Professor Says
By Nathan Hurst MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2010) — This January, Gartner, Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company, announced their prediction that by 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide. Clyde Bentley, an associate professor of convergence journalism at the Missouri School … Continued
All the World’s a Museum…and the Information May Be as Close as Your Cell Phone
By Kris Hilgedick Jefferson City News Tribune Used by permission. Columbia, Mo. (May 5, 2010) — The idea arrived the way many ideas do: Clyde Bentley, a professor of journalism at the University of Missouri, was taking an outdoors stroll through a Columbia park. “It had just snowed on this remote bench, when I noted … Continued
Tweets Initiate Conversation Between Strategic Communication Students and Ford Motor Company Executives
Columbia, Mo. (May 4, 2010) — Technology and new media in the classroom recently brought together a group of strategic communication students and executives from Ford Motor Company in Detroit. Students in the Management of Strategic Communication course study a brand for the semester, with an emphasis on the consumer touch points. The class is … Continued
Social Media Focus of Daylong Seminar
VML Hosts Strategic Communication Students at KC Office Columbia, Mo. (May 4, 2010) — Social media has created a fundamental shift in our personal relationships, including the one between a brand and its customers. The implications for advertising and public relations were discussed during a daylong seminar on social media at VML. The program provided … Continued