News Releases
Master’s Student Wins Google Policy Fellowship to Study Internet Policy in Washington, D.C.
Columbia, Mo. (March 12, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism graduate student Bryan Utter has won a prestigious 2009 Google Policy Fellowship. Utter, who is enrolled in the journalism-law dual-degree program, will complete his master’s project at Media Access Project (MAP) in Washington, D.C. He also is a second-year student at the University of Missouri … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Receives Award of Excellence from the University of Navarra in Spain
Columbia, Mo. (March 6, 2009) — The University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, recently awarded the Missouri School of Journalism its highest honor: the Luka Brajnovic Award for Communication. “The award was established to commemorate Luka Brajnovic – journalist, scholar and poet – one of the founding members of the School of Communication,” said Teresa La … Continued
Magazine Club Visits 16 Magazines in New York
Columbia, Mo. (March 6, 2009) — Twenty members of the Magazine Club at the Missouri School of Journalism, along with magazine journalism professors Steve Weinberg and Michael Grinfeld, traveled to New York on a recent trip to visit the offices of 16 magazines. The students discussed the business of producing a publication, the job market … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Documents Wrongful Conviction
In fall 2006 Ben Poston enrolled in an intermediate writing class, hoping to learn how to be a better writer. His assignment, a potential wrongful conviction case, continued well beyond the course, the completion of his master’s project and graduation. In February 2009, more than two years after the start of his work, Josh Kezer … Continued
Winners of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism Announced
Lindy Washburn and Leslie Brody of The Record in New Jersey Win for “Living with Cancer” Series Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 27, 2009) — Two reporters at The Record in Hackensack, N.J., are the latest winners of the acclaimed Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. In a series of stories titled “Living With Cancer,” Lindy Washburn … Continued
Anne Garrels, an NPR Senior Foreign Correspondent, to Accept Missouri Honor Medal and Host Master Class
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 23, 2009) — Anne Garrels, a senior foreign correspondent for NPR, will visit the Missouri School of Journalism on Thursday, Feb. 26, to teach a master class and accept the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, which the School awarded Garrels in 2004. The medal, first given in 1930, is … Continued
News Agency Thomson Reuters Names Journalism Alumnus as Latin America’s Reporter of the Year
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 16, 2009) — The international news agency Thomson Reuters has named Alonso Soto, BJ ’05, as its Latin America’s Reporter of the Year. Soto reports from Ecuador. In the award announcement, judges said that the Missouri School of Journalism alumnus “was ahead on virtually every story all year long as leftist President … Continued
Magazine Journalism Students Produce a 40-Page “Top Doctors” Issue
Publication Is the Largest Ever Produced in Vox’s 10-Year History Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 5, 2009) — The day before the Columbia “Top Doctors” issue went to press, second-year graduate student Carly Toyzan debated the angle to take for her editor’s note that would appear at the front of the 40-page issue of Vox Magazine. Along … Continued
Upcoming Seminar Will Focus on Improving Print and Electronic Publications
The Missouri Association of Publications 5th Anniversary Publishing Summit Will Be Held March 5 and 6 in Columbia Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 29, 2009) — A slate of award-winning journalists will discuss how to enhance print and electronic publications at the upcoming Missouri Association of Publications 5th Anniversary Publishing Summit. The event will be held Thursday … Continued
St. Louis PBS Station to Air University of Missouri President’s Roundtable Discussion on Sunday, Jan. 18
Top Executives, Communication Experts Discussed Changing Communications Landscape during the Recent Missouri Journalism Centennial/Dedication Celebration Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 15, 2009) — A spirited, thought-provoking discussion of how evolving communication tools, technologies and techniques are changing the world will premiere at 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 18, on KETC/Channel 9 in St. Louis, the nation’s most watched … Continued