News Releases
Winner of Biotech University’s Reporting Contest to Receive a Free Trip to Europe
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 12, 2009) — An all-expense-paid blogging trip to Europe in 2010 is the grand prize awaiting some talented J-School student as part of a unique workshop and reporting contest on biotechnology being held this fall on the University of Missouri campus. The day-and-a-half workshop, called Biotech University, is designed to introduce Missouri School … Continued
Strategic Communication Professor Named President of the American Academy of Advertising
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 10, 2009) — Shelly Rodgers, associate professor of strategic communication at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been elected president of the American Academy of Advertising (AAA). An active AAA member for more than a decade, Rodgers is currently the AAA president-elect and has previously served as the AAA vice president (2008), … Continued
12 Journalism Students to Help Report at the 2009 China Open in Beijing
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 11, 2009) — Twelve Missouri School of Journalism students will have the opportunity to help develop stories about the best tennis athletes in the world at the 2009 China Open. The student volunteers, who will be in Beijing, China, from Sept. 26 to Oct. 12, will interview professional tennis athletes from either … Continued
Seven to Receive the Prestigious Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 4, 2009) — Six prominent media leaders and a pioneering online publication will receive one of the profession’s highest honors, the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, from the Missouri School of Journalism. The 2009 medalists, who will be honored on Tuesday, Oct. 20, on the University of Missouri campus, … Continued
Vox Wins Four Awards in National Student Magazine Contest
Columbia, Mo. (July 27, 2009) — Vox magazine as well as several Missouri School of Journalism magazine journalism students have won awards by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in the annual student magazine contest. This year Vox earned recognition in the following categories: online magazine, design, investigation and analysis, and service and … Continued
Missouri Journalism Faculty, Students to Present 50 Scholarly Papers, Lead 21 Sessions at Upcoming Research Conference
Five Papers Receive Top Honors; Vox Magazine Earns Four Awards Columbia, Mo. (July 22, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism faculty and students will present an impressive number of refereed scholarly papers — a total of 50 — at the 2009 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention Aug. 5-8 in Boston. For the … Continued
KOMU Faculty Win a National Edward R. Murrow Award
Columbia, Mo. (July 20, 2009) — Sarah Hill, BJ ’93, and Scott Schaefer, BJ ’04, have won a national Edward R. Murrow Award in the feature reporting category for “The Magic Tree,” part of the “Sarah’s Stories” series. The Radio-Television News Directors Association, the industry’s leading trade organization, sponsors the competition. Both Hill and Schaefer … Continued
Missouri Journalism Faculty Members Named 2009-2010 Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellows
Columbia, Mo. (July 16, 2009) — Three members of the Missouri School of Journalism faculty are among the six Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellows (RJI) selected for the 2009-2010 academic year. The group of journalists and scholars will research new technology-based trends and methods in journalism and strategic communication. Jacqui Banaszynski, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who holds … Continued
Strategic Communication Professor Named Associate Editor of Journal of Interactive Advertising
Columbia, Mo. (July 13, 2009) — Kevin Wise, an assistant professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, is one of two new associate editors of the Journal of Interactive Advertising. Wise’s research explores how different features of online media affect cognition and emotion. A special emphasis is in how different features of advergames affect both … Continued
Associate Dean Brian Brooks to Be Inducted into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame
Inductees Also Include Two Alumni and Two Recipients of the Missouri Honor Medal Columbia, Mo. (July 1, 2009) — Brian Brooks, associate dean for undergraduate studies at the Missouri School of Journalism, is one of five who will be inducted into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame in October. The program will be held during … Continued