News Releases
MU Researchers Find Internet Search Process Affects Cognition, Emotion
Readers’ Physiological Responses to Online Content Provides New Insight for Advertisers By Emily Smith MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 13, 2009) — Nearly 73 percent of all American adults use the Internet on a daily basis, according to a 2009 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey. Half of these adults use the Web … Continued
Student Work Recognized in Statewide Competition
The Columbia Missourian Wins 28 Awards in the 2009 Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest By Angela Hamilton Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 2, 2009) — The Columbia Missourian received 28 awards – including seven first-place winners – in the 2009 Missouri Press Association‘s Better Newspaper Contest. The winners were announced during the recent 143rd … Continued
KOMU Earns Seven Emmy Awards; Student Journalist among Three to Receive the Prestigious Honor
By Joan Niesen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (October 27, 2009) — A recent master’s graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and two KOMU-TV staff members were recognized with Emmy Awards at the recent Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in St. Louis. Reporter Jim Matheny, MA ’08, news anchor … Continued
Doctoral Student Rachel Young Named 2009 Paul Synor Fellow
Program Enhances Strategic Communication Studies at the Missouri School of Journalism By Joan Niesen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 27, 2009) — Rachel Young, a first-year doctoral student at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the 2009 Paul Synor Fellow. Her research emphasis is in health communication, specifically addressing disparities in preventive care among adolescents … Continued
Master’s Student Boris Korby Awarded David Kaplan Memorial Fellowship, Will Intern at ABC Washington News Bureau
By Joan Niesen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 26, 2009) — Boris Korby, a second-year master’s student at the Missouri School of Journalism, was awarded the David Kaplan Memorial Fellowship, which will provide him with a spring internship at the ABC News Washington Bureau. The fellowship, which was created in 1993 by Sam Donaldson of … Continued
Thorson, Duffy Surprised with President’s Award at the Annual Missouri Press Association Convention
Kansas City, Mo. (Oct. 26, 2009) — Missouri Press Association president Vicki S. Russell surprised two Missouri School of Journalism professors with the President’s Award at the group’s recent convention in Kansas City. The MPA President’s Award was established to honor a person or persons who’ve made a special impact on that president. Esther Thorson … Continued
Summer Program in Prague Offers Strategic Communication Students an Opportunity to Work with Nestlé, McCann Erickson and Charles University Students
By Angela Hamilton Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 8, 2009) — Eight Missouri School of Journalism students worked alongside nine students from Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, to develop an integrated strategic communication campaign for the global giant nutrition and health company Nestlé. The group’s project focused on introducing a popular powdered cocoa mix, … Continued
Journalism Students Load Up on Science; Now the Reporting Begins
By Steve Veile Project Manager, Biotech University Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 2, 2009) — A dedicated group of Missouri School of Journalism students toughed out a weekend filled with the science, business and political implications of biotechnology as the first step in a reporting competition. The carrot? An all-expense paid blogging trip to Europe next year. … Continued
Jann Carl, BJ ’82, to Be Honored at MU Awards Ceremony
By Lindsey Underwood Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 2, 2009) — The Mizzou Alumni Association (MAA) will honor 19 outstanding faculty and alumni Friday, Oct. 2, at its 42nd Annual Faculty-Alumni Awards Ceremony when the Distinguished Service Award, the Distinguished Faculty Award and 17 Faculty-Alumni Awards will be presented. MAA Faculty-Alumni Awards recognize the achievement of faculty … Continued
Betty Winfield to Receive the Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History
By Joan Niesen Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism Professor Betty Houchin Winfield will receive the American Journalism Historians Association‘s (AJHA) Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History. The award, the highest honor given out by the organization, recognizes Winfield’s career as an accomplished mass media historian. … Continued