Cameron and Journalism Alumni Colleagues Release New Public Relations Textbook

Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 15, 2007) — In college classrooms across the country, Missouri School of Journalism professor Glen T. Cameron and a handful of Missouri Journalism alumni are helping to educate America’s next generation of public relations professionals. Their new book, Public Relations Today: Managing Competition and Conflict, is an introductory text featuring classic and … Continued

Visiting Fellows Bring Expertise to the Newsroom and Classroom

Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 15, 2007) — When a pet monkey bit its second victim in a week, Liz Heitzman, a visiting fellow of the Knight Center for Editing Excellence, had the story on the website of the Columbia Missourian only a few hours later. As the Missourian’s first-ever immediacy editor, Heitzman, BJ ’99, is helping … Continued

Missouri Journalism Students Earn 30 Awards in Statewide Professional Competition

Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2007) — Taking on top professional journalists from across the state, the Columbia Missourian‘s student writers, designers and photographers claimed 30 awards in this year’s Missouri Press Association (MPA) Better Newspaper Contest. Top row, from left: Andrew Astleford, Steve Bartel, Nathan Birt, Kevin Crowe, Caroline Dohack. Second row: Ben Fredman, Matthew Haag, … Continued

12 Missouri Journalism Students Spend Semester Working, Learning in Washington, D.C.

Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2007) — Now nearly 40 years old, the Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington Program continues to bring students into the halls of power for hands-on training in journalism and strategic communication in the nation’s capital. This semester, 12 undergraduate and graduate journalism students are working with and learning from political reporters, foreign … Continued

Missouri School of Journalism Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2007; Names Three to Acting Posts

Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 1, 2007) — Students at the Missouri School of Journalism welcomed several new faculty members this semester, and three long-time professors have assumed acting administrative positions for the year. New to the school are: Dorothy Carner, journalism librarian and adjunct professor; Andrea Heiss, assistant professor and director of the School’s Arts-in-Depth Program, … Continued

Missouri School of Journalism Students Hone Skills at Top Media Institutions

Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 26, 2007) — For 12 weeks this past summer, going to work meant going to a baseball game for Carolyn Rauen, a senior radio-television journalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism. As a studio production intern for ESPN, she arrived early and stayed late to transcribe play-by-play action and organize highlight … Continued

Four Journalism School Alumni to Receive Mizzou Alumni Association’s 2007 Faculty-Alumni Awards

Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 25, 2007) — The Mizzou Alumni Association will honor four Missouri School of Journalism alumni with 2007 Faculty-Alumni Awards during a ceremony on campus Oct. 5. For more than 40 years, the Association has recognized distinguished faculty and alumni with the awards for their contributions to the University. The awards focus attention not … Continued