News Releases
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
New Online Resources for Middle Managers Are Now Available from the Frontline Editors Project
Two New Online Courses Are Available at E-Learning Site News University Contact: Marc Fest Director of Communications John S. and James L. Knight Foundation 305-908-2677 Washington, D.C. (Oct. 4, 2007) — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced the launch of three new online resources from the Frontline Editors Project – the culmination … Continued
Claude-Jean Bertrand, Creator of the Media Accountability System (M*A*S*) Concept, Dies
Institute to Oversee His Web-based Compilation of Media Ethics Resources Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 3, 2007) — Officials at the Missouri School of Journalism and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute are saddened to learn of the recent death of Claude-Jean Bertrand. An expert in the fields of global journalism and media ethics, he created the … 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
Journalistic Principles Can Survive and Thrive in Digital Environment
Hurley Symposium to Present Results of Yearlong Research Project Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 25, 2007) — It’s the question that is on the minds of many editors and reporters these days: How can we ensure that the most important journalistic principles survive this time of fast-paced change? Some insights into how these values can make the … Continued
Global Missouri Journalism to Host Study Abroad Fair Sept. 21
Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 18, 2007) — The Missouri School of Journalism will reinforce its reputation as a world-renowned institution at the School’s first study abroad fair Friday, Sept. 21, hosted by Global Missouri Journalism, the School’s study abroad office. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Neff Hall student lounge, Missouri Journalism students will … Continued