News Releases
Negative Newspaper Articles about Clinical Trials Decrease Public Willingness to Participate, Study Finds
Clinical Trials are Necessary for Discovery of New Treatments and Cures By Katherine Kostiuk MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (March 20, 2007) — A University of Missouri-Columbia study has found that newspapers’ front page and section stories about clinical trials are overwhelmingly negative and that exposure to these stories may decrease people’s willingness to participate … Continued
Missouri Student-Athletes Honor Strategic Communication Professor as Most Inspiring Teacher
Columbia, Mo. (March 20, 2007) — Cynthia Frisby, associate professor of strategic communication, has been named one of the four Most Inspiring Professors on campus by the University of Missouri-Columbia Student-Athlete Advisory Council. Student-athletes nominate professors for the annual award to recognize their outstanding work in teaching and advising. Many student-athletes choose to nominate teachers … Continued
Journalism Doctoral Student Wins Competitive $15,000 International Scholarship
Award Recognizes Tayo Oyedeji’s Outstanding Research and Leadership Potential Columbia, Mo. (March 14, 2007) — Tayo Oyedeji, a second-year doctoral student at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been named a prestigious Harvey Fellow by the Mustard Seed Foundation based in Arlington, Va. The Foundation is a Christian organization that encourages graduate students in premier … Continued
European Media Study Tour 2007
An Insider’s View of an Unparalleled International Experience By Elizabeth Brixey Elizabeth Brixey, assistant professor and city editor at the Columbia Missourian, was one of three Missouri School of Journalism faculty members leading 25 students through four countries during the 2007 European Media Study Tour Dec. 31, 2006-Jan. 15, 2007. The annual tour offers students … Continued
New Harte Teaching Fellow Shares Information Graphics Expertise with Missouri Journalism Students
Columbia, Mo. (March 8, 2007) — Nearly 22 years after graduating from Temple University, John Duchneskie has returned to the classroom. This time, however, he is the one doing the teaching. Duchneskie, the graphics editor of the Philadelphia (Penn.) Inquirer, has taken a leave of absence from the nation’s 11th-largest paper to become the first … Continued
Convergence Journalism Students Use Cutting-Edge Skills to Promote Film Festival
Missouri School of Journalism Sponsors Showcase of International Documentaries Columbia, Mo. (March 8, 2007) — A documentary about Kurt Cobain. An exhibit about death and the afterlife. State-of-the-art multimedia equipment. An increasingly prominent film festival. And the world’s first school of journalism. What do all of these have in common? A convergence journalism capstone project … Continued
Columbia Missourian Sports Section Wins National Award
Columbia, Mo. (March 5, 2007) — The Columbia Missourian sports staff scored a national award from the Associated Press Sports Editors‘ (APSE) annual contest, which took place Feb. 26-28 in Long Beach, Calif. APSE named the Columbia Missourian one of the top 20 Sunday sports sections in the country among papers with a circulation … Continued
Journalism Students, Local News Outlets Provide Multimedia Coverage of Community Conflict
Columbia, Mo. (March 2, 2007) — A new collaborative effort between the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Center for the Study of Conflict, Law and the Media and Vox magazine recently challenged students at the Missouri School of Journalism to apply convergence journalism skills to the study of conflict in the community. The 24 students enrolled in the … Continued
Seven Learning, Networking Sessions in Two Days: Fast-Paced Trip to New York Inspires, Motivates Strategic Communication Students
Columbia, Mo. (March 2, 2007) — “The box doesn’t exist anymore,” noted Linda Kaplan Thaler as she encouraged 16 strategic communication students from the Missouri School of Journalism to be fearless in exploring traditional and non-traditional strategies for their clients. Kaplan Thaler, chief executive officer of the New York advertising and entertainment agency that bears … Continued
Missouri Journalism Researcher Helps in Former Communist Countries
Collaborations Help Countries Develop Research Methods and Journalism Education By Katherine Kostiuk MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (March 1, 2007) — As part of the Soviet bloc, the countries in Eastern Europe did not place high priority on opinion polling, a common research method in the United States. Now, as many of these countries develop … Continued