News Releases
Missouri Association of Publications to Host Annual Conference
Columbia, Mo. (March 4, 2008) — Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Mike Sager heads a list of publication professionals speaking at the Missouri Association of Publications‘ Fourth Annual Publications Summit, March 6-7, at the University of Missouri‘s Memorial Union. About 175 writers, editors, designers, graphic artists and publishers from consumer, business, educational and governmental print … Continued
Around the World with Movie Director Tim Burton
Photojournalism Graduate Student Takes Unconventional Career Path Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2008) — Life behind the camera lens has taken Missouri School of Journalism graduate student Leah Gallo many places. The most recent, and possibly most unusual, began with a chance meeting of director Tim Burton and led to the set of the Oscar-winning movie … Continued
School Alumnus and Cartoonist for The New Yorker to Contribute to Centennial/Dedication
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 26, 2008) — As a kid, Michael Shaw, MA ’92, should have known he’d be a cartoonist someday. At age 10, he and his twin brother Patrick, MA ’88 (English), each paid homage to the most celebrated of super heroes by creating heroes themselves. Patrick created “Selvas Kane, The Enforcer” while Michael … Continued
New Book Offers Insider’s View of the World’s First School of Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 21, 2008) — It is a little known fact that Walter Williams (1864-1935), the man who fought to establish the world’s first school of journalism at the University of Missouri and eventually served as its first dean, came close to turning the position down. “It would not be financially advantageous,” Williams wrote to a friend while … Continued
Scholarly Symposium to Highlight 1908 as a Pivotal Year in American Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 21, 2008) — A group of nationally renowned scholars and writers will help launch the centennial/dedication celebration by taking a look back at the year 1908 and its role in the history of American journalism. The symposium, “From Whence We Came to Where We’re Going,” will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday, … Continued
Sarah Copeland, BJ ’99, of the Food Network to Serve as Centennial/Dedication Consulting Chef
Themed Meal Events Will Officially Open and Close Celebration Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 12, 2008) — As a recipe developer for the Food Network, Sarah Copeland, BJ ’99, has seen it all when it comes to New York high society – black-tie galas, champagne and caviar receptions and everything in between. But when she thinks about … Continued
Strategic Communication Senior Selected to Most Promising Minority Students Program
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 8, 2008) — Brandon C. Byrd, a Missouri School of Journalism senior majoring in strategic communication, is one of 50 students in the nation selected by the American Advertising Federation to join the Most Promising Minority Students Program (MPMS). The prestigious award allowed him to travel to New York City with fellow … Continued
New Innocence Project Gives Students Investigative Reporting Experience and Legal Knowledge
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 7, 2008) — When Missouri School of Journalism professor Steve Weinberg carried a Kinko’s box into his intermediate writing course in the fall of 2006, graduate student Ben Poston had no idea how familiar he would become with its contents. Inside were details about Joshua Kezer, an Illinois teen convicted of murdering … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism to Celebrate Centennial Anniversary with National Press Club March 28
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 6, 2008) — In the spring of 1908, two journalism landmarks came into existence. On March 29, 1908, 32 newspapermen met at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., to frame a constitution for the National Press Club, a place for journalists to socialize and elevate the profession. Just a few days later, … Continued
Strategic Communication Students to Benefit from $100,000 Scholarship Endowment
Alumna’s Gift Helps Attract Out-of-State Students By Emily Smith MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 31, 2008) — Some out-of-state students have the desire to study strategic communication at the prestigious Missouri School of Journalism, but they need financial support to do so. Because of a generous gift by a 1946 alumna, those students will … Continued