News Releases
Journalism Students Impress Newspaper Recruiters at Career Fair
By D’Arcy Rapp Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 31, 2005) — “MU was one of the first schools on my list. Students here really know how to work, and they work hard for our papers,” said Joe Grimm, a recruiter from the Detroit (Mich.) Free Press. Grimm joined a dozen other recruiters at the 2005 Newspaper Fair … Continued
Knight Foundation Awards $2.28 Million Grant to School and Committee of Concerned Journalists
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 31, 2005) — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a $2.28 million grant to the Committee of Concerned Journalists and the Missouri School of Journalism. The three-year grant will support the CCJ’s Traveling Curriculum and constitutes the Committee’s first step to joining the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. The Reynolds Journalism Institute … Continued
Columbia Missourian Wins 27 Awards in 2005 Better Newspapers Contest
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 27, 2005) — The Columbia Missourian, the Missouri School of Journalism’s working newspaper lab for students in news-editorial, design, information graphics and photojournalism, took home 27 awards in the 2005 Missouri Press Foundation’s Better Newspapers contest. Student reporters and photographers won the awards in 19 categories for daily newspapers, competing mainly in the … Continued
Award-Winning Journalists Among Those to be Honored at the 2005 MUAA Faculty-Alumni Awards
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 19, 2005) — The Missouri School of Journalism will be well represented at the 38th Annual MU Alumni Association Faculty-Alumni Awards program, where three alumni and friends will be honored. William L. Miller, AB ’51, Randall D. Smith, BJ ’74, and Sonja Steptoe, BJ ’82, AB ’82, will receive awards for their successful … Continued
Angus McDougall to Receive Missouri Honor Medal
By Brenda Escobar Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 17, 2005) — Angus McDougall, a former photojournalism sequence faculty member and photography innovator known to his peers and students as “Mac,” will be the second recipient this year to receive a Missouri Honor Medal for his dedication to teaching students how to succeed in every aspect of journalism. … Continued
Online Classified Ads Not Using All Available Resources, MU Study Finds
By Jill McDonnell MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 10, 2005) — As newspapers make the shift to more and better online coverage in the age of information technology, classified advertisements in online newspapers have warranted additional attention as well. A recent study, conducted by a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher, found that classified advertisements in … Continued
Newspaper Sports Journalists Imitate ESPN’s Entertaining Jargon, MU Researchers Find
By Christine Feeley MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 10, 2005) — ESPN personality Chris Berman coined the phrase, “Back-back-back-back, gone!” Stuart Scott defined “Boo-yah!” and Dick Vitale proclaimed, “It’s awesome, baby!” Now, ESPN sports jargon is making the jump to print media, according to a new Missouri School of Journalism study. Scott Reinardy, a … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Receives $1.7 Million Grant to Establish New Home, Expand Scope for NFOIC
Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 6, 2005) — The Missouri School of Journalism’s Freedom of Information Center is receiving a $1.7 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish a new home for the National Freedom of Information Coalition and expand its ability to support state groups. The grant will ensure that nonprofit freedom-of-information groups are represented in … Continued
Three Knight Editing Fellows Named for 2005-2006 Academic Year
By Rachel Kaatmann Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 6, 2005) — Rania Adwan, Traci Angel and Rob Weir were named Knight Editing fellows at the Missouri School of Journalism for the 2005-2006 academic year. The Knight Editing Fellowship program was started in 2002 as an opportunity for experienced journalists to serve in a teaching capacity as an editor … Continued
Dean Mills Honored as Recipient of Pacheco Leadership Award
Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 20, 2005) — The University of Missouri has announced that R. Dean Mills, dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, is the 2005 recipient of the Manuel T. Pacheco Academic Leadership Award. Mills was presented with a plaque and a $2,500 award at the Leadership Development Program Kickoff/Alumni Dinner, Sept. … Continued