News Releases
Upcoming Hurley Symposium to Address Issue of Citing Anonymous Sources
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 17, 2005) — The Fifth Annual Curtis B. Hurley Symposium will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, March 17 at the National Press Club, 14th and F Street NW, Washington, D.C. At this meeting, a coalition of organizations will gather to discuss access to government information on the record, with an intent … Continued
Kristen Hare Wins Sifford Prize for Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 10, 2005) — Kristen Hare of the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press is the latest winner of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. Hare is the youngest winner (26 years old) ever in the 10-year-old contest and is from the smallest newspaper (circ. 39,500) ever to boast a winner in the annual writing contest. Hare, … Continued
Students Capture Graphic Awards in AP Contest
Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 22, 2004) — Missourian Journalism students captured three of the top four prizes in the graphics division of the 2004 Associated Press Missouri-Kansas contest. The results were announced at the annual meeting of publishers and editors of Missouri and Kansas AP member newspapers. The winning graphics competed against 19 other entries. They originally … Continued
Class Project Receives Attention from Trade Press
Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 21, 2004) — A class project involving citizen journalism has received attention by the trade press. Editor and Publisher, The Online Journalism Review, the journalism think tank Poynter Institute and others have written about the MyMissourian project that Clyde Bentley and his media management students launched this semester. The website of www.MyMissourian.com is a community site similar … Continued
Twelve Missouri Journalism Students Win Dow Jones Editing Internships
Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 15, 2004) — Twelve Missouri Journalism students have been selected for the prestigious 2005 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund summer internships in business reporting, newspaper copy editing and sports copy editing. The students were among the approximately 100 picked from an applicant pool of more than 500. Each will receive pre-internship training and … Continued
First Tina Hills Fellow Wins Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship
Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 15, 2004) — Marina Walker, an award-winning journalist from Mendoza, Argentina, and the School’s first Tina Hills Fellow, has been awarded a scholarship worth $2,000 by the Overseas Press Club Foundation. Walker was one of only 12 selected from a pool of 175 applicants from 60 different colleges and universities. Walker’s winning … Continued
Missouri Broadcast News Students Win Hearst Journalism Awards
Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 15, 2004) — Matt Talhelm and Lauren Stiglich, both Missouri School of Journalism students, were among the winners in the November William Randolph Hearst Foundations Journalism Awards Program broadcast competition. Talhelm earned $1,500 for second place in the television finals, qualifying him for Competition Two. The top five winners in both audio and video … Continued
Missouri Student Wins Hearst Journalism Award
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 30, 2004) –Missouri School of Journalism student Megan Alexander was among the winners in the 45th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. A total of 105 students from 58 universities and colleges participated in the first Hearst competition of this academic year. The School won the overall intercollegiate competition in … Continued
136 Graduates Will Be Recognized at Fall Commencement Ceremonies
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 29, 2004) — The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize 136 graduates at its fall commencement ceremonies that will be held Friday, Dec. 17, in Jesse Auditorium in Jesse Hall. Twenty-two graduating seniors will be recognized with Latin honors. These students have at least a 3.5 grade point average for their last … Continued
Walter Williams Society Welcomes New Members
Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 19, 2004) — Two new couples were inducted into the Walter Williams Society at its second dinner on Nov. 5 at the Reynolds Alumni Center on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus. The Society was founded in 2002 to recognize the generosity of private philanthropy to the School. Joy Spencer Johnson, BJ ’48, and her … Continued