News Releases
Mark Horvit wins 2022 Provost’s Award for University Citizenship in Faculty Leadership
By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (May 3, 2022) — Mark Horvit, a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Provost’s Award for University Citizenship in Faculty Leadership. The honor, which comes with a $1,000 prize, was announced at an awards ceremony during the Mizzou’s Faculty Excellence … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students honored with 2022 Award for Academic Distinction
Columbia, Mo. (May 2, 2022) — Two Missouri School of Journalism students, Junior Maggie Courtney and senior Jashayla Pettigrew, were each honored today with a 2022 Award for Academic Distinction (AAD). The highly esteemed, university-wide honor recognizes undergraduate students who contribute to the intellectual and academic culture of the university through their own work and … Continued
School of Journalism to recognize 377 candidates at May graduation ceremony
The program will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 13, at Mizzou Arena Columbia, Mo. (May 2, 2022) — The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize 377 May and August graduates at its 7 p.m. commencement ceremony on Friday, May 13, at Mizzou Arena on the University of Missouri campus. Seating is open, and no tickets are required. … Continued
Making it real
A student team from the Missouri School of Journalism is set to pitch an advertising campaign for a national client during the National Student Advertising Competition Holly Higginbotham knows there is no better way to learn about the advertising campaign process than to actually develop a campaign for a real client. That’s why Higginbotham, an … Continued
School of Journalism’s VOX Magazine and KBIA-FM receives SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards
The Society of Professional Journalists awards are given for the best in student journalism Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2022) — The published work of 12 Missouri School of Journalism students at the School’s NPR-member station KBIA-FM and Vox Magazine has earned Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards, including seven first-place wins, in a competition sponsored by the Society of … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students honored with prestigious Hearst Awards
By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (April 20, 2022) — Missouri School of Journalism students are being honored for excellent storytelling as the Hearst Journalism Awards Program continues to recognize top student journalism in a number of categories. To date, eleven students have finished in the top 20 in various Hearst competitions this year. “It’s wonderful … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism wins Hearst Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition
Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2022) — The Missouri School of Journalism has won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition, accumulating the most points across three competitions spanning television and audio formats. The news came as two additional students at the School of Journalism earned Hearst honors. Senior Bradley Davis won first place in … Continued
Linda Villarosa, award-winning health journalist, to deliver Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Lecture
By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (April 11, 2022) — The Missouri School of Journalism will host award-winning journalist Linda Villarosa as this spring’s Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Lecture speaker at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28. Villarosa will deliver an historical perspective on racial disparities in health care, a subject she has covered extensively in her writing. … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism’s Lee and Porter accepted into MU research development programs
At different points in their careers, Sungkyoung Lee and Jeannette Porter are seizing the opportunity to take their research to the next level By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (March 25, 2022) – Two Missouri School of Journalism professors have received research development fellowships from the Mizzou Office of the Provost and the Office of Research … Continued
MU endowed chair wins SEC award
Shuhua Zhou receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award in recognition of his 22 years of work in the SEC The Southeastern Conference announced today that Shuhua Zhou, the University of Missouri Leonard H. Goldenson Endowed Chair in Radio and Television, is the winner of the SEC’s 2022 Faculty Achievement Award. This recognition is given to one … Continued