News Releases
New fund to support Missouri Business Alert and New York Program at Missouri School of Journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 28, 2024) — Family and friends of Randall Smith, the Donald W. Reynolds Endowed Chair in Business Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, are raising money for a fund that will support the Missouri News Network’s digital business news outlet, Missouri Business Alert. The fund will also help … Continued
Columbia Missourian wins $20,000 to supercharge community engagement
The grant is the maximum possible award from the LION Sustainability Audits and Funding Program The Columbia Missourian has earned a $20,000 sustainability award from Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers. It’s not the first award from LION for the Missouri News Network’s community newspaper, which won a LION Local Journalism Award in 2022, but … Continued
Ebony Reed builds an impressive career of service
Behind the University of Missouri alumna’s success is the school that raised her and the one she keeps returning to Contact: Courtney Perrett, cperrett@missouri.edu Many college graduates dream of changing the world. University of Missouri alumna and former faculty member Ebony Reed is doing it — transforming her aspirations into skills that empower students and … Continued
Stacey Woelfel wins 2024 Bliss Award, capping 35-year career at Missouri School of Journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 15, 2024) — Stacey Woelfel, a professor emeritus and former news director at KOMU-TV — the Missouri News Network’s NBC affiliated TV station — has received the highly prestigious Edward L. Bliss Award for Distinguished Broadcast Journalism Education. The award is presented by the Association for Education in Journalism … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism broadcast graduate to work full-time in Chicago Cubs control room
Ethan Levy caught the reaction of the Mizzou Men’s Basketball team as they learned they were the No. 7 seed in the NCAA South Region on March 12, 2023. By Benjamin Miller COLUMBIA, Mo. (May 9, 2024) — Broadcast major Ethan Levy will be one out of the 380 undergraduate students recognized during the Missouri … Continued
Stronger than Fiction Film Festival to showcase 13 student documentary films on May 11
By Austin Fitzgerald The Stronger than Fiction Film Festival, now in its eighth year, will be held on Saturday, May 11, at the Missouri Theatre. The festival will present 13 short documentary films created by students at the Missouri School of Journalism’s Murray Center for Documentary Journalism. Admission is free and open to the public. … Continued
Jonathan Murray, ‘father of reality television,’ still finding new ways to tell stories half a century into illustrious career
By Austin Fitzgerald When MTV’s “The Real World” featured Pedro Zamora in its third season, the result was a watershed moment. As an openly gay man who was also HIV positive, his presence brought attention to seminal cultural issues, and former president Bill Clinton credited Zamora with putting “a human face” on the AIDS epidemic. … Continued
J-School commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10, at Mizzou Arena
Download the program for Commencement 2024 The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize May and August graduates at its 7 p.m. commencement ceremony on Friday, May 10, at Mizzou Arena on the University of Missouri campus. Seating is open and no tickets are required. Guests can enter the arena for seating at 6:30 p.m. Graduate degrees will be awarded … Continued
11 J-School students tapped into 5 secret societies on Tap Day
Eleven Missouri School of Journalism students were tapped into five secret honorary societies during the 97th annual Tap Day. Tap Day is an annual spring event that recognizes students who excel in academics and campus involvement as inductees into the University of Missouri’s secret honorary societies. Many of the societies also induct staff and faculty as … Continued
Journalism, law, the military and mental health converge at symposium co-hosted by Reynolds Journalism Institute
Marcus Yam “Searching for Truth: When Media and Military Come Together” was co-hosted by RJI and the Mizzou School of Law’s Veterans Clinic By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (April 25, 2024) — On Friday, April 19, experts in journalism, whistleblower laws and war crimes gathered at the Missouri School of Journalism’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) … Continued