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Student Teams at CDiG Competition Offer Real-World Industry Solutions
Judges at this year’s CDiG student competition (top) had their hands full sifting through an impressive set of entries. Ultimately, Team Missourian won for their strategies designed to address a newspaper budgetary shortfall. From left, team mentor Les Borgmeyer, students Shraddha Hegde, Emily Rackers and Alexander Starkey. Winning Team Offers Practical Solutions to Address Newspaper … Continued
Recent Photojournalism Graduate Kayla Wolf Competing for National Hearst Award
Over the course of two years, recent alumna Kayla Wolf, BJ ’17, documented the daily reality of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, building a personal relationship with the Cottles that in many ways became even more significant than her photojournalism capstone project. Earning Respect and Trust Lent Wolf’s ‘Last Best Day’ Images Particular Intimacy By Jennifer Nelson … Continued
Combining Passions: J-School Guides Young Sports Reporter to Success
By Jennifer Nelson Reynolds Journalism Institute Columbia, Mo. (April 23, 2018) — Tashan Reed, a senior at the University of Missouri, has loved writing and watching sports since he was a little kid. As he began thinking about life after high school, it just made sense to combine his two passions and become a sports … Continued
Missouri Students Support Local Nonprofit by Planning Annual Masquerade Ball
Fourteen Missouri strategic communication students planned and executed the April 21 NASCAR-themed “Night of Champions” Masquerade Ball for Rainbow House, a local nonprofit that provides services to children of abuse and neglect. Pri-Mo Events Agency Offers Undergraduate Students Real-World Experience in Event Planning Columbia, Mo. (April 23, 2018) — For the past 11 years, Rainbow … Continued
Strategic Communication Students Win 1st Place at NSAC Districts
Columbia, Mo. (April 20, 2018) — The insightful strategy and creative executions of Missouri School of Journalism strategic communication students won them first place at the District 9 National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) held on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri. During the day-long competition, seven teams from various schools in the District 9 region … Continued
Jake Meister Talks Sports Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (April 19, 2018) — Jake Meister is studying abroad in London right now, but once he returns, an internship awaits him in Ashburn, Virginia. Meister, a strategic communication major, will work for the Washington Redskins as a digital media intern this summer. A Highland Park, Ill., native, Meister is working for a company … Continued
Alumni Profile: Dylan Connell
Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2018) — With graduation approaching, strategic communication students are doing all they can to stand out to employers. Strategic communication alumnus Dylan Connell remembers that feeling all too well about how hard he worked to develop his professional skills. “Become an expert on a useful topic. It could be anything,” Connell … Continued
First Amendment Lawyer Floyd Abrams Assesses Recent Changes in Public Trust of Journalism
Renowned First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams shared his thoughts at the symposium, “Truth, Trust and the First Amendment in the Digital Age,” on April 6 at the National Press Club in Washington. Abrams at 2018 Hurley Symposium: When it comes to Trump’s view of the press, “Words matter.” By Jonah McKeown, Shuya Zheng and Rachel … Continued
Veteran Journalists Talk Credibility and Community Reporting in Changing Political Climate
By Renee Hickman, Soo Rin Kim and Allison Pecorin Missouri Journalism Washington Program Students, Spring 2018 Washington (April 16, 2018) — Veteran journalists who cover Washington and the White House say President Donald Trump’s attacks on the news media have taken a toll and laid part of the blame for the decline in public trust … Continued
Two Recent Alumni Honored for Multimedia Coverage at Hearst Journalism Awards Program
From left: Jon Doty, BJ ’17, and Michael Cali, BJ ’17, both won Hearst awards – often referred to as “the Pulitzer of college journalism” – for work produced during their senior year. Jon Doty and Michael Cali Both Won for Projects Produced as Undergraduates By Jennifer Nelson Reynolds Journalism Institute Columbia, Mo. (April 13, … Continued