News Releases
Mizzou Alumnus Mike Hall, BJ ’04, Talks Sports Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (June 22, 2017) — Inside Sports recently interviewed Mike Hall, BJ ’04, now working for the Big Ten Network. Hall hosts pregame, halftime and postgame shows for Big Ten Football and men’s basketball games; he also hosts BTN’s late-night show, “Sports Lite With Mike Hall,” airing Wednesday nights during the fall season. In … Continued
KOMU-TV 8 Named ‘Station of the Year’ by the Missouri Broadcasters Association
In honoring KOMU-TV 8 with its top prize, the Missouri Broadcasters Association cited the station for its Target 8 investigations, such as its story on Columbia-area sex offenders living too close to public schools in violation of Missouri statutes. Target 8 Chief Investigator Jamie Greber (top left) and alumna Stephanie Sierra, BJ ’16, worked together … Continued
Grad Student Evan Cobb Awarded C. Zoe Smith Photojournalism Scholarship
Graduate student Evan Cobb has been named as the second recipient of the C. Zoe Smith Photojournalism scholarship. Cobb Planning Project on Affordable Housing Community in Cambodia Columbia, Mo. (June 19, 2017) — A $1,000 scholarship will help photojournalism graduate student Evan Cobb document the lives of people living in an apartment building in Phnom … Continued
Inside Sports Journalism: June at the J-School
Top left, Missouri senior Matt Vereen poses for a photo at the reporting desk on a break during his summer internship at ESPN. Bottom left, May 2017 graduates currently working at summer internships include (left to right) Mitchell Forde, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Alex Schiffer, Washington Post; Aaron Reiss, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Brad Almquist, Boston Globe; … Continued
Humans of Strat Comm: Emmie Madsen
Columbia, Mo. (June 8, 2017) — Emmie Madsen, a junior in strategic communication, never believed that studying abroad would change her life. In fact, the idea of leaving her Mizzou comfort zone for an entire semester left her apprehensive about taking the trip at all. However, from the time she clocked in at her internship … Continued
UM System, MU Announce Joint Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing
Strategic Communication Professor Suzette Heiman will serve as interim executive director of the new UM and MU Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing, effective June 6. Journalism Professor to Serve as Interim Executive Director Columbia, Mo. (June 6, 2017) — As part of the fiscal 2018 budget plan announced last Friday, University of Missouri System … Continued
Online Master’s Student Selected for Student Press Law Center Fellowship
Jamie Crockett, BJ ’15, Will Help Area Teens Carry Out Press Freedom Service Projects Columbia, Mo. (June 5, 2017) — A Missouri School of Journalism online master’s student and five college undergraduates have won fellowships awarded by the Washington, D.C.-based Student Press Law Center to design and carry out press freedom service projects that are … Continued
11 Graduate Students Receive $3,000 White House Correspondents’ Association Scholarships
White House Correspondents’ Association scholarship winners pose for a photo during the annual dinner on April 29. Missouri recipients are: front row: Jinghong Chen (third from left), Kasia Kovacs, Kouichi Shirayanagi, Xuejiao Wang, Molly Olmstead and Brittany Crocker (fifth through ninth from left). Back row: Francisco Vara-Orta (center), Jill Olmstead and Adam Aton (third and … Continued
Inside Sports: School Hosts National Sports Journalism Institute
Columbia, Mo. (June 2, 2017) — For the sixth year in a row, the national Sports Journalism Institute‘s 10-day boot camp is being held at the Missouri School of Journalism May 26 through June 3. The nine-week training and internship program, led by Sandy Rosenbush of ESPN, Leon Carter of ESPN and Gregory Lee of … Continued
Big Data and Sports, Missouri Reception: School to Host 2 Sessions at AEJMC in Chicago
“Data Journalism and Sports: The Analytics That Shape Narratives and Drive Business” will be presented from 5-6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 9, in the Great American Room of the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile. The Journalism-Mass Communication Academic Conference Will Be Held Aug. 9-12 Columbia, Mo. (May 31, 2017) — Alumni, journalism faculty and students as … Continued