News Releases
12 Journalism Students Inducted into Secret Societies During Annual Tap Day
From top, left to right: Jake Boeding, Tyler Anne Emery, Ana Perez, Jennifer Prohov, Lauren Puckett, Hughes Ransom, Madison Stanze, Rylee Stoulil, Rachel Tiedemann, Michaela Tucker, Swee-Yang Ashley Yong. (Not pictured: Hannah Linsky.) Selection Is Based on Scholarship, Leadership and Service By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2017) — Twelve Missouri School of Journalism … Continued
School of Journalism Places First in Hearst Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition
Often referred to as “the Pulitzer of college journalism,” the Hearst Journalism Awards Program is open to 106 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs and offers up to $500,000 in awards. The Award Recognizes High Rankings in the Television Broadcast News, Television Broadcast Features, … Continued
New ‘Inside Sports’ Feature Is Available on Twitter, Blog and Video
Missouri sophomore Rylee Pierce slides into home as a Southeast Missouri State University catcher jumps out of the way during game one of a double-header at Mizzou Stadium on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Pierce hit her seventh home run in the bottom of the third inning in game one. Photo: Monique Woo, junior in photojournalism, … Continued
Inside Sports: Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2017) — Check out the behind-the-scenes sports action of Missouri students as they report, photograph, film, edit and share, create and more for the school’s professional news outlets and agencies, national publications as well as campus media. Opportunities are available for all years in school, freshmen through senior. Follow us on … Continued
Associate Professor Berkley Hudson Receives President’s Award for Service
Associate Professor Berkley Hudson, center, stands with UM System Senior Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Steve Graham, left, and Missouri School of Journalism Dean David Kurpius. The Award Recognizes Faculty for Distinguished Service and Exceptional Contributions to the University of Missouri Columbia, Mo. (April 14, 2017) — University of Missouri System Senior Associate Vice … Continued
2 Journalism Students Place in Top 12 in the Hearst TV News Competition
They Were Selected from 70 Entrants from 39 Schools Across the US By Yue Tang San Francisco (April 14, 2017) — Two Missouri School of Journalism students placed in the top 12 in the Television Broadcast News Competition of the 2016-17 national Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Current KOMU-TV reporter and anchor Lauren Barnas placed sixth, … Continued
Junior Tashan Reed Wins $5,000 David Lipman Scholarship Award
Junior Tashan Reed is currently serving as a sports beat reporter at the Columbia Missourian. Prize Given by the Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis/St. Louis Post Dispatch in Honor of Missouri Journalism Alumnus By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (April 12, 2017) — Missouri School of Journalism junior Tashan Reed has been selected as the … Continued
School of Journalism Students Coordinate Public Health Effort with State
Three strategic communication seniors – Madeline Siriouthay, Katherine Sorbelli and Hannah Tinnin – teamed up with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to educate citizens and key stakeholders about the importance of funding public health programs. Three Strategic Communication Students Create a Toolkit for Agencies to Highlight Public Health in Missouri Columbia, Mo. … Continued
Humans of Strat Comm: Mary Jane Rogers
Columbia, Mo. (April 10, 2017) — Mary Jane “MJ” Rogers has refused to be put in a box since the age of three. When MJ lost her hearing due to bacterial meningitis at the age of three years old, doctors told her that she would likely have a fourth-grade reading level as an adult. Instead … Continued
Missourian Reporters Win Top Associated Press Sports Editors Awards
Clockwise from top left: Brad Almquist, Danielle Lerner and Aaron Reiss were honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors for work published in the Columbia Missourian, the Houston Chronicle and the Louisville Courier-Journal in Kentucky. Honors Were Earned in Feature Writing, Column Writing and Top Daily Sports Section Categories By Yue Tang Columbia, Mo. (April … Continued