Journalists Share Experiences, Tips on How to Report on Disease

A Photographic Exhibit on Leprosy, ‘Carville: No Place for Cowards,’ Is Now on Display at the McDougall Center By Ashley Szatala Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 23, 2015) — Mark Petty, BJ ’75, was on assignment for The Pensacola (Florida) News Journal to do a quick story about patients at a leprosy hospital in Carville, Louisiana. Upon … Continued

Photojournalism Program Featured in National Photo District News Magazine

School’s Hands-On Learning Approach and Top Photo Facilities Highlighted in the Article By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 17, 2015) — The photojournalism program at the Missouri School of Journalism is one of three featured in the fall 2015 issue of Photo District News (PDN) for its training of students to enter the highly competitive … Continued

Judging of 70th College Photographer of the Year Competition Now Live

Postcasts, Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram Provide Global Access to Behind-the-Scenes Action By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 11, 2015) — For decades, Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism students have had the exceptional opportunity to observe and collaborate with professionals during the annual College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) contest, now in its 70th year. This … Continued

C. Zoe Smith Photojournalism Scholarship to Support Master’s Students

The Funding Will Help Those in the Final Stage of Completing Their Degree Program By Kiara Ealy Columbia, Mo. (Oct. 12, 2015) — By the time Professor Emerita Zoe Smith retired from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2008, she had more than 30 years of experience in the research and history of photojournalism. Smith … Continued

Longtime Missouri Photojournalism Chair Honored

Endowment Will Underwrite Visiting Professionals in Photojournalism Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 16, 2015) — An alumnus of the Missouri School of Journalism has created the David Rees Visiting Professionals Fund in Photojournalism to honor his former professor, a member of the School’s faculty since 1986. This permanent endowment, established by Mr. Sandy Colhoun, MA ’98, honors … Continued

Graduate Student Earns Top Honors for Photo Story on Marriage of Lesbian Couple

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Honors T.J. Thomson with a First Place in Photojournalism in its Excellence in Journalism Awards By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 10, 2015) — Soon after 16th Circuit Court Judge J. Dale Youngs ruled that 10 same-sex Missouri couples could marry last fall, Becky Plovanich and Karen Bataille, a … Continued

Photojournalism Student Tim Tai Wins 2 Awards in National Hearst Championship

He Earned a Total of $2,500 in Scholarships, One for Best Single Photograph San Francisco (June 24, 2015) — Winning college journalists in the National Photojournalism Championships were announced recently by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation‘s Journalism Awards Program. Timothy Tai, a Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism student, was one of the six finalists. He … Continued

Scripps Scholarship Recipient Tim Nwachukwu to Intern at Newsday

The Photojournalism Major Will Receive a $3,000 Stipend and $500 Scholarship By Annie Rees Columbia, Mo. (April 13, 2015) — Tim Nwachukwu, a photojournalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the winner of a 2015 Scripps Howard Foundation scholarship. He will serve as a summer multimedia intern for Newsday, a newspaper with one … Continued