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Journalism students Ayesha Khan (left) and Josie Menley create content for Mission-Driven Tech, a health care technology company founded by Eve McDavid, BJ ’08.

Mizzou students work to support company’s quest to modernize cervical cancer care

Journalism students Ayesha Khan (left) and Josie Menley create content for Mission-Driven Tech, a health care technology company founded by Eve McDavid, BJ ’08. Public Relations Student Society of America members conduct research and create content for alumna’s medical technology company By Cary Littlejohn Contact: Cary Littlejohn, carylittlejohn@missouri.eduPhoto courtesy of Emily Gerhart Sydney Brown didn’t just want to gain experience … Continued

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Inside the business of obituaries in weekly newspapers

Study shows that paid obits bring in little income but are nearly universal By Hannah Artman and Nick Mathews Hannah Artman is a post-doctoral research fellow in local news at the Missouri School of Journalism. Nick Mathews is an assistant professor at the Missouri School of Journalism who specializes in local news and the economics … Continued

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Shuttered opinion pages. Obscene letters to the editor. Researchers at Missouri School of Journalism ask: What does it all mean?

Nick Mathews By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Sept. 26, 2025) — The relationship between news and opinion has never been a more hot-button issue. From national news powerhouses to smaller community newspapers, news organizations are re-evaluating how — and if — they publish opinion content. Tracking this trend is a team of researchers led by … Continued

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Jared Schroeder and team at Missouri School of Journalism protect free speech in journalism with updated legal guide, research

Jared Schoeder By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 14, 2025) — The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) has published 12 new entries in its anti-SLAPP legal guide, which informs news organizations on how to deal with frivolous, malicious lawsuits that seek to silence or discourage free speech. The entries were researched and … Continued

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Missouri Journalism at AEJMC 2025: Advancing Ideas, Research and Impact

From AI and ethics to visual storytelling and media law, scholars from the Missouri School of Journalism are exploring the questions that matter most in journalism today — and sharing their work on one of the field’s biggest stages. At the 2025 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Conference in San Francisco … Continued

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Beyond the hype: Jared Schroeder hosts podcast equipping Mizzou educators with AI literacy

By Austin Fitzgerald Generative AI has revolutionized how journalists and strategic communicators approach everything from writing headlines to transcribing and summarizing interviews. But with the technology now as ubiquitous as smartphones, educators are also evolving college classrooms to incorporate AI tools responsibly and ethically as part of Mizzou’s mission as an AI-forward institution. As host … Continued

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How your words shape what you see online

Ongoing research at Mizzou explores the hidden influence of word choice on search results By Sara Diedrich Contact: Sara Diedrich, diedrichs@missouri.edu You may have more power than you realize when it comes to shaping the search results you see online. Ongoing research from the University of Missouri reveals that the search terms users choose can … Continued