Social Media Focus of Daylong Seminar

VML Hosts Strategic Communication Students at KC Office Columbia, Mo. (May 4, 2010) — Social media has created a fundamental shift in our personal relationships, including the one between a brand and its customers. The implications for advertising and public relations were discussed during a daylong seminar on social media at VML. The program provided … Continued

Five Missouri School of Journalism Faculty Members Approved for Graduate Faculty Status

Columbia, Mo. (April 29, 2010) — The University of Missouri Graduate School has approved Missouri School of Journalism faculty members Jeanne Abbott, Holly Edgell, Gary Grigsby, Janet Saidi and Marty Steffens for membership on the Graduate Faculty. Graduate Faculty membership is required to teach graduate-level courses, chair master’s thesis committees, and to vote on graduate education … Continued

Research Suggests Chinese Public Relations Strategies Could Benefit from a More Open, Honest Approach

Columbia, Mo. (April 29, 2010) ­— What constitutes effective public relations strategies is an ongoing discussion among professionals in the field, as well as the general public. A Missouri School of Journalism researcher recently studied the effectiveness of public relations strategies employed in China during the SARS crises of 2002. Ernest Zhang, the China program … Continued

Alumna Barbara Laker, BJ ’79, Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

By Lauren Walsh Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (April 28, 2010) — Missouri School of Journalism alumna Barbara Laker, BJ ’79, and her colleague Wendy Ruderman have won a 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. The winning work, “Tainted Justice,” was a yearlong series by the Philadelphia Daily News that exposed the questionable tactics of a … Continued

Senior Alex Rozier Is a Grand-Prize Winner in YouTube’s International Reporting Competition

Columbia, Mo. (April 26, 2010) — Radio-television journalism senior Alex Rozier is one of five grand-prize winners in YouTube’s “Project: Report” international competition. He wins a $10,000 grant to work with the Pulitzer Center on an international reporting project. “Project: Report” was a partnership of YouTube with the Pulitzer Center and made possible by Sony … Continued