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Missouri School of Journalism announces inaugural class of Gregory Scholars
L-R: Doctoral student Ting-Hao Tsou, master’s student and J-School alum Cate Enrooth, junior Owen Bazigian, Shelly Rodgers, junior Sophie Carite, master’s student Krutika Deshpande, junior Nahomi Gonzalez, and doctoral student Justin Willett The Gregory Scholars Program offers paid, interdisciplinary research experience to undergraduate and graduate students alike By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 31, 2022) … Continued
Columbia Missourian wins LION Local Journalism Award for Best Collaboration
By Austin Fitzgerald The Columbia Missourian has won a LION Local Journalism Award for Collaboration of the Year, with the Missouri School of Journalism’s community newspaper winning out over professional news organizations from all over the country. The award comes with a $2,000 prize from the Knight Foundation, a nonprofit that provides support for journalism … Continued
Major Garrett parses fact from fiction in Boyd Lecture on politics and press at Missouri School of Journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 26, 2022) — Major Garrett, BJ ’84, chief Washington correspondent at CBS News, returned to the Missouri School of Journalism’s Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) on Thursday, Oct. 20 for a lecture and Q&A with faculty, staff, students and the public on the subject of truth in political reporting. “I’m … Continued
Two Missouri School of Journalism students selected for prestigious Kaplan Fellowship
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 25, 2022) — Ella McCarthy and Leah Vredenbregt, seniors at the Missouri School of Journalism, have been named the 30th and 31st David Kaplan Memorial Fellows. McCarthy and Vredenbregt will work at the ABC News Washington Bureau in Washington, D.C., in the spring. The announcement marks only the second … Continued
Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Missouri School of Journalism alum, to receive Black Alumni Emerging Trailblazer Award
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 19, 2022) — On Friday, Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Ph.D. ’18, will return to the campus and community that played host to two of the most important milestones in her life: her doctorate from the Missouri School of Journalism and the birth of her daughter, Emery Ashley. Those two events … Continued
2022 Missouri Honor Medalists deliver master classes to students at Missouri School of Journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 19, 2022) — Today, the 2022 Missouri Honor Medalists presented master classes to an audience of students and other guests in the run-up to accepting their awards this evening. Each master class featured a lecture and Q&A from one of the honorees: Jeff Goodby, co-founder and co-chair of acclaimed … Continued
Major Garrett to discuss truth in political journalism for Boyd Lecture Series at Missouri School of Journalism
By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 14, 2022) — Major Garrett, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, will deliver a lecture and discussion next week at the Missouri School of Journalism on the subject of the 2020 presidential election and truth in journalism. Part of the Gerald M. Boyd Lecture Series on Politics and Press … Continued
Missouri Honor Medal recipients to share expertise, experience during Oct. 19 master classes
The recipients of the 2022 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism will speak about their areas of expertise in a daylong series of master classes on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The presentations will begin at 9 a.m. at the Missouri School of Journalism, and all are free and open to the public. The scheduled times and … Continued
Ag & Water Desk launches first collaborative project, ‘When It Rains’
Missouri School of Journalism students Mikayla Higgins and Adam Goldstein edit an interview with a St. Louis resident who experienced flooding to create a social media post as part of the ‘When It Rains’ series. After floods hammered St. Louis and eastern Kentucky this summer, the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk wanted to know: … Continued
Yong Volz awarded 2022 O.O. McIntyre Professorship for Teaching Excellence
By Austin Fitzgerald Yong Volz, associate professor and Roger Gafke Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the 2022 recipient of the School’s O.O. McIntyre Professorship in recognition of teaching excellence. Volz is the 35th recipient of the award, which has been given annually since 1987 and comes with a $10,000 stipend … Continued