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Global Journalist and a Healthcare Publication Created by Magazine Journalism Students Take Top Awards in a Statewide Contest
Columbia, Mo. (March 16, 2009) — Publication professionals from around the state of Missouri attended the 2009 Ranly Awards ceremony and gala recognizing outstanding magazines, newsletters, and Web sites, e-zines and e-letters during the Missouri Association of Publications 5th Anniversary Publishing Summit at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center in Columbia on March 5 and 6. … Continued
Journalism Student to Participate in Fully Funded Exchange Program in Germany
Columbia, Mo. (March 13, 2009) — For the second summer in a row, a Missouri School of Journalism student has been accepted to participate in the fully funded DAAD interXchange internship for journalism students in Berlin, Germany. This year Paul Weber, a journalism and German major, will take part in a structured 11-week study/internship program in … Continued
Charles Davis Named National Journalism Teacher of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation
Cincinnati (March 13, 2009) — Charles Davis, associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the Scripps Howard Foundation‘s Journalism Teacher of the Year. He is among the winners of the organization’s annual National Journalism Awards, honoring the best in print, Web and electronic journalism and journalism education in 2008. Davis also serves as … Continued
Strategic Communication Career Fair Provides Students Job, Internship Opportunities
Columbia, Mo. (March 13, 2009) — Resumes and portfolios in hand, more than 200 students buzzed around the Missouri School of Journalism’s 2009 Strategic Communication Career Fair in February. Recruiters from more than 20 companies and organizations visited with interested applicants in Stotler Lounge in Memorial Union on the University of Missouri campus, hoping to hire … Continued
Master’s Student Wins Google Policy Fellowship to Study Internet Policy in Washington, D.C.
Columbia, Mo. (March 12, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism graduate student Bryan Utter has won a prestigious 2009 Google Policy Fellowship. Utter, who is enrolled in the journalism-law dual-degree program, will complete his master’s project at Media Access Project (MAP) in Washington, D.C. He also is a second-year student at the University of Missouri … Continued
Journalism Senior Named in National Top 10 by the Associated Press Sports Editors
Columbia, Mo. (March 12, 2009) — Missouri School of Journalism senior David Ubben won a top 10 ranking in the national Associated Press Sports Editors contest. His entry was entered in the explanatory story category of newspapers with an under-40,000 circulation. This is the third year in a row that the Columbia Missourian reporters have … Continued
Magazine Club Visits 16 Magazines in New York
Columbia, Mo. (March 6, 2009) — Twenty members of the Magazine Club at the Missouri School of Journalism, along with magazine journalism professors Steve Weinberg and Michael Grinfeld, traveled to New York on a recent trip to visit the offices of 16 magazines. The students discussed the business of producing a publication, the job market … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Receives Award of Excellence from the University of Navarra in Spain
Columbia, Mo. (March 6, 2009) — The University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain, recently awarded the Missouri School of Journalism its highest honor: the Luka Brajnovic Award for Communication. “The award was established to commemorate Luka Brajnovic – journalist, scholar and poet – one of the founding members of the School of Communication,” said Teresa La … Continued
Missouri Journalism Student Documents Wrongful Conviction
In fall 2006 Ben Poston enrolled in an intermediate writing class, hoping to learn how to be a better writer. His assignment, a potential wrongful conviction case, continued well beyond the course, the completion of his master’s project and graduation. In February 2009, more than two years after the start of his work, Josh Kezer … Continued
Winners of the Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism Announced
Lindy Washburn and Leslie Brody of The Record in New Jersey Win for “Living with Cancer” Series Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 27, 2009) — Two reporters at The Record in Hackensack, N.J., are the latest winners of the acclaimed Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize in Journalism. In a series of stories titled “Living With Cancer,” Lindy Washburn … Continued