Author: Lamar
Making it real
A student team from the Missouri School of Journalism is set to pitch an advertising campaign for a national client during the National Student Advertising Competition Holly Higginbotham knows there is no better way to learn about the advertising campaign process than to actually develop a campaign for a real client. That’s why Higginbotham, an … Continued
School of Journalism’s VOX Magazine and KBIA-FM receives SPJ Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards
The Society of Professional Journalists awards are given for the best in student journalism Columbia, Mo. (April 21, 2022) — The published work of 12 Missouri School of Journalism students at the School’s NPR-member station KBIA-FM and Vox Magazine has earned Region 7 Mark of Excellence Awards, including seven first-place wins, in a competition sponsored by the Society of … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism students honored with prestigious Hearst Awards
By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (April 20, 2022) — Missouri School of Journalism students are being honored for excellent storytelling as the Hearst Journalism Awards Program continues to recognize top student journalism in a number of categories. To date, eleven students have finished in the top 20 in various Hearst competitions this year. “It’s wonderful … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism wins Hearst Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition
Columbia, Mo. (April 18, 2022) — The Missouri School of Journalism has won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition, accumulating the most points across three competitions spanning television and audio formats. The news came as two additional students at the School of Journalism earned Hearst honors. Senior Bradley Davis won first place in … Continued
Linda Villarosa, award-winning health journalist, to deliver Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Lecture
By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (April 11, 2022) — The Missouri School of Journalism will host award-winning journalist Linda Villarosa as this spring’s Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Lecture speaker at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28. Villarosa will deliver an historical perspective on racial disparities in health care, a subject she has covered extensively in her writing. … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism’s Lee and Porter accepted into MU research development programs
At different points in their careers, Sungkyoung Lee and Jeannette Porter are seizing the opportunity to take their research to the next level By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (March 25, 2022) – Two Missouri School of Journalism professors have received research development fellowships from the Mizzou Office of the Provost and the Office of Research … Continued
MU endowed chair wins SEC award
Shuhua Zhou receives SEC Faculty Achievement Award in recognition of his 22 years of work in the SEC The Southeastern Conference announced today that Shuhua Zhou, the University of Missouri Leonard H. Goldenson Endowed Chair in Radio and Television, is the winner of the SEC’s 2022 Faculty Achievement Award. This recognition is given to one … Continued
Shelter in Place exhibit at Missouri School of Journalism’s McDougall Center presents international perspective on pandemic era, with a local touch
Keith Greenwood (right) and David Rees at the Shelter in Place exhibit. Photo: Nate Brown New exhibit runs from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on weekdays until April 8 By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (March 23, 2022) — Shelter in Place, the new photo exhibit now on public display at the McDougall Center for Photojournalism … Continued
Elizabeth Brixey awarded Kemper Fellowship
Elizabeth “Liz” Brixey’s impact on the lives of undergraduate students at the Missouri School of Journalism is tough to measure because her influence is so individual and ongoing — hallmarks of an educator at heart. An associate professor and faculty editor at the Columbia Missourian since 2003, Brixey is best known for her holistic approach … Continued
Nolan Xiong finds new purpose as journalism student, RJI student innovation staffer
By Austin Fitzgerald Columbia, Mo. (March 17 2022) — Nolan Xiong didn’t plan to go to school for journalism. In fact, after leaving Spokane Community College in Spokane, Washington, and heading to Minneapolis, he wasn’t sure he wanted to go back to school at all. But when George Floyd was murdered in May 2020 and … Continued