Strategic Communication Summit Highlights Evolving Media, Technology and Research

Industry Professionals, Faculty Gather to Discuss Needs of Today’s Advertising and Public Relations Students Columbia, Mo. (March 27, 2007) — Today’s successful strategic communicator must be able to navigate as many platforms as possible, from print, radio and television media options to Web and online venues to viral marketing efforts. A group of Missouri School … Continued

Master’s Student Wins Society of American Business Editors and Writers Contest

Columbia, Mo. (March 26, 2007) — Isabel Ordóñez, a second-year master’s student at the Missouri School of Journalism, has won first place in the student category of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers‘ (SABEW) annual Best in Business contest. SABEW founded the Best in Business contest for professionals in 1995 to help set … Continued

Missouri Journalism Students Share Experience, Advice at St. Louis High School Journalism Conference

Columbia, Mo. (March 22, 2007) — Ten Missouri Journalism students and one professor recently set off for St. Louis, Mo., as ambassadors of the world’s first school of journalism. The students, all enrolled in News Producing, taught by Holly Edgell, assistant professor of radio-television journalism and KOMU executive producer, accepted an invitation to participate in … Continued

Missouri Student-Athletes Honor Strategic Communication Professor as Most Inspiring Teacher

Columbia, Mo. (March 20, 2007) — Cynthia Frisby, associate professor of strategic communication, has been named one of the four Most Inspiring Professors on campus by the University of Missouri-Columbia Student-Athlete Advisory Council. Student-athletes nominate professors for the annual award to recognize their outstanding work in teaching and advising. Many student-athletes choose to nominate teachers … Continued

Negative Newspaper Articles about Clinical Trials Decrease Public Willingness to Participate, Study Finds

Clinical Trials are Necessary for Discovery of New Treatments and Cures By Katherine Kostiuk MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (March 20, 2007) — A University of Missouri-Columbia study has found that newspapers’ front page and section stories about clinical trials are overwhelmingly negative and that exposure to these stories may decrease people’s willingness to participate … Continued

Centennial Directory Project Launched for Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Students

Modified Alumni Directory to Feature Awards Won and Books Published Columbia, Mo. (March 20, 2007) — When Walter Williams established the Missouri School of Journalism with approximately 60 students in 1908, he probably never imagined what the thousands of alumni, faculty, staff and students would accomplish in the next 100 years. Now, the School is … Continued

Journalism Doctoral Student Wins Competitive $15,000 International Scholarship

Award Recognizes Tayo Oyedeji’s Outstanding Research and Leadership Potential Columbia, Mo. (March 14, 2007) — Tayo Oyedeji, a second-year doctoral student at the Missouri School of Journalism, has been named a prestigious Harvey Fellow by the Mustard Seed Foundation based in Arlington, Va. The Foundation is a Christian organization that encourages graduate students in premier … Continued

European Media Study Tour 2007

An Insider’s View of an Unparalleled International Experience By Elizabeth Brixey Elizabeth Brixey, assistant professor and city editor at the Columbia Missourian, was one of three Missouri School of Journalism faculty members leading 25 students through four countries during the 2007 European Media Study Tour Dec. 31, 2006-Jan. 15, 2007. The annual tour offers students … Continued

Convergence Journalism Students Use Cutting-Edge Skills to Promote Film Festival

Missouri School of Journalism Sponsors Showcase of International Documentaries Columbia, Mo. (March 8, 2007) — A documentary about Kurt Cobain. An exhibit about death and the afterlife. State-of-the-art multimedia equipment. An increasingly prominent film festival. And the world’s first school of journalism. What do all of these have in common? A convergence journalism capstone project … Continued