Brian Kratzer
Associate Professor
Columbia Missourian, Journalism Professions
Director of Photography, Columbia Missourian316-F Lee Hills Hall Missouri School of Journalism Columbia, MO 65211-1200
BRIAN KRATZER, MA ’05, is an associate professor and the director of photography for the Columbia Missourian. He teaches Photo and Visual Editing, Staff Photojournalism and works with an advanced multimedia team creating documentary videos for the Missourian’s website and app. Kratzer has been on faculty at the Missouri Photojournalism Workshop. He has attended The Kalish, the Eddie Adams and the Missouri Photojournalism workshops. Kratzer’s master’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism depicted 15 families living on Missouri Century Farms throughout the state. He received the O.O. McIntyre grant, which allowed him to pursue the breadth and depth of that rural Missouri topic. In continuing with the rural theme, Brian co-produced a rural youth documentary series with the Missourian and KBIA that resulted in premiers at Ragtag Cinema and in several Missouri towns.
Kratzer was previously the director of photography and the assistant managing editor for online and multimedia at the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun where he helped lead the newsroom into a Web-first environment. The video and photo team covered multiple University of Florida football and basketball national championships with close coordination with the online team. This leadership earned Gainesville.com and Gatorsports.com the Arthur “Punch” Sulzberger award, the highest honor for innovation and success from The New York Times.
Brian KratzerKratzer also has worked at the Columbia Tribune, the Moscow-Pullman (Idaho) Daily News and interned with the Eugene (Ore.) Register-Guard, the Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, the Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune and the Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury. As a graduate student at Missouri he served as graduate coordinator for CPOYi and POYi. Kratzer has taught as an adjunct journalism instructor for both the University of Missouri and the University of Florida.
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2024
- Sep 05, 2024 Cory MacNeil, recent Missouri School of Journalism graduate, wins prestigious O.O. McIntyre Fellowship
- Jun 18, 2024 Owen Ziliak, BJ ’24, wins second place at Hearst National Photojournalism Championship
- Feb 05, 2024 Missouri School of Journalism students kick off the Hearst Awards season with multiple wins
- 2023
- 2022
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2021
- Sep 28, 2021 Missourian wins 51 Missouri Press Association awards
- Mar 16, 2021 Missouri School of Journalism junior honored with Hearst Journalism Award recognition for multimedia innovative storytelling
- Feb 16, 2021 Journalism seniors receive honors from 2020–21 Hearst award for Multimedia Narrative Storytelling
- 2019
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2018
- Aug 07, 2018 Missouri Students Teach International Teens about MU Photojournalism Program
- Jun 08, 2018 After Missouri Governor Resigns, Missourian Reporters Tell Underclassmen How They Covered One of the Biggest Stories of the Year
- Apr 25, 2018 Recent Photojournalism Graduate Kayla Wolf Competing for National Hearst Award
- Apr 13, 2018 Two Recent Alumni Honored for Multimedia Coverage at Hearst Journalism Awards Program
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2016
- Nov 16, 2016 Columbia Missourian Earns International Recognition for Olympic Page Design
- Nov 01, 2016 New Benchmark Established with Publishing of Virtual Reality Feature
- Jun 06, 2016 Vox Magazine Wins 3 National Society of Professional Journalists Awards
- Mar 22, 2016 Photojournalists to Present 'Beyond the Protest' Program at J-Day on April 6
- Feb 25, 2016 Tim Tai Places in Top 10 in National Hearst Multimedia Competition
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2015
- Sep 10, 2015 Graduate Student Earns Top Honors for Photo Story on Marriage of Lesbian Couple
- Jul 24, 2015 Magazine Students, Vox Magazine Win 11 Awards in National Competition
- May 21, 2015 Vox Magazine Earns National SPJ Recognition
- May 01, 2015 3 Journalism Undergraduates Present Research and Creative Projects
- Feb 24, 2015 Students, Missourian Earn Awards in National Sports Editors Contest
- Jan 09, 2015 Timothy Tai Places Third, Wins $1,500 in Hearst Photojournalism Contest
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2014
- Dec 11, 2014 Researchers, Columbia Missourian Debut New Form of Online Photography
- Nov 14, 2014 Photographs from Recent Master's Project Published by Wall Street Journal
- Sep 12, 2014 Photojournalism Students to Participate in Upcoming Missouri Photo Workshop
- Apr 10, 2014 Zac Boesch and Mackenzie Bruce Win Dean's Award for Multimedia Enterprise in Mastering the Method Contest
- Mar 27, 2014 Missouri Journalism Students, Columbia Missourian Win 7 Awards in Associated Press Sports Editors Contest
- Feb 06, 2014 Sam Gause Wins First Place in National Hearst Narrative Multimedia Storytelling Competition for 'Transitions in Flight' Feature
- Jan 15, 2014 Missouri Journalism Senior Sam Gause Places Ninth in National Hearst Photojournalism Competition
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2013
- Dec 17, 2013 Sam Gause and Megan May Win Dean's Award for Multimedia Features in Mastering the Method Contest
- Nov 12, 2013 Sam Gause and Whitney Hayward Win Dean's Award for Photojournalism News/Features in Mastering the Method Contest
- Sep 30, 2013 2 Missouri Journalism Students Create a Major Multimedia Exhibit About Boone County Residents
- Mar 27, 2013 Four Missouri School of Journalism Students Recognized As Talented Young Photojournalists by the Boston Globe Website
- Mar 21, 2013 Columbia Missourian Wins 11 Awards in the Associated Press Sports Editors Contest
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2012
- Dec 20, 2012 Two Missouri School of Journalism Photojournalism Seniors Win in Hearst Journalism Awards Program
- Dec 18, 2012 Five Missouri Journalism Classes Produce Multiplatform Package of Stories for Vox Magazine
- Dec 01, 2012 Free Screening of Students' Multimedia Documentaries to Be Held Dec. 4 at Ragtag Cinema
- Sep 04, 2012 School's Photojournalists Win Third Place in 'Best Use of Photography' National Competition
- Apr 09, 2012 Vox Magazine Earns an Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design
- Feb 08, 2012 Student Work Earns Second Place in National Press Photographers Association Quarterly Contest
- 2011
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Updated: November 17, 2023