Elizabeth Brixey
Professor
Columbia Missourian, Journalism Professions
312 Lee Hills Hall Missouri School of Journalism Columbia, MO 65211-1200
ELIZABETH BRIXEY is a professor on the Journalism Professions faculty in the Missouri School of Journalism and a teaching editor at the Columbia Missourian newspaper. She has won several teaching awards, including the 2017 O.O. McIntyre Professorship for Teaching Excellence from the Journalism School; the 2019 Maxine Christopher Shutz Award and Lecture for Distinguished Teaching and the 2022 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, both from the University of Missouri; and the 2025 Ann K. Covington Award for Mentoring from the campus Office of Global and National Fellowships. She is a Reynolds Faculty Fellowship recipient. Brixey earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in journalism from Mizzou. Before joining the Journalism School in 2003, she worked at the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison. Brixey attends Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia and plays the French horn in Show-Me Brass. She is obsessed with peonies.
Updated: May 1, 2026