Kent S. Collins
Professor Emeritus
KENT S. COLLINS managed news stories and newsrooms for more than 50 years. During his career he has served duty as reporter, producer, anchor, newsroom manager and consultant.
“I’ve come to accept journalism as my religion,” Collins says. “The mission of journalism mimics lessons of the world’s great religions – truth, honesty, service to your fellow man, respect for all peoples and all creatures.”
Collins’ first television newsroom was KOMU-TV at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1970. (“KOMU-TV was my first and will be my last,” he says.) He has twice served as news director of KOMU-TV since joining the faculty in 1984. Collins has worked in or studied in more than 80 television newsrooms from Beijing, China to Los Angeles, California to Sofia, Bulgaria to Nairobi, Kenya.
Today, Collins coaches television journalists and consults television station owners in the U.S. and overseas. He serves as an expert witness in civil suits involving the media. Collins has served as a co-researcher and editor of an innovative project with the Missouri School of Law, which investigated the effectiveness of judges, prosecutors and police responding to domestic violence. And he manages the Journalism School’s aggressive “recruiting season” that places students in their first jobs in some of America’s finest television and digital newsrooms.
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2015
- Jul 24, 2015 Investigative Reporting Students Produce 50-Plus Stories for KOMU-TV
- Jul 15, 2015 Faculty, Alumni, Students to Present Papers at Global Research Conference
- Jun 24, 2015 KBIA-FM Wins National Edward R. Murrow Award for Feature Reporting
- May 11, 2015 Systems Administrator John Meyer Wins Amy Lenk Staff Excellence Award
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2013
- Oct 21, 2013 Broadcasting & Cable Magazine Features the Missouri School of Journalism in Its Sept. 30 Cover Story
- Sep 30, 2013 Missouri Journalism Students Learn Radio Skills at Nation’s No. 4 NPR-Member Station
- Mar 28, 2013 Journalists and Digital Strategists for Obama and Romney Campaigns to Speak April 9 at 'Twitterocracy: How Social Media Are Transforming Politics and Journalism'
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2006
- Nov 03, 2006 Radio-Television Professors Earn Emmy for Tsunami Coverage
- Aug 30, 2006 Writer at Charlotte Observer Wins Second Sifford Prize
- Jun 26, 2006 Journalism Student Sarah French Crowned Miss Missouri
- Jun 26, 2006 School's KBIA-FM News Lab Wins Prestigious National Award
- Jun 21, 2006 Radio-Television Journalism Faculty, Student Win MBA Excellence Awards
- May 01, 2006 Stacey Woelfel Receives the Excellence in Education Award
- Apr 24, 2006 NBC Correspondent Lisa Myers to Receive Missouri Honor Medal on May 1
- Apr 10, 2006 Broadcast News Student Places Fifth, Wins $600 Scholarship in Hearst Competition
- Apr 10, 2006 KBIA Faculty and Students Win Five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
- Mar 03, 2006 WSJ's Clare Ansberry Wins Darrell Sifford Memorial Prize
- Feb 01, 2006 School Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
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2005
- Dec 07, 2005 Missouri Journalism Graduate Gets ABC Anchor Spot
- Sep 20, 2005 Dean Mills Honored as Recipient of Pacheco Leadership Award
- Sep 19, 2005 KHOU Defenders To Receive Medal, Present Master Classes
- Jul 07, 2005 Missouri Students Honored with National Mark of Excellence Awards
- Mar 10, 2005 KBIA Ranked Second in Nation; Provides Professional Training for Students
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2004
- Dec 15, 2004 Missouri Broadcast News Students Win Hearst Journalism Awards
- Nov 29, 2004 136 Graduates Will Be Recognized at Fall Commencement Ceremonies
- Oct 04, 2004 McKean Receives MU Teaching with Technology Award
- Apr 26, 2004 Two Journalism Students to Participate in Hearst National Broadcast Championship
- Mar 15, 2004 KOMU Creates New Copy Desk Function
- Mar 11, 2004 Journalism-Law Research Study Receives $49,000 Grant
- Jan 26, 2004 Journalism School Hosts C-SPAN School Bus
- Jan 07, 2004 New RTNDA Student Chapter Established at J-School
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Updated: July 30, 2019