Scott Swafford
Professor Emeritus
Columbia Missourian, Journalism Professions
311 Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211-1200
SCOTT SWAFFORD worked as a reporter and editor at Missouri newspapers for 19 years, including 13 years at the Columbia Daily Tribune, before becoming a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism in 2003. He is an associate professor and senior city editor at the Columbia Missourian. He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University), graduating in 1984.
Updated: October 15, 2021