Tag: Columbia Missourian
2 Missouri Journalism Students Create a Major Multimedia Exhibit About Boone County Residents
‘100 Ages, A Century of Voices’ Shares the Stories of Those Between the Ages of 1 and 100 By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism photojournalism student Alyssa Goodman was walking to her internship at Xinhua News Agency of China in Brussels during the summer of 2012 when she … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Join White House Press Corps on President’s Visit to the State
Columbia Missourian, KOMU-TV and KBIA-FM Reporters Deliver National News in Real Time to Mid-Missourians Columbia, Mo. (Aug. 8, 2013) — It was – and wasn’t – business as usual when Missouri School of Journalism reporters and photographers covered President Barack Obama’s visit to Warrensburg on July 24. He spoke at the University of Central Missouri … Continued
Missouri Journalism Designers Win 7 Awards in National College News Design Contest
Columbia, Mo. (May 6, 2013) — Students from the Missouri School of Journalism recently won seven awards at the 25th annual College News Design Contest. “I am so proud of the Missouri students that placed in this year’s contest,” said Erica Mendez Babcock, an assistant professor and print design editor at the Columbia Missourian. “With … Continued
‘Career Explorations in Journalism’ Course Receives $40,000 Redesign Grant
Students’ Strengths Will Be Mapped with Interest Areas By Gwen Girsdansky Master’s Student Columbia, Mo. (April 22, 2013) — The Mizzou Redesign Initiative awarded money to redesign seven undergraduate classes with high enrollments, including the Missouri School of Journalism’s eight-week “Career Explorations in Journalism.” The course helps first-year students discover the array of professional possibilities … Continued
Blake Ursch Wins Fourth Place in College Personality Profile Writing in Hearst Journalism Awards Program
San Francisco (April 5, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism senior Blake Ursch won fourth place in the College Personality Profile Writing category in the 53rd annual Journalism Awards Program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. Ursch wins a $1,000 scholarship for his placement, and the School receives a matching grant. Ursch won for … Continued
Four Missouri School of Journalism Students Recognized As Talented Young Photojournalists by the Boston Globe Website
By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (March 27, 2013) — Boston.com has included four Missouri School of Journalism students and alumni in a list of promising photojournalists under the age of 25. Boston.com is the website for the Boston Globe. “The Big Picture,” which highlights the work of photojournalists, named 40 up-and-coming photojournalists, 10 percent of … Continued
Columbia Missourian Wins 11 Awards in the Associated Press Sports Editors Contest
By Erik Hall Columbia, Mo. (March 21, 2013) — The Columbia Missourian has won 11 awards in The Associated Press Sports Editors contest. The Missourian received top 10 honors in eight different categories in the national industry-wide contest, while being honored twice in three of the categories. That nearly doubles the six awards received by the … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Cover SEC Basketball Tournament in Nashville
Reporters File Multimedia Stories for the Columbia Missourian and KOMU-TV Columbia, Mo. (March 15, 2013) — A car carrying Brendan Meyer and Justin Yang, the men’s basketball beat writers for the Columbia Missourian this season, and Greg Kendall-Ball, photographer, left early yesterday morning for what could, depending on the University of Missouri Tigers, be an extended … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Conduct Guerrilla Grammar Blitz to Celebrate National Grammar Day
The Effort Calls Attention to Correct Use of Contractions, Subject-Verb Agreement and More Columbia, Mo. (March 4, 2013) — Missouri School of Journalism students will conduct a guerrilla grammar blitz in celebration of National Grammar Day today, March 4. Members of the Mizzou Chapter of the American Copy Editors Society, as well as students in … Continued
Dow Jones News Fund Selects Two Missouri School of Journalism Students as Summer Interns
One Will Copy Edit for The Kansas City Star, the Other Will Do Business Reporting at the Denver Post By Celia Darrough Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 27, 2013) — Two Missouri School of Journalism students have been chosen as 2013 Dow Jones News Fund summer interns. Tony Puricelli, a print and digital news junior, will be … Continued