Tag: Faculty
Documentary Journalism Students to Premier Their Films at Third Annual Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival on May 15 at the Missouri Theater
University of Missouri documentary journalism students will get to see their films have their world premiere next week as the third annual Stronger Than Fiction Film Festival comes to the historic Missouri Theater on Wednesday, May 15, beginning at 2 p.m. Admission to all films is free (no tickets required) and is open to the … Continued
Grad Students Tasked with Solving Associated Press Challenge Win Business-Journalism Competition
Team AP (left to right): Andre de Castro Deus; Les Borgmeyer, Team AP adviser; Jake Kreinberg, manager of text and multimedia products at Associated Press; Jerome Young; Zachary Mason; Karina Zaiets; Adam Caruso; Abby Ivory-Ganja. Columbia, Mo. (May 9, 2019) — A University of Missouri team of students tasked with increasing awareness, bringing in more … Continued
Associate Professor Amy Simons Awarded 2019 Excellence in Online Class Facilitation Award
Associate Professor Amy Simons has won the Mizzou Online Excellence in Online Class Facilitation award. A J-School faculty member since August 2010, her work as an instructor of digital journalism techniques has taken her to China and the European Union. Columbia, Mo. (May 7, 2019) — Amy Simons, associate professor of journalism professions, has been … Continued
Professor Suzette Heiman Named 2019 MJEA Friend of Scholastic Journalism
In recognition of her efforts supporting scholastic journalism for high school students across the state, the Missouri Journalism Education Association has named Professor Suzette Heiman as the recipient of its Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award. Heiman, center, is flanked by Missouri Journalism Dean David Kurpius and MJEA member Michelle Kennedy, publications adviser at Grain Valley … Continued
Associate Professor Tim Vos Awarded 2019 MU Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
Associate Professor Tim P. Vos has won the prestigious MU Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, which includes a $1,500 honorarium and is given in recognition of the outstanding mentoring relationships a faculty adviser has developed with graduate students. Award Recognizes Outstanding Mentoring Relationships an Adviser Develops with Graduate Students Columbia, Mo. (May 3, 2019) — Tim … Continued
School of Journalism to recognize 532 candidates at May graduation ceremony
The Missouri School of Journalism will recognize 532 May and August graduates at its 6 p.m. commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17, at Mizzou Arena. The alumna speaker will be Elise Hu, BJ ’03, a Los Angeles-based correspondent and video host for NPR. Antoinette Miller will serve as master of ceremonies and the student speaker will … Continued
Journalists, Legal Experts Wrangle with the First Amendment and Social Media
At top right, Brian Stelter, chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide and anchor of “Reliable Sources,” delivers the 2019 Missouri–Hurley and Price Sloan Symposium keynote address. At bottom, Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Journalism and event organizer Barbara Cochran and Missouri Journalism Dean David Kurpius listen attentively. Discussion Took Place in Washington D.C. … Continued
Smart Alarm Clock Delivering Local News Wins 12th Annual Journalism Development Competition
The members of Team Six Flags (at bottom) won this year’s RJI Student Competition by developing NewSnooze, which utilizes Raspberry Pi and the Google Assistant system to deliver local news and advertising, weather, and traffic information as its users wake up. Winners Will Visit Tech, Media Leaders in Boston Later This Year By Jennifer Nelson … Continued
KBIA-FM, KOMU-TV Win 8 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards
Network affiliates – and working laboratories for Missouri Journalism students – KBIA-FM and KOMU-TV were awarded a total of eight prestigious Edward R. Murrow Awards by the Radio and Television Digital News Association, recognizing the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world. The Radio and Television Digital News … Continued
Associate Professor Emeritus Clyde Bentley Completes Fulbright Specialist Fellowship
Emeritus Associate Professor Clyde Bentley with some of his students at the University of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Six-Week Program Had Bentley Teaching Journalism Students at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia Columbia, Mo. (April 24, 2019) — Missouri School of Journalism Emeritus Associate Professor Clyde Bentley recently completed a six-week Fulbright Specialist fellowship at the … Continued