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Journalism Students, Faculty Win Health Journalism 2016 Fellowships
Participation Reflects Growing Interest in Health, Science and Public Policy Cleveland (April 12, 2016) — Among the more than 600 attendees at Health Journalism 2016 over the past week in Cleveland, Ohio, were five Missouri School of Journalism students and seven on-campus professionals. Ten won fellowships to the annual conference of the Association of Health … Continued
11 Journalism Alumni Headline ‘Words Matter’ Writing Conference at the School
Sports and Magazine Writing, Reporting Techniques and More Will Be Covered in Week-Long Conference By Ashley Szatala Columbia, Mo. (April 12, 2016) — Eleven Missouri School of Journalism award-winning alumni will return to campus April 11-15 to lecture on various topics including sports, magazine writing, reporting techniques and personal paths that have led to writing … Continued
Convergence Journalism Professor Honored for Promoting Equality
Amy Simons Recognized at the University of Missouri’s Annual Tribute to Women Awards Ceremony By Kiara Ealy Columbia, Mo. (March 21, 2016) — Missouri School of Journalism professor Amy Simons was honored for her advising role for the campus-wide student group Mizzou Women in Media during the Tribute to Women Awards on March 15. The … Continued
KBIA-FM Team Publishes Multimedia Package on Campus Race Relations
Audio Stories of ‘Mizzou at a Crossroads’ Will Be Available as Podcasts By Ashley Szatala Columbia, Mo. (March 15, 2016) — A new multimedia project on race relations at the University of Missouri allowed students and faculty at KBIA-FM to explore new storytelling techniques. “Mizzou at a Crossroads” is an in-depth analysis on the history … Continued
KBIA-FM Wins Oral Health Champion Award
The Missouri Coalition for Oral Health Recognizes Station’s Stories About Access to Dental Services for Underserved Populations Columbia, Mo. (March 15, 2016) — The Missouri Coalition for Oral Health recognized KBIA-FM with an Oral Health Champion Award for its outstanding coverage of oral health policy and the ways in which limited access to oral health … Continued
Access Missouri Receives $35,000 Knight Foundation Grant
KBIA-FM, Others Will Use Funding to Support Missouri Government Data Access Columbia, Mo. (March 7, 2016) — Access Missouri has received a $35,000 grant from the Knight Foundation Knight Prototype Fund. The project is designed to help journalists and the general public easily find accurate and current Missouri state government information. The funding will help … Continued
Speaker Tells Students to Use Data, Build Trust When Covering Race
Nikole Hannah-Jones Presents Reporting on Race in the Age of Black Lives Matter By Ashley Szatala Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 29, 2016) — Throughout the fall semester, Missouri School of Journalism students received more on-the-job learning and training than some journalists gain in a decade. Demonstrations by Concerned Student 1950, administrative resignations and profiles of courage … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Voted No. 1 in Annual NewsPro-RTDNA Poll
Students’ Real-World Experience, Adaptability Rank High with Professionals Chicago (Dec. 22, 2015) — For the third year in a row, the Missouri School of Journalism is No. 1 in the 2015 NewsPro–RTDNA survey of the country’s top journalism schools. News professionals cited the Missouri Method – hands-on experience in real-world newsrooms and agencies – as the … Continued
Radio Television Digital News Association Awards Scholarships to 2 Missouri Students
Jenna Middaugh and Zack Newman Will Each Receive $1,000 Washington (Dec. 16, 2015) — The Radio Television Digital News Association has awarded scholarships to two Missouri School of Journalism students. Both report for KOMU-TV, the only university-owned commercial TV station in the U.S. that uses its newsroom as a working lab for students. Radio-TV journalism … Continued
Broadcast Senior Andrea Gonzales Awarded $10,000 Kaplan Fellowship
She Will Spend the Spring Semester at the ABC News Washington Bureau By Kiara Ealy Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 4, 2015) — Andrea Gonzales, a broadcast journalism senior, will head to Washington, D.C., in the spring as the Missouri School of Journalism’s David Kaplan Memorial Fellow. Students selected for the program spend the semester working behind … Continued