Tag: Missouri Method
Journalism Students Freelance for Publications Across the Country
Lauren Steele Is One Who Is Achieving Her Dreams of Working as a Fitness Writer By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (April 3, 2014) — Lauren Steele loves to run. This is a woman who can finish a half marathon in fewer than 7 minutes per mile. But she also loves writing, and Steele just turned … Continued
Updating the Missouri Method with Rapid Iteration, Multiplatform Delivery
By Jim Flink This is the second installment of Jim Flink‘s coverage of his new multiplatform experiment at the Missouri School of Journalism. Check out his opening piece that ran in February. Originally published to PBS MediaShift; used by permission. What causes species to migrate? Inhospitable conditions? A yearning for home? A longing for greener pastures? In the … Continued
Missouri Tests Multi-Platform Storytelling Across Six Newsrooms
By Jim Flink Originally published to PBS MediaShift; used by permission. Clutter. Chaos. Copious amounts of content. News organizations are struggling right now. Struggling to connect with users, who are migrating to increasingly diverse and cluttered platforms. Struggling to migrate their staffs, sometimes chaotically, to distribute distinct, quality, multi-platform content to different and varied platforms. … Continued
A Section of the Fundamentals of Multimedia Class Uses All-Mobile Reporting Techniques
Missouri Sophomores Learn to Use iPhones, iPads to Capture and Edit High-Quality Multimedia Pieces By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 30, 2014) — This spring, 13 Missouri School of Journalism students will embark on a new kind of class: one that sends them out with just an iPhone or iPad and teaches them to use … Continued
News Professionals Select Missouri as the Top J-School in the Country
The ‘Missouri Method’ of Hands-On, Real-Media Training Cited for No. 1 Ranking Columbia, Mo. (Dec. 17, 2013) — News professionals have selected the Missouri School of Journalism as the top J-school in the country in the 2013 NewsPro–Radio Television Digital News Association Top Journalism Schools poll. “Survey: The Top 25 Journalism Schools – NewsPro’s Survey … Continued
Missouri Journalism Faculty Introduce the Missouri Method to Ukrainian Reporters and Editors
ImpactMedia Program Fosters Quality Economics Journalism and Professional Development By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (Nov. 25, 2013) — Jacqui Banasyznski and David Reed from the Missouri School of Journalism were among 16 foreign journalists and experts in economics, business and finance who coached 17 Ukrainian journalists and editors in the ImpactMedia program in Kiev. The … Continued
3 Missouri Journalism Alumni to Lead Upcoming Workshop on Data Journalism
‘Building a Web Scraper’ Will Help Students Learn How to Collect Data Sets from the Internet By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2013) – Three Missouri School of Journalism alumni – all experts in advanced data journalism – will help current students learn these skills at an Oct. 10-13 workshop on the University of … Continued
Missouri Journalism Students Learn Radio Skills at Nation’s No. 4 NPR-Member Station
KBIA-FM Recently Ranked as One of the Most Listened-to Public Radio Stations in the U.S. By Gwen Girsdansky Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 30, 2013) — The hour-to-hour coverage at KBIA-FM might include a 21-year-old Missouri School of Journalism student at Columbia’s city hall producing interviews and a story about how the police department is reacting to … 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