Tag: Students
London Internship Provides Opportunity for Missouri Student to Help Compile ‘Royal Baby Bible’ for CBS News-London Correspondents
During a particularly event-filled London internship, convergence journalism junior Caroline Watkins worked as part of a research team to compile what came to be known as the “Royal Baby Bible,” a resource that put relevant facts at the fingertips of CBS News correspondents as they were filing their reports on the birth of Prince Harry … Continued
Missouri School of Journalism Students Gain Hands-On Experience Working for Fee-Based Clients
In the enduring Missouri Method tradition of learning-by-doing, strategic communication seniors spent the spring 2019 semester working at AdZou developing fully-fleshed-out, research-based, creative marketing and advertising campaigns for 18 local and regional fee-based clients. AdZou’s Impact? $5,000 in One Day. By Jennifer Nelson Columbia, Mo. (May 17, 2019) — Twenty-eight teams consisting of 211 strategic … Continued
3 Missouri Journalism students awarded Dow Jones News Fund internships
Missouri students Theo DeRosa, Ashley Jones and Yue Stella Yu are among 79 undergraduate and graduate students chosen nationwide for a highly prestigious Dow Jones News Fund data and business internship this summer. Program includes paid summer internship and $1,000 scholarship for returning students. Columbia, Mo. (May 14, 2019) — Three Missouri School of Journalism … Continued
Four Graduate Students Named to New Knight Nonprofit News Internship Program for Summer 2019
Clockwise from top-left, Missouri Journalism graduate students Peng Chen, Samuel Manas, Tiantian Zhou and Toan Quach will have the opportunity to work with emerging business models in journalism with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Working in Small Newsrooms Will Position Students to Learn More about Business Side of News Industry … Continued
Missouri Business Alert Expands to Kansas City, Adds More Hands-On Learning for Journalism Students
Convergence journalism junior Rashi Shrivastava, from Pune, India, will spend summer 2019 working on people-focused stories as a multimedia reporter for Missouri Business Alert in its new Kansas City, Mo., office. Junior Rashi Shrivastava to Work Full-Time at Startland News Office This Summer By Jennifer Nelson Columbia, Mo. (May 10, 2019) — Missouri Business Alert … Continued
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
School of Journalism Undergraduate Academic Adviser Shawn Wallace Wins 2019 Catalyst Award
Missouri Journalism undergraduate academic adviser Shawn Wallace has won the University of Missouri’s LGBTQ Resource Center’s Catalyst Award. Columbia, Mo. (May 8, 2019) — Shawn Wallace, undergraduate academic adviser, has received the University of Missouri‘s LGBTQ Resource Center’s Catalyst Award. Established in 1998, Catalyst Awards is an annual event aimed at bringing together LGBTQ activists, … Continued
Missouri Senior Recognized with National Gracie Award for her ‘Obvious Question’ Podcast
Senior Madison Lawson has won a national Gracie Award for her podcast “The Obvious Question.” Lawson will be honored during a luncheon on June 26 in New York City. By Jennifer Nelson Columbia, Mo. (May 7, 2019) — Missouri School of Journalism senior Madison Lawson of St. Peters, Missouri, is being honored with a national … 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