Tag: Students
Bridget Botchway Bradley Wins 2014 Undergraduate Inclusive Excellence Award
The Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative Recognizes Outstanding Contributions to Any Area of Diversity at the University of Missouri By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (March 21, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism senior Bridget Botchway Bradley has been named the winner of the 2014 undergraduate Inclusive Excellence Award. The award, part of the Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, is … Continued
Journalism Student One of 20 Undergraduates Selected to Present Research Projects to Missouri State Legislators
Hannah Reese Presents Mobile Application Project at Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Jefferson City By Lauren Elliott Columbia, Mo. (March 19, 2014) — Hannah Reese, a junior dual major in journalism and English, presented her project “Adventures of a Hack: Revitalizing Victorian Literature Through a Mobile Application” at Undergraduate Research Day at the … Continued
Radio-TV Journalism Students Rachel Wittel and Taylor Barth Are Top 5 Winners in the Hearst Competition
The School Is Ranked First in the Intercollegiate Broadcast Competition By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (March 18, 2014) — Radio-television journalism students Rachel Wittel and Taylor Barth placed second and fifth, respectively, in the Hearst Television II competition. The wins, together with points accumulated from the radio and the two television competitions, secured first place … Continued
Brendan Meyer Takes Eighth Place in Sports Writing in the National Hearst Journalism Awards Program
His Story Competed Against 111 Entries from 60 US Universities By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (March 11, 2014) — Brendan Meyer, BJ ’13, has been named a top 10 winner in the 54th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation‘s Journalism Awards Program in sports writing. Meyer’s story, which took eighth place in the competition, follows former … Continued
3 Missouri Journalism Students Among Those to Build a School in Nicaragua This Summer
The MU Circle of Sisterhood Project Will Help Ensure That More Girls Are Educated in the Rural Community By Veronica Destefano Published in the March 5, 2014, edition of the Columbia Missourian. Used with permission. Columbia, Mo. (March 9, 2014) — Three Missouri School of Journalism students are among the 12 from the University of … Continued
ESPN Sports Anchor Cara Capuano Speaks to Missouri AWSM Members
Patience, Positivity, Persistence and Passion Are Keys to Success in the Sports Broadcast Business, She Says By Rebecca Dell Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 27, 2014) — Cara Capuano of ESPN met with University of Missouri members of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM) during her recent trip to Columbia. Capuano, in town to call … 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
MOJO Ad Helps Staffs at Chicago Agencies Better Understand the 18-24 Demographic
The Staff Presented the State of the YAYA Report While Touring 12 Companies By Katelyn Morris MOJO Ad Public Relations Account Executive Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 20, 2014) — Young adults have a combined buying power of almost $6.9 billion, and more than half would rather lose their car than their phone. These are among the … Continued
Students Add Interactive Mapping to Their Journalism Toolkit After Workshop Hosted by ONA Mizzou
Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 12, 2014) — More than 50 students and faculty members packed a room in Walter Williams Hall on Jan. 30 to learn the basics of interactive mapping – a skill many wish they knew but thought was too time-consuming to learn. Journalists in markets large and small are increasingly required to understand … Continued
Students Publish Columbia’s Little-Known Secrets in Vox Magazine
The Semester-Long Project Features About 80 Quirky Tidbits in Print, Online and Social Media By Caroline Murray Columbia, Mo. (Jan. 27, 2014) — Approximately 80 quirky little-known secrets about Columbia, Mo., were revealed in a recent issue of Vox Magazine. Among the disclosures: Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream has served chocolate-covered cicada ice cream. Customers have … Continued