Innovation SWAT Teams Must Be Integrated Quickly Into Newsrooms

By Jim Flink Published June 12, 2014, by PBS MediaShift; used by permission. “The more we venture into the unknown, the higher the risk, the greater the chance of failure. As in science, though, experiments are not really failures if you learn from them.” Searchlights and Sunglasses: Field Notes from the Digital Age of Journalism Risk and … Continued

Missouri Journalism Student Wins Prize in Bay Area Contest Designed to ‘Hack the Future of Journalism’

The Winning App, HereSay, Combines Location-Based Tweets with Relevant News Stories San Francisco (June 24, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism student Jack Howard was among 80 programmers, news executives and community activists who teamed up May 31 and June 1 at San Francisco’s KQED Public Media to hack products designed to improve journalism. The … Continued

Missouri Journalism Students Win in Hearst National Championships

Sam Gause Places Third in the Multimedia Category; Brynne Whittaker Earns Finalist Honors in Broadcast News Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism student Sam Gause placed third in the National Multimedia Championship in the Journalism Awards Program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. In addition, Brynne Whittaker was a finalist in the National Television Broadcast … Continued

Student Journalists Don Lab Coats to Learn Intricacies of Scientific Experiments

A Better Understanding of the Research Process Might Result in Better News Stories About Scientific Findings Columbia, Mo. (June 2, 2014) — For six students at the Missouri School of Journalism, working in a science lab felt about as foreign as landing on Mars. Instead, writing, editing and staying up-to-date with current events were their … Continued

Campaign Group Develops ‘Team STL’ Branding Campaign for Fox Sports

Strategic Communication Students Generate Concepts, Network to Produce Them in Late Summer By Allie Steiner, BJ ’11 Fox Sports Midwest St. Louis (May 27, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism strategic communication students are helping Fox Sports Midwest develop a new branding campaign to promote the St. Louis-based sports television network. This is the fourth … Continued

How Students Used PublishThis to Curate RJI’s Mobile First Symposium

By Hannah Schmidt and Meredith Turk Published May 20, 2014, by PBS MediaShift; used by permission. At the Missouri School of Journalism, students are guinea pigs for new innovations, products and processes that are breaking ground in the news and digital spheres. Ten students in Jim Flink‘s Emerging Technologies class had firsthand experience using a curation … Continued

Journalism Student Council Officers Elected for 2014-15 Academic Year

JSC Helps Build Relationships with Peers, Mentors and Professors Columbia, Mo. (May 19, 2014) — The Missouri School of Journalism recently announced the new slate of Journalism Student Council officers for the 2014-15 academic year. JSC hosts events to give students the opportunity to build relationships with peers, mentors and professors. These might include networking … Continued

Undergraduate Advisor Urska Lenart Wins Advising Forum Shout Out Award for May

The Campus-Wide Award Recognizes Efforts to Help Students Achieve Their Academic Goals Columbia, Mo. (May 15, 2014) — Missouri School of Journalism academic advisor Urska Lenart is the winner of the Shout Out Award for May. The University of Missouri Advisors Forum sponsors the Shout Out Award. It was first presented in December 2010, is … Continued