In a town such as a Columbia that could give Washington D.C. a run for its money on a journalist-to-citizen ratio, it’s interesting that there could potentially be a case of quote fabrication.
It has come to the attention of aspiring journalists across the University of Missouri campus that a publication in Columbia could be facing [...]
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For the Aspiring Journalist
Posted in Journalism, Miscellaneous, Student Life, tagged Stacey Talarovich, University of Missouri on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chancellor’s Forum: Battle of the Pentagon Papers
Posted in Journalism, MU Events, Student Life, tagged Burk Krohe, Chancellor's Forum, Difficult Dialogues, Pentagon Papers on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Next week MU will hold a Chancellor’s Forum, open to the public, titled Battle of the Pentagon Papers to discuss the Pentagon Papers and relevant issues related to them.
It is the latest in a series of forums on global issues sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office and the MU Difficult Dialogues Program which is funded by [...]
Centennial shortfall (updated)
Posted in Journalism on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Columbia Missourian: A three-day celebration marking the 100th anniversary of the Missouri School of Journalism will begin Sept. 10, 2008. However, planners are operating without a budget or a clear idea of how much the occasion will cost.
Update: Suzette Heiman, director of planning and communications for the Missouri School of Journalism, responds to the [...]
Got news?
Posted in Journalism, MU Events on October 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MU has launched a new news and features web site called Mizzou Wire.
“It’s a new web outlet for stories that come out of campus- these include research stories, student events and student accomplishments, and basically just interesting things that happen,” said Chris Blose, editor of the Mizzou Wire.
Blose, a 2004 graduate of the [...]
MU to honor distinguished journalists
Posted in Journalism on September 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Missouri School of Journalism will award the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism to ten journalism and media leaders on Oct. 9. The honor medal, which was first awarded in 1930, is given annually by Journalism School faculty to medalists based on lifetime or superior achievement for a journalistic endeavour. Past [...]
A novel idea
Posted in Journalism on August 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s been some handwringing in journalism — and journalism education — circles about the changes taking place at the Medill School at Northwestern, specifically the disappearing line between reporting and writing skills and marketing. But it seems the journalism class at Naples High School in Florida is well out in front of the curve.
Honors journalism [...]
Blogging v. journalism
Posted in Journalism on August 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Skube really stepped in it with his Aug. 19 editorial in the L.A. Times, “Blogs: All the noise that fits.” A Pulitzer-prize winner who teaches journalism at Elon University, Skube attacked bloggers for “a potpourri of opinion and little more” while admitting he didn’t have time to read them. His point was that bloggers [...]
J-school revolutionary
Posted in Journalism on August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Chicago Magazine: Last year, after taking over as the head of Northwestern University’s highly regarded Medill School of Journalism, John Lavine vowed to “blow up” the curriculum, changing its emphasis to new media and marketing. Students and alumns have responded with anger and charges of betrayal.
Chronicle of Higher Education on the changes at Medill: At [...]
Have notebook, will travel
Posted in Journalism on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Missouri School of Journalism will send about 50 students to Beijing to work as interns/volunteers at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. Students will earn journalism credit while working with the International Press Corp covering the XXIX Olympiad.
The students will be chosen and trained under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between the j-school, [...]
