At the Missouri School of Journalism there are countless newsrooms across all platforms. While there’s competition, there’s also collaboration. When any of us can work “Collaborating With Other Newsrooms”
Category: Journalism
Local Journalism
Journalism is important. And in a smaller town like Columbia, I can definitely see how journalism and journalists make an impact on their community. On “Local Journalism”
Journalists are Always On Call
Journalists are honestly a lot like doctors, nurses, firefighters, etc. How? We are always “on call.” Working at the Columbia Missourian this semester has taught “Journalists are Always On Call”
State Change Pushed by Journalism
A Missouri statewide audit found more than 6,000 untested rape kits across the state. That is over 6,000 people waiting for answers and a huge “State Change Pushed by Journalism”
When Things Go Wrong…
Sometimes, things go wrong and are out of your control. Like 3-flight-cancelations-and-a-delay-wrong. On Tuesday, I got back to Columbia more than 24 hours later than “When Things Go Wrong…”
Investigative Reporting
When I hear the term “investigative reporting,” I think of Pulitzer Prize pieces, long hours of research and elaborate data. But honestly, all reporting and “Investigative Reporting”
Humanizing a Story
My most recent story (click here) details the announcement of Special Olympics Missouri’s new partnership with MU, MU Healthcare and the UM System. And honestly, “Humanizing a Story”
Sometimes the News is Buried
Public relations firms almost always bury the actual news– the “why” of the story to be specific– at the bottom of the press releases they “Sometimes the News is Buried”
Getting Sources to Talk
Having trouble getting ahold of a source to interview for a story? Don’t lead with the hard stuff. Professor Ron Stodghill lectured Tuesday morning about “Getting Sources to Talk”
Education as a Business
In Columbia, education is a big business. There are three universities alone as well as one of the largest public school districts in the state “Education as a Business”