Simply Em.

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”

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…”

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”

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”

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”

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”

If you haven’t read “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” published by ProPublica, you should. Though, it does constitute a warning, it is graphic and can “A Powerful Piece of Journalism”

Sourcing is a crucial part of every story and it’s important to break barriers and source widely. Avoid pitfalls. This means don’t rely too much “Cross the Fault Lines!”

Not every interview should be extractive. In fact, your reporting should be less extractive. When going in to every story it is important to think “Interviewing for Not Only a Story but for Understanding & Accuracy”