Missouri School of Journalism
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1908 |
| Founder | Walter Williams |
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Parent institution
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University of Missouri |
| Dean | David Kurpius |
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Academic staff
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80+ |
| Students | 2,250+ |
| Undergraduates | 2,000 |
| Postgraduates | 250 |
| Location |
Columbia, Missouri, U.S. 38°56′53″N 92°19′42″W / 38.94809°N 92.32821°WCoordinates: 38°56′53″N 92°19′42″W / 38.94809°N 92.32821°W |
| Website | journalism |
The Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia is a journalism school which may be the oldest formal journalism school in the world. Founded in 1908, only the Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris established in 1899 may be older. The school provides academic education and practical training in all areas of journalism and strategic communication for undergraduate and graduate students across several media including television and radio broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, photography, and new media. The school also supports a robust advertising and public relations curriculum.
Founded by Walter Williams in 1908, the school publishes the city's Columbia Missourian newspaper and produces news programming for the market's NBC-TV affiliate and NPR member radio station. Considered one of the top journalism schools in the world, it is known for its "Missouri Method," through which students learn about journalism in the classroom as well as practicing it in multimedia laboratories and real-world outlets. It also operates an international journalists’ magazine, a local city magazine, a statewide business journal, a statehouse news bureau, and two student-staffed advertising and public relations agencies.
Several affiliated professional organizations, including Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Pictures of the Year International, allow students to interact with working journalists.
In 1930, the school established its Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. The faculty selects medalists based on lifetime or superior achievement for distinguished service; each year a different aspect of journalism is selected for recognition.
The school was founded by Walter Williams and opened on September 14, 1908, at the urging of Joseph Pulitzer, following lobbying by Walter Williams, the editor of the Columbia (Missouri) Herald and a university curator. It was based in Switzler Hall. In 1895, the Missouri State Senate defeated a bill that requested a chair of journalism be established at the school (previously newspapers usually required apprenticeships). The Missouri Press Association began supporting the proposal in 1896.
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