A film that recounts the Joplin Globe’s coverage of the deadly tornado that devastated that southwestern Missouri city in May 2011 has won the China Academy Award for Documentary Film in the Foreign Language category. The Missouri film, “Deadline in Disaster,” beat competition that included a National Geographic project that focused on the decade of the 1980s and a BBC … [Read more...] about Missouri film wins Chinese ‘Oscar’
Terry Ganey
Mills to step down as dean of Mizzou’s School of Journalism
Dean Mills, who has served as dean of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism for nearly 25 years, announced Feb. 6 that he would be stepping down effective Aug. 31. “I realize I can’t hold onto this job forever just because I continue to enjoy it,” Mills wrote in an email to his colleagues. “It’s time (some of you might say way past time) for the school to have a … [Read more...] about Mills to step down as dean of Mizzou’s School of Journalism
Senator bars television coverage of committee session
A state senator has barred television coverage of his committee's consideration of legislation criminalizing the enforcement of federal gun laws in Missouri. As the senate’s General Laws Committee prepared Jan. 28 to consider the bill, chairman Brian Nieves announced: “Executive sessions are not videotaped, so videos will need to be turned off at this point.” Earlier, Nieves … [Read more...] about Senator bars television coverage of committee session
Loesch’s celebrity turns her journalism professor into a cynic
Publisher's Note: An earlier version of this story posted online did not contain contain final edits. This version is the same as the one printed in the GJR magazine distributed to subscribers. When the Missouri Legislature failed to override Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a tax cut bill, St. Louis Post-Dispatch political reporter Kevin McDermott knew where to find the … [Read more...] about Loesch’s celebrity turns her journalism professor into a cynic
Private papers paint fuller picture of legendary reporter
In 1976, Aloysia Hamalainen went to work in the Washington bureau and eventually became its office manager extraordinaire. Her maiden name was Aloysia Pietsch (pronounced peach) then, and as how everyone in the bureau was addressed by last name, that’s how she was known even after she married. By then, Raymond Brandt had retired and had died. But sometime after … [Read more...] about Private papers paint fuller picture of legendary reporter