We’re celebrating a fresh wave of talent joining the Mizzou Mafia. This month, a new class of graduates walked across the stage and into the proud tradition of Missouri School of Journalism alumni, ready to make their mark in newsrooms, agencies and industries around the world. Whether you're decades into your career or newly minted, there's always something to connect you back to the J-School. Read on for the latest updates, and don’t miss your chance to pre-order our new Mizzou J-School hat before the May 30 deadline.
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The Statehouse Reporting Project, which brings together student-powered statehouse newsrooms all over the country, has launched with the help of a $250,000 grant from philanthropic organization Arnold Ventures. The project helps realize a long-held goal of director and J-School Professor Mark Horvit to capture more nationwide context in state government stories that too often stop at state lines. It also fills an important need as students continue to represent an ever-larger share of statehouse reporters in the industry.
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Wes Milligan, BJ ’01, is the director of internal communication at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and tireless advocate for the Alzheimer’s Association. What began as a reporting assignment early in his career became a lifelong mission to #ENDALZ. Wes recently won the 2025 Harry Johns Award for Volunteer Excellence. Follow along on Instagram as Milligan amplifies the Alzheimer Association's stories of hope, resilience and community.
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NEW LICENSED MERCH IS HERE! |
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You asked. We listened. Mizzou Mafia and Missouri School of Journalism embroidered hats are here! Pre-order now through May 30 for shipping in late June. All proceeds support the J-School’s scholarship fund.
(Heads up: Any other officially licensed merch ordered with a hat will ship together next month.)
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The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a journalism collaborative based at the School of Journalism in partnership with Report for America, released another large-scale environmental reporting project. “Down the drain: a watershed moment for America’s greatest wetlands” is the product of months of on-the-ground reporting and research and examines how recent legislation and policy changes have impacted the Mississippi River Basin’s crucial wetlands.
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In an exciting fusion of undergraduate research, real-world applications and interdisciplinary collaboration, MOJO Ad students presented the State of the YAYA, an annual report on the state of the key Youth and Young Adult (YAYA) advertising market. Get a free PDF copy of the report here to dig into the findings and see firsthand how strategic communication students distill what they’ve learned at the School of Journalism into a document full of practical industry insights.
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John Schreiber, MA ’11, has earned the President’s Award from the Society of Camera Operators for his photojournalism covering the Los Angeles wildfires earlier this year. Schreiber comes from a long line of Mizzou connections: He met his wife at the School of Journalism, and his parents also met in Columbia. His grandfather is one of Mizzou’s oldest living alums. Not even his car mechanic in Los Angeles is spared; the mechanic’s daughter is currently studying photojournalism at Mizzou.
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Want to come together with other alumni to make a positive impact on the University? Now is the time to join the Mizzou Alumni Association! Please visit mizzou.com/join to become a member today!
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