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Missouri J School to celebrate 100 years

By Charlotte Shaff on August 1st, 2008 In Professional Development

Valley grads from the Missouri School of Journalism are invited to help the school celebrate 100 years in September. Yes, the world’s first journalism school is having a HUGE birthday party, one that’s guaranteed to make news worldwide. Grads are also invited to submit an online profile and/or class note here.

The Sept. 10-12 Missouri School of Journalism Centennial and Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Dedication is focused on journalism’s future. The Sept. 11 Futures Forum will include 20+ interactive discussions about the future of the profession with some of the world’s top journalists and strategic communicators. The Sept. 12 Technology Summit will focus on innovative storytelling, tools and revenue models that will shape the future. The Summit concludes with introduction of the EMERGING MEDIA 100 – the top ideas, trends, tools that will influence journalism in the next century. A one-stop website about the events is here.

The new Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute is run by Executive Director Pam Johnson, formerly in executive and managing editor positions at the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette. The 30,000 square-foot facility on the University of Missouri campus will have state-of-the-art resources to test and demonstrate new technologies, experiment with convergence news production and delivery systems, and conduct real-time and virtual seminars and conferences.

There’s no word yet on whether the school’s most famous drop-out, master paparazzi and media handler Brad Pitt, will show.

~From Pat Elliott

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