After nearly a full year of online-focused learning, professors throughout Missouri State have all but perfected their various Zoom methods. One journalism professor has adapted so well that he earned the attention of popular news magazine Crain's NewsPro. Leonard Horton, who has been teaching at Missouri State since 2013, was featured in the January edition of the magazine in … [Read more...] about Journalism professor featured in news magazine
Young Editor-in-Chief Strives to Make Student Newspaper Diverse and Inclusive Greta Cross is a junior Journalism major at Missouri State and has already earned the position of Editor-in-Chief at The Standard. The Standard is Missouri State's student-led newspaper, which employs 50-60 students ranging from freshman to graduate students. As Editor-in-Chief, Cross has the large … [Read more...] about Student Spotlight: Greta Cross
Just don’t ask her to pick her favorite. At The Standard – Missouri State’s student-run newspaper – she’s dug deep with articles on opioid overdoses and blood donation restrictions. For radio, she loved covering Drury University’s Stone Chapel and its organist. While on a missionary trip with her family in West Africa for the 2018-19 school year, she expanded her … [Read more...] about Journalism in all forms
Recent journalism graduate Cortlynn Stark says she spent so much time at The Standard, she started keeping a toothbrush there. As the 2018-19 editor-in-chief of Missouri State's award-winning, student-run newspaper, she built on her experience as a reporter and news editor. To reach her goals for The Standard, she expanded beat coverage. This meant assigning reporters to … [Read more...] about Cortlynn: journalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4SMmb_sFAM Kevin Agee has always relied on his intuition to lead him in the right direction. In high school, he knew college was part of the plan — eventually, and he had confidence he'd know when it was time. So after graduating, he spent a couple of years working. "There were times when I'd go to bed feeling like maybe it was time for … [Read more...] about Kevin: the way home