Being the best, the most dynamic and at the leading edge of technology may be hard for some, but Mizzou’s School of Journalism has been able to maintain this position since its founding in 1908. It’s no wonder that we claim generations of top-notch journalists and communicators among our alumni — people such as CNN Headline News anchor Sophia Choi, deputy managing editor Barney Calame of the Wall Street Journal, and scores of other accomplished practitioners. (See our success stories: Visit the journalism school site and search on “profile.”)

How do we do it? The “Missouri Method” — backed by our terrific facilities — is key. The method is the foundation of our teaching, and it’s based on the notion that students learn by practicing journalism as well as by studying it.

Other important components:

The Columbia Missourian
We don’t have a weekly campus newspaper; we have a daily community paper. Students staff the Columbia Missourian, and experienced professors serve are their editors and supervisors.

KOMU-TV — our NBC affiliate newsroom
Our commercial television newsroom is the only NBC affiliate where students work as reporters, producers and videographers. More about KOMU-TV …

Vox and Global Journalist
Magazine students will hone their skill at Vox, a weekly city magazine, or Global Journalist, a professional quarterly. More …

Our Faculty
They are teachers, scholars and researchers — more than 80 full-time experts, leaders of news organizations and advertising agencies, nine endowed chairs and professorships, authors of national textbooks, Pulitzer Prize winners and more. More about the Schools faculty …

The list goes on and on. Come visit and get a tour of the school. And be sure to ask about living in a journalism FIG.