Global Journalist

04/22/2024

"Well, when a fireman dies or when a policeman dies, don't we honor him? Don't we care about him? Don't we recognize that his is a life of service? In fact, most people don't recognize that foreign correspondents are performing a public service a very valuable one. And a dangerous one. " -- Longtime Associated Press reporter and former hostage Terry Anderson in a 2002 interview about the murder of The Wall Street Journal's reporter Daniel Pearl on the Missouri School of Journalism's KBIA 91.3 FM
Now it is time to honor Terry.

Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages, has died.

09/11/2021

Missouri School of Journalism student Sean Brynda spent months talking to journalists, veterans and others whose lives were touched by 9/11 to produce a series of stories for the anniversary of the terror attacks on New York City and Washington. We have compiled his work and their stories here. (Photo credit: AP)

Veterans, journalists and others with ties to mid-Missouri describe how 9/11 changed their lives.

04/06/2021

Global Journalist has a new look and some new stories by Missouri School of Journalism students about MU J school alums who work in DC. It's been three months since the and they're reflecting on how it's affected their lives and their work.

At Global Journalist, we often bring you stories about threats to free speech and a free press. Those stories are usually involve other countries. But three months ago, on Jan. 6, America's tradition of a peaceful transfer of power was disrupted as a mob overran the Capitol, trying to prevent Congre...

12/16/2020

Facebook's power as a publishing platform led news organizations to heed its call to publish more video in hopes of driving traffic. Oops.

12/14/2020

The real election for president of the United States happens today as members of the Electoral College meet in state capitols to cast their ballots. But the people do have something to say about it. Here's a look, by a student journalist, at how student journalists at the Columbia Missourian covered Americans doing their civic duty. Read/watch this and you won't take it for granted.

A Chinese graduate student spends Election Day 2020 documenting the work of fellow student journalists at the Columbia Missourian.

12/11/2020

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced that will be recognizing and that, in return, the will recognize Morocco's claim to disputed territory in the . Under the supervision of our former host, Jason McLure, Missouri School of Journalism students Ariana Suardi, Laura Miserez, Benjamin McAlester Brink and Trevor Hook last year did a story about the fight for independence.

Nearly all of Africa was decolonized in the 1960s and 1970s. But there is one slice of the continent where that didn't happen. That's the sparsely populated ...

11/20/2020

In honor of Friday's U.S. premiere of "Collective," a documentary about a Romanian sportswriter who exposed medical malpractice and the corrupt government that enabled it, we're dusting off the show we did last spring when we talked to director Alexander Nanau and reporter Catalin Tolontan. H/T to Global Journalist (and Missouri School of Journalism) alums Samantha Waigand and Iowa Public Radio's Kassidy Arena for their hard work on the story and H/T to Alfred Friendly Press Partners alum Dima Stoianov for his help with translation.

A documentary premiering in the U.S. this week tells the story of a dogged sports reporter who uncovered a medical scandal in Romania.

11/06/2020

Monday is the 159th birthday of Stars and Stripes, first printed in Bloomfield, Missouri. Hear Rep. Ruben Gallego, Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW's Terrence Hays, East Carolina University's Cindy Elmore on why they oppose the Pentagon's efforts to shutter the military's independent newspaper. KBIA 91.3 FM H/T Ziye Kelsey Tang for this great video!

11/03/2020

The whole world is watching: Beverly Horvit's Missouri School of Journalism class interviewed journalists from 17 countries — alums of Alfred Friendly Press Partners and The Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship Program — on what they and their fellow citizens are thinking about the U.S. election. With so many people around the globe awaiting our verdict, it would be a shame not to be a part of it. V-O-T-E.

Americans aren't the only ones awaiting the results of this year's U.S. presidential election with intense interest. Missouri School of Journalism students

10/22/2020

Global Journalist returns to the air KBIA 91.3 FM Thursday at 6:30 p.m. CT with an entirely student-produced and anchored program about how newsrooms are doing three years into the movement. Hear journalists Jill Geisler Chie Matsumoto Zahra Hankir Jim Van Nostrand and USA TODAY's Nichelle Smith talk about what has changed and what hasn't. Congratulations to the producers: Sijan McGinnis of the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and Ziye Tang and Rebecca Zhang of the Missouri School of Journalism.

Three years ago this month, stories about movie producer Harvey Weinstein's predatory behavior prompted a tidal wave of revelations about sexual harassment

06/11/2020

The brave, trailblazing journalist Maria Ressa, whom we featured on a program earlier this year, is facing a verdict Monday on trumped-up charges designed to bring her news organization down. Listen to her story. Contact the Philippine Embassy (Philippine Embassy in Washington DC, USA)
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Two women journalists who launched online start-up publications in their home countries face eerily similar challenges -- not from the business climate but

06/03/2020

Global Journalist is proud have won this honor and even prouder to have aired the last retrospective interview with Jim Lehrer, on a program hosted by student journalist, Benjamin Brink.

Columbia, Mo. (May 29, 2020) — Two programs produced at the Missouri School of Journalism – “Global Journalist” and Investigative TV’s “Post” – won awards at the 41st annual Telly Awards, bringing national recognition to students, alumni, faculty and staff. All wins were in the Onlin...