Browsing Journalism Masters Projects (MU) - Freely available online by Thesis Advisor "Swafford, Scott"
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Breaking stereotypes: Reporting on rural Alaska
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This project has two components. The professional skills component is a seven-episode podcast and accompanying website about life in McCarthy, Alaska, a tiny community situated at the end of a 60-mile dirt road surrounded ... -
The challenges of access to college athletes
(University of Missouri--ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)News media access to college student-athletes has been a source of contention over the past twenty years. While the media had unlimited access to athletes in the past, reporters now must jump through metaphorical hoops in ... -
Newsroom statistics in the digital age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Data has become a ubiquitous part of the journalistic landscape. Journalists using data in their work need a set of tools to describe data, and statistics are those tools. Statistical methods provide journalists with an ... -
Views of the press and media strategies of Missouri state legislators: Statehouse reporter with the Jefferson City News Tribune
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)During eight interviews at the Missouri state Capitol, state lawmakers discussed their strategies of working through the press to advance their policy priorities. The lawmakers, who came from across the state, employ a ... -
What happened after #StandwithWendy? The impact of social media campaigns on gendered framing in coverage of women candidates
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Social media is a fact of life in the modern media sphere and its impact on traditional journalism should be better understood. This project examined that relationship through the lens of gender, specifically the impact ...