Centennial Professors
Dean Mills, dean of the Missouri School of Journalism and professor of convergence journalism, established the RJI Centennial Professors program in 2007. His initial goal was to offer a wide spectrum of professional viewpoints to Missouri School of Journalism graduate students in a class format that would encourage free-ranging discussion. The program quickly grew in scope and now includes a public seminar open to faculty, staff and students, as well as a smaller seminar designed for Missouri School of Journalism doctoral students.
Spring 2008 Centennial Professors:
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Cindy McCurry-RossSenior managing editor at The News-Press “We weren’t prepared for all the lessons we learned...” |
Ken Paulson
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Jane Ellen Stevens
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Bill Kovach
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Brian Storm
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Jim Kennedy
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Michael Schudson
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Matt Thompson
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Fall 2007 Centennial Professors:
- Steve Yelvington, vice president of strategy and content, Morris Newspapers, Interactive Division
- Byron Calame, former public editor of The New York Times
- Sonja Steptoe, senior correspondent, TIME magazine
- Brian Hamman, news technology developer, The New York Times
- Janice Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and Pulitzer Prize winner
- Oh Yeon-ho, founder and CEO of OhmyNews, a pioneer in cyber-journalism
- Steve Herrmann, news editor of BBC News Interactive
- Chris Peck, editor of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, former president of the Associated Press Managing Editors and the American Society of Newspaper Editors