The RJI-iPhone Student Competition kicked off on Monday, September 8 with an information session for students. Interest was high with an attendance of 70 students, 5 faculty members, and 4 industry executives
This year’s competition, modeled off of last year’s successful RJI-Adobe AIR Student Competition, will challenge students to develop, test and market native iPhone applications designed to improve the practice and the business of American journalism. An important requirement of the competition is that teams of four must include at least one journalism student and one student from another school of interest on the MU campus. These teams will present to judges in November for an opportunity to advance their development at the Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, CA. The five teams chosen will travel together to receive private consulting from Apple professionals. The teams will give a final presentation at a symposium held at RJI in the Spring Semester. The overall winners will be able to attend Apple’s 2009 Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Interdisciplinary collaboration is the key to making this competition different from others. The Reynolds Journalism Institute will work closely with the Missouri School of Journalism, College of Engineering, the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business, College of Education, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies (SISLT), and the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. The planned symposium will showcase the competition as a model for interdisciplinary education and entrepreneurship.
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