
Mike McKean
Associate Director
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Associate Professor
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, Missouri
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Join Date: June 10, 2015
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Last Visit: June 13, 2019
Last Activity: June 25, 2019
Total Entries: 13
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About Mike McKean
As the associate director Mike McKean helps oversee many of RJI’s ongoing partnerships and projects, as well as the fellowship program. He is also an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism and has served on the faculty since 1986. In addition, McKean manages the Media of the Future initiative for Mizzou Advantage.
Previously, McKean was the director of the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of RJI.
He founded the Missouri School of Journalism’s Convergence Journalism program and has led the School’s partnerships with Apple, Adobe Systems, AT&T, Hearst Innovation, Microsoft and other top tech and media firms working to transform journalism and journalism education.
He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China and has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Nanjing University in China and Moscow State University. He has also conducted internet workshops in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Spain, Chile, New Zealand, Indonesia, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan and Albania.
For several years, McKean hosted Views of the News, a weekly media criticism program that airs on KBIA-FM and KBIA.org. He continues as a regular panelist on the program. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master’s in political science from Rice University in 1985.
Mike McKean is the associate director at RJI and an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Stories about Mike McKean
How to launch an Info District
June 26, 2019Short Takes
Short Takes: How data uncovered great stories
May 29, 2019Short Takes
Short Takes: A checklist can minimize risks for journalists covering natural disasters
May 23, 2019Short Takes
Short Takes: Navigating freedom takes work
May 22, 2019Short Takes
Short Takes: A complex answer to a complex question
May 21, 2019Short Takes
Short Takes: Lessons from a failed newsletter in how to engage with your audience
May 8, 2019Short Takes
Short Takes: Building baseball excitement for a town without a team
May 6, 2019Backing local news, building trust, innovating solutions
April 2, 2019Learn a little, teach a little, everyone wins
January 23, 2019RJI Student Innovation Fellowships 2018
Fellows tackle innovative campaign finance, community sports stories with partner newsrooms
December 6, 2018Millennials: What does ‘news’ mean to this generation?
June 21, 2018How to hire a millennial
May 23, 2018RJI announces 2018-19 class of fellows
April 10, 2018RJI announces spring 2018 Student Innovation Fellows
November 30, 2017Announcing the Fall 2018 RJI Student Innovation Fellowships
November 3, 2017RJI Student Competition 2017–2018
Six things participants need to know about the 2017-2018 RJI Student Competition
September 26, 2017RJI Student Competition 2017–2018
This year’s RJI Student Competition not bound by topic or campus boundaries
September 5, 2017RJI in the news
Lee’s Summit Journal: Journalism app took grand prize at MU competition
July 3, 2017Finding media innovation with academic collaborations
February 22, 2016RJI in the news
Apple Watch app competition draws record student turnout
November 3, 2015Students to the rescue: The wearables project is in full swing
October 16, 2015SoundStir takes top honors in 2015 RJI Student Competition
April 22, 2015Beyond the theoretical
January 27, 2015RJI, Public Media partner again for annual student competition
October 29, 2014RJI in the news
Native advertising works for Netflix, NYT
July 25, 2014RJI Tech Showcase 2014
Innovative donation platform wins 7th annual RJI Student Competition
April 29, 2014RJI Tech Showcase 2014
Innovative donation platform wins 7th annual RJI Student Competition
April 22, 2014RJI contest winners visit Microsoft
June 24, 2013Public safety app wins RJI student competition
May 10, 2013Hurley Symposium 2013
Public television engagement and the second screen
April 10, 2013Reynolds Foundation endowment for RJI
Dean Mills’ remarks at announcement of $30.1 million gift from Reynolds Foundation
November 8, 2012Student winners demo product at Hearst headquarters
May 25, 2012
Announcing the Fall 2018 RJI Student Innovation Fellowships
November 3, 2017Four teams tap AI in 10th annual RJI Student Competition
October 25, 2016Millennials sound off on wearables and news consumption
December 2, 2015RJI, Public Media partner again for annual student competition
October 29, 2014Hack the Future of Journalism
Developers, media specialists ‘Hack the Future of Journalism’
June 2, 2014RJI contest winners visit Microsoft
June 24, 2013