He is assisted in administering the department by three sequence heads, Dr. George Kennedy in News-Editorial, Dr. Don Ranly in Magazine and Dr. Zoe Smith in Photojournalism. The News-Editorial sequence is intended to prepare students for careers as newspaper reporters, copy editors and designers. But students in the News-Ed sequence also find jobs in online media, corporate communications and many other fields. As part of their coursework, students write and edit for the Missourian . The Missourian is the morning newspaper for the city of Columbia, not a campus paper, so it simulates a first-job experience.
Students work there under the supervision of faculty editors.
At Missouri, there are also two student newspapers for which students have the option of working. Students in the magazine sequence also work at the Missourian as part of their coursework. In addition to taking one Reporting course, they produce Vox magazine, a tabloid inserted into the Missourian and distributed at businesses throughout the Columbia area. Magazine students also produce IPI Report , a glossy magazine of the International Press Institute, based in Vienna, Austria. Magazine students find jobs at magazines of all types and in corporate communications.