June 26, 2008

Understanding a child’s death requires naming names

By Tom Warhover Columbia Police originally refused to release the name of Cortez Johnson, the 2-year-old who was found dead this week.

June 20, 2008

With printed news in trouble, what does the future hold for journalism?

By Sara Shahriari What motivates readers to choose the stories they choose? That’s the topic ofthis summer’s “Watching the Watchdog” events.

June 17, 2008

Iowa floods create hardship for community

By Beth Malicki, Cedar Rapids, Iowa A former Columbia KOMU/Channel 8 anchor talks about the devastation of flooding in Iowa, and how journalists are helping keep residents informed.

June 13, 2008

Technology helps journalism evolve into engaging readers with what’s important to them

By Tom Warhover New ideas come from a conference focused on civic media and people-to-people journalism.

June 06, 2008

Partnership between two Columbia newspapers could save money for MU

By Tom Warhover A merger with the Tribune would cut costs for the Columbia Missourian while maintaining the mission of the MU journalism school.

May 30, 2008

Putting wind energy into perspective

By John Schneller After we ran an Associated Press story that identified bird deaths as one of the downsides of wind energy, one reader pointed out that wind turbines aren’t as detrimental to birds as many people think.

May 23, 2008

Photos add life to any story

By TOM WARHOVER No matter the topic — an earthquake in China or the new Missouri Theatre — photos give a story the human element.

May 15, 2008

Watching the watchdog: Tell Columbia's news media what you think

By Tom Warhover Missourian editor Tom Warhover encourages citizens to engage in debate about the state of the news media.

April 25, 2008

Earthquake gives Boone County residents something to talk about

By Jake Sherlock Missourian readers contributed to the community conversation via e-mail and Web site comments after a trembler in Illinois was felt nearly 300 miles away in Boone County.

April 18, 2008

Blogs give journalists a chance to get involved in community

By Tom Warhover Jim Buell spent the week sleeping in a box. Jim and his fellow MU students raised money for Habitat for Humanity by spending the week in cardboard boxes. Jim also reports for the Missourian.

April 11, 2008

The county clerk threw us a curve ball

By SCOTT SWAFFORD With the election results coming in sooner than expected, the Missourian staff was juggling three options for delivering the news to you.

April 03, 2008

We built this city on sewers

By TOM WARHOVER Even sewage systems factor into decisions made on Election Day.

March 28, 2008

A larger issue of race: discussing real-life problems in the First Ward

By Tom Warhover Community members as well as the press need to effectively discuss the issue of race in the First Ward, especially as the April 8 election approaches.

March 21, 2008

Major news events well served by both old and new media

By TOM WARHOVER Use of new technologies can give a fresh view on news stories.

March 14, 2008

Welcome to my March Madness

By Tom Warhover Improper use of "they" when referring to a team takes all the fun out of basketball season.

March 07, 2008

Shaking things up at the Missourian

By REUBEN STERN The Missourian’s Managing Editor Reuben Stern discusses how the paper has been debunking traditional journalistic techniques.

February 29, 2008

Documenting a weekend of documentary movies

By TOM WARHOVER The Missourian and Vox will be out in full force for the True/False Film Festival, but we want to hear from you about your experiences, too.

February 15, 2008

Should Crime Watch list arrests even if charges aren’t filed?

By Tom Warhover What once was published in print is now available in a Google search by anyone across the globe and for as long as anyone knows. Does that change a newspaper’s moral obligations?

February 08, 2008

Online graphic helps inform the reader

By Tom Warhover The morning after Super Tuesday, the Columbia Missourian ran an interactive graphic about how your neighbors voted.

February 05, 2008

Wrong page printed in Tuesday's Missourian

By Jake Sherlock Page 4A in Tuesday's Missourian is not the Page 4A prepared by the production staff on Monday night. Due to an error that the Missourian is investigating, Page 4A from Jan. 30 was printed in its place.