For many of our readers, me included, scanning the obituaries and death notices are a daily habit.
George Cox: Thanks for your question. We'll see what we can find out.
Laura Johnston, news editor, Columbia Missourian
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For many of our readers, me included, scanning the obituaries and death notices are a daily habit.
By not publishing editorial content in Wednesday’s edition, it also allows us more space to provide you with election results.
In Tuesday's print and online editions, the Missourian will have a Voters Guide with more about candidates and their stances.
Responses need to be received by noon Thursday, April 2.
Laura Johnston explains her new role as Opinions editor and how you can submit submissions and feedback.
In just a few weeks, downtown Columbia and the campuses at MU, Stephens College and Columbia College will be bustling again for the start of a…
Good morning readers!
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George Cox: Thanks for your question. We'll see what we can find out.
Laura Johnston, news editor, Columbia Missourian
Tracy,
Thanks for adding these comments and context to Mr. Barton's letter.
I'm going to add this information to his description:
David Barton is the founder and president of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that, according to its website, "presents Americ…
Brendon: Here's a link to our CoMo You Know entry on Don Faurot. Looks like the field was named for him in 1972. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/como_you_know/como-you-know-don-faurot/article_8b7e0835-27d1-5a28-abd2-0a81dfa872c8.html
I've made the correction on the photo caption. We had identified the wrong player.
I'll see if we can't find more information about the naming of the field.
— Laura Johnston, senior news editor, Columbia Missourian
I received a bit of information from the Missouri Department of Economic Development after this column published. Here it is:
In the 9th graph, two other companies were mentioned as costing state and local governments a “small fortune.” We just wanted to make sure David was aware that s…
Following a question from a representative of Monsanto, I posed some questions to the editors at Otherwords.org. Here is the response from Emily Schwartz Greco
OtherWords, Managing Editor:
Following an inquiry from an editor, I have made a few additional minor changes. The biggest o…
Laura Johnston commented on EDITORIAL: Parenting then and now: BB guns no longer the problem
Mr. Lanigan: Thanks for having an eagle eye. We've added a correction to the editorial.
-Laura Johnston, interactive news editor