Responses need to be received by noon Thursday, April 2.
George Cox: Thanks for your question. We'll see what we can find out.
Laura Johnston, news editor, Columbia Missourian
Laura Johnston
- Bio
News editor at the interactive copy desk and an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism.
- Home town
Columbia, Mo.
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johnstonlc@missouri.edu
- Office phone
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573-882-6870
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…
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The CoMo You Know, a new project of the Columbia Missourian, is an online encyclopedia that could "provide a deeper picture of what a story means to the reader and the community."
If the work of the Urban Journalism participants is any indication of the future success of the journalism industry, we all have little to be worried about.
Missourian interactive news editor Laura Johnston reflects on celebrating Mother's day after the death of her own mother.
Need to find something to do this fall? We've got a list of the best activities around, from the annual pumpkin festival in Hartsburg to a family-friendly New Year's Eve celebration downtown.
The Missourian presents its Collegetown section to help students avoid the pitfalls of the uneasy first stages of the college experience at MU. Read the stories online, or click the link in this story to download a pdf of the entire section.
Laura Johnston commented on Andrew Fastow to give ethics lecture on Friday
Laura Johnston commented on LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Students should dig deeper into research on Thomas Jefferson
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…
Laura Johnston commented on Memorial Stadium: A work in progress since 1925
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
Laura Johnston commented on Memorial Stadium: A work in progress since 1925
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
Laura Johnston commented on DAVID ROSMAN: News about Missouri seems to be looking up
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…
Laura Johnston commented on JILL RICHARDSON: Your weed killer might kill you
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