#university of missouri school of journalism

[haute-lifestyle-com]

Choosing among 1,371 entries, the 27 judges at the University of Missouri School of Journalism conferred 120 awards on editors, writers, photographers, podcasters, social media experts and videographers in the 2024 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition

[books]

Writer Spotlight: Elise Hu

We recently met with Elise Hu (@elisegoeseast) to discuss her illuminating title, Flawless—Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital. Elise is a journalist, podcaster, and media start-up founder. She’s the host of TED Talks Daily and host-at-large at NPR, where she spent nearly a decade as a reporter. As an international correspondent, she has reported stories from more than a dozen countries and opened NPR’s first-ever Seoul bureau in 2015. Previously, Elise helped found The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit digital start-up, after stops at many stations as a television news reporter. Her journalism work has won the national Edward R. Murrow and duPont Columbia awards, among others. An honors graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, she lives in Los Angeles.

Can you begin by telling us a little bit about how Flawless came to be and what made you want to write about K-beauty?

It’s my unfinished business from my time in Seoul. Especially in the last year I spent living in Korea, I was constantly chasing the latest geopolitical headlines (namely, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s big moves that year). It meant I didn’t get to delve into my nagging frustrations of feeling second-class as an Asian woman in Korea and the under-reported experiences of South Korean women at the time. They were staging record-setting women’s rights rallies during my time abroad in response to a stark gender divide in Korea. It is one of the world’s most influential countries (and the 10th largest economy) and ranks shockingly low on gender equality metrics. That imbalance really shows up in what’s expected of how women should look and behave. Flawless explores the intersection of gender politics and beauty standards.

Flawless punctuates reportage with life writing, anchoring the research within your subjective context as someone who lived in the middle of it but also had an outside eye on it. Was this a conscious decision before you began writing? 

I planned to have fewer of my personal stories in the book, actually. Originally, I wanted to be embedded with South Korean women and girls who would illustrate the social issues I was investigating, but I wound up being the narrative thread because of the pandemic. The lockdowns and two years of long, mandatory quarantines in South Korea meant that traveling there and staying for a while to report and build on-the-ground relationships was nearly impossible. I also have three small children in LA, so the embedding plan was scuttled real fast.

One of the central questions the book asks of globalized society at large, corporations, and various communities is, “What is beauty for?” How has your response to this question changed while producing Flawless? 

I think I’ve gotten simultaneously more optimistic and cynical about it. More cynical in that the more I researched beauty, the more I understood physical beauty as a class performance—humans have long used it to get into rooms—more power in relationships, social communities, economically, or all of the above at once. And, as a class performance, those with the most resources usually have the most access to doing the work it takes (spending the money) to look the part, which is marginalizing for everyone else and keeps lower classes in a cycle of wanting and reaching. On the flip side, I’m more optimistic about what beauty is for, in that I have learned to separate beauty from appearance: I think of beauty in the way I think about love or truth, these universal—and largely spiritual—ideas that we all seek, that feed our souls. And that’s a way to frame beauty that isn’t tied in with overt consumerism or having to modify ourselves at all. 

This is your first book—has anything surprised you in the publishing or publicity process for Flawless?

I was most surprised by how much I enjoyed recording my own audiobook! I felt most in flow and joyful doing that more than anything else. Each sentence I read aloud was exactly the way I heard it in my head when I wrote it, which is such a privilege to have been able to do as an author.

Do you have a favorite reaction from a reader? 

I don’t know if it’s the favorite, but recency bias is a factor—I just got a DM this week from a woman writing about how the book helped put into words so much of what she felt and experienced, despite the fact she is not ethnically Korean, or in Korea, which is the setting of most of the book. It means a lot to me that reporting or art can connect us and illuminate shared experiences…in this case, learning to be more embodied and okay with however we look. 

As a writer, journalist, and mother—how did you practice self-care when juggling work commitments, social life, and the creative processes of writing and editing?

I juggled by relying on my loved ones. I don’t think self-care can exist without caring for one another, and that means asking people in our circles for help. A lot of boba dates, long walks, laughter-filled phone calls, and random weekend trips really got me through the arduous project of book writing (more painful than childbirth, emotionally speaking). 

What is your writing routine like, and how did the process differ from your other reporting work? Did you pick up any habits that you’ve held on to? 

My book writing routine was very meandering, whereas my broadcast reporting and writing are quite linear. I have tight deadlines for news, so it’s wham, bam, and the piece is out. With the book, I had two years to turn in a manuscript. I spent the year of lockdowns in “incubation mode,” where I consumed a lot of books, white papers, articles, and some films and podcasts, just taking in a lot of ideas to see where they might collide with each other and raise questions worth reporting on, letting them swim around in the swamp of my brain. When I was ready to write, I had a freelance editor, the indefatigable Carrie Frye, break my book outline into chunks so I could focus on smaller objectives and specific deadlines. Chunking the book so it didn’t seem like such a massive undertaking helped a lot. As for the writing, I never got to do a writer’s retreat or some idyllic cabin getaway to write. I wrote in the in-between moments—a one or two hour window when I had a break from the TED conference (which I attend every year as a TED host) or in those moments after the kids’ bedtime and before my own. One good habit I got into was getting away from my computer at midday. I’m really good about making lunch dates or going for a run to break up the monotony of staring at my screen all day long.

What’s good advice you’ve received about journalism that you would pass on to anyone just starting out?

All good reporting comes from great questions. Start with a clear question you seek to answer in your story, project, or book, and stay true to it and your quest to answer it. Once you are clear on what the thing is about, you won’t risk wandering too far from your focal point.

Thanks to Elise for answering our questions! You can follow her over at @elisegoeseast and check out her book Flawless here!

[lifewithchronicpain]

A large new study has found high rates of fibromyalgia in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), adding to a growing body of evidence linking gut bacteria to chronic pain disorders. IBS patients were also more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The study, recently published in the journal Biomedicines, looked at more than 1.2 million IBS patients hospitalized in the U.S. over a three-year period. They found that the prevalence rate of fibromyalgia in the IBS patients was 10.7 percent, about five times higher than the fibromyalgia rate (1.4%) in the general adult population.

Fibromyalgia is a poorly understood condition characterized by widespread body pain, headaches, fatigue, insomnia and mood disorders; while IBS causes abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, gas and diarrhea. Gut bacteria has been associated with both IBS and fibromyalgia, but the exact mechanism of action remains unclear. “This is yet another example where ailments in the gut are linked to ailments elsewhere in the body and mind,” said senior author Yezaz Ghouri, MD, an assistant professor of clinical medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. “As we continue to learn more about how gut health effects health elsewhere it is important that clinicians look for and manage somatic comorbidities in IBS patients.” (Read more at link)

[muspeccoll]

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday saw multiple graduation ceremonies here at Mizzou. In honor of our graduates, these are a few scenes of campus from Vistas: University of Missouri, thirty linoleum cuts printed and bound by art professor Gladys Wheat (1889-1976). Wheat was one of the first women faculty members of the art department and became a well-known figure in the arts in Columbia. Read more about her life in Intertwined: The Artistic Landscape of Historic Columbia, an exhibition from the Boone County Historical Society.

Many of Wheat's vistas of campus have changed little in the near-century since they were printed. The selected images shown here depict Jesse Hall and the Columns on Francis Quadrangle, the bridge in Peace Park (then known as McAlester Park), the Japanese Lantern given to the Journalism School by the government of Japan, and, of course, our own Ellis Library. We particularly like her description of the library:

This intriguing storehouse of knowledge has open doors to plain truths, to adorned romance, and to glorious adventure.

Wheat, Gladys M. Vistas, University of Missouri. Printed and bound by the author, 1929. RARE-L LD3473 .W4 1929

[backtothestart02]

Tripped and Fell into His Bed - 1/? | westallen fanfiction

AU - Six months after a bad break-up, Iris is determined to move on with her life sans-Barry. But when his face is everywhere she turns, it makes his incessant booty calls hard to ignore.

...

Chapter 1 -

It was exactly 36 hours and 12 minutes by train from Massachusetts to Central City, Missouri.

Iris was prepared for the ride though, because in addition to her stellar studying at her school of choice, the prestigious Ivy Leage Harvard University, she also worked at the campus coffee shop and saved up for a more elevated experience on the train back home in a sleeper car with a shower.

Granted it was still a shower on a train, and she wasn’t expecting anything impressive, given how small bathrooms were in general on moving vehicles, but she was still looking forward to it.

It was the only thing keeping her mind off the fact that her best friend since they were babies hadn’t shown to her graduation. Her graduation at the school they’d both attended until six months ago. And the last time she’d heard from him had been two months ago, when he’d informed her he was ‘really busy’ and probably wouldn’t be able to talk much for a while.

This was also after he ditched Harvard’s stellar science and math programs (he’d been double-majoring) to go to New York on a whim and pursue modeling.

Her lanky, skinny boyfriend (did she forget to mention that?) of nearly six years had abandoned what he was truly great at and had gotten a full scholarship for because an ‘agent’ showed up at a job fair they’d been attending one night, taken one look at him in his plaid shirt and dark blue jeans – oh, and the scuffed up brown shoes, can’t forget those – and decided he was model worthy.

Barry of course had laughed it off initially, and Iris thought that would be the end of it. But the ‘agent’ kept finding him on campus and eventually persuaded Barry to indulge him in a ‘Harvard Kids of Tomorrow’ shoot taking place that very night. Iris had a night of studying planned for the both of them, but he’d reminded her that usually they got sidetracked when they studied together and what could one shoot hurt? It would get this guy off his back at any rate, and then he could focus on what really mattered. Math, Science, and Iris.

Only…that wasn’t what happened.

He returned from the shoot beaming and with photos of his handiwork. Turned out he was quite photogenic when the right words were being dropped in his ear. And even though Iris didn’t want to admit it, the make-up, lighting, and wardrobe they’d put him in had turned him into an Abercrombie model overnight. Nothing more than that surely though…right?

“You do look hot with all that gel in your hair,” she’d admitted, playfully, proceeding to mess it up as best as she could until she could see her Barry again.

Her study session had come to an end abruptly as sexy times ensued, and she pushed the thought out of her mind that she hated the most. That this interest as a model had only begun.

Of course, in the morning she could no longer do that, since Barry had talked with enthusiasm about doing another shoot and another, and maybe even hitting the gym to develop some tone to his nonexistent muscles should it prove profitable in future photo shoots.

Iris’ heart sank, and over the next two weeks she watched their relationship deteriorate into almost nothing as he took job after job, reveling in the cash and compliments it got him, and neglecting his studies too. He skipped classes, bought a new wardrobe, and then, after one more meeting with his agent, who she could no longer put in quotes in her head, since he’d been legit all along and on the search for rare talent, Barry announced he was dropping out of school and moving to New York.

And he wanted her to come with him.

She’d exploded.

What was she going to do in New York? She was double-majoring in Journalism and Business, and planning to sink her teeth into her hometown’s newspaper as soon as she got back. With one semester to go, she was what? Going to abandon all that to watch him pursue a dream that left her alone in the cold, hardly talking to him, let alone seeing him?

He apologized for that, said it would be different in New York once he had a regular schedule figured out, but she couldn’t see any of it changing, and she wasn’t about to change schools for one semester when she was going to the Harvard University.

“You’re throwing your life away and trying to drag me down with you!” She finally burst, practically hissing at him as she reminded him of his life-long dreams to be a CSI or maybe work in some sort of scientific research at the facilities back home.

She insulted his modeling stint, saying he’d just ‘gotten lucky’, and that it wouldn’t last. Meanwhile, she’d be moving on without him doing what she’d always dreamed with someone who appreciated her and didn’t let low-grade salesmen get in the way of their relationship.

He’d been stunned but managed to pull the words from the depths of his being, “Are you breaking up with me?”

“Well, I’m not moving to New York,” she’d huffed.

“We could try a long-distance relationship,” he’d tried weakly, already knowing how that would be received.

“We’re already living it,” she’d barked, and he’d known that was the end.

Unless he begged and pleaded for her to stay with him and he’d give up modeling entirely if it meant he could have her. Maybe then things would be different. But they weren’t, because he didn’t.

She boxed up his stuff in her dorm room and sent him packing. Within a week he’d dropped out of school and left for New York. It was a month before they spoke again, and all their messages were short and choppy. There was no heart, nothing reminiscent of their decades’ long relationship.

They’d lost their friendship and their dating relationship in a heartbeat, and neither had the energy or the endurance to fight for it again if it meant letting go of the rest of what they held so dear.

In a way, Iris supposed she should be grateful to be going home. Barry wouldn’t be there, and she could reconnect with her girlfriends she’d left behind in high school, as well as find new friends at CCPN, where she’d already secured a job before graduating. There would be her parents and Wally to keep her distracted too.

Soon it would be like Barry hadn’t even existed.

Three days later, after a mostly comfortable experience on the train, Iris grabbed her carry-on luggage and made her way to the exit door when the train finally came to a stop.

There was a sea of people in front and behind her, but when she finally made it down the steps and the other people dispersed, going every which way in the direction they needed to go, she saw a massive ad plastered on the side of the train station.

JUST IN FROM NEW YORK…

BARRY ALLEN: CENTRAL CITY’S NEWEST STAR!

He was in a suit and tie, crouched and looking devilishly handsome with his hair brushed back, and his tie loosely dangling around his neck.

“Oh, hell no.”

[risinggunviolence]

Deliverable #1

Gun violence

link to my Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/blog/risinggunviolence

A few social concerns come to mind when considering the challenges facing Portland and American society in general. These topics are frequently included in conventional and social media and in talking points politicians use to win over voters. An organization or a community’s social structure, institutions, behaviors, norms, and values can substantially change over time. These changes are referred to as social change. Numerous causes may be the driving force behind this natural and continuous process. What is the leading cause of gun violence? Gun violence is more likely to occur in a setting with high unemployment, poverty, and inequality. A difficult financial situation can cause social instability and a rise in crime. Gage-related violence is often a significant contributor to gun violence in many urban areas. Gun violence can be exacerbated by more general systemic problems like racial injustice, resulting in economic inequality and uneven access to opportunity. 

Gun violence is on the rise across the city of Portland.

‘’In 2019, Portland had 389 shootings, according to data from the Portland Police Bureau. Just one year later, that number more than doubled, skyrocketing to almost 900. The violence has continued in 2021. Through May, police have reported 453 shooting incidents. At the current rate, Portland will have more than 1,000 shootings by the end of this year.’’ 

"It's not just a public safety problem, it's also a public health crisis and you have another public health crisis that's laying on top of all of this. That's caused a lot of trauma to our entire society at this point. But you add to that the availability of guns and the willingness of people to use these guns most horrifically and tragically." permit-to-purchase handgun law was associated with a 25% increase in firearms homicide rates. 

It's critical to remember that there isn’t a single, universally applicable strategy to stop gun violence. The best strategy frequently involves several tactics that are each specifically designed to address the requirements and difficulties of a particular community. Political and cultural considerations may also impact how feasible it is to apply these policies in various places. Government, law enforcement, community organizations, and citizens all have a shared duty to prevent gun violence and build safer communities. Advocacy, public support, and knowledge are important factors promoting progress in this field.

Lawmakers can learn lessons from auto safety. To start, they can impose more rigorous requirements for owning firearms. “For the most part, it is much easier to be a legal gun owner in America than it is to be a legal driver,” says David Hemenway, director of the Injury Control Research Center at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Some measures, like Walmart’s lifting its minimum age for purchasing a gun from 18 to 21, may sound good but likely won’t do much to combat gun violence. According to FBI reports, handguns were responsible for 90% of homicides in 2016

A more effective policy would require every buyer, of any age, to obtain a license that includes a registration of all purchases and at least a modest training program. According to the State Firearms Law project, just seven states require a permit to possess a gun of any kind. A 2014 study in the Journal of Urban Health found that Missouri’s 2007 repeal of its permit-to-purchase handgun law was associated with a 25% increase in firearms homicide rates. 

It’s critical to remember that there isn’t a single, universally applicable strategy to stop gun violence. The best approach frequently involves several tactics, each specifically designed to address the requirements and difficulties of a particular community. Political and cultural considerations may also impact the feasibility of applying these policies in various places. Government, law enforcement, community organizations, and citizens all have a shared duty to prevent gun violence and build safer communities. Advocacy, public support, and knowledge are essential factors promoting progress in this field.

References

Gregory, S., & Wilson, C. (2018, March 22). 6 Real Ways to We Can Reduce Gun Violence in America. Time. Retrieved October 22, 2023, from https://time.com/5209901/gun-violence-america-reduction/ 

Gun violence is increasing in Portland. Where do we go from here? (2021, June 22). KGW. Retrieved October 22, 2023, from https://www.kgw.com/article/news/crime/gun-violence/portland-gun-violence-historic-levels-what-are-solutions-the-story/283-18a20c88-8760-4386-979b-dab9d8330700 

[lboogie1906]

Roger Wood Wilkins (January 29, 1932 – March 26, 2017) was a lawyer, civil rights leader, professor of history, and journalist who served as the 15th US Assistant Attorney General under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1969, one of the highest-ranking Black Americans ever to serve in the executive branch up to that time. A member of the Democratic party, he was mentored by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall. Throughout the 1960s, he campaigned for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to be the administration's chief troubleshooter on urban racial issues. He worked as a welfare lawyer in Ohio before becoming the USAAG. He was sworn in as Director of the federal Community Relations Service on February 4, 1966, in a ceremony at The White House. His uncle, Roy Wilkins, was the executive director of the NAACP from 1964 to 1977. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Michigan. He was educated at Crispus Attucks Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri, then at Creston High School in Grand Rapids. He received his AB in 1953 and JD in 1956, both from the University of Michigan, where he interned with the NAACP and was a member of the senior leadership society, Michigamua. He worked briefly for the Ford Foundation before joining the editorial staff of The Washington Post. He earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for exposing the Watergate scandal. He left the Post in 1974 to work for The New York Times, followed by a brief stay at the now-defunct Washington Star. In 1980, he became a radio news commentator, working for NPR. He was the Robinson Professor of History and American Culture at George Mason University until his retirement in 2007. He was one of the most preeminent professors in residence at that time. He was the publisher of the NAACP's journal, The Crisis. He was married to Patricia King, a Professor of Law at Georgetown University. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAWb-br2ZH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thatrandomsarahchick]

@nuget138 This would work if the Kent's home schooled Clark to start off with, or for a few years, because he kept getting new powers that he couldn't control. So Clark doesn't realise that hearing that well isn't a common thing with children because his parents tried to normalise it for him to give him a stable childhood, and he thinks that Danny knew he was listening - why else would he keep talking any his day like that?

Danny, on the other hand, had overheard Jazz saying that writing down everything in her journal helped her process things. Unfortunately, Danny isn't the best at writing yet, so he got into the habit of spreading his thoughts into the universe.

Imagine this with a younger Clark Kent, a few years younger than Danny. He developed superior hearing when he first bathed in the yellow sun, but over the years, it got more and more potent. Dad had been teaching him a trick to focus his hearing, but it was so boring! All the sounds dad was wanting him to focus on were things like the corn in the wind - things he would hear every day anyway! Instead, he tried to spread his hearing out as far away as it could go to the right.

After about 10 minutes of getting to sort through all the different sounds he was hearing, he heard another young boy speaking: "I don't know if anyone is listening, but if you are can we be friends?"

A friend! The only friends he had were the animals around the farm! How long had this boy been speaking before Clark finally listened it for them? Well, no more! Clark made that his focus sound and started listening out for the boys' day to dad words sheet things for too much. A few days later, he finds out that the boys name is Danny.

Clark was 5 when he developed flight for the first time. He had been listening to his friend grumble about his parents' machine not working when suddenly he let out the most horrible, prolonged scream that Clark had heard in his life! He was so focused on getting there that he was passing over Missouri before he even realised that he was flying instead of running.

He knew he'd be in so much trouble with mum later, but he had to hurry! Danny's scream was starting to die out, and he couldn't hear his heartbeat anymore.

DPXDC Prompt #24

10 year old Danny Fenton doesn’t have any friends and he wishes with all his heart that he did, his parents didn’t pay much attention to him paying more attention to the ghost portal they’ve almost completed. His sister was too overbearing and acted more like a mother than a friend. So one night he speaks out into the sky with his window open,

“I don’t know if anyone is listening but if you are can we be friends?”

little does he know Superman who recently got his super-hearing hears him.

“Yes I will” Superman replies to himself.

Superman listens to Danny every night as he talks about his life. A month goes by and the portal is complete but it doesn’t work. Danny goes inside after his parents aren’t home… He’s electrocuted and screams the pain’s unbearable. Superman flies straight to him hearing the screams of his friend.

When Danny comes to he’s looking straight at Superman.

“Danny!! Are you OK?”

“How do you know my name??”

[currentmediasstuff]

Jack Dorsey – Life Journey

Early Life and Education

Jack Dorsey was born on November 19, 1976, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Marcia Smith and Tim Dorsey. Growing up in a dynamic environment due to his father’s job, Dorsey developed a fascination for maps, sparking his early interest in technology. Despite grappling with stuttering during his childhood, he overcame this obstacle through participation in oratory competitions, honing his communication skills.

Dorsey’s affinity for computers blossomed during his high school years at Bishop du Bourg High School in St. Louis, where he actively engaged in the school’s computer club. His voracious appetite for knowledge led him to immerse himself in studying the available model of IBM computers, laying the foundation for his future endeavors in technology.

After completing high school, Jack Dorsey pursued higher education at the Missouri University of Science and Technology before transferring to New York University. It was during his time at NYU that he conceived the groundbreaking idea for Twitter — a platform for sharing short messages with friends in real-time. Despite not completing his degree, Dorsey’s entrepreneurial spirit propelled him to pursue his vision for revolutionizing communication in the digital age.

Entrepreneurial Ventures

Embarking on his career as a programmer, Dorsey ventured to Oakland, California, in 2000, where he established a company aimed at dispatching taxis, couriers, and emergency services. Despite encountering initial setbacks, including the failure of his company, Dorsey remained undeterred in his quest to create innovative solutions to real-world challenges.

Dorsey’s perseverance bore fruit in 2006 when he, alongside co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams, launched Twitter — an online social networking service that would redefine the way people connect and communicate globally. Within a remarkably short span, Twitter skyrocketed to prominence, becoming one of the most influential platforms in the digital landscape.

In addition to his groundbreaking work with Twitter, Dorsey co-founded Square Inc. in 2009, a mobile payments company aimed at revolutionizing financial transactions. Under Dorsey’s leadership as CEO, Square expanded its offerings to include a diverse range of financial and merchant services, solidifying its position as a leader in the fintech industry.

Recognition and Legacy

Dorsey’s visionary leadership and entrepreneurial prowess have garnered widespread acclaim, earning him accolades such as being named one of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35 by the MIT Technology Review in 2008. His contributions to technology and business were further underscored when he received the “Innovator of the Year Award” for technology from The Wall Street Journal in 2012.

Beyond his professional achievements, Dorsey’s personal life has also attracted attention, with his relationships with British model Lily Cole and yoga instructor Kate Greer making headlines.

As of June 2015, Jack Dorsey boasts a net worth of US $2.4 billion, solidifying his legacy as a visionary entrepreneur and influential figure in the world of technology and business. His pioneering efforts with Twitter and Square continue to shape the digital landscape, inspiring future generations of innovators to push the boundaries of what is possible in the realm of technology and entrepreneurship.

[abigailvonah05]

Artist Research #5: Danny Lyon

Introduction/Background: 

Danny Lyon is an American born photographer and filmmaker born on March 16, 1942 and raised in New York. Lyon’s work is primarily influenced and inspired by his Jewish identity, especially since he grew up around the time of World War II. He first got into photography when he hitchhiked to Cairo, Illinois during the summer of 1962. He then went to college at the University of Chicago in 1963 where he received a BA in history. During his time at the University he was hired as a photographer at the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Under this committee, Lyon spent two years photographing activists of SNCC fighting against racial violence and discrimination. These photos and many others were very influential in that they promoted change and improvement in society. Thanks to him, “SNCC began to develop its public image” (Sncc digital, people).  Lyon even helped young teenage girls, deprived of food and water, escape from jail through his bravery of secretly taking photos of them. It sounds a little creepy, but his intentions were pure and for the right cause. Danny Lyon takes a very personal approach to his photographic work by participating in the lives of his subjects. In his older work, Lyon used to purposely withhold showcasing his personality in his photos because he wanted his subjects to shine through. But now he acquires first hand knowledge of the experiences that the subject encounters, which gives his work a personal touch to them. The subjects of his photographic work typically, “deviate from societal norms, yet he is dedicated to communicating their character and sensibility honestly, sympathetically, and nonjudgmentally” (icp, biography). 

Notable works: 

His photobook The Bikeriders (1968) is a good example of what his main focus in photography is; civil rights issues. This project was seen as one of the most defining works of the 1960s and also gave younger photographers a voice to look up to that was their age. This book depicts the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club’s first hand stories and personalities. Lyon was personally involved in the Outlaws at one point in his life, so he wanted to share about himself while also speaking on issues about how America views and treats those on the outskirts of society. He does this by offering a “gritty yet humane perspective” of these individuals. 

Awards/Nominations: 

Danny Lyon has won a total of 6 awards in his lifetime. These include the following: 

1969: Guggenheim Fellowship from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

1978: Guggenheim Fellowship from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

1980s: Fellowship in Film making from the Rockefeller Foundation[citation needed]

2011: Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2015: Lucie Awards, "Achievement in Documentary" category

2022: Induction into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.

Personal thoughts: 

From researching Lyon, I have really come to respect him and his work and what it means. He has done a lot of good for society through his photographs, which I think makes him one of the best photographers. If I have learned one thing from this class, it’s that photography tells a story and communicates a message meant to move and challenge viewers' ways of thinking. It’s more than just showing a pretty flower or a cute dog, but taking photos in a way that is moving and meaningful. It is evident that Lyon takes photos in that way. Even through making projects that focus on himself, he is able to point out and challenge ideas of overarching problems in society. I can see myself using his influence to create captivating interior spaces in the future. Not only that but he has influenced me to think critically about the sort of spaces I will be creating. I want to start thinking about the purpose I will have for designing interiors, and what I will do to make them personal to me in a way that’s also personal to the client. 

Works Cited: 

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/danny-lyon?all/all/all/all/0

https://snccdigital.org/people/danny-lyon/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Lyon

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Bikeriders.html?id=VWqCngEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description

[muspeccoll]

Introducing the Samir Husni Magazine Collection

We try to use our social media to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what’s happening in Special Collections. But we have to admit, we’ve been keeping a secret. There’s a little project we haven’t told you all about.

Okay, maybe it’s a big project.

In October, three semi-trucks rolled up to Ellis Library laden with the archive of Dr. Samir Husni, a.k.a. Mr. Magazine™, a.k.a. “the planet’s leading expert on new magazines.” Inside was an incredible gift to the Libraries, the University of Missouri, and future researchers: the Samir Husni Magazine Collection.

Dr. Husni’s career has focused on magazine launches, and he assembled this collection over the course of more than forty years of studying the magazine industry. The collection contains around 40,000 first editions of magazines published from 1985 to date. A high percentage of new magazines don’t survive to produce a second issue, so that’s a lot of content that can’t be found anywhere else.

In addition to those 40,000 first editions, Dr. Husni collected widely across a large span of the 20th century. The result is a collection that represents as complete a picture of the American magazine industry as possible, including longer or near-complete runs of periodical titles from the early twentieth century, merchandise and marketing kits created by magazine publishers, and Dr. Husni's professional papers.

The University of Missouri is a natural home for this collection. Dr. Husni received his Ph.D. here from the Missouri School of Journalism, the first professional journalism school in the United States, and a top-ranked program to this day. We’re thrilled to be able to make the Husni Collection available to this community of researchers and journalists. Last week we met to celebrate Dr. Husni and the dedicated crew of librarians and students who have been working on this amazing collection over the last six months.

Get ready for lots of magazine photos coming your way in the coming months. We’ve only processed a fraction of the collection so far, and with tens of thousands of magazines to organize, we’re going to be busy for a long time!

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CLAIRE REDFIELD

claire is originally from the resident evil franchise

claire is around five and a half years younger than chris. when she was thirteen , their parents were killed in a suspicious car accident. rather than go into foster care or go to live with distant relatives , chris decided to become claire's legal guaridan. he enlisted in the air force and brought claire with him , though she stayed on base with the family of one of the members of chris' unit , the burtons. during this time , claire was being home schooled by kathy burton along with their daughters moira and polly. claire grew very close to the burton women , and she also grew even closer to her brother. she would train with him on hand to hand combat and weapons , learning his training alongside him during his basic training for the air force.

by the time she'd turned eighteen and graduated high school , she and chris were as close as possible , both calling each other their best friends. he encouraged her to go to college , even when she suggested joining the air force with him , stating that she deserved a normal life. she gave in and enrolled in washington university in st. louis to study journalism.

she enjoyed her time in college , taking interesting classes and meeting even more interesting people , but she kept in contact with her brother. they'd never gone longer than a week without checking in , even when he was on missions out of state , and even that was rare. claire could count on hearing from her brother every three days at least , so when two weeks had gone by without a message or an answer to her calls and texts , claire knew something was wrong.

the last message he'd sent her had been about going back to raccoon city , that there had been trouble but ' alpha team was on the way to clean up the mess '. he'd promised to update her later , both having been born in raccoon city , missouri , and had lived there until their parents had died over six years prior. but there had never been an update , never been any contact since. that was not like chris at all.

so claire decided to leave school and go find her brother.

― the events of RE2 take place here and are canon ―

while investigating the raccoon city police department , claire found papers that suggested he'd gone to europe on a mission , but the letters sounded off. claire wasn't in the mood to trust anything after going so long without speaking to her brother , but she had to find out for herself. booking the flight , claire went to an umbrella facility in paris , france. there , she was kidnapped and taken to a different and secure location , rockfort island , where she was held prisoner only for a short amount of time. the man who'd captured her , rodrigo , decided to let her go after realizing the complex was overrun with the dead. she leaves and tries to find a way off the island , meeting steve in the meantime. together , they find out that umbrella had been surveilling chris for a long while. using the same computer that held the information about chris , claire reached out to leon for assistance getting off the island.

eventually chris does come and rescue claire , but not until after steve is dosed with the t veronica virus , mutates , and then is killed trying to protect claire. together , chris and claire leave the island.

after ensuring that everything was alright , and that they wouldn't go so long without speaking again , chris and claire parted ways. claire continued her college education while chris continued working with the military , creating a unit called the BSAA in order to combat the bioterrorism that umbrella was committing.

after graduating college and becoming a full fledged journalist , claire was recruited by a company called terrasave. the company's main goal is to provide aid to communities affected by bioterrorism or medical related incidents. terrasave works outside of the government , though most often their goals are aligned with local government. claire knew that she belonged with terrasave , it was her own way of helping her brother fight the ongoing biological warfare.

― the events of revelations 2 take place here and are canon ―

claire continued work with terrasave throughout the events of RE6 and RE7 but immediately following the dulvey incident , it became obvious to chris that blue umbrella and the BSAA weren't to be trusted. after leaving clues that only she would understand , chris went rogue against the BSAA and went on the run. knowing that he would need someone on the inside , when the BSAA came to recruit claire for the task force that was meant to find the hound wolf squad , she enthusiastically said yes.

throughout the years leading up to romania , and during romania , claire is a full member of the BSAA. she participates in missions and sits in on briefs , though her main mission is to find her brother. she knows that the BSAA doesn't fully trust her , but she's doing her best to help them see that they all want the same thing ― chris to come home.

short and sweet verses :

alternate verse 1 , college verse takes place prior to the events of RE2. claire is a journalism major attending washington university in st louis , missouri ( subject to change based on plot ). faceclaim for this verse is lyndsy fonseca and she is available for shipping.

alternate verse 2 , this verse takes place between RE2 and RE7. during this time , claire is still attending college in the beginning , though now she has already endured the zombie attacks and raccoon city is destroyed. after graduation , claire is recruited into terrasave and throughout this verse she is working with them. faceclaim for this verse is lyndsy fonseca and she is available for shipping.

main verse , after the events of RE7 , chris no longer trusted the BSAA. he and his team of hound wolves decided to go rogue and deal with miranda and the horrors off romania on their own. the BSAA recruited claire to help them find her brother , whom she claims hasn't reached out to her. this verse is the three years prior to RE8 and on. faceclaim for this verse is lyndsy fonseca and she is available for shipping.

more to be added as it comes up!

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Professor Emeritus Willard R. Johnson, political scientist who specialized in African studies, dies at 87

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Professor Emeritus Willard R. Johnson, political scientist who specialized in African studies, dies at 87

Willard R. Johnson, a professor emeritus in the MIT Department of Political Science who focused his scholarly research on the political development of Africa, died in late October at age 87. Johnson served as a member of the MIT faculty for nearly 60 years, while also founding and participating in numerous civic initiatives aimed at making political and social advances in Africa and the U.S., and building engagement between the two regions.

Johnson joined the political science faculty in 1964 as an assistant professor. He was the first Black faculty member at MIT to rise through the ranks and achieve tenure from within, and he created a broad portfolio of accomplishments. Johnson conducted extensive fieldwork in Africa, published important contributions to the study of African political institutions and independence movements, advocated for the inclusion of more Black scholars in the MIT community, and served as a leading voice at MIT and in the Boston area against South Africa’s apartheid.

Johnson also held visiting positions at Harvard Business School, Boston University, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, in addition to his time as a faculty member and emeritus professor at MIT.

Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1935 and moved to Pasadena, California, where he graduated from Muir High School. He earned his AA from Pasadena City College in 1955, and a BA in international relations from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), in 1957. At UCLA, he served as student body president, and also helped to found the campus’ chapter of the NAACP. Notably, he was also responsible for bringing W.E.B. Dubois to campus as a speaker. Johnson later received his MA degree in African studies with distinction from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, in 1961, and his PhD in political science from Harvard University, in 1965.

Johnson’s Harvard dissertation, “Cameroon Reunification: The Political Union of Several Africas,” formed the basis of his first book, published as “The Cameroon Federation” by Princeton University Press in 1970. In a review of the book in the Journal of Modern African Studies, W. Norman Haupt wrote, “This carefully prepared book is based upon a sound, objective understanding of local facts and preferences,” while noting that it “is filled with those minute details of history which make for exciting reading.”

Johnson himself would say that his most important accomplishment while at UCLA was meeting his wife, Vivian Johnson. They not only formed a lasting bond in marriage, but also became scholarly collaborators and jointly published “West African Governments and Volunteer Development Organizations: Priorities for Partnership” (University Press of America, 1990). Political scientist Pearl T. Robinson of Tufts University called it “required reading for anyone seeking insights into the struggles that are being waged to promote increased political pluralism and alternative development strategies in contemporary Africa.”

Johnson remained impressively active in politics and public service throughout his life. From 1968 to 1970, he took a leave from MIT to serve as executive director of Circle, a Roxbury, Massachusetts-based community development organization. In 1972, he directed the Africa Policy Task Force for the George McGovern for President committee, and served on the Democratic Party Advisory Council’s Foreign Affairs Study Group. He also served on the U.S. National Committee for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Johnson later became a leading voice at MIT, and nationally, in the anti-apartheid movement. He led the Boston chapter of TransAfrica’s Free South Africa Movement. As Johnson noted, in an interview for the Department of Political Science’s 50th anniversary celebration, he was arrested, along with Nobel laureate George Wald of Harvard and other local luminaries, at an anti-apartheid rally in Boston. Johnson was proud to be actively involved in Nelson Mandela’s visit to Boston in 1990, part of the anti-apartheid leader’s momentous trip to the U.S.

In 1991, a few years before stepping down from his faculty position, Johnson founded the Kansas Institute for African American and Native American Family History, which promotes the preservation and documentation of family identity, traditions, and accomplishments of members of the African American and Native American communities of the Midwest.

Johnson’s 2001 paper published in the Black History Bulletin, “Tracing Trails of Blood on Ice: Commemorating ‘The Great Escape’ of 1861-62 of Indians and Blacks into Kansas,” chronicled a significant episode in this underexplored regional history. He remained active with the Kansas Institute for African American and Native American Family History until his passing.

Johnson also founded the Boston Pan-African Forum, a group promoting mutually beneficial relations between the United States and the people of Africa, and remained an active part of it throughout his later years. 

Throughout his time at MIT, Johnson was an active voice in support of diversifying the Institute faculty and student community, and pushing for greater opportunities for Black faculty and students alike. Johnson was proud of the accomplishments of Institute students such as Georgia Persons PhD ’78, a political scientist who is now a professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech; and Marsha Coleman-Adebayo PhD ’82, a leading advocate against workplace discrimination whose experiences helped generate passage of the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act, signed into federal law in 2002. 

In seeking to build stronger ties between scholarly communities, Johnson also initiated a joint seminar in political science between MIT and Howard University, in the mid-1970s, an effort concluding with combined class session for all the participating students from both institutions.

Johnson remained a visible presence in the political science department following his transition to professor emeritus in 1996. Colleagues fortunate enough to cross paths with him were greeted with a tremendously warm smile. Those who knew him during his time on the faculty have fond memories of him stopping by their offices to check in, inquire about family members, and give the distinctive encouragement and kind understanding which, through his extraordinary experience and character, only he could offer.

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Inman Edward Page (December 29, 1853 - December 21, 1935) was born in Warrenton, Virginia. On the plantation where he and his parents were enslaved, he was a houseboy. When he was about ten years old the Civil War brought Union and Confederate troops near their place and they took the chance to escape to freedom. Upon moving to DC, he worked and financed his education at local private schools including the forerunner to Howard University. He was among the first African American students admitted to Brown University, and was the first of two African Americans to graduate from the Ivy League institution.

Valedictorian of his class, he gave the senior oration at the 1877 commencement. The Providence Journal reported favorably on his address. A member of the audience who heard his speech recruited him to Mississippi for a teaching position at Natchez Seminary. From there he went on to several important educational appointments. In Oklahoma, he served as president of Langston University for 17 years. He was president of Missouri’s Western Baptist College and Tennessee’s Roger Williams University. In 1918, Brown University awarded him an honorary MA.

He served as supervising principal of Oklahoma City’s segregated Black schools for 12 years. As Ralph Ellison’s teacher at Frederick Douglass High School, he left a mark on one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers. In 1935, the city school system named him principal emeritus for his outstanding contributions. When he expired in the home of his daughter in Oklahoma City, his passing was front-page news. Hundreds of friends, colleagues, and relatives attended his funeral in Oklahoma City, and even more were present for his burial on the Langston University campus. The main library at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, is named for him. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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On this day in Wikipedia: Saturday, 28th October

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