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How does your newspaper give back to the community?

Missouri Press News, MPA’s monthly member magazine , wants to recognize all the ways the state’s community newspapers benefit the places and people they cover. Newspaper people are …

Your kicks, get ’em at MPA’s 159th Annual Convention!

Eight decades after Bobby Troup wrote the song that Nat King Cole made famous, Missouri Press is inviting you to get your kicks on Route 66 at the Association’s convention in Wildwood. …
Jamila Khalil, publisher, Sedalia Democrat and Warrensburg Star-Journal

Missouri Press Insider: Jamila Khalil

What is your favorite journalism accomplishment? Surviving in this industry for 44 years while still keeping my passion for newspapers. I was lucky enough to have Ray Hartmann hire a very green Mizzou J-School grad to work at the Riverfront Times for my first job.
Members' views
How does your local newspaper get delivered to you? That seems like a simple question, but the reality is far more complex. After we’ve attended meetings, gathered information, taken …
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Pardon me. Leader Publications is very late to this game, but I wanted to share how exciting our first Best of Jefferson County contest has been and to encourage every media company who isn’t …
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Missourian Publishing Co. was purchased by Hoffmann Family of Companies in early June as part of that company’s Hoffmann Media Group (HMG). AJ Fahr has been named regional editor for the Branson Tri-Lakes News.
Everywhere you turn, artificial intelligence, or AI, is being touted as the thing that will revolutionize work. Text-to-image generation has captured our imagination, and the potential for …
Death notices
Barbara Ann Sell, 82, of Columbia died June 29, 2025, after a months-long battle with cancer. In 1968, Sell and her husband, Michael, moved to Columbia, where Michael attended the University of …
Susan Carmichael Thomson, 86, died June 8, 2025, in hospice care in University City. A Missouri transplant by way of New York state, Thomson joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after moving to …
Linda Lockhart, 72, longtime St. Louis journalist, died May 4, 2025, from complications from cancer.
Foundation News
There are several broadcasters and sports directors in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, but few print journalists. ₁ That was remedied a bit on May 21 with the induction of Joplin Globe …
Two students entering their junior year at the University of Missouri School of Journalism have been elected as the 2025 recipients of the Rural Missouri Newspaper Scholarship. The scholarships …
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Media Literacy: Measure the Quality of a Message

Media Lit is a big part of civics. People, young and old, need to validate their news sources for balance and accuracy. This feature will guide you on easy steps to do this. Study it and learn to be …