More Than This Moment
A compilation of breaking news and feature videos that were published by the Columbia Missourian and other news outlets over the course of 2015.
By Missourian Photo Staff | Produced by Hannah Sturtecky and Beatriz Costa-Lima | Published by the Columbia Missourian
Jonathan Butler, graduate student and a Concerned Student 1950 organizer, sat down Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, with Columbia Missourian photographer Katie Hogsett to discuss rising frustration surrounding race on campus. Concerned Student 1950 and supporters began a week long camp out on Mel Carnahan Quadrangle Nov. 5, in support of Butler and his hunger strike in an attempt to oust UM System President Tim Wolfe out of office. Protestors have been holding demonstrations for the past month in support of increased diversity and inclusion of minorities at MU. Butler was three days into his hunger strike at the time of the interview, and a number of things have changed since. Both Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin resigned their positions Monday, Nov. 9, and Butler ended his hunger strike. The Board of Curators named former MU deputy chancellor Mike Middleton as interim UM System President on Thursday, Nov. 12. The Board also transitioned Chancellor duties immediately to interim Chancellor Hank Foley. Gov. Jay Nixon named Yvonne Sparks, an executive at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, to serve as a voting member on the Board of Curators on Friday Nov. 13. There are still some demands of Concerned Student 1950 that have not yet been met, including shared governance on the Board of Curators, the creation of a diversity curriculum, increase in the percentage of black faculty and a plan for retention rates for marginalized students.
AWARDS
National College News Design Contest managed by the School's Student Society for News Design:
First Place: Video/Multimedia Project
2016 Better Newspaper Contest by Missouri's Press Association:
Third Place: Best Multimedia Reporting
Second Place: Best Video
PROTEST STOPS PARADE - Breaking News
By Katie Hogsett | Produced by Hannah Sturtecky and Ashley Reese | Published by NPR, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Columbia Missourian and others
Racial justice advocates block Ninth Street during the 2015 MU Homecoming Parade in protest Saturday. The students, who each called themselves Concerned Student 1950, brought the parade to a halt while they denounced what they considered the administration's lackluster efforts to combat racism at MU. (Video by Katie Hogsett/Columbia Missourian)
AWARDS
2016 Better Newspaper Contest by Missouri's Press Association:
Second Place: Best Video
CAMPUS TOUR BY CONCERNED STUDENT 1950 - Breaking News
By Ellise Verheyen and Sarah Bell | Produced by Hannah Sturtecky and Beatriz Costa-Lima | Published by Vox Magazine and Columbia Missourian
Concerned Student 1950, Legion of Black Collegian and supporters march through the MU campus Saturday in protest of Tim Wolfe and social injustices that have occurred over the past few months. Saturday was a significant recruiting day for MU, where potential freshman toured the campus.
NO FOOD, NO COMFORT - Breaking News
By Hannah Sturtecky | Produced by Hannah Sturtecky | Published by Yahoo and Columbia Missourian
Monday night was the beginning of a protest on Carnahan Quadrangle by Concerned Student 1950 in support of Jonathan Butler's hunger strike. Students say they will camp out until UM System President Tim Wolfe is out of office or until Butler's strike is over.
AWARDS
2016 Better Newspaper Contest by Missouri's Press Association:
Third Place: Best Video