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*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Tuesday October 29, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Columbia College: Dr. Desmond Meade Touts Inclusive Civic Engagement During Schiffman Lecture
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- Columbia College issued the following news: Florida activist Desmond Meade spoke about the importance of voting rights and compassionate civic engagement Thursday, Oct. 24, in Launer Auditorium at Columbia College. Meade serves as president and executive director of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, a Nobel Prize-nominated grassroots organization known for its advocacy work on voting rights and criminal justice reform. In 2018, he led efforts to build suppor  more

Research From Missouri School of Journalism Shows Audiences Aren't Squeamish About War Photography
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: Wartime photography has existed almost as long as photography itself, and navigating the line between exploitation and informing audiences has intertwined with that history from the beginning. Photographers during the American Civil War sometimes moved bodies in the aftermath of grisly battles to facilitate clear-cut narratives in their images, trampling over what would   more