Posted 11:50 PM 7/29/2011 by Sarah Hill

COLUMBIA - It's the wave of the future for news, but KOMU is already starting to use it. Here's KOMU 8's Sarah Hill with how news outlets are already using the new Google Plus hangouts in their newscasts.

Posted 6:57 PM 5/27/2011

When a tornado struck Joplin, Mo., our reporters went down in mass force, sending a constant flow of information to our viewers.  The crisis in Joplin is reminiscent of a disaster that happened less than a month ago in Alabama.  A tornado ripped through Tuscalossa, Al. killing more than (More)

Posted 7:28 PM 5/6/2011

After a Columbia teen went missing last week, we had the mother live on-air talking to the community. We later received criticism that this was unnecessary. In this week's Your View, we took a look at whether allowing a worried mother on the air helps the search or is just a grab for ratings.

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Posted 3:56 PM 4/2/2011 by Genevieve Curtis and Amy Perry

COLUMBIA - KOMU-8 strives to provide a variety of coverage from local to national news to keep you well informed. On any given day we must make the tough decisions as to which stories will make it on-air. There is simply not enough time to tell all the stories of the day. In this week's 'Your (More)

Posted 1:04 PM 3/12/2011 by Sarah Hill

Twitter, Facebook, Online, and On-Air. These days we can report the news in many ways. In this week's Your View, Sarah Hill shows us how social media makes the news a conversation and how that might annoy some viewers.

Every day we're bringing you stories not only on the air, but on social (More)

Posted 12:54 PM 3/12/2011 by Sarah Hill

Often on TV we have to find a way to explain a product or service in the fewest possible words. But sometimes we're accused of over-simplifying. MU's safe-ride program, "STRIPES," received more than 500 applications to fill a mere 150 spots for the Spring semester.

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Posted 12:44 PM 3/12/2011 by Sarah Hill

The most important job of KOMU is to deliver the most accurate information to viewers. Despite giving the accurate information, sometimes viewers are not satisfied with a way we cover the story. In this week's your view story, KOMU 8's Sarah Hill explains how both KOMU and the viewer made a valid (More)

Posted 12:34 PM 3/12/2011 by Sarah Hill and Megan Granger

COLUMBIA - The first amendment allows journalists to talk about a wide range of topics, from the tame to the controversial. But does freedom of the press extend to the publication of an e-book Amazon.com recently pulled from its website?

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Posted 12:25 PM 3/12/2011 by Sarah Hill and Robert Kessler

COLUMBIA-During election season, there were plenty of political ads on the KOMU 8's airwaves. In fact, from September to November, we ran political spots from 30 different advertisers. Many ads took swipes at opposing candidates using their own information to make their arguments. You might (More)

Posted 12:12 PM 3/12/2011 by Sarah Hill and Robert Kessler

Rumors have always been the poison of journalism. And Twitter can inject that poison directly into a community's fear.

We saw that play out this week as people on Twitter and Facebook started passing along along unconfirmed information via social media that spread like wildfire.

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