Amy Simons
Host, Views of the News (2010-2024)AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.
Since joining the faculty in August 2010, Simons has developed an interested in international journalism, training professionals on campus and abroad. She has traveled across China and the European Union, teaching Web-first workflows, mobile journalism techniques and how to use social media as a reporting tool and a means to disseminate journalistic content.
Simons serves as the adviser to ONA Mizzou, the local club of the Online News Association and as a mentor in the school’s student competitions.
Previously Simons worked as digital news editor for the Chicago Tribune, where she helped develop and execute the editorial programming strategy for chicagotribune.com. While at the Tribune, Simons worked closely with the newsrooms of WGN-TV, CLTV News and WGN-AM to coordinate the coverage of daily and planned news events. Before joining the Chicago Tribune, she spent seven years at CLTV News, Tribune’s 24-hour news channel covering Chicago and the suburbs. Simons worked her way up through the ranks, joining the newsroom as the assignment desk assistant and leaving as an executive producer. At CLTV, she produced the award-winning business magazine show, Your Money, and was responsible for all of the station’s election coverage. Simons is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism.
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The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced, honoring the best in journalism from the past year. Each of the honorees have one thing in common. What is it? Also, why the U.S. dropped 10 spots on Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index, Kim Godwin’s retirement from ABC News, and a special announcement you won’t want to miss. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News. -
The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced, honoring the best in journalism from the past year. Each of the honorees have one thing in common. What is it? Also, why the U.S. dropped 10 spots on Reporters Without Borders’ Press Freedom Index, Kim Godwin’s retirement from ABC News and a special announcement you won’t want to miss. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News. -
After nearly 20 years, Dan Rather made a return to CBS News this weekend, sitting down in conversation with reporter Lee Cowan. What did the former anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News have to say about his departure from the network and how he continues his work at the age of 92. Also, President Biden’s interview with Howard Stern and why the Federal Trade Commission bans noncompete clauses from employee contracts. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News. -
After nearly 20 years, Dan Rather made a return to CBS News this weekend, sitting down in conversation with reporter Lee Cowan. What did the former anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News have to say about his departure from the network and how he continues his work at the age of 92. Also, President Biden’s interview with Howard Stern and why the Federal Trade Commission bans noncompete clauses from employee contracts. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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CNN journalist Laura Coates was interviewing a jury consultant outside former President Trump’s trial in Manhattan when a man set himself on fire. Coates reported, live, for more than two minutes on what she saw, heard and smelled. A master class in reporting or unnecessarily televising violence? Also, the death of former AP journalist and one-time hostage, Terry Anderson, and how Kansas teens fought their school district – and won. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News. -
CNN journalist Laura Coates was interviewing a jury consultant outside former President Trump’s trial in Manhattan when a man set himself on fire. Coates reported, live, for more than two minutes on what she saw, heard and smelled. A master class in reporting or unnecessarily televising violence? Also, the death of former AP journalist and one-time hostage Terry Anderson and how Kansas teens fought their school district – and won. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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Where’d the sun go?! Now that the 2024 eclipse has passed, we’ll talk about what made Monday’s phenomenon magical, and how that was reflected in the coverage. Also, Facebook’s apology to a Kansas publication, why a Colorado reporter was thrown out of a GOP event on public property and the crowning of the 2024 NCAA basketball champs. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News. -
Where’d the sun go?! Now that the 2024 eclipse has passed, we’ll talk about what made Monday’s phenomenon magical, and how that was reflected in the coverage. Also, Facebook’s apology to a Kansas publication, why a Colorado reporter was thrown out of a GOP event on public property and the crowning of the 2024 NCAA basketball champs. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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We’re a few days into the roll cart roll out. We’ll talk about the community’s response to the latest chapter in Columbia’s trash saga. Also, Report for America limits partnerships with newsrooms owned by hedge funds and data-informed solutions to staving off burnout among journalists. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
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As digital news organizations shutter, many of their archives go dark. Sure, it costs to continue to host websites, but what’s lost when the websites are wiped entirely? Also, why journalists don’t identify juveniles charged with crimes, and two free speech cases go before the Supreme Court. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
