Amelia Hurley

Hi there! I am a journalist who is passionate about a little bit of everything. My speciality area is reporting, but my strongest skills also include copy editing, data journalism and newsroom administration.

Leadership and Awards

  • President, Society of Professional Journalists (March 2023 – May 2024)
  • Dean’s List, University of Missouri (Fall 2021 – May 2024)
  • Journalism Academic Senator, University of Missouri Students Association (Oct. 2022 – Aug. 2023)
  • Team Member, Missouri All-State Journalism Team (March 2021 – March 2022)
  • First Place Video News Story, National Federation of Press Women (March 2021)

About Me

In just three years, I earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with dual emphases in reporting + writing and cross-platform editing + producing. Now in my fourth year at the University of Missouri, I will graduate in May 2025 with a master’s degree in journalism with emphases on data and investigative journalism.

I am a Mizzou Football reporter for the Columbia Missourian, a daily newspaper that I was previously a local government editor and reporter at. 

I am looking for future employment opportunities. Please feel free to take a look at my work and reach out to me with any further questions or opportunities to share!

“Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air."

Henry Grunwald