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Dan Mihalopoulos

My beat in Jeff City focuses on higher education issues -- an important topic, of course, since legislators hold the pursestrings for state college. Below you'll find my resume and some references. If you need a hard-working reporter, I'll be out of Mizzou in December.

• The Columbia Missourian:
  • City government beat writer, spring 1994
  • State government beat writer, Jeff City bureau, spring 1995
• The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune:
  • Editorial intern, Michigan bureau, summer 1994
• Freelancer:
  • The Chicago Tribune, Tempo section
  • The San Diego Union Tribune, "National View" features
  • The Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill.
• The Chicago Suburban Times Newspapers
  • Editorial intern, Des Plaines, Ill., summer 1993
• The Maneater, U. of Missouri student paper
  • Government beat writer, Aug. 1992-Jan. 1994

• Greek (fluent)
• Spanish (fluent)
• Studied at the Universidad de Navarra, Spain, fall 1994

• Chicago Sun-Times Herman S. Kogan Scholarship
• North Shore Women in Communications Inc. Scholarship
• M.U. Hellenic Students Association, founder
• M.U. Honors Ambassador
• M.U. Scholar-in-Journalism

Phill Brooks

Director, State Gov't Reporting Program, Missouri School of Journalism

phone: 314-751-2888

e-mail: jourprb@mizzou1.missouri.edu

Sharon Harl

Senior City Editor, Columbia Missourian

phone: 314-882-5720

e-mail: jourseh@muccmail.missouri.edu

Diane Stephen

Michigan Editor, South Bend Tribune

phone: 219-235-6161

Statehouse stories by Dan Mihalopoulos include:

• 5/12/1995: Republicans play bigger role in 1995 session.
• 5/12/1995: Legislators make the mule the state's official animal.
• 5/11/1995: Legislature clears major issues one day early.
• 5/10/1995: Tax lid mired in partisan debate in Senate.
• 5/ 9/1995: Farmers fear megaproducers in farming.
• 5/ 9/1995: Hog plants helps and hurts northern Mo. farmers
• 5/ 9/1995: Farmers fight corporate farming.
• 5/ 9/1995: Corporate farming provides new jobs for rural Missouri.
• 5/ 4/1995: Governor vetoes abortion-counseling bill.
• 5/ 2/1995: Anti-Abortion forces win major victories in the legislature.
• 4/13/1995: Bills proposed to outlaw gamecock fighting.
• 4/13/1995: NE Univ. name change approved by Senate Committee
• 3/ 7/1995: MU hesitant on taking over Mt. Vernon Rehab Center.
• 2/23/1995: Legislator seeks state resolution on the baseball strike.
• 2/14/1995: Colleges seek boost in governor's budget recommendations.
• 2/14/1995: Riverboat gambling revenue exceeds expectations.
• 2/ 8/1995: House Democrats expell renegade from caucus.
• 1/30/1995: Profile on the new House Budget Committee chairman.
• 1/24/1995: Lawmakers debate excuting mentally retarded under death sentence.