Senior composition major Haley Myers talks about creating the soundtrack for "Herstory"

Haley Myers, a senior composition major at Mizzou, has written and performed original music for The Herstory: JAWS Oral History Project, a new website created by the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri.

“Herstory,” which went online last week, documents the professional careers, work experiences and associational life of senior women journalists who have participated in the Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS), an organization of female journalists that grew out of a 1984 panel discussion at the Missouri School of Journalism. The site features in-depth interviews with 34 JAWS members, as well as profiles of the interviewees; audio and video clips; pictures of early JAWS gatherings; and newsletters and documents from the organization’s first few years, provided by the State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscript Collection.

Myers wrote the music and played piano for the site’s soundtrack, which also features fellow student Grant Bradshaw performing on viola. The music editing was done by Mizzou New Music Initiative managing director Billy Lackey.

The site was unveiled in a presentation on Friday, May 1 at the School of Journalism. You can read more about “Herstory” and the students and faculty members who worked on the project here.

Pictured, from left: Young Volz, associate professor, School of Journalism; A.J. Million, web developer; Dean Mills, professor and Dean of the School of Journalism; William Lackey; Haley Myers; Ying Wu, website creative director & assistant professor, School of Journalism.