Beloved journalism professor leaves big shoes to fill After two decades of teaching in the UMKC Communications Studies Department, Professor Robert Unger is retiring, though his legacy of investigative journalism will not be forgotten. “Bob’s Pulitizer Prize-winning résumé in daily newspapers speaks for itself,” Communications Studies instructor Jonathan Rand said. “His reporting skills were never more impressive than when he wrote the book reconstructing the Union State massacre, and revealing eye-opening material that had previously been hidden from the public.” Unger, who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri, spent years with the Chicago Tribune and Kansas City Star  as an investigative reporter, international correspondent and columnist. Unger has covered five presidential elections, three wars and two uprisings on the West Bank of Israel, and written a book discrediting the FBI’s account … Read entire article »