Category: Columbia

Memeing Up The Missourian

JSB-TheOnlyAnswerMemeAlicia Stice and several of her Columbia Missourian colleagues are on a roll with very relatable “first world problem” memes. With their latest meme, they are shining light on particular events that reporters feel obligated to complain about in a humorous, yet charming way.

Not only are they very endearing, but rumor has it that J-Schooler’s are very intrigued and even addicted to these amusing little memes.

Here are just a couple student journalism memes we plucked off Alicia’s website:
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Why Mizzou: Sorry Northwestern

Freshman author Ali Colwell was almost a Northwestern Wildcat before choosing to be a Tiger

Editors’ Note: This is the first post in our new series Why Mizzou. Check back every Thursday to read other students’ personal stories on why they chose to come here. If you are interested in sharing your own Why Mizzou story email us at Tips@JSchoolBuzz.com.

At age 9, something inside me clicked. I just knew in my gut I wanted to spend the rest of my life writing. Over the years, this changed into wanting to become a journalist. And with this change, I decided my dream school of all dream schools was Northwestern University. Northwestern is in the perfect location: Evanston, Illinois. Chicago has always been one of my favorite cities, and it all seemed to fall into place.

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Columbia Tribune Talks About Success Behind the Paywall

The Columbia Tribune‘s General Manager Andy Waters spoke last night in the Reynolds Journalism Institute about thedecision to take the Trib‘s website behind a paywall. We were there, furiously live blogging the whole time, but this is a nice wrap-up to make sense of the chaos of the live blog.

So, how’s the wall working for the Columbia Tribune? So far, really well, and way better than expected.

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NPR Host Visiting Mizzou This Week

Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me” is visiting the University of Missouri this Friday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. in Jesse Hall. He will be discussing the origin of the show and some of its most memorable episodes and guests, as well as sharing his own colorful commentary on current events.

Tickets range from $18-32, and all Mizzou students are half-price. Tickets can be purchased on the University Concert Series website or at the box office in Jesse Hall.

If you’re as big an NPR junkie as the rest of the J-School Buzz staff (Broadcast kids at the Missouri School of Journalism, perhaps?) then I’m sure we’ll see you there!

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