January 30, 2012

The Internet Reacts to the J-School’s Fake Facebook Page

J-School Buzz reports Mizzou j-school doesn’t administer its own Facebook page. bit.ly/wtxlkI
— Romenesko (@romenesko) January 27, 2012

J-School Buzz broke the news on Friday that the Missouri School of Journalism does not actually administer its Facebook page. This news was unsettling to us in the fact that, as one of the nation’s top journalism schools, it is not utilizing a great tool in recruiting students to come to Mizzou. Our story was tweeted out by blogger and journalist Jim Romenesko to nearly 45,000 followers.

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January 27, 2012

The Missouri School of Journalism Does Not Administer Its Own Facebook Page

We just received quite the tip here at J-School Buzz.

As it turns out, the Missouri School of Journalism’s Facebook page is not actually run by the J-School itself, as you might expect.

It is instead run by a freshman journalism student at the University of Missouri who tried (and failed) to turn the Facebook page over to officials at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Here is the first email she sent to J-School Buzz earlier today, and it just gets weirder and sadder from there:

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