<p>My son wants to study broadcast journalism and has been accepted to the University of Missouri. I would love to hear from any current journalism students on their opinion of the program and their experiences at the school. We live in Florida so he would be an oos student. Thanks</p>
<p>Well, I'm not an MU student but I've lived here in Columbia for 15 years. They certainly play up the J-School here, it's always getting press and stuff (duh. Journalism=press).</p>
<p>Umm, so broadcast is TV stuff if I recall correctly. Many, many MU students end up working at local TV stations...I believe our local NBC affiliate (whatever station the peacock is the symbol for) has some kind of agreement with the University so that students work at the station for a certain amount of time as an upperclass.</p>
<p>Should he choose to do print journalism, MU has their own newspaper called the Columbia Missourian that is actually a real newspaper - in the sense that people subscribe to it...like 25K for the Sunday edition?</p>
<p>All in all, it's supposed to be a really good school. I don't know how out of state would affect admission, if that's what you're asking. Hope this helps in some way!</p>
<p>I am looing into a communications major in video, and i looked at comumbia. If it is NEWS that he is interested in the facilities and program are amazing, ranked up with northwestern and syracuse. If it is anythoing other than that - fiction, documentary etc. then it is just ok.</p>
<p>lemondrop024, are you talking about Columbia, Missouri (Univ. of Missouri) or Columbia in New York? Thanks</p>
<p>I am talking about Missouri</p>
<p>Thanks lemondrop024.</p>
<p>Marmadillo, since you live in Columbia could you give me an idea what the town is like. Is it clean, and is it fairly accessible from the campus? Do the students and the local Columbia residents get along? As far as weather, do you get a lot of snow in the winter? Thanks</p>
<p>MU is one of the best j-schools in the country, but it's a good school for print journalism. As for broadcast journalism, Northwestern and Syracuse are by far better. MU does own an NBC-affiliate TV station, but other schools like Syracuse also give students an excellent opportunity to get hands-on experience. Syracuse's SI Newhouse School of Public Communications is probably the best school for broadcasting - the school has a huge alumni network with professionals working everywhere. Missouri is good, but I would suggest your son to apply to Syracuse and Northwestern.</p>
<p>misterpcrazy, I have also heard great things about Northwestern and Syracuse; unfortunately they are extremely expensive and although my son's test scores are decent, they are not high enough to get sufficient merit money from either school. We are still waiting to hear from a couple of other schools before the final decision is made. Thanks for you input.</p>
<p>My daughter (a junior) is also considering Missouri, albeit for print journalism. An adcom at a competing school identified the leading j schools as, in random order, Missouri, North Carolina, Northwestern, Miami, Syracuse, Penn State, Southern Cal and Texas among big schools, and Boston U and NYU among smaller ones. If you have specific questions, pm me and I'd be happy to answer to the best of my ability.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Another J-School for you to consider is Georgia (UGA) -- However, Missouri is the first and the best J-School in the US and getting better each year. As for the broadcast journalism department, students are the ones who put on the news, get the stories, tape them, edit them, etc. Its graduates go onto exceptional jobs in both local and national news organizations. Also, the town of Columbia is right near campus and enjoys a healthy and rewarding relationship with the townspeople. It also has a lot of school spirit, especially during football and basketball seasons --</p>
<p>Thanks collegeparent, my son did apply to UGA as well. We should know whether or not he was accepted in a couple of weeks. If he is accepted we will visit both Missouri and Georgia, then make the final decision. I am curious, do you have a child at Missouri?</p>
<p>One other thing: Elizabeth Vargas, Missouri School of Journalism Class of 1984, broadcast major, was just named co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight along with Bob Woodruff (Colgate, '82; Michigan Law School '85) --</p>
<p>Mizzou is also building a new Journalism Institute to consolidate their classes, resources, and professors in one new location.</p>
<p>Two other perks of MU are 1) the brand-new dorms that are absolutely fantastic and 2) the new recreational center that has been named the #1 college rec. center in the nation. </p>
<p>Moreover, I can say from experience that Columbia is an amazing town with fantastic college/city relations.</p>
<p>Thank you to everybody who replied, your input has been greatly appreciated. We found out my son was admitted ED to University of Florida, so I guess Missouri is no longer in the picture. Good luck to those of you who may be attending Mizzou in the future.</p>