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Originally posted by AXJules
Hey-
I just graduated with a journalism degree (advertising emphasis) from the University of Missouri- Columbia. I'm a member of SPJ, because originally I wanted to write for magazines. @ Mizzou the Magazine and News Ed students run the city paper- it's the only one like it in the country! Very cool.
After 2 years of classes I realized how lucky I was to be getting a journalism degree, but decided advertising and public relations was the direction I wanted to go. I'm still really grateful for my writing background, though, because I know it will make the road that much easier in the future.
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That basically describes me as well. I majored in print journalism at Boston University (I almost went to Syracuse before scholarship money changed my mind to BU). I wrote for a while for local papers back in CT in high school and through part of college, and wrote for the Daily Free Press at BU. However I decided I like the public/media relations aspect better and am trying to work that way professionally.
That's not to say anything bad about journalism; I had some great experiences and interviewed some interesting people (Derek Jeter, Chris Berman, Stuart Scott, Rob Dibble), but it just didn't end up being what I want to do right now.
I do love writing though, and am glad for the experience I have writing and reporting.
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