On March 29, thousands of high school students flooded the University of Missouri at Columbia campus for J-Day at Mizzou. J-Day is an annual tradition for the Missouri Interscholastic Journalism Association.
In this week’s episode of the Ask Mike podcast, you can get a peek at what went on. Host Mike Taylor, CJE, interviewed scholastic journalism students from all over the state of Missouri.
Sharing is Caring at J Day
Interviewees shared a bit about themselves, their school, their lives, and what they hope for in the future.
“[I prefer a small school because] I like to know everyone. I know everyone in our graduating class.”
- Jeep, Senior, Edina High School
“I’m going to continue working in journalism and hopefully go into book publishing.”
- Rachelle, Senior, Park Hill High School, Kansas City
“I’m pretty interested in journalism. Although I want to major in elementary education, I want to minor in some sort of video editing/journalism something because I’m really interested in cinema production and things like that.”
- Joey, Senior, Lindburgh High School, St. Louis
“I want to major in broadcast journalism. I hope that I can be a news anchor someday, but there’s something there’s something about yearbook that’s just lovely.”
- Savanah, Senior, Lindburgh High School, St. Louis
“This year was kind of my first foray into journalism. I’ve liked what I’ve done so far. But what I really want to do as a full-on career is a career in animation.”
- Jonah, Sophomore, Winnetonka High School, North Kansas City
Listen Up
In addition to the life snippets from students, Taylor dropped some gems throughout the podcast. He shared his exuberance for the teaching profession with some advice.
“Respect your teachers! And learn something!” Taylor said.
He also shared a little bit about what it’s like for him to live in the same neighborhood as one of the most famous football players in the world.
Interested in attending J-Day at Mizzou next year? Check out the MIJA website. And be sure to listen all the way through the podcast to hear Taylor swap dad jokes with his interviewees.
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