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Alumni

 

The school’s journalism graduates hold positions across the media landscape – from community weeklies to major daily newspapers; from small radio and television stations to the national networks; from home-based web startups to online conglomerates in New York and California.

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Here is what some of our journalism graduates have been doing:

Louise Seals

Graduated: ’83
President of Virginia Press Women Foundation
Arbor Day chair at Richmond Tree Stewards
Advisory panel member at RichmondTree Stewards

Eric Slater

Graduated: ’83
Adjunct professor at George Washington University
Manager of copyright, permissions and licensing at American Chemical Society in Washington, D.C.

Laura E. Bland

Graduated: ’85
Editor at Virginia Press Association
Coordinator of Medical Reserve Corps at Virginia Department of Health in Richmond, Va.

Rudy Burwell

Graudated: ’85
Director of Army Reserve Communications at U.S. Army Reserve in Washington, D.C.

Pauline U. Clay

Graduated: ’88
Deputy features editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Luke Funk

Graduated: ’90
Senior web producer at MyFoxNY.com and Fox Television in New York City

Mary Beth Long

Graduated: ’91
Attorney at Berger Schatz in Chicago

Kelli Miller Stacy

Graduated: ’91
Freelance writer and editor at WebMD
Medical writer and editor at NEWScience, Inc. in Atlanta

Max Miller

Graduated: ’92
Owner of Miller Media Holdings
Publisher of The Cross Timbers Gazette newspaper in DentonCounty, Texas

Mark Moskal

Graduated: ’92
Chief executive officer and co-founder at LiveAreaLabs in Seattle

Robb Spewak

Graduated: ’93
Co-host and executive producer of “The Mike O’Meara Show”
Spins records on The Mighty 1630 KCJJ

Maurice Williams

Graduated: ’96
Copy editor at Indianapolis Star

Paul McDaniel

Graduated: ’97
President of EZ Voices
President of TMG Events
On-air talent at Cox Radio
Audio-visual technician at Aviva Rental Systems in Richmond, Va.

Tammy Hobgood Burdick

Graduated: ’03
Market analyst at The Roanoke Times

Ryan Costa

Graduated: ’03
College and university relations manager at The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, D.C.

Joey Elswick

Graduated ’03
Director and play-by-play announcer at VCU Athletics

Sharon Ramos

Graduated: ’03
Editorial manuscript coordinator at the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C.

Karen Bolipata

Graduated: ’07
Staff writer at Institutional Investor in New York

Fateema Blackwell

Graduated: ’08
Editor at NBC12 in Richmond, Va

Bethany Emerson

Graduated: ’08
Associate editor at Richmond Magazine

Chamise Jones

Graduated: ’08/’09 (M.S.)
Multimedia associate at Washington Speakers Bureau

Maureen Linke

Graduated: ’08
Freelance associate producer for CNN.com in Atlanta

Shoshannah Nunez

Graduated: ’08/’09 (M.S.)
News content specialist at WWBT-NBC 12 at Raycom Media in Richmond, Va.

Scott Kennedy

Graduated: ’09
Media and video technician at Atlee Community Church in Richmond, Va.