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Stacey Baca ('91), center, Sunday morning anchor and weekday reporter at ABC-TV7 in Chicago stopped by the SJMC both at UNITY to meet with students attending the conference and job fair. She's pictured with Diversity Coordinator Dave Martinez and Liliana Diaz, a broadcast production major.
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The Campus Press takes a leap this week, becoming CU Independent. The student publication will no longer be part of the SJMC curriculum as of January. This summer the student editors and advisor Amy Herdy worked with sales consultant Jim Birschbach and SJMC accountant Catherine Larkins to develop a business plan.
To help introduce the new online publication, CU Independent has produced a full-color, 32-page glossy magazine entitled "CU Survival Guide." 12,000 copies will be distributed to dorm rooms and high-traffic places on campus.
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August 2008
Bylines Briefly
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Calling you "Home!"
Alums, we've got an extraordinary Homecoming event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4. One of our new faculty members is Jim Sheeler, whose series "Final Salute" took the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. He'll be giving a multimedia presentation of this highly moving series (now a book), accompanied by U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Steve Beck, the principal character in Sheeler's narrative.
As a bonus, we'll host the event in the campus's new ATLAS building, so you'll be able to tour the state-of-the-art broadcast studio and performance areas of the building.
The TV gods have not determined the hour of the Homecoming Game kickoff (vs. U. of Texas!), so for now we'll just say that our event will begin exactly three hours before kickoff.
Hope to see you there!
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Documenting Democracy
More than 55 SJMC students will get national news experience as interns and volunteers with local and national news outlets during the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver Aug. 25-28.
Internship Director Alan Kirkpatrick said ABC News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, BBC, and several other national news outlets contacted the school about student interns. Master's student Maria Genao-Homs, pictured above, is interning for ABC during the Democratic National Convention. The experience will be a fine end to her summer internship with ABC-affiliate KMGH Channel 7.
Photo by Glenn Asakawa, CU Communications
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Broadening Horizons in Chicago
Ten students and recent graduates represented the SJMC at the UNITY: Journalists of Color convention in Chicago in late July. Most of the students and graduates took advantage of the opportunity to network with alumni like Jeanette Chavez ('73), managing editor of The Denver Post, and Andy Vuong ('00) energy reporter for the Post. The students also helped Dave Martinez run CU's booth promoting the school's graduate programs, the Ted Scripps Fellowships and two faculty openings.
 The SJMC also held an alumni reception at the South Water Kitchen in Chicago on July 22. More than 35 SJMC alumni and friends attended, including Sarah Miller ('98), left, producer at Towers Productions documentary company, and Lynette Romero ('89), right, reporter and anchor for KTLA/WB in Los Angeles. Attendees reminisced about CU and got the scoop on the J-school.
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Alumni Updates
Bob Palmer Remembered
Colorado's best known television newsman, Bob Palmer ('60) died Tuesday night in Denver. Palmer retired in 1992 from the 10 p.m. CBS4 newscast after 29
consecutive years on Denver television. He also taught broadcast
classes at the SJMC. In 2006 he was inducted into the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado's Hall of Fame.
Olympic Records
Several alumni are in Beijing, China, covering the 2008 Olympic Games. Shelby Campbell ('05) is an associate producer with NBC Olympics. She has been
preparing for this project for the past 12 months, developing athlete
profile pieces for prime time. John Branch (MA'96) is writing about every sport from Ping-Pong to power lifting for The New York Times. Ryan Van Duzer ('03) is also in Beijing for the Olympics, and he's posting his adventures on the Boulder Daily Camera Web site.
Sharing the Scoop on Screen
Bianca Prieto ('05) is the lead reporter for the Orlando Sentinel on the case of the missing toddler Kaylee Anthony. Earlier this week Prieto appeared on Fox's network news as a "Criminal Justice Reporter" on top of the story.
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News & Events
Changing Climate Coverage
CU is hosting a two-day conference, "Meeting the Global Energy and Climate Challenge," Aug. 22 and 23, prior to the Democratic National Convention. The conference includes some of the great minds from Boulder's national labs and CU, including SJMC professors Len Ackland and Tom Yulsman, who are participating the the "Communicating Energy and Climate Change Challenges" session. Other panelists include former Ted Scripps fellow Dan Glick and incoming Ted Scripps fellow Keith Kloor (formerly of Audubon), as well as Peter Dykstra of CNN and Seth Borenstein of the Associate Press.
Fresh Frosh
Classes start Monday, Aug. 25, with the largest incoming class ever, numbering 5,843. The number of these students who ranked No. 1 in their high school class has risen (compared to last year) to 117 and 1,129 of the students had GPAs of 4.0 or higher. Average SAT scores are up to 1175, and the average ACT score has risen to 26.
Cherry Creek High School is sending more first-years (166) to CU-Boulder than any other high school in the state. California, Texas, Illinois, New Jersey and Massachussetts are the most common states of origin for out-of-state-students. And Saudi Arabia will send more international first-year students (27) to CU-Boulder this year than any other nation. |
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Pay it Forward
Connect with other alumni by joining the Career Network.
- Join the Career Network.You'll become a contact for other SJMC graduates looking for jobs in your area of the country or
field of work. Our Career Network has hundreds of alumni contacts.
Adding your name is an easy way to give back to the School by sharing
your expertise with other SJMC alums.
- Tell us what's new!
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School days are here again, which means that sack lunches and autumn color are just around the corner. When you get a break from the fall rush let us know what you're up to!
Regards,
Beth Gaeddert
Director of Career Services and External Affairs
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Felicia Russell
Newsletter Editor
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