The '00s

Lindsay Feitlinger ('00) was married to David Suominen on June 22. They live in Chicago.

Summer Boden Lee ('00) is a consumer response coordinator for the marketing department of White Wave Inc. in Boulder. Slee@whitewave.com

Mary Ann Lopez (MA'00), a reporter for The Durango Herald, won a third-place award in February in the Colorado Press Association annual contest for a series she wrote while a reporter for the Montrose Daily Press.

Kirk Siegler ('00) is a legislative reporter for Montana Public Radio.

Joe Champ (Ph.D. '01) recently accepted a tenure-track position at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

Elizabeth Jacobs ('01) won first-place for best feature story in the small-newspaper category in the Colorado Press Association annual contest for a story in the Holyoke Enterprise.

Ryan Morgan ('01), a reporter for The Denver Post, won first-place award in February in the new category for creativity in the Colorado Press Association annual awards for dailies with more than 100,000 circulation. Morgan's story was about firefighters working to extinguish the Hayman fire.

Matt Porio (MA '01) is completing a semester in Washington, D.C., where he worked as an intern reporter for Newsday through the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism.

Sheryl Bass ('02) is a research director and staff writer for The Boulder County Business Report. Mystics999@aol.com

Betsy Brottlund ('02) is an account coordinator for Solomon Friedman Advertising in Boulder. Bbrottlund@ hotmail.com

Mister Brumfield ('02) is an associate broadcast manager and talent production assistant at Leo Burnett USA Inc. in Chicago.

Dana Cantarano ('02) is the news media specialist for the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver. Dana.cantarano@UCHSC.edu

Ian Cohen ('02) is working as a full-time reporter for AT&T News Channel in Boston. The station is owned by New England Cable News. Cohen also was an extra in two films to be released this summer: "Mystic River," starring Clint Eastwood, and "Mona Lisa Smiles," starring Julia Roberts. Ihc21@aol.com

Ethan Crawford ('02) has been traveling in Brazil where he spent two weeks in Porto Alegre as a video editor and photographer covering the World Social Forum as a free-lancer for Free Speech TV based in Boulder.

Jefferson Dodge ('02) is an assistant editor for the Silver & Gold Record newspaper at CU. Dodgej@cusys.edu

Wendy Fick ('02) is a marketing specialist for Specialized Marketing Services in Irvine, Calif. Wendy_fick@hotmail.com

Marie Fontenot ('02) is an account manager for Data-Dynamix in Denver. Myfontenot@hotmail.com

Nicole Gordon (MA'02) shared a third-place award in the Colorado Press Association annual awards contest in February for deadline news reporting with fellow reporters at The Durango Herald. She was a CPA intern reporter at the Herald in the summer of 2002.

Shauna Hannon ('02) is an administrative assistant for Executive Business Centers in Englewood. Shanaynay303@yahoo.com

Jennifer Hamdof ('02) is working for Fox Sports Cable Network in Chicago.

Leigh Harrison ('02) is a reporter for Independent Newspapers in Scottsdale, Ariz., covering education in North Scottsdale and Paradise Valley.

Robert L. Hernandez III ('02) has received the Frederick A. Cervantes National Premio award. The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies gives the award for scholarly research that contributes to interdisciplinary study.

Joni Jaje ('02) visited the School and spoke to a Critical Thinking and Writing class about her experiences and long hours working at the NBC Washington bureau during the recent war in Iraq.

Loryn Kasten ('02) is a communications coordinator for Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Snowshoe, W.Va. Lorynkasten@yahoo.com

Ashleigh Kicklighter ('02) is the marketing coordinator for Caleel & Hayden LLC in Denver. Ashkick@hotmail.com

Jennifer Kostka ('02) is a general assignment and medical reporter for The Durango Herald. jennkostka@aol.com

Kristen Kreiger ('02) is a sales and marketing administrative assistant for Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, Calif. Kristenkreiger@earthlink.net

Sarah Larsen ('02) is a copy editor for the Oakland Tribune in Oakland, Calif. Larsensk@hotmail.com

Courtney Lingle ('02) won first place for agricultural writing in the Colorado Press Association annual awards contest in February. She spent the fall traveling in Peru, Chile and Mexico.

Monica McCafferty ('02) is an account associate for Metzger Associates in Boulder. Monica@metzger.com

Tom McQuaide (Ph.D. '02) recently accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position with the Department of Communication and Media at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

George Merritt ('02) is a reporter for The Denver Post.

Sky Minor ('02) is an agent for Magnum Commercial Real Estate in Los Angeles. Ciel_minor@yahoo.com

Heather Mundt ('02) is a free-lance writer working out of her home in Longmont. Heathermundt@cs.com

Kimberly Owings ('02) is a writer for Energy Info Source in Lakewood. Kaowings@aol.com

Amy Reinink ('02) is a general assignment reporter for the Star Democrat in Easton, Md. She has won several awards, including first place in The Associated Press Chesapeake Editorial Contest for a feature series on "Agriculture on the Shore" and first place in the local government category from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association for "Shhh! Rock 'n' Roll has Oxford residents all shook up." Areinink@intercom.net

Jon Richichi ('02) is a production assistant for the "Boomer Esiason Show" for Varsity Entertainment on the MSG Network in New York. Richichj@aol.com

Sonja Russell ('02) is a project manager and account assistant for Marr Barr Communications in Longmont. She lives in Lafayette.

Megan Salsbury ('02) is an advertising and marketing coordinator for 5280 magazine in Denver. Megan@5280.com

Mitch Schneider ('02) has joined PR21, an independent public relations firm in San Francisco. One of the largest firms of its kind in the world, PR21 has offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and London.

Alan Singer ('02) landed his first job as a writer/production assistant for KCNC-Channel 4 in Denver. In his free time, he is writing for the Intermountain Jewish News. Alandavidsinger@hotmail.com

Alicia Tyson Green (MA '02) is a volunteer consultant for two companies; as a new media developer for Tyson Media of Huntsville, Ala., and as a media sales representative for RadioNOR of Fresno, Calif. Green lives in Lafayette. Tysona9@hotmail.com

Steve Vandis ('02) will travel this summer to an "undisclosed location" in Central America to work as a camera operator and assistant for the next "Survivor," CBS' reality television show.

Emily Winward ('02) is a graphic designer for Trinity Printing in Longmont. Emwinward@iname.com

Jason Wyman ('02) has moved back to Boulder. He's working in sales for America's Note Network, which can be found at www.notenetwork.com  thayerwyman@ netscape.net

Natalia Zea ('02) received a second-place award from the New Mexico Associated Press in the continuous-coverage category for a city tax investigation series. She is a reporter for KDBC-TV in El Paso, Texas.

Marshall Zelinger ('02) is a bureau reporter for KRCR-TV, an ABC affiliate in Chico, Calif. Mzbuff@msn.com

Susan Bacon (MA'03) won third place for news writing in the Colorado Press Association annual contest for a story she wrote while an intern at Steamboat Today.