The '00s

Andy Vuong ('00) is the energy reporter for The Denver Post. He was selected as a fellow for the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resource's spring program in the Four Corners region of Colorado. avuong@denverpost.com

Megan Bundy ('01) has been living in New York City for the last seven years. She worked for BBDO for five years and recently joined mcgarrybowen in New York City as account director. meganbundy@hotmail.com

Ryan Morgan ('01) of the Boulder Camera won second place in online special package from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February. He also won second place in best news story and third place in best sustained news coverage from the Colorado Press Association.

Brent Boyer ('02), editor of the Steamboat Spring Pilot & Today won third place for the best deadline news reporting from the Colorado Press Association in February for a story in the Hayden Valley Press.

Nicole DeJarnatt ('02) is the newsroom editor of the Business Wire Denver.

Maya Ellman ('02) is an account executive at JWalcher Communications in San Diego. mayarae789@yahoo.com

Shannon Hurd (MA '02) has been named editor-in-chief of VOWS magazine, a national publication for the bridal and formal wear industries. shannon@vowsmagazine.com

Tom McQuaide (Ph.D. '02) is the department chair of Digital Filmmaking & Video Production at the Art Institute of Houston. mcquaide@copper.net

Darin McGregor ('02) of the Rocky Mountain News won an honorable mention in continuous photo coverage, second place in feature photo and first place in portrait and personality in the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February. He also won first and second place in best feature photograph from the Colorado Press Association.

Brad Turner ('02) of the Longmont Times-Call won second place in investigative reporting from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February.

Valerie Edmondson (MA '03) has been teaching in the Middle East for three years. She lives in Alexandria, Egypt. Previously she lived and taught in Syria.

Nicole Frey ('03) of the Vail Daily received third place in best education story from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Kiley Lane (MA '03) is a freelance producer, editor and writer at Video Editing Services Inc. She just completed her second documentary for Kentucky's PBS Network in Lexington. kiley_lane@yahoo.com

Cate Malek ('03) and the staff at the Fairplay Flume won second place in best special section from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Tamera Manzanares (MA '03) works part-time for the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, a nonprofit organization, where she focuses on grant writing and weekly articles on healthy aging.

Devon O'Donnell ('03) is the events marketing director for Shecky's Media Inc. in New York City. devon@sheckys.com

Tanya Stechert ('03) is a senior media planner working on Toyota retail business at Saatchi & Saatchi in Greenwood Village. tanya.stechert@saatchifield.com

Alicia Wallace ('03) of the Boulder Camera won first place in business story from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February. She also won first place with former Camera reporters Greg Avery ('94) and Eric Schmidt ('04) in sustained coverage from the Colorado Press Association.

Leslie Wilber ('03) of the Erie Review received the second-place business story award and the third-place education story award from the Colorado Press Association contest in February.

Brittany Anas ('04) received an honorable mention in beat reporting for the Boulder Camera from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February. She also won second place in best education story and third place with Laura Snider (MA '07) in best deadline news reporting from the Colorado Press Association.

Alison Borden ('04), formerly of the Greeley Tribune, won first place in best news page design from the Colorado Press Association. She is a copy editor at The Denver Post.

Amelia Devine ('04) works in media relations for Fresh Start Surgical Gifts in Carlsbad, Calif. It is a nonprofit group that provides free reconstructive plastic surgery and related services to children and young adults with physical deformities through a clinic in San Diego.

Dan Hyatt ('04) is in his second year as the St. Louis Cardinals television production manager. He is employed by Anheuser-Busch and is assistant producer for Bud Productions and the St. Louis Cardinals telecast. He lives in St. Louis. dshyatt21@yahoo.com

Eric Schmidt ('04), formerly of the Boulder Camera won first place with Alicia Wallace ('03) and Greg Avery ('94) for best sustained coverage from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Meredith Williams ('04) is an account executive in PR working at Edelman in Portland, Ore., on various accounts with Microsoft Corp. meredith.williams@edelman.com

Kristen Allen ('05) is in Berlin, Germany, working for a new Web site on German news, thelocal.de, which has a site in Sweden and will be launching others in Austria and Switzerland. allen.kristen@googlemail.com

Alexis De La Cruz ('05), formerly of the Steamboat Spring Pilot & Today, received an honorable mention for a special news package from the Colorado Press Association Editors and Reporters in February.

Andy Castelano ('05) accepted the position of editor for the Hugo Daily News in Oklahoma. andrew.castelano@gmail.com

Christine Dell'Amore (MA '05) is an editor for National Geographic News, a daily online news publication. She lives in Washington, D.C. rueparadis@gmail.com

Barton Glasser ('05) received an honorable mention for photography in the special-package category, an honorable mention in general news photo and second place and an honorable mention in photo illustration for the Montrose Daily Press from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters award in February. He also was awarded second place in best news photograph from the Colorado Press Association.

Warren Green ('05) is the promotions director at Entercom Denver Radio. wgreen@entercom.com

Amanda Gregg (MA '05) is an assistant editor and staff writer at The Garden Island newspaper, a daily in Kaua'i, Hawaii. agregg@kauaipubco.com

Emily Laidlaw (MA '05) is an associate scientist for the Societal Impacts Program at NCAR, where she researches extreme weather events. She designs and edits a quarterly newsletter, Weather and Society Watch, manages a collection of online resources about the societal impacts of weather and designs a couple of Web sites there. She also does some freelance Web design and PR work. emily.laidlaw@yahoo.com

Mike Lawrence (MA '05) of the Steamboat Pilot & Today won second place in business story, second place in environmental story, second place in series and first place in spot news story in the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February.

Pam Mellskog (MA '05) of the Longmont Times-Call won first place in investigative reporting in the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February.

Jenn Smith ('05) is a project manager for iModerate, a market research company in Denver.

Michelle Wallar ('05) has been working as a contributing editor at Paradigm Communications Group's Alaska Airlines Magazine since June, when she began as an intern. She lives in Seattle. mwallar@paradigmcg.com

Erin Bodine (MA '06) is the senior account executive at Development Counsellors International. erin.bodine@dc-intl.com

Jordan Curet ('06) of The Aspen Times received the third-place prize in the story-picture combo and third place in sports photography from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Christina Elmblad ('06) is the development assistant at New Canaan Nature Center in Connecticut. celmblad@newcanaannature.org

Luke Graham ('06) of the Steamboat Pilot & Today received the first-place award in sports column from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters in February and third place in business story for Hayden Valley Press from the Colorado Press Association.

Brenda G. Lowber ('06) is art director/owner of the Nerland Agency in Anchorage, Alaska, where she works with Leah Arsenault ('06), another art director/owner of the agency and two other CU grads. Web site: nerland.officewebsiteonline.com E-mail: brenda.lowber@nerland.com

Yvette Rebik ('06) is an account executive at Traction Communications in Denver. She lives in Westminster.

Kathryn Richert ('06) of the Broomfield Enterprise won second place in best feature story from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Jessica Ceresino ('07) is a production assistant on the TV show "Jim Rome is Burning" in Los Angeles. She began as an intern on his radio talk show. jessica.ceresino@gmail.com

Justin Coons ('07) is a full-time sports writer at the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung in New Braunfels, Texas. coonsjm@gmail.com

Patrick Crawford (MA '07) is vice president of editorial and online product for the Storm Mountain Publishing Co. that he helped found in 1998 to publish Freeskier Magazine. patrick@smpmags.com

Lynsey Gilchrist ('07) works in public relations for the Scream Agency in downtown Denver. lynsey@screamagency.com

Loren Pershing ('07) is an intern for Lincoln Financial's KQKS 107.5 in Denver. lorenpershing@yahoo.com

Megan Quinn (MA '07) of the Wheat Ridge Transcript won third place in the best business story from the Colorado Press Association in February.

Jim Sheeler (MA '07), formerly of the Rocky Mountain News, won second place in beat reporting and first place in feature story from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters awards in February. He also won first and second place in best feature story from the Colorado Press Association. He has joined the SJMC as a scholar in residence to teach reporting classes and write.

Laura Snider (MA '07) of the Boulder Camera with Brittany Anas ('04) won third place in the deadline news reporting category from the Colorado Press Association.

Whitney Levine ('08) is the Web marketing coordinator at Outdoor Divas on Pearl Street in Boulder. wrobsonl@gmail.com

Dinah Zeiger (Ph.D. '08) has accepted a position at the University of Idaho to teach. dinah.zeiger@colorado.edu