Notes from the Class of 2020

Hannah Metzger (Jour) is working as a breaking news reporter for The Denver Gazette.

Megan Nyvold (Jour) moved to Miami following graduation. She works as a brandmaster and oversees social media operations at Biscayne Bay Brewing Co. Before that, her broad background and excellent communication skills allowed her to gain experience working for an advertising agency, as well as both private and Fortune 500 companies. She has extensive experience with video-sharing social networking, content creation and online communications.

Morgan Walton (StratComm) began working in October 2021 as a junior designer at Union, an independent creative and performance marketing agency in Charlotte, North Carolina.

After graduation, Leilani Osmundson (StratComm) got married and started her dream job as a digital producer for the travel section of U.S. News & World Report. Osmundson and her husband bought a house and welcomed six guinea pigs into their family.

Megan Nyvold (StratComm) is head of media at Security Token Market, a leading brand in the asset tokenization industry focused on market democratization by using blockchain technology. She leads the marketing and media efforts. Nyvold is featured on weekly shows Spilling the NFTea and The Security Token Show, as well as Cointelegraph and other global publications.

Jeremy Elder (CritMedia) co-founded Boulder Media House, a video production company, along with other CU alumni. Since graduation, they have hired four new team members and created hundreds of videos. Their team is expanding to a new location outside of Colorado later this year.

After graduating, Steven Bonifazi (Jour) worked full time as a reporter at a Fort Collins independent newspaper, North Forty News. He then moved to Denver and accepted a position as a reporter at NewsBreak, where he helped develop the Denver team, wrote weekly articles, and edited and published a weekly newsletter.

Emma Yoder (CritMedia) is working as a producer for event management company LSAV Powerhouse, in Chicago.

Emily Cranny (StratComm) graduated from the University of Illinois’ College of Law in May 2024 and is moving to Chicago to join a law firm.

Natalie Wadas (Jour) reported the news in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky for two years at WOWK 13 News before moving to New Mexico to work at Albuquerque’s KRQE News 13.