Class Notes

In June 2018, Adrian Garcia (Jour) joined Bankrate in New York City as a data reporter. He previously covered business and data stories for the online news startup Denverite and the Fort Collins Coloradoan.

Elizabeth Hernandez (Jour) is a Denver Post reporter with a passion for covering historically marginalized communities and issues impacting millennials and younger readers.

Following graduation, Brock Anderson (Jour) began a series of postgraduate internships with NFL teams, serving as a media relations intern with the Denver Broncos in 2015, the Green Bay Packers in 2016 and the San Francisco 49ers for part of 2017. He then took a position with the newly relocated Los Angeles Chargers, where he serves as a football communications manager.

Miller Pierce (Comm) moved to New York City following graduation. After a stint at Vogue, she joined the social network Bumble as the content and special projects coordinator. In fall 2019, she moved to Austin, Texas, to work at Bumble's headquarters. 

Freelance journalist Gloria Dickie (MJour) recently received a National Geographic Early Career Explorer Grant to fund her reporting on human-bear conflict in northern and western India. She previously spent two years reporting on trash management and black bears in the American West for her master’s project in CMCI. Gloria has reported on bears from around the globe, including polar bears in Svalbard, Norway, grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park and panda bears in the Min Mountains of China. 

In April, Elizabeth Hernandez (Jour) returned to Boulder to report on the university that taught her a thing or two about reporting. Prior to landing the Boulder Daily Camera’s higher education job, Elizabeth dug deep as a fellow at the Center for Public Integrity, an investigative newsroom in Washington, D.C. Before that, she called the Denver Post home for two years, first as an intern and then as a staff reporter covering breaking news and education. When she’s not filling her reporter’s notebook, she enjoys reading and writing but detests arithmetic.

Following graduation, Nicole Seles (Comm, MediaSt) moved to New York City. After a stint at Karla Otto, a public relations agency, she accepted a position at Louis Vuitton, where she is on the celebrity and influencer relations team.

Vanessa Harmoush (Jour) is the deputy communications director for the Colorado speaker of the House and the Colorado House majority. She also sits on the Denver Young Democrats board as its community liaison, and on the Policy Committee of the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

Morgan Gallo (StratComm) is a nationally touring comedian based out of St. Augustine, Florida. She was recently awarded Best of Fest at the Big Pine Comedy Festival in San Diego, California. This year she plans to perform back home in Colorado for the first time since she began her comedy career.

Hayley Sanchez (Jour) is an afternoon and weekend general assignment reporter and producer with Colorado Public Radio. She joined CPR full time after completing a yearlong fellowship with the station. Before that, she was a digital producer with The Arizona Republic in Phoenix.

After graduation, Hanna Whirty (Jour) worked as a digital marketing strategist for Pure Strategic in Boulder. In April, she became a marketing director for the Golden-based company Icelantic Skis, which manufactures its skis in the U.S. and is committed to sustainability. 

Zoe Beard-Fails (Advert’17) moved to New York City after graduation, where she works as a page at NBC Universal assisting with audience services on Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers. During her time at CU, she was a forward on the women’s basketball team. 

In 2018, Sepp Kuss (Advert), a professional cyclist, won the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and debuted in a grand tour, the Vuelta a España. He also represented the U.S. in the World Championships held in Innsbruck, Austria. In 2019, he’ll be based in Girona, Spain, while racing for Team Jumbo-Visma. His goals for the season are the Volta Catalunya, Amgen Tour of California, and he’s hopeful for another grand tour. Sepp returns to Boulder as often as possible to train at altitude, visit friends and enjoy the Colorado lifestyle.

Riley Clinton (CritMedia), along with other CU alumni, co-founded Boulder Media House LLC, a video production company now located in Denver. The alumni are slowly building their team and are always looking to expand their network and client base. BMH is passionate about working with and supporting local Colorado companies and helping the state thrive.

Austin Braun (Advert) is the digital media strategist at CU Boulder’s College of Engineering & Applied Science, using social and digital media to advance research, elevate reputation and build community in the college. During his free time, when he isn’t distance running or climbing 14ers, he’s working to create a better future with next-generation drone software engineering as chief strategist and creative at Ascend Engineering.

Bobby Gehlen (Jour) is a production assistant for ABC News in Washington, D.C. He writes for ABC’s digital team and field produces for Good Morning America and World News Tonight. In addition, Bobby produces for ABC News live, a streaming platform, covering politics and local stories in Washington.

In July 2019, Jackson Lansing (StratComm'18) started as a production assistant at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., where he assisted in covering the Washington Nationals’ 2019 World Series championship, the impeachment inquiries and COVID-19 developments. He is training to become a newscast director and hopes to continue to travel, write and enjoy the great outdoors as his career progresses.

John Marinelli (Jour'18) has been working as a general assignment reporter covering Longmont for the Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call. Previously, he was an education reporter for the Yuma Sun in southern Arizona. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at CU Denver.

Shortly after graduation, Max Levy (Jour) joined The Holyoke Enterprise as a staff reporter. While at CMCI, Max served as a multimedia journalist for CU News Corps and was a reporting intern for the Daily Camera. 

Lauren Harano (Jour) moved to New York City after graduation to pursure a career in journalism. She works for PopSugar as an editor in the features department.