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Trish Houts Reeves writes: “It has been a while. I hope my J-School classmates are thriving. After MU, I followed a career in creative writing that ultimately led to receiving fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo, Keck, and the Kansas Arts Commission. My first book, Returning the Question, won the Cleveland State … Continued

Scott Nishimura, BJ ’84, is new editorial director for 360 West Magazine, Fort Worth, Texas.

Jackie was promoted to senior news director for the Cincinnati Enquirer and relocated to the Queen City with her husband, Joshua Bickel (MA ’09) and their two daughters in June 2022. She previously covered Ohio politics for 10 years in Columbus, Ohio, as a reporter and editor for newspapers in Dayton, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

After retiring from a career in journalism, I recently wrote about an Auschwitz escapee I had interviewed in 1995 for an article in the Wall Street Journal. The book, “Auschwitz Protocols: Ceslav Mordowicz and the Race to Save Hungary’s Jews,” was published this past April by Post Hill Press and is being distributed by Simon … Continued

I’m alum Yvette Walker, and I’ve been working on a new podcast that has finally launched: Journalists Advancing Ministry. It’s about former journalists (like me) who have entered an either online or in-person ministry. Why did I do this? So many people have a love-hate relationship with media, and I’ve noticed a fair number of … Continued

Dennis Briskin (M.A. cum laude 1971) has published two books of black and white photojournalism from his late 1960’s Peace Corps service: “Iran Before . . . ” (2019) and “The Face of Iran Before . . . ” (2020.) In more than 100 images from 35mm negatives, the books show traditional Iranian culture and … Continued