Archives: Class Notes
James Coston, BJ ’10
James Coston, BJ ’10, is a social media specialist at Timmermann Group in St. Louis.
Joan Niesen, MA ’11
Joan Niesen, MA ’11, is a staff writer at Sports Illustrated.
Beth Pike, BJ ’86, and Stephen Hudnell, BJ ’73
Beth Pike, BJ ’86, and Stephen Hudnell, BJ ’73, both Emmy award-winning journalists from Columbia, won first place in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the China Academy Awards Documentary Film for “Deadline in Disaster.” The story shares the The Joplin (Mo.) Globe’s response to a violent EF-5 tornado that devastated the southwest Missouri … Continued
Bud Jones, BJ ’70
Bud Jones, BJ ’70, died Jan. 12 in Kansas City, Mo. He was an insurance agent and worked for the Lexington (Mo.) News for many years until moving to Odessa, Mo., in 2000 to work for The Odessan as the news editor.
Karen L. Miller, MA ’07
Karen L. Miller, MA ’07 (media management), completed the Donald W. Reynolds business professors’ seminar at the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. Miller was selected as one of 14 fellows for the prestigious business journalism educators’ program. She teaches at Alvernia University in Reading, Pa.
Michelle Slinkard, BJ ’11
Michelle Slinkard, BJ ’11, has been promoted to director of sales at Division-D, a digital media agency in Columbia, Mo.
Aundrea Rogers, BJ ’12
Aundrea Rogers, BJ ’12, is an assistant account executive at MSLGroup in Chicago, a member of the Publicis Group’s strategic communications and engagement company.
Carol (Davis) Frey, BJ ’71
Carol (Davis) Frey, BJ ’71, writes: “In 2006, I retired with 35 years in newspaper journalism. When I finally decided to go for a master’s degree, Mizzou had to turn to the archives for my transcript! Fortunately for me, North Carolina State University accepted me into a master’s of liberal studies program. Over my three … Continued
Joseph Bell, BJ ’46
Joseph Bell, BJ ’46, died Nov. 28. He wrote for newspapers and magazines, including the Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Bell was a columnist for the Daily (Ca.) Pilot. For 21 years, he taught nonfiction writing at UC Irvine.
W. Manion Rice, BJ ’44, MA ’49
W. Manion Rice, BJ ’44, MA ’49, died in fall 2013. He met his wife in a journalism class taught by H.R. Long, who later became Manion Rice’s boss as chairman of the journalism department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Manion Rice began his own journalism education career at SIU in 1959, retiring in … Continued