Steven R. Brown, BJ’61, MA’63, retired in 2011 after 44 years in the Department of Political Science at Kent State University. Prior to his retirement, he was presented with a Kappa Tau Alpha award for service in journalism and mass communication and won lifetime achievement awards from the International Society of Political Psychology and the … Continued

Steve Hudnell, BJ ’73, along with Beth Pike, BJ ’86, are co-directors of an upcoming film about The Joplin (Mo.) Globe’s response to a devastating EF-5 tornado that hit the city on May 22, 2011. “Deadline in Disaster,” an hour-long film produced by the Missouri Press Foundation, will premiere on Thursday, May 3, at the … Continued

Beth Pike, BJ ’86, is a co-director of an upcoming film about The Joplin (Mo.) Globe’s response to a devastating EF-5 tornado that hit the city on May 22, 2011. “Deadline in Disaster,” an hour-long film produced by the Missouri Press Foundation, will premiere on Thursday, May 3, at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia.

Kevin Brooks, BJ ’98, has been named vice president of sales for Saepio, a provider of marketing technology for corporations with distributed marketing networks.

Christie Nicks, BJ ’11, joined the WQRF Fox 39 News Team in Rockford, Ill., in February 2012.

Glenn H. Parsons Jr., BJ ’55, writes: Congrats to KBIA’s good work with NPR. Lots of good years and noteworthy successes. I was KBIA’s first news director in 1955, shortly after they went on air and back when the J-School was still affiliated with competitor KFRU. On air at 7 a.m., off at sunset. My … Continued

Mike DeArmond, BJ ’72, retired as a sports writer for the Kansas City Star on Feb. 11. In his reporting career, he was one of the first journalists on the scene and wrote the front-page story of the tragic skywalk collapse at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on July 17, 1981. He covered eight Olympic games … Continued

Wan Xu, MA ’06, is a news reporter for Reuters in Beijing, China.