Archives: Class Notes
Angela Jackson, BJ ’97
Angela Jackson, BJ ’97, has been named Managing Partner, Future of Work, by New Profit. To kick off the new year, the Boston-based venture philanthropy firm New Profit announced Dr. Angela Jackson has been promoted to Managing Partner, Future of Work. In this role, Dr. Jackson leads New Profit’s global fund to invest in entrepreneurs … Continued
Douglas McClain, BJ ’91
Doug McClain, BJ ’91, CDME, has more than 30 years of marketing experience in the publishing, hospitality and tourism industries. He currently serves as Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer for Newport Beach & Company, the economic development, community and destination-marketing organization that markets Newport Beach, California, around the world. In this role, he … Continued
Jenny Herner, BJ ’87
Jenny Herner, BJ ’87, of St. Louis, was one of 23 lawyers in Missouri to receive the Missouri Lawyers Media 2020 In-House Counsel Award.
Megan Rose, BJ ’04
Megan Rose, [formerly Megan McCloskey] 2004 University of Missouri grad in journalism, recently won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting; the 2020 Gerald R. Ford Journalism Award; and a White House Correspondents’ Association award for a series examining how Navy and Marine Corps leadership failed to heed warnings and implement reforms leading up to … Continued
Donna Schwartze, BJ ’87
Donna Schwartze (BJ, 1987) published her first book, Eight Years. The romantic suspense novel has received all five-star reviews on Amazon to date.
Marlene Neill, MA ’07
Marlene Neill, Ph.D., was recognized with the Teaching Excellence Award by the Media Ethics Division of AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) at their annual business meeting on July 27, 2023. She is an associate professor at Baylor University.
Kenneth Hallett Setzin, BJ ’88
Greetings from Johannesburg in South Africa! I hope this email finds you well! By way of background, I, Kenneth Hallett Setzin, graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia campus. Ever since I graduated, I haven’t been in touch with my alma mater for no apparent reason. I … Continued
Tony Stasiek, BJ ’00
Tony Stasiek, BJ ’00, is the editor-in-chief at IMDb.com.
Sherie Winston, BJ ’78
Sherie Winston, a former business reporter in Washington, D.C., was a visiting professor for the Spring semester in the Global Business Journalism graduate program at Tsinghua University. She led a global cohort of students to create a media case study on the impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on the world economy.
Robert Georges Picard, PhD ’83
Robert Georges Picard, PhD ’83, had a new book published by Palgrave Macmillan, Media and Communication Policymaking: Processes, Dynamics and International Variations. He was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the University of Navarra in Spain.