John Duban, BJ ’87, is the executive vice president and global managing director for Starcom MediaVest Group in New York, N.Y.

Sally Franklin Kur, BJ ’66, is president of The Kur Carr Group in Phoenix, Ariz.

Stewart Weiner, BJ ’67, is the Development Director for Palm Springs Modernism Week in Palm Springs, Calif.

David Klobucar, BJ ’77, is a photography instructor for the Chicago Photography Center in Chicago, Ill.

Jeff Amy, MA ’97, will join The Associated Press in Jackson, Miss., as a reporter. A veteran Southern journalist, Amy will cover the business and the economy in Mississippi, education, and demographics and poverty.

Harold Briscoe, BJ ’67, died on Aug. 20, 2011.

Les Anderson, MA ’71, founder and former owner of the Ark Valley News in Valley Center, Kan., and a professor of communication in the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University, died on Nov. 12, 2011.

Lisa Gurevitch Cohen, BJ ’88, of Atlanta, supervising producer at CNN International, helped lead the launch of the CNN Freedom Project, a commitment to cover the issue of human trafficking. In its first six months, the television network aired more than 100 stories of modern-day slavery across five continents, using CNN’s global reach and resources … Continued

Carl Kenney, BJ ’86, is a columnist with the News & Observer-The Durham News in North Carolina. He recently published his second novel, “Backslide,” which is the sequel to “Preacha’ Man.” Kenney is a fellow in pastoral leadership of the Princeton Theological Seminary and a graduate of Duke University with a master’s degree in divinity.