Decade: 1970-79
Martin Nicholson, BJ ’73
Martin (Marty) Nicholson, BJ ’73, has just published his first book, “Justice For All! The History of the Justice Center.” Available from FriesenPress, the book chronicles the 47-year history of the venerable home of the UNC Asheville basketball program. It is the first written account of the entire history of the program and features interviews … Continued
Margaret Engel
Margaret “Peggy” Engel, BJ ’73, has had a successful 38-year career in journalism. She is the executive director of the nation’s oldest writing fellowship, The Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation, which supports investigative journalists and photojournalists worldwide. She is the former managing editor of the Newseum, the $450 million news museum in Washington, D.C. and also … Continued
Jeffrey M. Christian, BJ ’77
Jeffrey M. Christian, BJ ’77, is the managing director at CPM Group in New York City.
William R. Davie, MA ’77
William R. Davie, MA ’77, is a professor and sequence coordinator at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette.
Jeffrey M. Christian
What do you do in your current job? I am the largest shareholder and managing director of CPM Group. I created the company when I negotiated a leveraged buy-out of what was then the Commodities Research Group within the Goldman, Sachs Investment Research Department. We spun off to be independent, for a variety of reasons. … Continued
William R. Davie
What do you do? I am a professor and sequence coordinator, mass communication/broadcasting at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. How did you get your job? Application and interview following PhD program at the University of Texas at Austin. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? Accuracy, accuracy, accuracy! What advice … Continued
Jim Berger
Gunshots ring out on a quiet street in Brooklyn, and two men fall to the pavement, bleeding and screaming. A director yells “cut,” and the actors return to their marks, ready to get whacked again. It’s a new series for Discovery featuring real hit men who’ve agreed to come out of hiding and tell their … Continued
Wayne Freedman
On a hot day in August 1977, Wayne Freedman flew halfway across the country to fight for his spot in the Missouri School of Journalism’s graduate program. Freedman, whose book is now a staple in broadcast journalism programs throughout the country, had already been denied twice because his undergraduate grades were not up to the … Continued
Wayne Freedman, MA ’78
Wayne Freedman, MA ’78, is a KGO news team reporter for ABC in San Francisco, Calif.
David L. Smith
Dave L. Smith had a conversation with his dad about his future one day. His father looked at him and asked, “What kind of job do you get with an English degree?” Smith’s father, the first person in the family to attend college, had some ideas about what a degree should do for a person. … Continued