Decade: 1980-89
Mark Maassen
What do you do in your role as assistant executive director of the Missouri Press Association? The Missouri Press Association is a trade association of Missouri newspapers. We have about 270 member newspapers and represent these newspapers’ interests in Jefferson City during the state legislative session. Our job is to lobby for Sunshine Law, Freedom … Continued
Janine Latus
How do you get into freelancing? First you address a query letter to an editor, pitching an idea. That letter is your audition. If your piece is full of facts and statistics, your letter should be informative. If your piece is humorous, your letter should make people laugh. You have to hit the right editor … Continued
David Lammers
What do you do? Editor in chief of a website about chip manufacturing, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Design. It survives with company sponsors, and covers semiconductor production fabs, equipment, materials, markets and related topics. How did you get your job? After the print magazine Semiconductor International was closed by RBI in April 2010, I worked with … Continued
Lillian Kuras
What do you do? I work at United Way 2-1-1 on the database. How did you get your job? I started on the overnight shift at United Way 2-1-1 as an information and referral specialist making social service referrals. What is the best professional lesson learned at the J-School? That great research is what backs … Continued
Michele Kenner
What do you do? I design both covers and inside pages for the main and Metro sections. I occasionally design the Business section. I also fill in on the National Desk. Best professional lesson learned at the J-School? Journalism ethics. Every day at the Journal Sentinel, we struggle with ethical questions that came up both … Continued
Dean Kahn
What do you do? Editor and columnist for The Bellingham Herald in lovely Bellingham, Wash. How did you get your job? Joined the Herald in 1986 after working for UPI in Jefferson City, Mo., and Olympia, Wash. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? Care more about your writing than your … Continued
Mary Schaper Jaworski
What do you do? I own and operate a portrait photography studio, Mary M. Photography. How did you get your job? I worked for the former owner and then bought the business. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? How to write and work under deadline.
Saleha Husain
What do you do? I am a freelance writer and my passion is translating printed work in any of the two languages – Urdu or English. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. Having achieved degrees in journalism Urdu and later in journalism English, I was associate professor of journalism and mass communication at the … Continued
Amy Grimes
Why did you choose the Missouri School of Journalism? I lived in Missouri, but regardless, it was the best journalism school. I wanted to do sports public relations. How did you get your first job, and where do you work now? I started out as a freelancer, covering high school sports for the Suburban Journals … Continued
Major Garrett
Major Garrett, BJ ’84