Decade: 1980-89
Ted Farnen
Best professional lesson learned at the J-School? How to write on deadline. Putting the important stuff first and filling it out as you go along (the inverted pyramid!) really helps when you have limited time to complete an assignment. What would be your best advice to current students? Be intellectually curious. Try to read a … Continued
Eston B. Ellis
When most 18-month old children were beginning to talk, young Eston Ellis was also reading letters on signs aloud to anyone who would listen, an extraordinary accomplishment for a toddler. Perhaps it didn’t hurt that his parents’ favorite pastime was reading. As a kindergartener, his precociousness went unnoticed by school officials. In fact, the school … Continued
Jeffrey Ross Scott, BJ ’83
Jeffrey Ross Scott, BJ ’83, died on Aug. 29, 2011.
Jay Dade
What do you do? I am currently a shareholder in the law firm of Polsinelli P.C. in the firm’s Springfield, Mo. office. I’ve focused my practice on management-side labor and employment relations law. As such, I counsel clients on a broad array of day-to-day personnel management and union-management issues. I also provide management training programs in the areas … Continued
Scott H. Cytron
What do you do? Cytron and Company is known for helping companies and organizations improve their bottom line through strategic public relations, communications, marketing programs and top-notch client service. An accredited consultant, Scott works with companies, organizations and individuals in professional services (medical, legal, accounting, engineering), high-tech and B2B/B2C product/service sales. Pierpont Communications is a … Continued
Shirley Staples Carter
What do you do? I am a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, teaching public relations management to undergraduate and graduate students, advising honor student projects, and conducting research on women and leadership and multicultural images in advertising. Previously, I served a five-year term as the founding director of the School from … Continued
Douglas Bugger
What do you do? Deputy Press Secretary for Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19). How did you get your job? Applied to join Congressman’s staff following 5-plus years in newspapers and 8-plus years in education. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? You are not going to make everyone happy. What advice … Continued
Thomas Blood
What do you do? I’m the creative director of Summit Marketing, a full-service marketing and communications firm with offices in St. Louis, Kansas City, Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C. We create a wide variety of marketing communications for consumer, business-to-business and government-related accounts. How did you get your job? Previously, I was the creative director … Continued
Dan G. Blair
What do you do? I was named president and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration in June 2011. The Academy is an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan organization, chartered by Congress to assist government leaders in building more effective, efficient, accountable, and transparent organizations. I was elected as an Academy Fellow in 2008. In … Continued
Lisa Bertagnoli
What do you do? I am a full-time freelance writer, living and working in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood. I currently write lifestyle features and cover nonprofits for Crain’s Chicago Business as well as contribute to AARP Bulletin, CreditCards.com, and write for a number of custom publishers. I also wrote a book, Scarlett Rules: When Life Gives … Continued