Decade: 2000-09
Emily Younker, MA ’09
Emily Younker, MA ’09, is one of two journalists selected to receive the Missouri Outstanding Young Journalist award from the Missouri Press Association. She is a reporter for The Joplin (Mo.) Globe. Winners of the award have demonstrated excellence in the field of journalism and maintained the quality, ethics and standards of The Journalist’s Creed, … Continued
Kelly Peery, BJ ’07
Kelly Peery, BJ ’07, has joined the University of Missouri System as a marketing communications specialist in the department of research and economic development.
Sarah Ashworth, BJ ’04
Sarah Ashworth, BJ ’04, is the news director of New Hampshire Public Radio, effective May 7, 2012. Most recently she directed and produced Morning Edition for Minnesota Public Radio. Prior to working at MPR, she was a producer for The Diane Rehm Show.
Justin Heckert, BJ ’02
Justin Heckert, BJ ’02, was named “Writer of the Year” during the 27th Annual National City and Regional Magazine Awards competition. He is a freelance writer based in Indianapolis. Heckert has written for Atlanta magazine, ESPN the Magazine, Esquire and Men’s Journal. This is the second time he has won the award. [See Related]
Gwendolyn Heasley, MA ’09
Gwendolyn Heasley, MA ’09, is the author of “A Long Way from You,” which will be available on June 5. A companion novel to her first novel, “Where I Belong,” the book is the story of a country girl, Kitsy Kidd, living in the big city.
Amber Lyon, BJ ’04
Amber Lyon, BJ ’04, a reporter for CNN, is a finalist for the 2011 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. The Livingstons, the nation’s largest all-media, general reporting prizes, award three $10,000 prizes for local, national, and international reporting to journalists under the age of 35. The winners will be announced on June 6, 2012.
Ben Poston, MA ’07
Ben Poston, MA ’07, a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is a finalist for the 2011 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. The Livingstons, the nation’s largest all-media, general reporting prizes, award three $10,000 prizes for local, national, and international reporting to journalists under the age of 35. Poston was also a finalist in 2009. … Continued
Courtney Cox, BJ ’09
Courtney Cox, BJ ’09, is engaged to Jeff Shore. She is currently the new media and digital marketing manager for Custom Marketing Group in Kansas City. Her fiance graduated from MU with a finance degree and is a project manager software consultant at Samsung Telecommunications. The couple plan a June 2, 2012, wedding in Kansas … Continued
Laura Grossman, BJ ’09
Laura Grossman, BJ ’09, married Robert Brandt on March 10, 2012, in Dallas. She is in her third year of law school at SMU Dedman School of Law and will be employed at SettlePou in Dallas upon graduation in May. Her husband earned his bachelor and master’s degrees in business at MU and is a … Continued
Susan (Lowrey) Gill, BJ ’05
Susan (Lowrey) Gill, BJ ’05, joined the department of communications and marketing in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech in March 2012. She is a digital content specialist, responsible for creation and editing of Web content for CALS and the Virginia Cooperative Extension. Gill also gets to dabble in her first … Continued