Decade: 2000-09
Grady Laird, BJ ’01
Grady’s Cold Brew, created by Grady Laird, BJ ’01, was featured in an April 15, 2012, “New York Magazine” article on artisanal products made in Brooklyn.
Didi Tang, MA ’00
Didi Tang, MA ’00, has been named a correspondent in Beijing for The Associated Press. Previously, she covered business and education in Missouri, most recently for the Springfield News-Leader.
Tim Dyer
What do you do? After an eight-year stint in the Omnicom advertising and marketing world, I founded a transmedia agency called Manifesto. As the chief storyteller, I shape the agency vision and create brand stories across a variety of channels. Leading a small team pulled from the political sphere, film and motion graphics, global brand … Continued
Wan Xu, MA ’06
Wan Xu, MA ’06, is a news reporter for Reuters in Beijing, China.
Wan Xu
What do you do? Now I work for Reuters as a company news reporter, based in Beijing, China. I cover energy companies like PetroChina (the 2nd-largest oil company in the world) and Sinopec (the biggest refiner in Asia), which play important roles in the world energy market. Before joining Reuters, I worked for Dow Jones … Continued
Carly Kaufman Scaduto
What do you do? I am a communications manager at Monsanto Company, supporting our Vegetable Seeds division. I work in Monsanto’s public affairs department at our headquarters in St. Louis, but collaborate with colleagues around the world to communicate about our vegetable seed products both internally and externally. What is the best professional lesson you … Continued
Kristy Siegfried, MA ’04
Kristy Siegfried, MA ’04, has been living in Johannesburg, South Africa since graduating. She works for IRIN, an online humanitarian news service put out by the United Nations. Siegfried covers the southern Africa region with a special focus on migration issues. She is married, with a two-year-old daughter.
Dana Brzozkiewicz
What do you do? I manage the communications efforts for the broadband product team at Broadcom. Broadcom is a technology company based in southern California that drives connectivity in today’s devices like smart phones, set-top boxes and data centers. I write and edit the product group’s press releases, presentations (speaking and corporate), blog posts, contributed … Continued
Bernard Choi, BJ ’00
Bernard Choi, BJ ’00, is starting his fourth year in communications and marketing at Boeing in Seattle. He reports that due to luck and timing, he’s done some really cool things, such as witnessing the development and testing of the newest Boeing jet, the 787 Dreamliner.
Mark Greenblatt, BJ ’00
Mark Greenblatt, BJ ’00, is joining ABC News as a New York-based correspondent. He has served as an investigative reporter for the Houston CBS-affiliate KHOU-TV. Greenblatt has won a number of awards for his reporting, including a duPont-Columbia award, a national Emmy and two national Edward R. Murrow awards. As a member of the KHOU … Continued