Melissa Miller, BJ ’00, is business editor at The Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Miller also coordinates content for Business Today, a monthly magazine.

Chad Day, BJ ’09, is an investigative projects reporter at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock, Ark.

Marcus Graham Project co-founder Lincoln Stephens, BJ ’03, is the 2011 winner of the ADCOLOR Change Agent Award for his commitment to mentorship, young adult leadership development and increasing diversity in the advertising industry. Honorees for awards are champions who are spurring diversity within their organization. Others who will be honored at the fall banquet … Continued

Reyna Jones, BJ ’03, is a health communication consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Eufaula, Ala. Added: Sept. 9, 2011

Julia Goebel, BJ ’00, is vice president of marketing at Ambir Technology in Elmhurst, Ill.  Added: Sept. 2, 2011

Michael Williams, BJ ’00, joined HBO Entertainment Business Affairs in Los Angeles as an executive assistant. Williams previously worked at Variety as a copy editor and designer.

Andrew Allan, BJ ’00, recently joined the marketing and communications department at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as the editorial director for institute publications. Previously, he served as the managing editor/head copywriter in the marketing department at Fox Broadcasting Company (the Fox network), working on “American Idol,” “Glee,” “24” and “Family Guy,” among others. … Continued

Karl Grubaugh, MA ’00, is spending his third summer as the teacher mentor for the Reynolds/ASNE High School Journalism Institute at the University of Nevada-Reno, working with 35 exceptional teachers from across the country who are starting/resurrecting/taking over high school journalism in the fall.

Juana Summers, BJ ’09, was recently selected as a panelist for the Online News Association’s 2011 conference in Boston, Mass. Summers will speak and moderate a panel on hot jobs for early-career journalists. Summers was also recently promoted to a national politics reporter at POLITICO, covering the 2012 presidential election. She joined the organization in … Continued

Brenda Edgerton-Webster, MA ’03, PhD ’07, won first place in the Innovative Outreach to Scholastic Journalism competition for her service-learning project called “Current Events via the College-to-High School News Exchange & Drill Session.” She serves as an assistant professor of mass communication in the department of communications at Xavier University of Louisiana. The Association for … Continued