Decade: 2000-09
Blythe Terrell, BJ ’05
Blythe Terrell, BJ ’05, has completed her master’s in public health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She left for Swaziland, Africa, in June 2012 to begin a two-year assignment as a Peace Corps volunteer. Terrell is educating the citizens on HIV prevention and writing their newsletter.
Matt and Amanda LePoire, BJ ’02
Matt and Amanda LePoire, BJ ’02, are the parents of Benjamin Matthew LePoire, born on Feb. 27.
Benjamin Hochman, BJ ’02
Benjamin Hochman, BJ ’02, received an Associated Press Sports Editors award for beat writing for cities with a circulation of more than 175,000. Hochman is a sportswriter for The Denver Post. He has won four APSE awards in the past four years in the investigative, game story, breaking news and now beat writing categories.
Brittany Pieper, BJ ’08
Brittany Pieper, BJ ’08, will join KOMU-TV as evening co-anchor on March 4. Pieper comes to KOMU 8 News from KSLA in Shreveport, La., where she is an anchor and reporter covering education. Previously, she worked as a reporter, anchor and producer at KCBD in Lubbock, Texas.
Katherine Johanns, BJ ’02
Katherine Johanns, BJ ’02, is the communications director at the Association of Texas Professional Educators, the nation’s largest independent educator organization.
Daxton “Chip” Stewart, PhD ’09
Daxton “Chip” Stewart, PhD ’09, had his first book, “Social Media and the Law: A Guidebook for Communication Students and Professionals,” published by Routledge in December. Stewart edited the book, which features chapters by 11 authors, including one of his own on developing social media policies and guidelines for journalism organizations. In 2012, he was … Continued
Colleen Cusumano, BJ ’07
Four J-School alumni staff the public relations department at Columbia College in Columbia, Mo. From left: Michael Kateman, MA ’91; Whitney Dreier, MA ’10; Colleen Cusumano, BJ ’07; and Brandi Herrman, MA ’08.
Karen L. Miller, MA ’07
Karen L. Miller, MA ’07, business editor and assistant news editor at the Reading (Pa.) Eagle, is also now an adjunct professor of communications at Alvernia University, also in Reading. She earned her master’s online from Missouri while working as a mid-career professional. Miller teaches writing for the media, intercultural communications and public relations.
Jason Rosenbaum, BJ ’06
Jason Rosenbaum, BJ ’06, is a staff writer at the St. Louis Beacon. He married Lauren Todd, MLS ’11, in March 2012 in St. Louis.
Dugan Arnett, BJ ’06
Dugan Arnett, BJ ’06, a reporter for the Kansas City Star, is one of five outstanding young journalists to receive an Award of Merit from the Missouri Press Association. Winners of the award have demonstrated excellence in the field of journalism and maintained the quality, ethics and standards of The Journalist’s Creed, written by Walter … Continued