Decade: 2010-2019
Alicia Peirce, BJ ’10
Alicia Peirce, BJ ’10, is an assistant account executive at Schupp Company in St. Louis.
Alicia Peirce
What do you do? After graduating from Mizzou, I was offered a full-time internship with 4ORCE, a digital agency in St. Louis, where I worked in the User Experience (UX) lab, and supported the account service team with Scottrade and Purina. After working for four months, I received a full-time account executive position at GROUP360 … Continued
Yvette Walker
What do you do? I am the Edith Kinney Gaylord Journalism Ethics Endowed Chair at the University of Central Oklahoma. I teach media ethics and develop courses and events in our program. Also, I am night news director at The Oklahoman, the daily newspaper of Oklahoma City. I supervise breaking news at night and oversee … Continued
Jenn Ballard
What do you do? I am the education reporter for The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs, Ark. How did you get your job? I found it on journalismjobs.com before I had finished my journalism degree. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? I don’t think the journalism school teaches you how to … Continued
Jenn Ballard, BJ ’10
Jenn Ballard, BJ ’10, is the education reporter for The Sentinel-Record in Hot Springs, Ark.
Robert Mays III, BJ ’10
Robert Mays III, BJ ’10, is one of the leading writers and editors selected for the launch of Grantland.com, the much-anticipated sports and pop culture website conceived and led by Bill Simmons, the most popular writer on ESPN.com. Mays is an award-winning feature writer, who most recently worked at the Boston Globe.
Patty Bloom, BJ ’10
Patty Bloom, BJ ’10, was one of only 15 journalists and students to receive a German-American Fulbright Fellowship to attend the Berlin Capital Program in November 2010. She learned about German media and politics during the weeklong event. Added: March 21, 2011