Location: United States
Mickey Spagnola
What do you do? Columnist for DallasCowboys.com since 2000. Have covered the Dallas Cowboys in some form or fashion since 1984, first for the Dallas Times Herald for seven years, then as a freelancer for eight years. Prior to that was a sportswriter/columnist for the Jackson (Miss.) Daily News from 1981-1984 and for the Columbia … Continued
Karen Villalpando
What do you do? I am the publisher and editor-in-chief or the Beverly Press and Park Labrea News in Los Angeles. I was named “Print Journalist of the year by the Los Angeles Press Club for the Southern California Journalism Awards in June, 2023. I am pasting the application I submitted for the award here, … Continued
Francie Williamson
What do you do? I am the Partner and Community Relations Coordinator at Iowa Lions Eye Bank in Coralville, Iowa. How did you get your job? I switched to marketing communications in 2016 after 15 years as a copy editor, designer and writer at a number of newspapers in Iowa and on the east coast. … Continued
David Murray
What do you do? I’m the associate vice president for Marketing and Communications at Ferris State University in Michigan. I oversee efforts to tell the stories of the students and programs at one of Michigan’s highly respected public universities. How did you get your job? The University of Missouri School of Journalism prepared me for … Continued
Linda Rallo
What do you do? I have supported education advocacy for more than 20 years, the last four as the Vice President of Aligned (formerly the Alliance for Childhood Education), where I oversee education policy and legislation in Missouri. I’m a strong advocate for early childhood education and workforce development and am keenly interested in advancing … Continued
Erica Jorgensen
What do you do? I’m the author of Strategic Content Design: Tools and Research Techniques for Better UX (Rosenfeld Media, 2023). I’m a Seattle-based content strategist who’s worked for Microsoft, Expedia, and Amazon. How did you get your job? My career has evolved from book publishing to newspaper and magazine journalism to digital media and … Continued
Christopher Hemeyer
Chris has been promoted to Senior Associate Athletics Director, External Affairs at Campbell University where he is also the play-by-play voice of the Fighting Camels.
Trish Houts Reeves
It has been a while. I hope my J-School classmates are thriving. After MU, I followed a career in creative writing that ultimately led to receiving fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo, Keck, and the Kansas Arts Commission. My first book, Returning the Question, won the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize. … Continued
Marlene Neill
Marlene Neill, Ph.D., was recognized with the Teaching Excellence Award by the Media Ethics Division of AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) at their annual business meeting on July 27, 2023. She is an associate professor at Baylor University.
Morgan Kopitsky
What do you do? I am the Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement for the Mizzou Alumni Association. How did you get your job? I was a journalism ambassador during undergrad, and it sparked my passion for being a representative for Mizzou. When looking for jobs my senior year, I often checked the postings for jobs … Continued