Location: United States
Ken Reid
What do you do? I am the editor and publisher of Washington Information Source Co., a newsletter publishing firm focused on FDA compliance news. How did you get your job? I began this publishing business in 1991 after covering the FDA for a few years for other publishers. Before 1986, I was in the newspaper … Continued
Megan Reese
What do you do? I haven’t been at this job for very long, so I am still training. However, my job responsibilities so far include reviewing syndication screening reports and responding to the networks with content issues; creating new syndication guaranteed tracking sheets; and complete syndication post for all clients at the end of each … Continued
Walter Reed
What do you do? I retired from a long-time PR position in 1989 – director of public relations of the U.S. vending machine industry’s national trade association – then operated an international consulting service until 2003. For 19 years, I have been a very active Rotarian in my club and Rotary district. I am also … Continued
Kori Reed
Corporate Philanthropy: How One Journalism School Graduate Found Her True Passion Ending Child Hunger As a journalism student, Kori Reed imagined she would become the next Katie Couric, asking the tough questions in hard-hitting interviews. That is, until she found her true calling: corporate philanthropy. Reed is the vice president of Foundation and Cause at … Continued
Richard Ransom
What do you do? And what is most interesting about it? I anchor the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. It’s always challenging to write compelling copy and to be first to tell people about developing stories. My job is different almost every day. How did you get your job? After spending eight years in … Continued
T.J. Quinn
Sometimes things don’t always go according to plan. However, with hard work and help from the right people, opportunity can appear where you least expect it. Such is the journey of T.J. Quinn, BJ ’91, who graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism with no intention of working in sports, yet today he works as … Continued
Larry Postaer
Six decades in the mercurial world of advertising…how did you manage to survive? Luck for sure. I was fortunate to work with a lot of talented people and great clients. To pay tribute to all of them, I just finished a memoir available on Amazon and Kindle. Its called: “Pickett, Plunkett and Puckett.” The quirky … Continued
Sue Jackson Pondrom
What do you do? I am a freelance medical writer for publications such as ENToday, The Rheumatologist and @ucsd, a publication of the University of California San Diego. I am also a special section editor of The AJT Report in the American Journal of Transplantation, a columnist for “In This Issue” in the journal Arthritis … Continued
Beth Pike
What do you do? I freelance as a producer/writer for television news and entertainment programs, working regularly for NBC News in the Midwest. Since 1992, I’ve been a regional field director for Entertainment Tonight where I’ve had the chance to work with many of our talented J-school alumni. More recently, I’ve had the privilege of … Continued
Sergio L. Piedra
What do you do? And what is most interesting about it? I’m still trying to figure out what I do. Actually, my job is pretty simple – give visitors to The Palm Beaches an authentic sense of place. By developing hotel packages, marketing our events and producing content for our website or brochures – of … Continued