Location: United States
Janine Latus
How do you get into freelancing? First you address a query letter to an editor, pitching an idea. That letter is your audition. If your piece is full of facts and statistics, your letter should be informative. If your piece is humorous, your letter should make people laugh. You have to hit the right editor … Continued
Frosty Landon
A Lifelong Fight for Open Government Roanoke, Va. (March 15, 2007) — The personalized “Open Gov” license plate on Forrest “Frosty” Landon’s Volvo station wagon is the first tip-off to his lifelong passion. For more than 50 years, Landon has worked alongside – and faced off with – lawmakers at all levels regarding policies governing … Continued
David Lammers
What do you do? Editor in chief of a website about chip manufacturing, Semiconductor Manufacturing and Design. It survives with company sponsors, and covers semiconductor production fabs, equipment, materials, markets and related topics. How did you get your job? After the print magazine Semiconductor International was closed by RBI in April 2010, I worked with … Continued
Lillian Kuras
What do you do? I work at United Way 2-1-1 on the database. How did you get your job? I started on the overnight shift at United Way 2-1-1 as an information and referral specialist making social service referrals. What is the best professional lesson learned at the J-School? That great research is what backs … Continued
Sandy Kornberg
What are you currently working on? I am concurrently involved in three on-going activities. First, for the past seven years, I have been involved with Global Advertising Strategies, a New York-based advertising agency, serving as an Advisory Board Member. Secondly, I am currently the World Treasurer of the International Advertising Association (IAA), and Acting Executive … Continued
Warren Kininmonth
What do you do? Own and operate a full service advertising agency in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Just completed our 32nd year of operation. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? Honesty and integrity goes before anything. What advice do you have for current students? Don’t waste one minute … Continued
Michele Kenner
What do you do? I design both covers and inside pages for the main and Metro sections. I occasionally design the Business section. I also fill in on the National Desk. Best professional lesson learned at the J-School? Journalism ethics. Every day at the Journal Sentinel, we struggle with ethical questions that came up both … Continued
Krista Kennell
What do you do? I am a photographer and have covered hard news, features, celebrity portraiture and Red Carpet out of Los Angeles and New York City. I just opened a photography studio near Manhattan. I am known for my work on wildfires in California, my coverage of the Arizona Yarnell fire and my social … Continued
Beth Keck
To see how much of the world Beth Keck’s career has spanned, one need only turn over her business card. One side identifies Keck, BJ ’76, as senior director for Wal-Mart and lists her contact information in English. The other side lists exactly the same information – but in Chinese. Keck said she has followed … Continued
Kim Kavin
What do you do in your current job? I do freelance writing, editing, photography, and online content. I work for a dozen or so magazines and websites, I ghost-blog, I build my own websites that generate income, and I write books. Most of my work is in the area of boats and travel, but I … Continued