Location: United States
Barbara Galán
Barbara Galán graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. After working in the advertising department at Macy’s in downtown Kansas City, she moved to Madrid, Spain, where she held several positions in advertising sales and writing. Galan married in 1984 and spent several years in Rota, on the southern … Continued
Sallie L. Gaines
Why did you make the switch from reporting news to public relations? It was boredom. I had been working for a newspaper since I was in high school. After 23 years at the Chicago Tribune, I literally ran out of beats to cover. Then I got an unexpected offer from Hill & Knowlton, a public … Continued
Martin Frost
What do you do in your job? I work in the D.C. office of Polsinelli Shughart’s Public Policy Group, a law firm based out of Kansas City, Missouri. I primarily work as a lobbyist providing strategic counsel to a number of clients. I am also a guest on MSNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg, and I recently wrote … Continued
Tom Frazee
What do you do? I am an executive communicator who provides advice, counsel and support to corporate clients in the U.S. and globally on all aspects of internal and external communications/public relations. This includes employee, shareholder and client/customer communications; local, regional, national and global media relations support; event oversight including video productions and presentations; roles … Continued
Bucky Fox
What do you do? I’m an editor at Investor’s Business Daily in Los Angeles, Calif. Also, I’ve written three baseball books and run BuckyFox.com. How did you get your job? Applied online in 1999, passed the copy editing test and headed to California. What is the best professional lesson you learned at the J-School? Communicate … Continued
Angie Fox
What do you do? I am a New York Times bestselling author of popular fiction. Published titles include The Accidental Demon Slayer, The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers, A Tale of Two Demon Slayers, The Last of the Demon Slayers, My Zombie Valentine, So I Married a Demon Slayer and Vampire County. More info at … Continued
Jan Hoth Fogarty
What do you do? My career has been pretty exciting since graduating now (gasp) eight years ago?! I worked at VML from 2003-2006, then did a stint in pharmaceutical sales for a year until I was recruited to work for Handmark, a mobile media company based in Kansas City, by an old boss of mine … Continued
Paul Fiddick
What do you do? I recently completed an eight-year engagement as the chief executive of an international radio company that operated commercial stations in five countries in Latin America and Europe. Most of these were national signals that covered entire countries; all were American-style radio formats – music, news, personalities – except with local talent … Continued
John Ferrugia
What do you do? I am managing editor and news anchor for Rocky Mountain PBS, the statewide PBS network in Colorado. Our team consists of three reporters, a producer, and two photojournalists/editors producing long-form investigative and public affairs programming dealing with issues of important public policy and state politics. I also present our stories on … Continued
Ted Farnen
Best professional lesson learned at the J-School? How to write on deadline. Putting the important stuff first and filling it out as you go along (the inverted pyramid!) really helps when you have limited time to complete an assignment. What would be your best advice to current students? Be intellectually curious. Try to read a … Continued