Class Notes

Nick Mott (MJour) is a reporter at Montana Public Radio and a producer for Threshold, a podcast founded by former Center of Environmental Journalism fellow Amy Martin that tackles environmental issues. Nick's reporting has been featured by news outlets including The Washington Post and NPR's Morning Edition. 

Chase Gregor (InfoSci, Anthro) is an analyst in DaVita's compliance department where he assists in the maintenance and accuracy of Davita's kidney dialysis payment and performance data. 

Tessa Diestel (Jour’18) spent the summer reporting on the climate of hate in America as a Carnegie-Knight News21 Fellow. In addition to contributing reporting for stories on the News21 Hate in America website, Tessa was a producer for the documentary American Hate. She shared her experiences with CMCI through updates, stories, photos and more as she reported from multiple cities in four states.

Monique van Veenendaal (StratComm) is an account executive at Salesforce. She works with health and life science companies to help them create a better patient or customer experience, while maintaining relevance in the digital age.

This year, Shannon Mullane (MJour) joined The Colorado Sun as a staff reporter covering water issues and tribal affairs in the West. Previously, she worked as senior editor of the CMCI communications team and as a staff writer for The Durango Herald, where she received 15 awards for her reporting. She’s still based in Durango and loves exploring southwest Colorado. In the fall, Mullane won a first-place award from the Colorado Press Association in the Best Social Justice or Equity Reporting category.

After graduation, Ashley Hopko (Jour) was a general assignment reporter in Arlington, Virginia, for the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship. During the pandemic, she became a Washington, D.C., freelance reporter with Urban Turf, Medscape and Greater Greater Washington. Hopko recently accepted a new job as a research and communications associate with the consulting firm Nexight Group, where she works for the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Rhodes Scholar Serene Singh (Jour, PolSci) was crowned the 2020–21 National All-American Miss, winning the world’s largest pageant.

Corinne Baud (StratComm'19) is an account coordinator at Malen Yantis Public Relations.

Moe Clark (MJour'19) covered state politics for The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned online news source, for the 2020 legislative session. She now works for the newly launched online outlet Colorado Newsline covering criminal justice and housing issues.

Allison MacIntosh (StratComm'19) moved back to Chicago where she is a copywriter at FCB and is having fun writing for health and beauty brands.

After a postgraduation internship, Lina Takahashi (Jour'19) joined the Olympic Games event management team at NBC Sports, where she is working on all of the logistical details for the NBC Olympics operations. She will also support the team in Tokyo during the 2021 Summer Olympics.

Niki Tulk (PhDIntermedia, PhDThtr'19) is an assistant professor of theater in the Performing Arts Division at Alfred University in Alfred, New York.

Ryan Wurst (PhDIntermedia'19) is a professor of digital art at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers.

Allison MacIntosh (StratComm’19) moved back to Chicago, where she is a copywriter at the marketing agency FCB and is having fun writing for health and beauty brands.

Caroline Kenney (Comm) began work as an inside sales representative with the Los Angeles Dodgers in June, where she is responsible for generating sales revenue and creating once-in-a-lifetime experience for fans. 

Emma Yoder (CritMedia) is working as a producer for event management company LSAV Powerhouse, in Chicago.

After graduating, Steven Bonifazi (Jour) worked full time as a reporter at a Fort Collins independent newspaper, North Forty News. He then moved to Denver and accepted a position as a reporter at NewsBreak, where he helped develop the Denver team, wrote weekly articles, and edited and published a weekly newsletter.

Jeremy Elder (CritMedia) co-founded Boulder Media House, a video production company, along with other CU alumni. Since graduation, they have hired four new team members and created hundreds of videos. Their team is expanding to a new location outside of Colorado later this year.

Megan Nyvold (StratComm) is head of media at Security Token Market, a leading brand in the asset tokenization industry focused on market democratization by using blockchain technology. She leads the marketing and media efforts. Nyvold is featured on weekly shows Spilling the NFTea and The Security Token Show, as well as Cointelegraph and other global publications.

After graduation, Leilani Osmundson (StratComm) got married and started her dream job as a digital producer for the travel section of U.S. News & World Report. Osmundson and her husband bought a house and welcomed six guinea pigs into their family.