On April 21, 1922, the CU Board of Regents voted to form the Department of Journalism, and that fall, the university launched its flagship journalism degree program. As the journalism department marks its centennial anniversary, celebration goes to the thousands of alumni currently working in the media industry, many of whom are on the frontlines of news — reporting from the field for NPR, from the Celtics’ sidelines and from inside the White House for Fox News. Read more in the CMCI Now magazine.
Abby Chin (Jour’03), Celtics sideline reporter at NBC Sports Boston
Baker Machado (MJour’11), anchor at Cheddar News
Alanna Rizzo (MJour’03), sports TV host and reporter on MLB Network
John Branch (MJour’96), reporter for The New York Times
Kevin Corke (Jour’88; MA’02), White House correspondent
Kirk Siegler (Jour’00), NPR correspondent, National Desk
Michael Gelman (Jour’83), executive producer, Live with Kelly and Ryan
Linda Villarosa (Jour’81), contributor to The New York Times Magazine, journalist-in-residence at City University of New York
Savannah Sellers (Jour’13), anchor and correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC
Tom Costello (Jour’87), NBC News Washington correspondent
Photos: Courtesy of CMCI (Kevin Corke and Michael Gelman); Jon SooHoo (Alanna Rizzo); Courtesy of Tom Costello; Allison Shelley/NPR (Kirk Siegler); Courtesy of Baker Machado; Courtesy Savannah Sellers; Courtesy of NBC Sports Group (Abby Chin); Courtesy of John Branch; Nic Villarosa (Linda Villarosa)
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