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A publication of the Indiana University School of JournalismVol. 36, Issue 2Fall 2010The changing face of photojournalismRyan Murphy of Glee and Eat Pray Love | Covering a Quake

Dean’s MessageAlumni’s generosity benefits generations of studentsDean Brad HammThe generosity of alumni has servedthe School of Journalism well duringthe past century.Two graduates from the 1940s and1950s have given so unselfishly underthe recent Indiana University “Matchingthe Promise” campaign that they createdthe largest scholarship funds inthe school and will contribute foreverto the students in our undergraduateprogram.The campaign ended June 30 with agoal to raise $1.1 billion campus-wide,primarily in scholarships to supportundergraduates and graduate students.Public affairs journalismFrank Arganbright, BA’49, worked as areporter in West Lafayette and in publicrelations with Purdue University. Henever lost his love for reporting or journalismor IU. He believed that publicaffairs journalism was essential to thelife of a community. We agree.To encourage young journalists,Arganbright donated his estate to theSchool of Journalism. The gift wasmade in 2008 and received in April.The value exceeded $1 million. At thetime of the gift, it was the largest everreceived by the school from an individualfor scholarships.Tyra RobertsonThe goal of the $1 million is tosupport scholarships “to encourageproficiency in reporting and interpretingpublic affairs.” We will target thescholarships in many different ways tosupport the donor’s intent. Generationsof journalism students will benefit fromthis gift.Frank Arganbright died more than ayear ago, but his memory, generosity andconcern about public affairs reportingwill live on in the School of Journalism.See page 18 for a story about Arganbright.Financial aid for studentsMarty Anderson, BA’57, spent hiscareer as a reporter and editor for theAssociated Press in Indiana. He investedwell over the years and recently decidedto use that money to help IU journalismstudents.The gift annuities that he has establishedwill fund the Ann and MartyAnderson Scholarship in Journalism toprovide financial aid to students in need.When you meet him, you sense quicklyhis sincere desire to make a differencein the lives of young people. It is alsoimportant that this gift honor the memoryof his late wife, Ann.Anderson’s gifts, totaling about $1.75million, are the largest in school historyby an individual for scholarships.Together, the Arganbright and Andersongifts will increase scholarship funds inthe School of Journalism by 50 percent.Read more about Anderson on page 16.Journalism and the IU FoundationThe gifts by Arganbright and Anderson,and many others over the past sixyears of the Matching the Promisecampaign, were made possible throughthe leadership of two IU alumni withjournalism ties.Matt Morris, BA’80, worked at theIU Foundation with many duties, buthe specialized in gifts for the School ofJournalism. He traveled extensively, talkedwith many journalism graduates andworked with donors who contributed tothe school and across the university.Morris’ care and concern for theschool and its alumni are unmatched.Through his many efforts, journalismexceeded its campaign goal of $5 million,reaching a total of $6,032,384 byJune 30.Kent Dove, BS’68, is legendary inthe field of fundraising. He is author ofConducting a Successful Capital Campaign,called “the leading guide to planningand implementing a capital campaign”and served as vice president of the IUFoundation during the Matching thePromise campaign.Both Morris and Dove, in differenteras, worked at the Indiana Daily Studentand learned about journalism in ErniePyle Hall. Their skills led them eventuallyinto fundraising. We are the beneficiariesof their hard work.On behalf of the School ofJournalism’s students, faculty, staff,alumni and friends, I extend ourmost heartfelt appreciation to FrankArganbright, Marty Anderson, MattMorris and Kent Dove for their work inimproving the School of Journalism insuch a profound way during the pastfew years.

Page 20CONTENTS02 The scoopAsk the Pro15 Inside ViewMultitalented young sportsjournalists in great demandby Tim Franklin, BS’8316 A remarkable Giftby Anne Kibbler, MA’88Page 16The Making of Ryan MurphyPage 3420 The making of ryan murphyby Matt Roush, BA’8124 Photojournalism in fluxby Ben Weller, MA’0834 covering a Quakeby Jessica Birthisel36 strategic communicatorby Russell Jackson, BA’8339 student experiencesA Remarkable GiftCovering a Quake41 on the recordClass NotesObituariesAlumni Bookshelf(top) Michael Yarish/Fox, (bottom left) Ann Schertz, (bottom right) Courtesy of Alec MiranNewswire is published by the Indiana University School ofJournalism with support from the Journalism Alumni Board.It is mailed twice each year to alumni, faculty, staff andfriends of the school.Please send questions, comments and story ideas toAnne Kibbler, Editor, IU School of Journalism, 940 E.Seventh St., Bloomington, IN 47405 or e-mail her atakibbler@indiana.edu.DeanBrad HammEditorAnne Kibbler, MA’88Consulting EditorsGena Asher, BA’79, MLS’03, MIS’03Kurtis Beavers, BA’03Bonnie J. Brownlee, BA’72, MA’75Beth (Spangle) Moellers, BAJ’99, MA’05Copy EditorsMarjorie (Smith) Blewett, BA’48Elizabeth (Wallis) Winkler, BA’52Staff WritersJessica BirthiselLarry BuchananJessica HaneyShannon McEnerneyThomas MillerDesignMediaworksThe Kicker graphicLarry Buchanan49 reminisce with margeColumn evokes memoriesof decades past50 The Big PictureMelissa Farlow, BA’74coVer: Design by mediaworkscredits, clockwise from top left:Deidre read, matt mcclain,martin Gisborne, Bill foley,jensen walker, melissa farlow

the scoopThe latest news from the IU school of journalismNABJ chapterbecomes officialJessica HaneyElvia Malagon attended The New York Times Student Journalism Institute.Malagon chosen for Times workshopFor 11 days at the beginning of the springsemester, junior Elvia Malagon immersedherself in a once-in-a-lifetime reportingexperience at The New York Times StudentJournalism Institute, a workshop for collegestudents and graduates sponsoredby the National Association of HispanicJournalists, The New York Times, The BostonGlobe and the University of Arizona Schoolof Journalism.Malagon was one of 23 students selectedfrom across the country for the institute.Students worked with New York Timesstaff members to identify original, in-depthassignments. Malagon reported on a familyof Bhutanese refugees struggling forstability in Arizona after living in isolationin Bhutan, a country pancaked betweenChina and India. Her article was publishedon the institute’s website.Malagon found the editing process forher story to be invaluable, as she spenttime with a New York Times editor scrutinizingevery sentence of her story. “We satdown for hours, literally hours,” she said.“Sometimes we would spend 10 minutesjust on a sentence.”But the learning experience was worthit, and the time paid off. Malagon said shehad excellent practice in collecting moredetails and really taking a closer look ather writing.“I felt like that was one of the best storiesI’ve ever written, and other students feltthat way, too,” about their work, she said.Malagon, now a senior, interned at TheCourier-Journal in Louisville during thesummer. She also was one of nine studentschosen nationally to travel to Japan lastJune as part of the Roy W. Howard NationalCollegiate Reporting Competition. This fall,she is interning with the Scripps HowardFoundation Semester in Washington program.— Jessica HaneyAfter two years and a lot of paperwork,letters, signatures and waiting, the IUchapter of the National Association ofBlack Journalists has obtained officialchapter status.With chapter status, NABJ is recognizedby the university as an officialstudent organization. Sally Seye, a seniorwho helped start the organization, saidthat recognition represents a big stepforward.“Being an official campus chapter, youget the perks that other organizationsget,” Seye said. “And you get the kind ofrespectability and the recognition and theawareness. It puts you on another leveland gives you more opportunities to exceland grow.”The chapter already has been activeon campus and in the local community,developing a mentoring program for highschool journalism students, co-hostingthe inaugural First Amendment Free FoodFestival at Dunn Meadow in April andworking on a variety of service projects.This summer, seniors Meghann Estradaand Jeff McKinney attended the NationalAssociation of Black Journalists’ annualconference in San Diego, Calif., alongwith School of Journalism Career ServicesDirector Marcia Debnam. Senior AshleeGreen also attended the conference aspart of an internship with the NABJ.Estrada and McKinney blogged abouttheir experience for the school’s website,journalism.indiana.edu.— Larry Buchanan< 2 > newswire / Fall 2010

thescoopFaculty BookshelfComplex case studies based onethical problems such as thenaming of rape victims and giftpolicies for journalists form thestarting point for discussion inMaking Hard Choices in JournalismEthics: Cases and Practice, by associateprofessor David Boeyinkand Sandra L. Borden, PhD’97,a professor at Western MichiganUniversity (Routledge, 2010).While many ethics books use a top-down methodology,Making Hard Choices takes a bottom-up approach, layingout problems first and theory second. Boeyink said heand Borden liken the text’s methodology to “CSI for journalists.”Readers first learn to case the scene for relevantdetails and facts, then classify the case, compare the casewith similar cases, develop provisional guidelines to helpin similar cases, and finally link the case and guidelines toethical norms relevant to the case.— Jessical BirthiselOn the surface, Tom French’sZoo Story is a chronicle of thelives of a cast of animal charactersat Tampa’s Lowry ParkZoo, including an alpha chimpwith a weakness for blondesand a ferocious tiger who lovesObsession perfume. But there’smore to their stories than meetsthe eye. During his six yearsresearching the book, whichinitially appeared as a seriesin The St. Petersburg Times, French uncovered the battlebetween opposing human forces who fought over the fateof the zoo and its animals — the conservationists whobelieved in the zoo’s mission of saving endangered speciesand the animal rights activists who would see the zooclose to spare the creatures from captivity. Pulitzer PrizewinnerFrench, BA’81, the visiting Riley Endowed Chair inJournalism at IU, traveled to Africa and Latin America toresearch the book, which has appeared on the New YorkTimes best seller list.Calendar of EventsTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4Thomas L. Friedman7 p.m., IU AuditoriumThree-time Pulitzer Prize-winnerThomas L. Friedman has reported onglobal trade, the Mideast and theenvironment in his books and in hiscolumns for The New York Times.His books include the award-winningbest-sellers Hot, Flat and Crowded:Why We Need a Green Revolutionand How It Can Renew America (andthe most recent “2.0” version) and The World is Flat: A BriefHistory of the Twenty-first Century. Friedman’s appearance ispart of Themester and is cosponsored by journalism and sixother campus units.Stay up to date via e-mailfor more information on upcoming events, look for thenew school of journalism e-newsletter, This Just In …If you’d like to be included in our e-newslettermailing list, visit alumni.iu.edu and click “Update yourprofile,” or call (800) 824-3044.spring fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 3 >

thescoopCommunity agencypartners withschool for recycling,shreddingThe School of Journalism is partneringwith Sweet Owen Industries Arc, a dayprogram that helps adults with developmentaland intellectual disabilitiesbecome more independent through workin their communities.Shaun Huss, who attends the program,comes to the school each Friday tohelp with recycling. With his caregiver,Miranda Reece, he picks up boxes ofpapers and takes them to Sweet OwenIndustries in Spencer, Ind., for shredding.Huss has autism and is nonverbal, butwith Reece’s help, he is able to work. Hemaintains a routine that allows him toknow which hallways to walk down andwhere to find the elevator to ride to theground floor.At Sweet Owen, the taped boxes aresecurely stored, then clients like Hussshred the material, which is then recycled.The pick-up and shredding of thepapers is a free service.Huss’s job helps to create a meaningfulday for him, said Kim Hodges, executivedirector of Sweet Owen, adding thatbecause the job is partnered with the university,it helps the Sweet Owen clientsconnect with IU. But the partnership alsoallows for the support of a new initiative:sustainability.Former Director of Finances CharlotteSmith started the program last fall.She had participated in a similar effortwhile working at IU-Purdue UniversityColumbus.The school received a CommunityPartner Award from Sweet Owen last fallas a special thanks and recognition forworking with Huss— Shannon McEnerneyCourtesyWriter Talese, correspondent Loganheadline Speaker SeriesIconic writer Gay Talese, lauded as the founder of The New Journalism, and CBSNews chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan shared their views on work and lifeas part of the Fall Speaker Series.Gay Talese has written on topics as variedas sports icons, the sexual revolution,life in New York and the Mafia, and hecurrently is working on a book aboutmarriage. In addition to his many bestsellers,including Unto the Sons, HonorThy Father, and Thy Neighbor’s Wife, hehas written for publications such as TheNew York Times, Esquire and The NewYorker, and blogs for the Daily Beast.Faculty win teaching awardsBeth WoodThree School of Journalism faculty werehonored for their teaching skills andachievements in the spring.Associate Dean for UndergraduateStudies Michael Evans, associate professorCourtesyLara Logan has reported from war zonesall over the world, making her mark onbroadcast news with her coverage of Iraqboth before and after U.S. troops movedinto the country. She continues to reporton international affairs for 60 Minutesand other CBS news programs. Her workhas earned several awards, including anEmmy, an Overseas Press Club Award andan RTNDA/Edward R. Murrow Award.Lara Logan’s appearance arrangedthrough Gotham Artists, LLC.Mike Conway and the late Beth Wood,senior lecturer, have received awardsfrom campus and journalism groups.Wood, who died in November,posthumously received the President’sAward, established in 1974 to recognizeoutstanding teaching, research orservice.Evans is the recipient of theGretchen A. Kemp teaching award,named in honor of Kemp, a longtimefaculty member in journalism and thedirector of the High School JournalismInstitute.Conway received the IU TrusteesTeaching Award, established by the IUBoard of Trustees in 2000 to honorexcellence in teaching. Each academicunit is to give the award each year,based on recommendations of itspolicy committee.< 4 > newswire / Fall 2010

thescoopBrosher sweeps state,national awardsRecent graduate James T. Brosher cleanedup on a number of top state and nationalphotojournalism awards to wrap uphis time at IU.Brosher, BAJ’10, was named IndianaNews Photographers Association 2009College Photographer of the Year, andthe Indiana Associated Press ManagingEditors presented him with its WillCounts Photojournalism Award for thetop young photojournalist.Earlier this year, Brosher wonthe National Press PhotographersAssociation monthly contest awardfor his multimedia project on SharleeDavis, a Bloomington musician whohas learned to accommodate 20 years ofprogressing blindness.He’s also won numerous awards andaccolades for photography at the IndianaDaily Student and other publications. Hehas interned at the (South Bend, Ind.)Tribune, The (Bloomington, Ind.) Herald-Times and The (Austin, Texas) American-Statesman.James Brosher, winner of the WillCounts Photojournalism Award, withCounts’ widow, Vivian.Joe Harpring, Columbus RepublicCourtesyStudent Jeremy Lacey interviews a Milltown resident about the coming biomass operation.Class documents environmental protestThe battle between a small town and apower company over a proposed electricalplant in rural southern Indiana seemedlike an ideal reporting opportunity forthe students in Professor Emerita CarolPolsgrove’s J501 Public Affairs Reportingcourse this summer.So Polsgrove took the class to Milltownin Crawford County, where Liberty GreenRenewables is proposing a facility thatwould burn wood waste to produce electricity.There, students talked to state senatorand Milltown resident Richard Young,to a couple who live next to the proposedplant site, and to the woman organizingthe resistance movement, among others.When planning the trip and the project,Polsgrove said she anticipated studentscreating print stories, but that shifted uponarrival.“In the course of the day, I kept seeingstudents capturing photos, audioand video,” Polsgrove explained. “Onetownsperson even said, ‘Oh, those youngpeople and their technology.’”Master’s student Jeremy Lacey, BAJ’09,was responsible for much of that multimediafootage, something that reflects his academicbackground and professional inter-ests. He said the county’s scenic setting andnatural resources, such as the Blue River, apopular canoeing destination, had a lot todo with people’s concerns over the plant,both in terms of its effects on tourism andits pollution. Using digital, video and audiorecorders, Lacey hoped to capture some ofthat natural beauty.“I wanted to show what it looks likenow, what it is they’re fighting for,” Laceysaid. “It was one thing to read in print thatpeople are upset, but at some point, thereare only so many words to describe it. I dobelieve that a picture is worth a thousandwords.”Not only did Lacey create a 90-secondmultimedia slideshow, he also designed awebsite to display students’ final projects inwritten and multimedia formats.Polsgrove hopes the site will serve alarger purpose as well.“I hope the website is a small contributionto the public’s awareness of what’sgoing on in southern Indiana,” she said.To view the students’ work, go to http://journalism.indiana.edu/classwork/j501_polsgrove_summer2010/.— Jessica BirthiselSpring Fall 2009 2010/ / / newswire < 5 >

Sophomore Danielle Rindler sits in the “Dictators Lounge.” She was randomly selectedto sit in the chair as part of an effort to demonstrate the First Amendment.SPJ, NABJ host First Amendment FestivalThis Spring, more than 150 people hada taste of what American society mightbe like without the First Amendment. Inexchange for free food in Dunn Meadow,they gave up the right to speak freely.Hosted by the IU chapters of theSociety of Professional Journalists and theNational Association of Black Journalists,the inaugural First Amendment FreeFood Festival challenged students tospeak about one assigned topic and togive up other rights covered by the FirstAmendment, such as carrying newspapers,gathering in groups and wearingT-shirts expressing religious or politicalviewpoints. SPJ members patrolled themeadow to ensure compliance.Sophomore T.J. Watters, for instance,was given an index card that dictated theonly topic he was allowed to talk about:the Furby, a once-popular toy.“It limited your focus on what youcould or couldn’t talk about,” Watterssaid of the event. “You really signed awaystuff that you take for granted, like whatyou think, hear and read, all for a slice ofpizza.”SPJ secretary Stephanie Doctrow saidHeather Brogdenshe saw how people began to realize the powerof the First Amendment.“Some people didn’t realize what the implicationsof not having the First Amendmentrights in their life could be,” Doctrow said.“They couldn’t talk to friends because theycouldn’t assemble … People either thought itwas really funny or some people were reallyupset about it. It was really interesting to seetheir reactions.”But more than the reactions surprisedDoctrow.“I was surprised that some people didn’tknow what the First Amendment was,” shesaid. “Some people said, ‘What is that, whatdoes that mean?.’ One person asked what anamendment was. That was the most shockingthing — we didn’t realize people wouldwalk into it not really realizing what the FirstAmendment is.”The festival marked the first event for theIU chapter of NABJ since it became an officialchapter recognized by the national organizationearlier this semester, as well as the firstevent sponsored jointly by NABJ and SPJ.— Shannon McEnerneyColeman studies elderlyworkers in JapanWith one of the most rapidly aging societiesin the world, Japan faces a potential shortfallof workers to maintain the country’s statusas a top economic power. Supported by theAbe Fellowship Program, Roy W. HowardProfessional-in-Residence Joe Coleman spentthe summer in Japan interviewing some ofthe elderly workers whose growing numberssupport the economy.Among the interviewees were a 74-yearoldwelder who works full time in a steelworks factory outside Hiroshima; an89-year-old woman who works on her farmin southwestern Japan picking and bundlingtree leaves as seasonal garnishes for highclassrestaurants, earning enough to helptwo grandsons put down payments on theirfirst homes; and a 65-year-old man who wasrehired after retirement to teach youngerworkers how to build the nose cones ofhigh-speed bullet trains.The Abe Fellowship Program providesfunding for research on topics of “globalpressing concern” in the social sciencesetting. Coleman’s research, titled “TheSilver Bullet? Putting the elderly to workin an aging Japan,” focuses on Japan’schanging society from a youthful one toan elderly one.Coleman, former Tokyo bureau chief forthe Associated Press, lived in Japan for 11years on and off, and often wrote storiesabout how the workforce is aging becauseof the low birth rate in Japan.He said he was impressed with howmany roles work played in the lives of hissubjects.“Work was not only a way to make a living— in fact, elderly Japanese can still drawa pension even if they work part time, somoney is often not a prime motivation,” hesaid. “Instead, work was a way for them todemonstrate their worth to society or theirfamilies, to keep physically and mentally fit,and to stay connected to their communities.Especially for skilled craftsmen, workis also a way to express creativity — evenif the final product is a part of a train or amachine tool.”Coleman,who plans towrite a bookbased on hisresearch, saidfactories inJapan altermachinery so itcauses less wearJoe Colemanand tear onlimbs and allows the older people to continueto work.“Elderly people who are more engagedin society are healthier, more content, lessprone to depression … There is somethingimportant about feeling socially engagedand youthful in old age,” he said.Abe Fellowships are sponsored by theSocial Science Research Council, the JapanFoundation Center for Global Partnershipand the American Council of LearnedSocieties. Funding for the Abe FellowshipProgram is provided by Center for GlobalPartnership.— Shannon McEnerneyJames Brosher< 6 > newswire / Fall 2010

Ask the ProthescoopQ :Ask the Pro is a recurring feature in which Newswire asks a professional journalistand a professor from our faculty a provocative question. This issue, we ask:“What can journalism schools and professional journalists do to support the workof media professionals in developing countries?”James KellyJames Kelly, MA’88, PhD’90, is an associateprofessor of photojournalism at IU Bloomington.In June, he led students on the journalism school’sfirst trip to Eldoret, Kenya, to learn about reportingon HIV/AIDS. For the past three years, funded bythe U.S. Department of State, he has conductedworkshops on HIV/AIDS reporting in South Asia.Ann SchertzCourtesyRon ReasonRon Reason, BA’85, is a Chicago-based educator,designer and consultant to newspaper publishers aroundthe world. He has made frequent visits to countries,including India, United Arab Emirates, Kenya and Nigeria,and has created training programs for professionals fornearly 20 years. He is happy to offer further tipson reaching out to developing nations. For moreinformation, see www.ronreason.com.A : A :I have been answering this question for nearly 15 years nowthrough a series of projects funded by the U.S. Departmentof State. In each, I have worked with professional colleaguesin the developing world and America to arrange short-termexchanges where American journalists go to either South Asiaor East Africa. While there, they lead two- or three-day workshopsattended by working journalists, and then the best participantsare brought to the U.S. for two- or three-week visits.The last few years, I’ve placed these visiting journalistsinto American newsrooms including The Indianapolis Star, theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Herald-Times in Bloomington.These weeklong “observerships” have been of great value tothe developing world journalists.Last year, Afshan Khan, a reporter for the English-languagedaily The News International in Islamabad, Pakistan, spentfive days with Gannett News Service in Washington, D.C. Sheattended a White House briefing, a Congressional briefing onCapitol Hill and a day with national political writer ChuckRaasch.When I visited Afshan this January in Islamabad, she saidher visit was a career changer. She said she has worked tobuild the kind of camaraderie and ethical integrity in herIslamabad newsroom that she witnessed in the Gannett officeand is making progress.The benefits accrue both ways, however. My friends atThe Star tell me they learned a lot about journalism on thesubcontinent from an Indian photojournalist they hosted inspring 2008. After all, Indiana and India are pretty similar.Well, OK, maybe not that similar. But certainly journalists theworld over are pretty similar.Private foundations sponsor similar exchange programs.The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships and the Hubert H.Humphrey Fellowships are probably the best known. Like myState Department projects, exchanges are best when journalistshave an opportunity to visit university campuses as well asmetropolitan newsrooms. Seeing the connection between theprofession and the academy in this country is one of the mostvalued lessons visitors return home with.Strong ties between journalists and educators strengthenthe profession here and strengthen journalism in the developingworld as well.From the minute I got my degree from IU, the importance offostering relationships with foreign journalists was instilled inme, primarily through my first 10 years in the business at TheSt. Petersburg Times and later as a faculty member at Poynter Institute.Both attracted journalists from around the world whowanted to learn the trade in the newsroom and the classroom.Today, the Web offers countless avenues for individuals toreach out to and support foreign journalists. I’m a memberof informal listservs, bulletin boards and blogs in places likeIndia, where regional journalists go for help. I write guestcolumns, answer questions, share resources. Nearly every weekI get e-mails from professionals and students asking: What arethe best approaches to newspaper design, editing, marketing?What do you think of this story or page I have produced? Canyou help me with my master’s thesis? (I’ve done so much Webpublishing over 20 years, I almost always have a URL at theready to send along.)IU has become a leader in sending students abroad tospend time in the field as reporters and as observers of mediain other cultures. Perhaps someday soon, alumni will regularlyjoin them. The International Center for Foreign Journalists(http://www.icfj.org) and the Fulbright programs (http://us.fulbrightonline.org) offer great opportunities to reach out.And there are plenty of other ways to share your talentsand energy.Traveling to Africa, Central America or Asia? Contact a localnewsroom and ask if you can visit and do critiques, observeplanning meetings or mentor some young journalists. Trainingbudgets in developing nations are nonexistent or severely limited,and if they don’t have to pay travel or speaker fees, they’dwelcome your input with open arms.Want to take it further? Add a few days and offer to go outon assignment with a reporter, photographer or videographer.Coach him or her on the scene; critique the work after publication.Chances are you’ll end up seeing local culture you neverwould have as a tourist and feeling like you’re on a NationalGeographic adventure.Fall 2010 / newswire < 7 >

thescoopAlumni return for secondExperts WorkshopThree alumni returned to campus in the spring as part of thesecond Experts Workshop, which gave students the opportunityto connect with professionals in their fields of interest.The spring experts were Shawn Chen, BAJ’99, AssociatedPress central multimedia editor in Chicago; Mary Crawford,MA’81, managing director of public affairs at Burson-Marsteller in Washington, D.C.; and Katie Rosholt, BAJ’00,senior account supervisor at Edelman in Chicago.Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Michael Evanslaunched the workshops last fall as a way to tap into the IUjournalism alumni network. Students sign up for a limitednumber of slots in advance, submitting their work, portfoliosand resumes, which are forwarded to the appropriatealumni to review in advance. When alumni and studentsmeet for the sessions, they maximize the 20 minutes or so totalk about career goals and how to improve the materials.Evans said the feedback from both students and alumnishows the success of the workshops. One consequence of theworkshops is that alumni go back to their companies andrecommend IU students to their colleagues.“It has the delightful effect of enhancing IU’s reputation,”he said.— Shannon McEnerneyFor more information on participating in the Experts Workshop,contact Michael Evans at mirevans@indiana.edu. Alumni shouldhave five years or longer of media experience and be willing tolook over student materials in advance and give feedback duringsessions at IU. Professionals with newspaper, radio, TV, magazine,public relations or online experience are welcome to inquire.The School of Journalism will cover all expenses for travel toBloomington.Zach HetrickBuchanan named designer of the yearThe Student Society for News Design named senior LarryBuchanan designer of the year in April.Buchanan was art director for the spring semester at theIndiana Daily Student, where he has won many other awardsfor his work, including honors from the Columbia ScholasticPress Association, Society of Professional Journalists andIndiana Collegiate Press Association.Competitors submit portfolios of their work for considerationin the SSND contest. Buchanan won $750 towardattending the national Society for News Design conference inDenver in September.See a gallery ofBuchanan’s work atvisualeditors.com.Sports journalism students contribute to USA Today studySports journalism students gained handsonreporting experience during the springsemester, working on dozens of Freedomof Information requests, intensive researchand in-depth data analysis of collegecoach compensation. Their efforts contributedto the publication of an article inUSA Today.USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz and JodiUpton visited in January to teach studentsin J460 Sports Journalism Research how toresearch and calculate total compensation< 8 > newswire / Fall 2010levels of the coaches of the 65 men’steams who played in the 2009 NCAAtournament.Berkowitz, USA Today’s sports projectseditor, Upton and other staff took theresearch, analyzed it and fleshed outthe story. The article and database werepublished right before the Final Fourportion of the 2010 NCAA tournament inIndianapolis.“If our project can in any way helpstart a national discourse on the topicof coaches’ compensation, then I thinkit will be a healthy benefit,” said TimFranklin, BS’83, director of the NationalSports Journalism Center and the Louis A.Weil Jr. Endowed Chair at the School ofJournalism, who taught the class.“One thing I think is important forstudents to learn is that as a reporter, youget a lot of complicated material thrown atyou that you have to accurately analyze,”Franklin said. “For that reason, this hasbeen an incredibly important exercise.”— Jessica Birthisel

thescoopAnn SchertzCommunications law professor Dilts retiresAfter 28 yearsas a professorand administrator,JonDilts, MA’74,retired at theend of thespring semester,leavinga legacy ofJon Dilts, MA’74legions ofstudents who benefitted from his energeticteaching style.Dilts, an attorney, taught undergraduateand graduate communications law courses,as well as J110 Foundations of Journalismand Mass Communications, an introductorylecture with more than 160 students. He alsowas the associate dean for undergraduatestudies and regional campuses.Colleague and friend Jack Dvorak recalledDilts’ approach to J110. He spent monthspreparing to teach the course, Dvorak said.He developed video and audio clips andplayed music for the students before theclass started. Then, Dvorak said, he wouldmake a grand entrance in tune with themusic.At the end of the semester, the studentsgave Dilts a standing ovation.“That is almost unheard of,” Dvorak said.“That’s the kind of teacher he was. I admirehim and others who are good at teaching alarge group.”In smaller classes, too, Dilts made animpact.Fifth-year senior Meredith Enkoff was inFormer faculty member Altschull diesDilts’ J407 Newsgathering and the Law courselast spring. It was Dilts’ energy, she said, thatbrought the nearly 30-student class together.“Even if the class didn’t seem to want to talkor discuss on a certain day, he was just alwaysreally positive and didn’t hesitate to generateconversation if no one else was talking,” Enkoffsaid.The entire class was devoted to law cases andresearch, with the students divided into groups.They wrote analytical papers accompanied bypresentations.“He showed me how to really look at a lawcase that might seem really boring and see thebigger picture, and be able to apply it to journalismtoday and current affairs,” Enkoff said.Dvorak said Dilts, who also taught J300Communications Law, had inspired a number ofstudents to go to law school.Over the years, Dilts and Dvorak sometimesshared the walk to the IU campus fromBloomington’s southeast side, even trudgingthrough a snowstorm that left waist-high drifts.He estimates Dilts walked 32,000 miles to andfrom campus during his 28 years.Now that he’s retired, Dilts will stay inBloomington, cruising on nearby Lake Lemonwith his wife, Anne. He’ll also stay busy servingon several boards, including those of SaintMeinrad Seminary and School of Theology, andthe Community Justice and Mediation Center inBloomington. He is president-elect of his RotaryClub of Bloomington.“As a friend, I’m not going to lose him, but asa professional colleague I will lose him,” Dvoraksaid. “We’re all going to miss him a lot.”— Shannon McEnerneyFormer School of Journalism professor J. Herbert Altschull, 85, died Dec. 30 in Seattle.Altschull worked for the Associated Press from 1944 to 1961 as a writer and editor,and was bureau chief in Bonn, Germany. He was a writer and editor for The New YorkTimes from 1961-62, and from 1962 until he was hired at IU in 1970, he was a newsanalyst for the King Broadcasting Co. in Seattle. He won three Emmys for documentarieshe helped produce for the company.Altschull also was a writing seminar instructor at Johns Hopkins University and afreelance writer for national publications including Readers Digest, Christian ScienceMonitor and The New York Times. He was the author of two books, Agents of Power andFrom Milton to McLuhan, which are still used as textbooks in journalism classrooms.He left IU in 1984.James BrosherVisitors’ book Fall 2010Richard Lui, news anchor, HLNH.G. “Buzz” Bissinger, Pulitzer Prizewinnerand author of Friday Night Lightsand contributor to Vanity Fair magazineKim Trager Bohley, PhD’08, assistantprofessor of communication at ManhattanCollege in Riverdale, N.Y.Peter Breslow, Peabody Award-winningreporter and longtime NPR producer forWeekend Edition and All Things ConsideredRobert Dillon, U.S. Senate Energy andNatural Resources Committee communicationsdirector for the Republican PartyTerry Hutchens, BA’89, sportswriter atThe Indianapolis StarTom Johnson, professor of journalism,Texas Tech UniversityRichard Lui, news anchor, HLNMaxwell McCombs, Jesse H. Jones Chairin Communications, University of TexasRick Newkirk, BAJ’06, sports copy editor,Louisville Courier-JournalStacy Palmer, editor, The Chronicle ofPhilanthropySusanna Priest, professor, University ofNevada Las Vegas Hank Greenspun Schoolof Journalism and Media StudiesDonald Shaw, Kenan Professor ofJournalism, University of North CarolinaJosh Silver, cofounder of Free Press mediaand technology policy organizationEmily Hendricks Turnier, BAJ’04, associateeditor, All You magazineSpring Fall 2009 2010/ // newswire < 9 >

thescoopTennis duo balances classes, athletic demandsJuniors Charlotte Martin and MyriamSopel have a lot in common. Both areinternational students (Sopel is a native ofFrance and Martin is from England); bothcame to IU to play tennis.For Sopel, the campus was what soldher on coming to IU. Martin pickedIndiana because she was offered a tennisscholarship. Both said the School ofJournalism’s reputation played a role intheir decisions as well.“But my vision of journalism hasevolved,” said Sopel. Now she is excitedby the idea of having an impact on otherpeople’s lives, and she is eager to learnmore about the world. After college, Sopelwants to attend graduate school, ideally atColumbia University.Martin also has journalistic career aspi-rations. She has always enjoyed writing, butit wasn’t until classes at IU that she discoveredher interest in other sides of journalism,such as broadcast and public relations.Martin said she would really enjoy workingin public relations for professional athletesafter school.The women have learned to balancetheir academic demands with their commitmentto IU athletics.“It’s hard enough to be a top student,”said assistant professor Mike Conway, whohas taught both Sopel and Martin in hisclasses. “They’re always working ahead.”While neither Sopel nor Martin plans onpursuing tennis professionally after college,both hope to incorporate sports into careersin journalism.— Jessica Haneymyriam sopelcharlotte martinPhotos by Jessica HaneyHSJI students producemultimedia projectsPhotos by Jay Seawellmary shown of st. joseph’s high school in south Bend sets up a video camera whileworking on a Television news workshop assignment.hsjI students interview middle way house Prevention Programs coordinator lauren Taylor.In years past, students at IU’s High SchoolJournalism Institute produced a printed dailynewspaper and a yearbook. But the vehicles forthe reporting they undertake during the summerinstitute have changed with the times. Now, theypublish their work online in the form of audioand video stories, blogs and digital photos onthe institute’s website, HSJI.org.About 400 students attended the three HSJIsessions this year, the 64th anniversary of theinstitute. They posted dozens of stories, photos,videos, podcasts and even illustrations based ontheir reporting on campus and in the community.Guest speakers and interviewees includedPulitzer Prize-winner Tom French, BA’81, visitingRiley Endowed Chair at the School of Journalism;IU head men’s soccer coach Todd Yeagley; andWTHR Channel 13 anchor Scott Swan.While the journalism industry may seemuncertain, director Teresa White sees a clearpath for HSJI.“The media change, the platforms change,but what never changes is treating journalismas a service to your audience,” she said.— Thomas Miller< 10 > newswire / fall 2010

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thescoopNews from IUPUICourtesyIU Bloomington sports journalism student Matt Dollinger, right, interned with the Indianapolis Colts. Left, Colts Vice President of PublicRelations Craig Kelley; CBS announcer Jim Nantz.Big-ticket internships reflect growth in sports journalismSports journalism is growing in both revenuesand readership, according to a numberof media research groups, and studentsat IU’s National Sports Journalism Centerat IUPUI are reaping the benefits, landingbig-ticket internships in the spring and fall.The center networked with the AssociatedPress, the Indianapolis Colts, ESPNand other organizations to arrange theinternships.“The center has built a lot of relationshipswith news organizations around thecountry,” said center director Tim Franklin,BS’83, who has traveled to New York,Chicago and Washington, D.C., to findopportunities. “Having those connectionsand the reputation of IU is huge.”Journalism students applied for internshipslast fall, submitting samples of theirwork and reference letters. More than 30students applied for fewer than a dozenslots. Four of the internships were earmarkedfor IU students, but some studentscompeted with others from all over thenation.IUPUI student Denis Jimenez spentthe spring semester with ESPN in Bristol,Conn., an internship that about 1 percentof applicants receive. He worked Mondaythrough Friday in the control room, performingair checks for the cable feed.His prior experience with WISH-TV inIndianapolis helped prepare him forthe job.After completing this internship, Jimenezis optimistic about his future prospects.“Having ESPN on your resume opens upa lot of doors,” he said.Franklin hopes the center will help opendoors. It was launched in January 2009 aspart of the School of Journalism’s programming,with Franklin, former editor of newspapersincluding The Baltimore Sun, signingon as director.The center aims to educate graduate andundergraduate students in the area of sportsjournalism. It also offers continuing educationto professionals who want to learnnew skills in a competitive job market. Andfor both groups as well as the public, thecenter has hosted several panel discussionswith big-name sports journalists.The center’s goal is to cultivate relationshipsthat will lead to internships, Franklinsaid, in addition to preparing students withclassroom learning. More than 100 studentswere enrolled in sports journalism classeson the Bloomington and Indianapoliscampuses in the spring. The IU Board ofTrustees recently approved a master’s degreeat IUPUI as well.All of this makes the program at IUstronger, said Franklin.“Just having IU on the radar of theselarge news organizations helps provide aleg up for students,” he said.Bloomington senior DeAntae Princesure hopes so. After graduation last spring,he headed to Los Angeles for an internshipin the sports department of the Los AngelesTimes.“What the sports journalism center isdoing is preparing people for a job marketthat’s pretty tough right now,” said Prince.But with time, and an increasing numberof IU students earning some of the topsports journalism internships in the country,it may get easier, Franklin said.“I’m confident that the students aregoing to do great at these internships,” hesaid. “I’m also confident that we’re going togrow the number of internships.”— Jessica Haney< 12 > newswire / Fall 2009 2010

Student news bureaucovers basketballFinal FourNews from IUPUIthescoopJames Brosher / IU Student News BureauThirteen sports journalism students broughtthe excitement of the NCAA men’s basketballFinal Four to a nationwide audience of theirpeers in April, via the IU National SportsJournalism Center’s Final Four Student NewsBureau.The center worked with the NCAA to createan opportunity for the student reporters andphotographers to cover the championship inthe same way professional reporters would.The group attended news conferences, gamesand other events, some even covering thechampionship game between Duke and Butlerat the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.Their stories were made available to othercollege publications nationally throughthe College Media Advisers, AssociatedCollegiate Press and National Scholastic PressAssociation, as well as on the NCAA andNational Sports Journalism Center websites.The news bureau’s work on the Final Fourattracted attention — and kudos — from educationand sports organizations. The Chronicleof Higher Education interviewed NationalSports Journalism Director Tim Franklin andseveral student reporters about the project,and the sports blog Fang’s Bites linked toseveral student stories.To see the students’ coverage of the championship,go to http://sportsjournalism.org/category/snb-stories/.IU student journalist Nathan Hart, right,interviews College Freshman of the Year andKentucky guard John Wall after a UnitedStates Basketball Writers Association breakfastin Indianapolis.Denis J. JimenezDeya Hernandez experiments with a video camera during IUPUI basketball coachRon Hunter’s interview.Sports journalism center hostsDiversity Sports Media InstituteEighteen high school students spent a week this summer at IU’s NationalSports Journalism Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolisinterviewing nationally-known coaches, athletes and media personalities, andproducing a sports TV show and multimedia website. The students were participantsin the center’s first Diversity Sports Media Institute, funded by a grantfrom the Chicago-based McCormick Foundation.“The Diversity Sports Media Institute gave these students from Indianapolisand Chicago a real-world experience in sports media and showed them acareer path in sports beyond the court or the playing field,” said Tim Franklin,BS’83, director of the National Sports Journalism Center and the Louis A. WeilJr. Endowed Chair at the IU School of Journalism. “The hope is that this willbecome an annual event that eventually could help improve diversity in thesports media industry.” The center is part of the School of Journalism.During their week in Indianapolis, the students learned the fundamentalsof sports journalism and practiced their skills by interviewing IU and NBAbasketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas, IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean,IUPUI men’s basketball coach Ron Hunter, award-winning Chicago Tribune columnistFred Mitchell and TNT professional basketball reporter David Aldridge.Participants stayed in campus housing at IUPUI. They toured ConsecoFieldhouse, home of the Indiana Pacers, and Lucas Oil Stadium, home of theIndianapolis Colts and the 2012 Super Bowl. They talked to WISH-TV reporter/anchorChris Widlic and sat in on a newscast. And they worked with WFYI’sstaff and with institute instructors to create a 30-minute TV show, which willair on public television stations.Students who completed the institute and who graduate from highschool and attend college will receive a $500 voucher from the McCormickFoundation. To see the students’ work or learn more about the institute, visit:http://journalism.indiana.edu/programs/diversitysportsmedia/Spring Fall 2009 2010/ // newswire < 13 >

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Inside ViewMultitalented young sports journalists in great demandby Tim FranklinIt turns out the future of sports journalismis embodied by a humble, unfailinglypolite young man from Bloomington, Ind.Matt Dollinger doesn’t exactly exude cuttingedge. His hair is closely cropped likea 1950s character in the movie Hoosiers.His attire looks more Jordan Avenue thanMadison Avenue. His speech is more CNNthan MTV.Yet Dollinger, BAJ’10, is a case study ofsports journalism in the New Media Age, andhis fledgling career represents a model forsuccessful young journalists.Like many aspiring journalists, Dollingerlaunched his career by working at the localnewspaper, in his case The (Bloomington,Ind.) Herald-Times. He moved on to the IUSchool of Journalism and the IDS, where hewon national and state sports writing awards.Unlike many aspiring sports reportersof the past, however, Dollinger accepted aninternship last fall in the public relationsdepartment for the Indianapolis Colts, postingall manner of content for the team’swebsite and even chronicling the Super Bowlearlier this year.Why would an ambitious sports reporterintern for a team website? It turns out thecombination of superb writing skill and Webexperience helped Dollinger land a prestigiousfirst job after graduating from IU inMay. He’s now working for Sports Illustrated— or, more specifically — SI.com.Sports websites like SI.com are boomingat the same time that sports departmentsin newspapers have been contracting. And,increasingly, they are looking to hire youngjournalists with both talent and a wide rangeof experiences, like Dollinger.There were 5,900 full-time newsroom jobscut at newspapers last year, according to the2010 State of the News Media Report by thePew Project for Excellence in Journalism.Even if just 17 percent of those jobs camefrom sports departments — a conservativeestimate — that means the positionsof 1,000 newspaper sports journalists wereeliminated last year.At the same time those jobs were vanishing,however, new opportunities for sportsjournalists are exploding. Nielsen estimatedthat sports readership online was up nearly20 percent last October compared to theprevious year.ESPN.com now is building local websitesto complement its mega national site, creatingmore opportunities for sports journalists.It has sites for New York, Los Angeles,Chicago, Boston and Dallas, and there areexpected to be many more coming.Other mainstream sports news websites,such as Yahoo Sports and AOL’s Fanhouse.com, are expanding rapidly. Websitesdevoted to high school sports coverage, likeHoosierAuthority.com, are ballooning. Fanorientedsites, like SBNation.com, are creatingnew regional market sites. And moreirreverent sports sites, like Deadspin.com,are rising in popularity and reportedly rakingin millions in ad revenue.Significantly, sports leagues, college conferencesand teams are beefing up their ownofferings — such as MLB.com, NFL.com andBigTenNetwork.com — to attract readersand advertisers of their own.They’re all employing sports journalists.The growth of sports online is beingmirrored on television by the expansion ofregional sports networks, which now numbermore than 50.The growth of sports online is being mirrored ontelevision by the expansion of regional sports networks,which now number more than 50.The next growthengine for sportsnews and informationwill besmartphones, likeBlackBerrys andTim FrankliniPhones.All of this means that there’s greatdemand for gifted young sports journalistssuch as Dollinger, who is working as anassociate producer in SI.com’s Atlanta office.“Since most of our sports mediums areconverging, it’s important for journalists tobe able to do a wide variety of tasks, like afive-tool baseball player,” Dollinger told me.“Writing is clearly most important, but youalso need to know how to edit, how to usePhotoShop, how to record audio, how toshoot video and so on, because sooner orlater you’ll be asked to do just about everything.”For a journalist just out of IU, Dollingeralready has a wide range of experiences, writingfor newspapers, interning at a magazine(Sports Illustrated Kids), working for a profootball team’s website and now toiling atSI.com.“I’ve tried to diversify my work experienceas much as possible,” he said. “All of themhave been completely different experiencesthat I think have been essential to me understandingwhat it takes to be a professionaljournalist.”While the experiences have differed widely,the work hasn’t.“Your job is to tell the world about what’sgoing on in sports,” he said. “I’m suresports journalism will change drasticallyover the next 10 years, just as it did the last10. But at the end of the day, we’ll still begetting paid to write and cover sports, and itcan’t get much better than that.”Tim Franklin, BS’83, the former editor andsenior vice president of The Baltimore Sun, isthe director of the National Sports JournalismCenter and the Louis A. Weil Jr. Endowed Chairat the IU School of Journalism.Kenneth K. LamFall 2010 / newswire < 15 >

‘A remarkable gift’Marty Anderson, BA’57,makes largest donationin school’s history forstudent scholarships.by Anne KibblerBack in 1951, heading into his senior year at HoweHigh School in Indianapolis, Martin “Marty” Andersonwrote a prize-winning story at IU’s High SchoolJournalism Institute based on an interview with Hoosierwriter John Bartlow Martin.The prize, an autographed copy of one of Martin’s books,sowed the seeds for Anderson’s own 33-career as a reporterand editor with the Associated Press in Indianapolis and forhis lifelong love of journalism.Now, Anderson is giving IU students the opportunity topursue their passion for the profession through a $1.75 milliongift — the largest in the School of Journalism’s history— for the Ann and Marty Anderson Scholarship, in his nameand in the name of his late wife, Ann.“My whole intent was to provide a way for young peoplewho did not have the financial means to get to college,” saysAnderson, who lives in Avon, Ind. “It’s so gratifying to knowthat this money for many years will provide scholarships foryoung people in Indiana to go to what I call the finest journalismschool in the country — after all, it’s mine.”Journalism school dean Brad Hamm calls the donation “aremarkable gift from a remarkable person who cares deeplyabout journalism, about Indiana University, about thisschool and about our future students.“He is giving us an amazing opportunity for the futureto be able to help students to afford college and to bothdream about and become journalists.”The book that caught Anderson’s imagination was Martin’sButcher’s Dozen, which chronicled the police investigationof a series of murders in Cleveland, Ohio. Martin, afreelance writer, later became an adviser and speechwriterfor John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert.“I became fascinated by writing about people’s lives andbackgrounds,” Anderson says of the experience with Martin.“From there, it just blossomed.”From the IDS to the Associated PressAnderson didn’t set out to become a journalist. As a freshman,he had his heart set on being a doctor, but poorgrades in chemistry and physics changed his mind. He metwith John Stempel, then director of the journalism program,and the two clicked immediately. Anderson startedworking nights at the paper, mostly covering campus issues.He continued to work nights for most of his career.“I so looked forward to the next morning, to seeing thenewspaper,” he says. “If I had a bylined story, it was such athrill to see that, until Mr. Stempel got hold of the paper thenext day and put his red marks all over it.”Anderson’s days at the IDS sparked a new career goal —to become a foreign correspondent for a newspaper. But< 16 > newswire / spring 2010

after serving in the ROTC in Fort Knox, Ky., he took a jobwith the Associated Press in Indianapolis, and he never left.As night wire editor, he was on call to cover breakingnews during the night. He reported several major breakingnews stories, including the crash of a Northwest Airlinespassenger plane that slammed into the ground near TellCity, Ind., in March 1960, killing 63 people; the explosionof a propane tank at the Indiana State Fair’s Coliseum duringa Holiday on Ice show in October 1963, which resultedin the deaths of 74 people; a December 1964 nursing homefire in Fountaintown, Ind., in which 20 residents died; andthe mid-air collision in September 1969 of a Piper Cherokeeand an Allegheny Airlines DC-9 over Shelby County,which killed 83 people.Despite the horrors he witnessed, Anderson says thetraining he received at IU enabled him to keep hisemotions in check.“Because of the training, the byword was to be cool,” hesays. “Tell the story. Don’t get involved. I never had deepfeelings about these things because I was so detached.”But a murder-suicide did bring him down, not throughhis own coverage, but through that of New York-based APwriter and Pulitzer Prize-winner Saul Pett, who came to Indianato follow up on the crime. Pett’s in-depth writing on theincident affected Anderson deeply. He can’t remember all thedetails of the crime, but he remembers what Pett wrote.“What touched me about his story was his description ofthe scene in a woods where the perp committed suicide,”Anderson says. “Mr. Pett discovered the accused was sitting onthe ground, his back against a tree. It was obvious in lookingat the scene, Mr. Pett wrote, that the accused sat for a considerabletime, apparently contemplating what he’d done, beforefinally ending his own life. For me, his article was an emotionpackedpiece on a life that stumbled into desperation.”There were fun times, too. Anderson sat way up in thebleachers to cover the Beatles’ performance at the Coliseum —an assignment he tried to get out of.“I wasn’t a Beatles fan, although I have come to appreciatetheir music,” he says. “I never heard one note from the Beatles,there was so much screaming from the girls.”“My whole intent was to providea way for young people who didnot have the financial meansto get to college.”Marty Anderson with his late wife, Ann.The overnight wire crewEarleen Fisher, BA’68, joined the AP in Indianapolis during hersenior year at IU. After graduation, she worked in the bureaufull time for three years before moving on to AP bureaus inNew York, Cairo and New Delhi.Anderson, she says, was one of a select group of editors —mostly men — around the country who made a career out ofthe overnight wire job. In addition to covering news that brokeduring the night, he went on assignment every year to theIndiana State Fair, which he loved, looking for features about4-H champions and other fair staples.Fisher remembers Anderson’s fastidious habits on the nightdesk in the small AP office in the Indianapolis Star and IndianapolisNews building. Although he worked virtually alone inthe office for much of the night, she says, Anderson wouldcome to work in a sports jacket, shirt and tie.“He was a big man,” she says. “He sort of filled up theroom, although that wasn’t hard to do, considering the size ofthe room we had.”After he arrived, he would come in and straighten up hisdesk, arranging everything just so.“That was the superficial dressing on an organized, efficientman, dedicated to his job,” Fisher says, recounting that one offall 2010 / newswire < 17 >

Anderson’s jobs was to alphabetize basketball results from435 high schools around the state.Anderson took early retirement from the AP in 1992,having saved and invested successfully. He spent manyyears taking care of his parents, and he didn’t marry untilhis 68th birthday in 2003. He and his wife, Ann, were togetherfor just four years before she died suddenly in 2006.A new lease on lifeAnderson loves to tell how he and Ann, whom he knew atHowe High School, found each other after so many yearsapart.“It’s a beautiful story,” he says.When the two were seniors at Howe, Anderson tookAnn to the senior prom, but he didn’t have the nerve toask her out again afterward. She graduated from ButlerUniversity with a degree in elementary education, married,raised two children and ran her own Montessori school inChicago.She met Anderson again at their 50th high schoolreunion in 2002, which he helped organize.“Everything bloomed from there,” Anderson says. “Wehad a wonderful, wonderful four years together.”The couple made a list of things they wanted to do —and they did them. They took a world tour together on aprivate plane, visiting Machu Picchu, Easter Island, the TajMahal and the great pyramids of Egypt. They also took IUalumni trips to China, Europe and other destinations.Anderson says those four years with Ann renewed hislife. Since her death, he has developed an avocation: painting.He has a small easel in a sunny studio in his home,which is filled with landscapes, paintings and sculpturesof animals, and the fantastical works of his favorite artist,James Christensen.And he’s taken up writing again, but these days hisgenre is fiction. He’s a member of the Avon Writers Group,contributing short stories and poems to the group’s magazine,Derivations of Finn. A recent issue of the magazineincludes The Banner, a poem Anderson wrote about theAmerican flag.He still follows the news, and he’s confident the professionof journalism will endure, despite rapid changes indelivery methods.“It’s going to be the same process, just a differentvenue,” he says. “Papers will disappear, but people willstill need the news and will want to see it, whether it’s onTV, on their computer or on their cell phone.”The survival of the profession is critical to the healthof the country, Anderson believes. If American journalismwere silenced, he says, the nation would be doomed.He’s proud of the role he played in disseminating importantnews to the public.“It’s good to know I was in a profession that informspeople about the most critical issues of the day,” he says.Arganbright leaves$1 millionto journalism schoolFrank c. Arganbrightlived in a neat 1940shouse in a modestneighborhood of lafayette,Ind., his lifestyle betraying nohint of the generous donationhe had decided to giveto the school of journalism.But when he died in 2008,the former newspaperreporter and public relationsprofessional left $1.1million to the school, thefirst single donation of atleast $1 million for scholarships from an individual inthe history of the journalism school.“some donors are more public than others, and there’sno sense that mr. Arganbright was intending to make asplash,” says journalism dean Brad hamm. “he left thisgift of $1 million and said that he just wanted to supportpublic affairs journalism. he believed in journalism and hebelieved in IU.”Arganbright graduated from IU in 1949 and joined thestaff of the (lafayette, Ind.) Journal and Courier, startingas a reporter and working his way up to city editor.he left the paper in 1972 to become senior editor of thePurdue University office of Public Information, remainingwith the University news service until 1985.The journalism school awarded the first 10 Arganbrightscholarships this spring, each valued at $1,000, buthamm indicated that further use of Arganbright’s giftwill be much more far-reaching and could include providingfinancial support so students can pursue opportunitiesoutside of the classroom, including those abroad.“mr. Arganbright’s gift allows us to think about thebest ways in the future to encourage more reporting ofpublic affairs and the creative ways that students mightdo that in the future,” hamm says. “he might haveimagined a world when he left here in 1949 of typewritersand hot type. he knew at the end of his life that’s notthe future of these students, so he gave a gift based onthe content rather than the tools. … I think that’s wise,because the methods might change in the future.”< 18 > newswire / spring 2010

Campaign raises $6 million for schoolby Anne KibblerThe two largest scholarships in thehistory of the School of Journalismrounded out a successful fundraisingcampaign that brought $6 million indonations to support students, programsand projects in the school. The effortwas part of the Matching the Promisecampaign, which raised $1.1 billion forthe Bloomington campus. The School ofJournalism’s goal was $5 million.Marty Anderson, BA’57, former AssociatedPress reporter and editor, gave $1.75million to fund scholarships for studentswho might otherwise not be able to afforda journalism education. And the late FrankArganbright, BA’49, whose career includedreporting and editing at the (Lafayette, Ind.)Journal and Courier as well as working forthe Purdue University News Service, donated$1.1 million in his estate to supporteducation in public affairs reporting.Journalism dean Brad Hamm saysAnderson and Arganbright don’t fit thestereotype of major donors. Longtimebachelors, both lived modestly and quietly,devoting their lives to their careers. Andersondidn’t marry until his late 60s, andArganbright never married. Neither hadchildren.Just as important as the major scholarships,Hamm says, were the hundreds ofsmaller gifts that will help students traveloverseas and study specialties such as sportsor business reporting.The boost in scholarship funding willhelp the school provide four-year as well asshort-term scholarships, meeting one of thegoals of the campus campaign to attracttop students to Bloomington.“The impact of these scholarships willlast forever,” Hamm says.Other gifts will support programs andprojects in the school, including a donationby Bob and Susan (Bassett) Hetheringtonto pay for plaques celebrating the school’scentenary in 2011 (right). Both graduatedfrom the school in 1953.Curt Simic, BS’64, who was presidentof the IU Foundation when the campaignbegan in 2003, says the matching aspectof the campaign was important. TheBloomington campus matched the incomeon each donation, assuring donors thattheir gifts would yield the maximumbenefit.Matt Morris, BA’80, a journalism alumnuswho until the spring was the school’sliaison at the IU Foundation, says that in hisvisits with donors, he frequently witnessedtheir affection for the school and the bondsthey had maintained over time.“The school has touched lives in somany different ways, and for every donorit’s different,” Morris says. “They may havebeen at the Indiana Daily Student, the HighSchool Journalism Institute or be a pastprofessor. The journalism program is likea family.”Jim and Susan (Bassett) Hetherington, both BA’53, congratulate Beka Mech, BAJ’09, therecipient of their 2007 scholarship. In addition to funding a scholarship, the Hetheringtonsdonated plaques celebrating the school’s centennial in 2011.fall 2010 / newswire < 19 >

Ryan Murphy (center) celebrates with the castof Glee after winning the Golden Globe for BestTelevision Series – Comedy or Musical, in January.Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Making of Ryan MurphyBy Matt RoushEmmy- and Golden Globe-winner Ryan Murphy says his successwith television series and movies, including Glee and Eat Pray Love,has its roots in his IU education.The world might have been a considerably less Glee-fulplace if journalist-turned-TV wunderkind Ryan Murphy hadachieved one of his earliest ambitions: to run the IndianaDaily Student as managing editor.“My friend (Mike Hyer, BA’87) and I ran for the top jobs at theDaily Student, and every time we would run, we lost,” says Murphy,‘88, sounding a bit like one of the endearing underdog misfits fromGlee, his career-defining musical-comedy hit on the Fox network. “Ithink if I had won, I would have probably stayed in journalism, becauseI had a real passion for it at the time. But that regular defeat,I was like, ‘Oh well, they don’t like me. Maybe I’m not any good atthis.’ I remember being so crushed by those losses.”So Murphy set his sights elsewhere, and his rejection at the IDSturned out to be the catalyst that led him to his Hollywood career.“I think about that all the time, because I think that every failureleads you to where you’re supposed to be,” he says.Failure was never really in the cards for Murphy, 44. He left IU in1988 just shy of graduation to jump-start a career in feature and ce-lebrity journalism for The Miami Herald, Entertainment Weekly andothers. He moved to Los Angeles and began to work after hours ona script (still unproduced) that he sold to Steven Spielberg, launchinga new career in the business he once covered. Before Glee,which won four Emmys, including best director, for its sensationalfirst season, Murphy created the stylized high school comedy Popularfor the WB in 1999 and the controversial psychosexual plasticsurgery drama Nip/Tuck for FX in 2003.Murphy reflected on his IU years earlier this summer, taking timefrom a hectic promotional and work schedule: gearing up for Glee’ssecond season while opening his second feature film, Eat Pray Love,which he co-wrote and directed. He had just finished a press conferenceat the Beverly Hilton hotel in front of the Television CriticsAssociation, which a few days earlier bestowed Glee with Programof the Year and Outstanding New Program awards.Murphy says he was “very humbled” to receive these accoladesfrom former peers. In his acceptance speech, he described Glee asbeing “about the world we live in, but more than that, it really is< 20 > newswire / spring 2010

about the world that I would like to live in. Glee is about makingthe choice to see the world around us with a deep and abidingoptimism, and the fact that I’m standing here accepting this honorfrom you right now is proof that truly anything is possible.”The award ceremony was a far cry from Murphy’s days as anopenly gay high school student whose show biz fantasies were atthe time just that. He knew he wanted to be a director and writer,but he didn’t know how. Since he had been the editor of his highschool newspaper in Indianapolis, and all his friends were going toIU, he decided to go too.“I went to the paper (the Daily Student), which I loved,” he says.“I had so many great opportunities there.”As arts editor, movie reviewer and celebrity profiler at the IDS,“I got to write crazy fun stories,” he says. “Liberace came into townone time, but I did a big profile that was on the front page abouthis costumer. I always had this show biz pop culture interest.”In a twist worthy of a Glee episode, Murphy also joined the SingingHoosiers, where he directed some skits as well as performed.“I was never really comfortable being a performer,” he says.“I was too self-conscious. I didn’t think I was good enough. But Ireally enjoyed writing. And I thought maybe I could still put thosethings together.”Toward the end of his IDS career, he began writing celebrityprofiles. His IDS experience led to internships at the WashingtonPost and Miami Herald.He credits IU and the IDS with “helping mold me. … I feel Ifound my own path and I merged my interests, so by the time Ifinished college and I started being a journalist, I still had the dreamof being a writer in Hollywood.”One of his former Daily Student colleagues on the arts deskremembers Murphy as “singularly smart, creative, funny and gifted”as well as “the best-dressed and best-coiffed college student anyoneknew.” Kathleen McKenna, BA’86, now a freelance correspondentfor The Boston Globe, says, “Not only was he a brilliant andfast writer, he was a skilled and encouraging editor who set the barvery high. … I recall many fun and enlightening hours beside him at“Everything about my writingcareer and my future came from{those four years at IU.”our gigantic computers, while he went through stories I’d writtenline-by-line, word-by-word, and helped me make them better.”McKenna says Murphy was fun to hang out with, too.“He was genuinely interested in human nature, which made hima terrific listener,” she says. “He was a delightful gossip and knewvirtually everything about pop culture. He was searingly honest andwould cut you to the quick if you were feeling sorry for yourself orslacking off.”Mark Skertic, BA’86, who was editor in chief when Murphy wasopinion editor, says Murphy’s passion and creativity served him wellin an argument.“When Ryan had strong beliefs about how a story should bewritten or played, he didn’t hold back,” he says. “Not that he’dyell — it was more of a sword fight with words, with Ryan thrustingand jabbing and not giving up.”Skertic says Murphy seemed to genuinely enjoy the intellectualbattle and wordplay of an argument.“He could dish it out, and that intimidated people before theyknew him, but he could take it too,” says Skertic, a senior directorfor the Chicago office of Kroll, a private investigation firm.Skertic says Murphy made a name for himself on the arts desk,where he was “a master of pop culture.” His colleagues weresurprised when he wanted to move to the campus desk, but, saysSkertic, “it didn’t matter that he wasn’t working on stories aboutmusic and movies. He was a really good editor, and there were a lotof reporters who learned from Ryan how to take a mundane storyand make it interesting.”The next semester, Murphy wanted to edit the opinion page —another surprise. At the time, the hot topic on campus was whetherthe university should sell off its investments in South Africa, whichstill practiced apartheid.“Ryan produced an opinion page that was different from anyArbutusRyan Murphy, front row, center, when he was opinioneditor of the Indiana Daily Student in 1986. Front row,from left: Kathy McKenna, BA’86, arts editor; MarkWood, BA’86, copy desk chief; Tanya (Isch) Caylor, BA’87,managing editor; Ryan Murphy; Susan (Oberlander)Dodge, BA’86, city editor; Kathy Flynn, BA’87, newseditor. Second row, from left, John Samora, photo editor;Ted Pech, BS’86, graphics editor; Shirin Parsavand, BA’87,wire editor; Mark Skertic, BA’86, editor in chief; JenniferOrsi, BA’88, campus editor; Alison (Schmidt) Skertic,BA’86, sports editor.fall 2010 / newswire < 21 >

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Deirdre Read, BA’02Deirdre ReadJensen Walker, BAJ’01Jensen WalkerPhotojournalismby Ben WellerIn a world awash in images, at a time when newtools are making possible some of the most graphicand cutting-edge visual storytelling ever seen,photojournalists are finding it increasingly difficult tocome up with the resources to tell the world’s storiesthrough pictures.newspapers and magazines, the traditional bastionsof photojournalism, are closing or scaling back.At the same time, digital photography is everywhereand in the hands of everyone. Amateurs are publishingtheir pictures on the web, sometimes supplyingpictures at no cost to those same magazines andnewspapers that have laid off their photo staffs.But while the new day is one of insecrityand uncertainty, it’s also one of opportunity.Photojournalists are finding new ways to tell storiesand to stay afloat in a rising tide of images andimage makers.At the school of journalism, students learn stilland video photography, design, audio, and how topackage images, sound and words. Those skills willbe invaluable for young photojournalists, but theirsuccess ultimately will hinge on their creativity, entrepreneurshipand communication skills.“whether you agree with the direction of themarketplace or not, the opportunities today are inbeing able to tell stories effectively, and quickly, in avariety of media, especially on news websites, withwords serving as a strong counterpoint, or partner,to images,” says photojournalism professor steveraymer. “specialization for all but the most gifted isan idea for a bygone age.”raymer says he tries to help students developthe business skills he believes they will need in thefuture.“we live in a visual age in which photographersmust learn to make images that can serve multiplepurposes, multiple markets, and multiple clients,”he says. “I tell students that the job isn’t done untilthey have found a symbolic image, an image thatgoes beyond the specific editorial purpose of theirassignment to crystallize an idea, an emotion ora larger theme that can be used, or published, amonth, a year or a decade from now in an entirelydifferent medium.”Photojournalism alumni are learning those lessonson the job. Newswire spoke by phone with sixjournalism and student media alumni working inphotojournalism about their careers and the strategiesthey’re employing to stay relevant in a rapidlychanging industry. Their stories testify not just tothe seismic shifts in photojournalism, but also totheir enthusiasm for storytelling and the new waysthey’re finding to tell those stories.< 24 > newswire / spring 2010

Ashley Wilkerson, MA’07Martin GisborneBill Foley, ’77, BA’07Bill Foleyin FluxMatt McClainMatt McClain, BAJ’98Melissa FarlowMelissa Farlow, BA’74While the new day is one ofinsecurity and uncertainty, it’s alsoone of opportunity. Photojournalistsare finding new ways to tell storiesand to stay afloat in a rising tideof images and image makers.fall 2010 / newswire < 25 >

featurestoryCowboy Jo Jo LeMond practices his ropingtechniques before a rodeo at the NationalWestern Stock Show in Denver, Colo.Matt McClain, BAJ’98Degree: BAJ’98Location: Denver, Colo.Employers/clients: Ventura CountyStar, Rocky Mountain News,Wall Street JournalSelected awards/accomplishments:2008 Scripps Howard FoundationNational Journalism Award forPhotojournalism; 2010 World PressPhoto, second place, Daily LifePicture StoryAdvice: “Patience. I know I’ve gotmost pseudo-professionals beat becausethey’re not crazy enough to wait hoursfor one picture.”Website: www.mattmcclainphoto.comSteve RaymerMatt McClain was at an unemploymentoffice photographing laid-off naturalgas workers the day he received thenews his paper was closing. The RockyMountain News in Denver was a nationallyacclaimed paper, known as much forits stirring pictures as for its hard newsreporting. Among Denverites, it went bythe moniker “The Rocky.”The paper, owned by the E.W. ScrippsCo., had won four Pulitzer Prizes sincethe year 2000, including one for photography.But it was also suffering from thesame forces as other newspapers acrossthe country. Unable to find a buyer, theScripps Co. announced on Feb. 26, 2009,that its final print edition would run thenext day.“After I got the call, I went back to thehotel and filed my pictures,” says McClain.“It took awhile for the news to sink in.”Always the journalist, McClain returnedto Denver to cover the closing of thepaper he had called home for three years.He also had to turn in his photo equipment,which was when the meaning of itall hit him full force.“Equipment return was the hardestpart,” he says. “I felt so naked and vulnerable.The camera is often an emotionalshield, and I didn’t have that shield.”McClain’s story is as sad as any in theindustry, or it would’ve been if he hadn’tlearned to adapt. Instead, he’s taken hisyears of experience, his numerous awards,his patience and determination, and hisunflinching eye, and built a successful careeras a freelancer. He’s learned the businessside of photojournalism, and he’s talked toothers in the industry who already had madethe leap to freelance.“As a freelancer,” he says, “you have todo this weird balancing act where you takejobs that pay well so that you can do stuffthat’s more meaningful and have the time towork on your own projects.”You also have to start acting like a businessowner, he explains, because “that’sexactly what you are.”McClain’s editorial freelance work hasappeared in The Washington Post, The WallStreet Journal and The Denver Post. “FindingTheir Way,” a story that appeared in Peoplemagazine in November 2009, won secondplace for Daily Life Picture Story from WorldPress Photo.Still, McClain says he misses the life ofthe daily newspaper photographer. “I likewhat a newspaper offers. I like workingevery day with people, the collaboration,planning, researching stories. That’s beenthe hardest transition. But that’s where theindustry is going.”< 26 > newswire // Fall Spring 2010 2010

featurestoryMartin GisborneDegree: mA’07Location: jackson, wyo.Employers/clients: Independentwedding photographerSelected awards/accomplishments:2007 sports shooter, first place, Beststudent sports Photograph; nPPAnorthern short course, second place,sports ActionAdvice: “You might have to put yourpersonal goals on hold to pursue yourcareer goals. You have to be willing togo where the job takes you.”Website: www.ashleywilkerson.comAshley Wilkerson, MA’07Ashley Wilkerson left the School of Journalismwith a master’s degree in 2007 and was lookingfor newspaper jobs. She already had threephoto internships under her belt, includingone at Washingtonpost.com. She’d been tothe Eddie Adams Workshop, a highly selectiveworkshop for young photojournalists.Her first job, it turned out, would beanother internship, this one at The NewportDaily News in Newport, R.I. Wilkerson wasthere for a year, and then moved to Jackson,Wyo., where she interned with the JacksonHole News & Guide.“It felt like all you could do was internshipsbecause there just weren’t any jobs,”she recalls.So Wilkerson started doing somethingshe hadn’t really considered before, but thatmore and more photojournalists are turningto for income: wedding photography. Thissummer she shot eight weddings.“I realized that I still wanted to dophotography, but that it might not be photojournalism,”she says. “That was a harddecision, and I really miss it, but I can stillenjoy what I do because with photographythere’s always something new to learn, somenew challenge.”Wilkerson’s background in photojournalism,it turns out, has been valuable in settingher apart from many other wedding photographers.“One of the things that photojournalismhelped me with was going out and meetingnew people,” she explains. “You have tolearn how to establish relationships quicklyand show them respect and earn their trust.You have to do that at newspapers, and youhave to do that with weddings, too.”Wilkerson’s wedding photographs showthe attention to detail and the awareness ofthe bigger picture crucial to storytelling.“I was always drawn to the documentaryand storytelling elements of photojournalism,”she explains. “I bring that to my weddingphotography. I’m still telling stories, justdifferent ones.”New caption lismolore dunt augiat prat, quis do conullam zzrit alisim nullummy nullametum.fall 2010 / newswire < 27 >

Beijing, 2004Degree: BA’02 (communication andculture); Indiana Daily Student photographerLocation: New York, N.Y.Employers/clients: Time Magazine,World Picture News, National GeographicSelected awards/accomplishments:Eddie Adams Workshop faculty 2006-2009; helped produce Time’s ObamaInaugural Issue and the Michael Jacksonspecial commemorative issueAdvice: “You’re only as good as yourweakest pictures. You have to have akickass portfolio, so get people to reviewit. Have a personal project, and stay intouch with editors.”Contact: deirdreread@gmail.comDeirdre Read, BA’02Deirdre Finzer Read was a shooter for theIndiana Daily Student, a photo assistantto Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalistEddie Adams and a photo editor at WorldPicture News, and more recently, at Timemagazine.As an editor, Read had a unique vantagepoint to watch an industry in flux.She was in daily contact with photographersand could see who was rising, whowas falling and why. Earlier this year, thechanges she was witnessing caught upwith her. She was laid off from her job atTime — while on maternity leave — alongwith most of her department, due toacross-the-board cuts at the magazine.Read’s now at National Geographic,and she’s optimistic about her own prospectsand those of photojournalism ingeneral.“There will always be a place for stillphotography,” she says. “Anyone canread it. No matter what language youspeak, anyone can read it.”She knows the road ahead maybe tough.“Everyone is trying to get the gig,” sheadmits. “You see people at the top of thegame, and they’re struggling too.”Still, she encourages people to pursuetheir dreams.“If you’re passionate about it, doorswill open for you,” she says. “For up-andcomingphotographers, you have to findyour voice, your own style, and you haveto work hard to make yourself stand out.”She’s a believer in the importance ofprofessional organizations like the NationalPress Photographers Association and thesupport net they provide for photojournalists.“Our business is about relationships,”she says. “You have to network, you haveto get out there and meet people. Go toworkshops and conferences and makethose connections.”Finally, she says, remember thefundamentals.“We’re all out there trying to tellpeople’s stories,” she reminds photojournalists.“If we keep doing that,we’ll be successful.”< 28 > newswire / Spring 2010

Bill Foley, ’77, BA’07Bill Foley has seen the changes in the industryas a photojournalist and an educator, andwhile he sees opportunity for photojournalists,he’s troubled by some trends in the industry.Foley left IU before finishing his degree andtraveled on a $99 one-way ticket to Europe,where he landed a job with the AssociatedPress. He returned to Bloomington to finishhis degree in telecommunications and politicalscience in 2007.The former Indiana Daily Student staffmember sees the move to digital, in particular,as a double-edged sword, opening up thefield of photography to many more peoplebut contributing as well to a weakening ofthe fundamentals — understanding light andstorytelling.“With digital, a trained hamster can gomake pictures,” he says. “But there’s a differencebetween doing it and doing it right. Ifyou want to do it right, you have to learn howto communicate with pictures.”“In the analog world, between shootingand processing, I could think about my captions,”he adds. “I could tell you what thestory was.” That’s not the case with digitalphotography, he says.Some of those stories included the 1982Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the assassinationof (Egyptian president) Anwar Sadat,stories he covered for the Associated Press,where he was a staff photographer from1978–1984. His coverage of the Sabra andChatola massacre in Beirut earned him the1983 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography.He worked for six years as a contract photographerfor Time, and he has photographedand worked on book projects for numerousnonprofit and humanitarian organizations.Since 2000, Foley has been an educator aswell as a photojournalist. He taught photographyat New York University’s Tisch School ofthe Arts for five years and is currently an assistantprofessor of fine arts at Marian Universityin Indianapolis.He sees promise in his students, but recognizesthey’re entering a world fardifferent from the one he got his start in.“There’s just such an amazing number ofpeople doing this now,” he says. “The competitionnow is just exponentially larger.”His advice?“Don’t be afraid of business classes,” heurges his students. “It’s one thing to takepictures, but how are you going to get yourproduct out there to the market and havepeople buy it?”He also encourages young photographersto study languages, history and political science.“You have to understand the way theworld works if your pictures are really going totell a story.”Degree: course work in journalism1973-1977; BA’07 (political scienceand telecommunications); IndianaDaily Student photographerLocation: Indianapolis, Ind.Employers/clients: Associated Press,Time magazine, new York University,marian UniversitySelected awards/accomplishments:1983 Pulitzer Prize, 1991 cPj Pressfreedom AwardAdvice: “Study languages.”Website: www.billfoley.com“Smiles on a Swing.” Young girls play on aswing in the wreckage of what had been“Cité Sportif” (Sports City) in Beirut, 1993.fall 2010 / newswire < 29 >

Melissa Farlow, BA’74Degree: BA’74; Indiana Daily Student andArbutus photographerLocation: Based in Sewickly, Pa.,and Portland, Ore.Employers/clients: Louisville Courier-Journal,National Geographic, Smithsonian MagazineSelected awards/accomplishments:Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal, member ofPulitzer Prize-winning team; Pictures of theYear International, Missouri Photo Workshopfaculty; numerous book projects and galleryexhibitsAdvice: “There are fewer outlets, so it’s moreimportant for young photographers to learnthe business end of things.”Website: www.olsonfarlow.comMelissa Farlow, like Matt McClain, gother start at newspapers. For nearly 10years, she worked for the Louisville (Ky.)Courier-Journal, where she was part ofthe staff that won a Pulitzer Prize forphoto coverage of busing in theLouisville school system.After leaving to teach and attendgraduate school at the University ofMissouri, she returned to newspapersand spent seven years at the PittsburghPress. When a labor strike occurred atthat paper in 1992, Farlow left to do astory for National Geographic, and thepaper closed soon after. Since then,she has contributed 13 more stories toNational Geographic as a freelancer,among many other commissions.For Farlow, magazine freelancing hasallowed her to dive fully into her stories.“Every assignment I’ve been given islike getting a graduate degree in thatparticular subject,” she says. “Youreally get immersed in it, and I enjoythat depth.”Farlow’s photo stories have taken heracross the country and around the world.She’s photographed loggers in Alaska’sTongass National Forest and traveled theNational Road, the first federal highwayin the U.S.She’s also learned how to be a businessowner. In fact, she and her photographerhusband, Randy Olson, haveplenty of stock photo requests to fill. Sowhen Farlow isn’t shooting, she’s oftenanswering e-mails and running what shecalls “the family business.”She echoes McClain in saying thatyoung photographers need to quicklylearn the business of photography whilecontinuing to learn to tell stories.“It’s so important to stay true to thecore values,” she says.Wild horses thunder across drydesert range lands in the summerheat in Nevada. More than 30,000horses roam on public lands, halfof them in Nevada.< 30 > newswire / Spring 2010

featurestoryIs photojournalism in ‘future shock’?Newswire asked three-time PulitzerPrize-winner Michel du Cille, BA’85,assistant managing editor for photographyat The Washington Post, to assess the stateof photojournalism and to offer advice forfuture photojournalists. A photo story andQ & A on du Cille’s 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winningseries on wounded U.S. soldiers appearedin the Fall 2008 issue of Newswire.Newswire: What major changes have youseen in photojournalism in the past 10 to15 years, and how would you assess stateof photojournalism today?Michel du Cille: Photojournalists face anuncertain but promising future. Photojournalismmay be going through some kindof “future shock.” The term refers to acertain psychological state of individualsand entire societies, introduced by AlvinToffler in his book of the same name. Toffler’sshortest definition of future shock is apersonal perception of “too much changein too short a period of time.” Unbearableanxiety exists today in the newsrooms ofnewspapers and magazines.Years ago convergence became the“new Coke” for newsrooms — the prospectof the print world morphing to theWeb and television. The reasons were, ofcourse, warranted; newspapers, especially,were losing massive numbers in readership.Something had to be done.In that mad rush to attract and keepeyeballs, especially for the ubiquitous Web,entire photography departmentsbegan requiring still photojournalists tocapture both still and video images on mostof their daily and advance assignments.So what’s the problem with that? Nothingmuch. Except we photojournalists lostour mojo. Some of us moved away fromthe most important aspect of our craft:STORYTELLING. We became fascinated withtechnology — digital still and video toys.The great standards of photojournalism —capturing the moment, intimacy andemotion in pictures — became secondaryto the rudiments of technology and glitzyimages.Training for photographers for the newmilieu of video and multimedia was almostnonexistent. Still photographers and reporterswere handed video cameras to rush outand make video. Photographers were toldto make still images for print, but “don’tcome back without some kind of video.”And any video was good video. They justhad to get it up on the Web.It all happened very fast, and it was abad time for us. But recently photojournalismis beginning to settle to some extent.Besides the obvious advances in digitalphotography, photojournalism has changedfrom single images or a few pictures for theprint publication to more essay presentation.Because of the Internet, the story demandsare almost all for multimedia (photogalleries, audio slideshows and video).Newswire: What options are open fornew photojournalism graduates, and whatadvice would you give students who wantto become photojournalists?Michel du Cille: In today’s newsrooms theoptions for photojournalism are promising.The modern newsroom handles both Weband print publications; the need for sophisticatedmultimedia is infinite. The newgraduate should have a strong portfoliothat demonstrates these abilities:• First, be a visual great storyteller. Butmake sure you are able to tell thecomplete story as a writer and as avisual journalist.• Have excellent skills in multimedia (stillimages, audio slide show presentations,good video mechanics).• Develop your own stories and executethem from start to finish.Michel du Cille, BA’85We photojournalistslost our mojo. Someof us moved awayfrom the mostimportant aspectof our craft:STORYTELLING.Fall 2010 / newswire < 31 >

Commercial shot for Profoto.Jensen Walker, BAJ’01Degree: BAJ’01Location: Tokyo, JapanEmployers/clients: MSNBC, CNN,Getty Images, NikeAdvice: “Keep in contact with yourclients. What’s the question that you arethe answer to for your clients? Your workis secondary to your relationships. Yourclients need to trust you and knowthey’re in good hands.”Website: www.jensenwalker.comJensen WalkerJensen Walker decided he would seethe world as soon as he graduated, andphotography would be his passport.Offered a job with the Associated Press,Walker instead decided to go to Thailandto do a book project on child prostitutionfor a missionary organization. He was inThailand on Sept. 11, 2001, and wantedto rush home to cover the aftermath ofthe attacks. IU photojournalism professorSteve Raymer persuaded him to stay put.“Steve Raymer was an amazing supportfor me during that period,” Walkerrecalls. “He said, ‘Look, you have a jobto do.’”When he got home, however, jobswere scarce. He landed a temporaryposition as a photo editor with MSNBCduring its coverage of the 2002 WinterOlympics, but after that, freelancingwasn’t paying the bills. So Walker took aleap into a field that was completely newfor him: commercial photography.He took a job as first assistant toStuart Cohen, a Dallas-based commercialphotographer and film director who doeswork for major corporate clients likeAT&T and McDonald’s. One of Walker’sfirst jobs with Cohen was a campaign forNokia. Walker describes the experience asa “three-year odyssey.”“I walked away knowing how to pitcha job, how to bid a job, how to bookmake-up stylists,” he says. “I learned theins and outs of setting up a commercialjob that simply aren’t taught in school.”Walker now has a long list of commercialclients, including Nike and Apple,but he’s also hung on as an editorial photojournalist,doing stories for Time, TheBoston Globe and Der Spiegel. He’s also acontributor to Getty Images.The mix of commercial and editorialexperience has opened doors for him,but, he says, it also presents a challenge.“The advice is always to specialize,because in a completely saturated market,you need to be the bright shiningapple that stands out as the best in thebunch,” he says. “But the journalismbackground gets you hooked on shootingeverything. I don’t want to shoot justone thing, and that’s hard to market. It’shard for reps to market, and that’s somethingI’ve really struggled with.”< 32 > newswire / Spring 2010

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Covering aby Jessica BirthiselCNN executive producer Alec Miran, BA’80,directed the network’s coverageof the January earthquake in Haiti.The morning after news broke of the devastating Jan. 12,2010, earthquake in Haiti, Alec Miran, BA’80, was on achartered plane to the region.Miran, executive producer for CNN’s special events division,was no stranger to the country, having spent substantial timethere as a journalist in 1993 and 1994. Though other members ofCNN’s news team, including Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper,were headed to the region to report, Miran says his expertise wascalled upon for overall management of the network’s coverage ofthe catastrophe.“In the month I was there after the earthquake, I had twogoals: first, to make sure we got on the air and then to keep usthere,” Miran said in a phone interview.Considering the country had just been ravaged by a magnitude7 earthquake, setting up an international news hub wasno small task.“The problem with natural disasters is that you don’t know ifanything is going to be working, and so you have to assume thatnothing is,” Miran said.The first task, after acquiring enough food, water, medicalsupplies and generators to survive those first few days in thecountry, was figuring out how to get there. No airlines were flyingto Haiti, but some were landing in the neighboring DominicanRepublic. But from there, Miran said his team had no idea if themajor route between the countries would be open.He recalled saying to his colleagues, “Look, if we get on theground, it’s a victory. If we get to some sort of shelter, that’s aneven bigger victory. If we get on the air, it’s going to be a smallmiracle.”CNN secured several chartered planes, but the team stillwasn’t sure where they could land. The pilot told Miran he couldfly them into Haiti and try to make radio contact requestingpermission to land, but he could make no guarantee. Everyone onthe flight agreed to give it a try, and a short while later the planetouched down in Port-au-Prince, the last flight to land there fortwo weeks.“Our timing was very fortuitous,” Miran said, but the obstacleswere far from over. The crew had to secure vehicles and then findPhotos courtesy of Alec Mirangasoline, a problem considering the pumps required electricity andthe electricity was out.“From having been in Haiti before, I knew there was a prettystrong black market in gasoline, because they were always worriedabout supply,” Miran said. Putting his faith in somelocal drivers, he recalls handing them a wad of cash and tellingthem to go find as much gasoline as they could. They did as theywere told.“The drivers were really the heroes of that first night,” Miransaid. The gasoline fueled the generators, which fueled thesatellites, allowing CNN to broadcast from Haiti that night andproviding the “small miracle” Miran had spoken of.In the days that followed, more obstacles presented themselves.One was security.“Haiti can be a very violent place at times,” Miran said. “Thatwas one of the things I was most concerned about. As I’d said topeople, I’ve done [war and crisis reporting] for 30 years and hadn’tlost anybody. I didn’t want to lose anybody on this trip.”Communication was “frustrating” to say the least, Miran said.The team in Haiti had to communicate with each other throughCNN’s international desk in Atlanta.CNN producer Alec Miran stands in the ruins ofwhat was Haiti’s main tuberculosis hospital.< 34 > newswire / spring 2010

CNN producer Alec Miran visits the largest refugee camp in Port-au-Prince,on the grounds of the Petion-Ville Golf Course. About 50,000 people sleptat the camp each night in the first weeks after the earthquake.“If someone was out in the field, every hour he had to call themain assignment desk in Atlanta, explaining where he was andwhere he was going,” he said. Atlanta got that information backto Miran, who kept an elaborate check-off attendance sheet toaccount for all of his crew.“It was the world’s most ridiculous, and frustrating, game ofphone tag,” he said, but he said it was well worth it to keep tabson his crew.Miran said the work was challenging both as a journalist andas a human being. He recalls sending crews out for an hour tocover one story, only to have them return seven hours later with anentirely different, and often more engaging, story.The crew also spent time each evening debriefing in orderto process the horrifying things they saw each day. One suchmoment, as Miran recalls, was shortly after arrival when the crewcame upon a stack of 23 dead bodies piled up on the side ofthe road.Figuring out how to cover the death and destruction ethicallyand humanely was a challenge, he said.“In this kind of a situation, you make a lot of decisions,” hesaid. “You make more in one day than you probably make in a yearin your real life.”A lot of those decisions have to do with the victims surroundingyou at the scene, he explained.“You try to be smart,” he said. “It’s a tough role as a journalist.You’re at a scene where they’re digging through the rubble wherethey may or may not find anyone alive. There’s a crowd of 1,000people standing there. You don’t want to get in the way of therescue efforts or put your camera in the face of a person who’swaiting to see if a loved one will come out alive. You try to do itA CNN cameraman films a rescue/recovery operation at the HotelMontana, a five-story structure that collapsed, killing an estimated 200people. Producer Alex Miran said CNN staff members usually stayed atthe hotel, and he had spent about three months there during previoustrips. “It was a hard place for us to visit,” he said.gently, try to do the logical thing — they have enough problemsand they don’t need you to be another problem.”And as much as the story isn’t about the reporter, Miran saysthis was one of those situations where the journalists could helpthe rescue effort simply by reporting what they knew. After a CNNcrew found a village of several thousand people at the edge ofPort-au-Prince who had received no aid in the eight days since theearthquake, they reported the story and shared the informationwith a local aid organization. They were able to get water andfood to the neighborhood the very next day.“When you do something like that, you’re doing your job, butyou’re also doing something to help,” Miran said.Jessica Birthisel is a doctoral student in the School of Journalism.fall 2010 / newswire < 35 >

Julie Peterson, BA’84,MBA’89, leads theUniversity of Chicago’scommunications team.Lloyd DeGraneStrategic Communicatorby Russell JacksonTwenty years after attaining anadvanced degree, Julie Peterson,BA’84, MBA’89, has yet to leave college.She’s worked in university communicationssince then — indeed, she startedduring her pursuit of her MBA — and hasseen first hand how both the medium andthe message have changed during that time.As the University of Chicago’s vice presidentfor communications, Peterson servesas the media maven for the school’s effortsto achieve its strategic goals. She spoke toNewswire about university communicationsexecutives’ challenges in the information ageand about her decidedly low-tech, not-sosecretindulgence.Newswire: Describe your day-to-day tasks.Julie Peterson: Since coming to Chicago three years ago, I’ve beenresponsible for strategic communications for the whole university.Working with the board of trustees, the president, the provost, the administrationand academic leadership across the institution, I supportthe highest ambitions of the university. That includes specific focuses,such as increasing financial support for priorities such as student scholarshipsand for the arts, and expanding alumni engagement. We’realso working to make sure prospective students get a picture of whatthe campus community is like.Newswire: Is that a change from your job duties at yourprevious posts at the University of Michigan and at IU?Peterson: Well, I haven’t lost any responsibilities. I’ve just addedmore. I still worry about telling the university’s story. I still worry aboutthe administrative operations of the university and about makingsure communications support those operations. Now, there’s anotherlayer on top of that — the really high-level strategic goals. How doeswhat’s happening in Washington, D.C., affect our researchers, forexample? How do we interact with the communities around us so theyunderstand that the university is a good citizen? What do we tell ourworldwide alumni audience about our activities? Indeed, how do weengage on a global scale, as opposed to a regional or national scale?I work with the long-term and major implications of events for theuniversity down the road.< 36 > newswire / Fall 2010

Newswire: What were your previous posts like, by comparison?Peterson: Each role has been broader than the one before,depending on what level of the enterprise I’ve been engaged in.I was a news writer and managing editor of the news bureauat IU from 1985 until 1994, working on the music and businessschools and a lot of individual faculty research. I helped get theword out about the work being done and the successes beingachieved. Of course, we didn’t have the Web or other new mediaoutlets at the time, but media relations was a big part of the job,because we worked through the news media a great deal. Myjournalism degree was directly relevant because I needed to knowhow journalists see things. In fact, at IU, I was a journalist onbehalf of the university. My job was to tell its story.Newswire: Can you give us a for-instance?Peterson: We launched a housing affordability index out ofthe business school, which looked at major cities in Indiana andcreated a comparative affordability index. We published thatstory with city-specific data, then did the same with populationtrends and economic forecasting. I was part of the team that putthat information out so people could see that one of their publicuniversities was doing important things.Newswire: After a stint at IU, you moved a few hundredmiles to the northeast and settled at the University of Michigan.What was life like there?Peterson: Layered on top of the news reporting I did at IU, Ibegan to engage as well with the administration of the university,working with the athletic department, for example, or the medicalcenter — basically, all of the administrative and operations areasof the institution. I was hired as news director and ultimatelybecame responsible for all public affairs communications, servingas the media spokesperson and leading all communicationsrelated to the 1997 affirmative action lawsuits that resulted in alandmark Supreme Court ruling in 2003.Newswire: The other issues you dealt with must have seemedeasy compared to that.Peterson: I was involved in all kinds of sticky issues — labor negotiations,student protests, alcohol use and, of course, any legalissues. I was really responsible for creating an issues managementapproach there. The things I learned at Michigan allowed me todo some teaching on that topic, too. I developed an expertise inissues management and crisis communication.Newswire: Can you give us an example?Peterson: Michigan voters passed a constitutional amendmentoutlawing same-sex marriage, and then there was a lawsuit filedagainst another school outlawing benefits for domestic partners.That was a huge issue for the university because partner benefitswere crucial to attracting a talented faculty and staff. If we lostthe right to offer that benefit, we would not be as competitive asother enterprises. If there’s a legal ruling that says we can’t offerthose benefits, in other words, that’s an operations problem forus. I was very involved in developing internal communications tohelp our employees feel valued and to let them know we wouldremain an inclusive community.My journalism degree was directlyrelevant because I needed to knowhow journalists see things. In fact, atIU, I was a journalist on behalf of theuniversity. My job was to tell its story.Newswire: If the affirmative action win at UM was your mostrewarding experience, what has been your most challenging?Peterson: I love everything about what I do. I get through thedifficult experiences by understanding that communications arenecessary to making things work and, even in difficult circumstances,I’m pleased to be in that environment. That said, thetoughest situation is always anything related to budget reductions.At UM, for example, we had several years with massivestate funding cuts. It’s hard to figure out what to cut and howto communicate those decisions. It’s especially difficult when itinvolves layoffs of people you know and work with. That’s reallyhard stuff.Newswire: What if you disagree with the university’sstrategic direction?Peterson: I’m at the table as part of the decision-makingprocess, helping the other executives think through the effects ofour decisions on stakeholders. We make those decisions with fullknowledge that no decision is ever loved by everybody. My jobis to help make sure we’ve actively considered all the voices weneed to consider and that we’re aware of the tensions amongthe competing values so we don’t proceed in ignorance. I havenever felt I had to sell a decision I didn’t agree with.Newswire: Let’s lighten things up. What’s the most fun you’vehad on the job?Peterson: In the communications business, we tend to overestimatepassive forms of communications and underestimate interaction.We broke ground in May for an arts center, a wonderfulcenterpiece for campus and community arts. To promote it, Isuggested and then saw to fruition a really spectacular event fullof performing arts — an event to demonstrate what the centeris for, full of theater and music and visual arts. I was really proudof that.Newswire: You compared “passive communications” to “interaction.”That segues nicely into another question: How do youuse new media in your work?Peterson: At IU, of course, we didn’t have a lot of new mediatools, so we used the traditional news media, which acted assomething of a filter, deciding what it thought was interestingand writing about it however it wanted. Technology now allowsus to communicate directly to an audience that’s interested in us— using our website and creating multimedia presentations, linksto additional resources, and ultimately an immersive experiencefor people interested in understanding the university.Fall 2010 / newswire < 37 >

Newswire: Can you give us an example?Peterson: We have a news writer here who’s been on staff for25 years, so he knows old school media relations. But he’s a greatadopter of new technology. He was doing some communicationson behalf of an antiquities exhibit, which included an Egyptianmummy. So he created a Facebook page for the mummy, lettingfans know what’s going on at the exhibit — all from themummy’s perspective. It’s such a fun idea, and the mummy nowhas 9,000 followers. Also, we did a press release about a paleontologist’sdinosaur discovery, and we posted a video interviewwith the faculty member on YouTube. The New York Times wrotea story about the discovery that didn’t use our press release,but that did link to our video. So our video sits on the New YorkTimes website.Newswire: What’s the biggest adjustment traditional mediaspecialists have to make to a new media environment?Peterson: Relinquishing control and letting the audience communicateabout you. We’re not telling people what to say, but weare offering them a space in which to say it. And that means wehave to let go a little bit of our “moderator,” “editorial” role andlet others take over. That’s going to strengthen our link with ouraudiences in ways that are good for universities — especially inthe area of alumni engagement. Also, new media operate sort oflike a journalism beta model. It’s not the same as print. You don’thave to have every comma correct, because the Web is a living,breathing thing, and you can change and update as you go.Newswire: Speaking of “new” things, what advice do you havefor new graduates of the IU School of Journalism?Peterson: Value your education, first of all. The skills I developedin J-school have been useful in every arena I’ve entered.I always need to be able to listen to a lot of information andsynthesize what’s important from it. So covering a school boardmeeting is great experience for chairing a meeting later. J-schoolalso taught me to whittle my communications down to somethingsuccinct, to get the main points across. Also, the exercise ofthinking through how an audience will interact with the informationyou’re sharing is valuable in the decision-making processlater in life. Be flexible in how you employ the skills you’ve pickedup at IU. There’s no reduction in the need for communicators. Ihire people with those skills every day. That’s not going to dry upany time soon. But be aware that the media moguls of today creatednew forms of communications — like the CEO of Facebook.This is a fun time to be leaving J-school. You may create the nextTwitter.Newswire: Tell us something about yourself that isn’t high-tech.Peterson: I am a karaoke addict. I sang for fun in the Schoolof Music at IU, in choral ensembles and amateur shows. Aftergraduating, I didn’t really have any outlet for that, so a colleaguetook me to a karaoke night at a bar in Bloomington. Turns outit’s kind of a cult thing. In fact, my partner, Mark, whom I met ata karaoke night, and I started a karaoke business, which we thensold a few years ago. My absolute favorite song to perform isOrange Colored Sky, the Natalie Cole version of the old Nat KingCole song. It’s a blast — and a great escape from work.Russell Jackson, BA’83, is a freelance writer in WestHollywood, Calif.< 38 > newswire / Spring 2010

student experiencesStudents take summer trips to Kenya, Chile, LondonReporting on HIV/AIDS in AfricaJournalism professor Jim Kelly, MA’88, PhD’90 (front row, with striped tie) and his students deliver about 150 pounds of textbooks to thecommunication faculty of Moi University.Before students in professor Jim Kelly’s Reporting on HIV/AIDSin Africa course left for three weeks in Kenya, Kelly told themthe experience would change them forever. By the end of thetrip, the students knew exactly what he meant.After a dinner with their Kenyan student partners on their lastnight in the city of Eldoret, IU student Ryan Dorgan reflected onhis time there.“I never thought I’d become so close to complete strangerswithin the span of two weeks,” he wrote in the class’s blog.“Maybe it’s the power of journalism. Maybe it’s the power ofAfrica. Maybe it’s just my first real step into appreciating humanityand the good things that people can do when we cometogether.”The students traveled in late May and early June to Eldoret andto the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Before leaving, they learned aboutthe basic pathology of HIV/AIDS and its impact on sub-SaharanAfrica, and about East African culture and media.In Eldoret, they paired with communication students from MoiUniversity to report on health care topics in the area, with specialattention on the various programs of the IU School of Medicine–Kenya Partnership’s AMPATH project. AMPATH, which stands forAcademic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, provides healthcare to more than 100,000 HIV-positive patients throughoutKenya.In Nairobi, they visited several media outlets, including theReuters bureau, Agence France-Presse, and The Nation, Kenya’slargest newspaper.Dorgan said that even after his first few days of reporting, hewas much more optimistic about pursuing his goal of becomingan international journalist.Ryan DorganClare Krusing (second from left) and her Moi University partner DianaChelagat (right) interviewed Elizabeth, who is HIV positive, and her sonsin Monsoriot, Kenya.“What once was a mysterious feeling of fear and doubt hasblossomed into a renewed sense of optimism — not just for myown career hopes, but for all of the disadvantaged people aroundthe world that can live better lives because of the power of journalism,”he wrote on the blog. “All it takes is one person that iswilling to listen.”To read more about the students’ experiences and view theirportfolios, go to http://journalism.indiana.edu/programs/kenya/.CourtesyFall 2010 // newswire < 39 >

student experiencesMedia in Latin America: Messagesand Moguls, Dictators and DemocracyArriving in Santiago, Chile, after a nine-hour flight, students inMedia in Latin America: Messages and Moguls, Dictators andDemocracy, got straight on a bus for a tour of the city. Senior ElviaMalagon, blogging about the experience, said the tour revealed evidenceof two recent major news events: prolific graffiti left over fromthe presidential election last January and damage from the magnitude8.8 earthquake that hit the country in February.During their 10-day trip, students visited a variety of media outlets,including CNN, El Mercurio, the country’s leading newspaper, andRadio Cooperativa, a 75-year-old news station that reaches all cornersof the country. After the February earthquake, the students learned,TV broadcasting was disrupted and the radio station was the onlysource of information for many Chileans.At El Mercurio, senior Sarah Hutchins learned of another consequenceof the earthquake: The newspaper lost its two major localpaper suppliers and had to import paper from around the world tokeep up with production.Associate professor Bonnie Brownlee, who led the trip, said the IUJessica Haney, left, and Roy W. Howard Professional-in-ResidenceJoe Coleman listen to a tour guide during a visit to El Mercurionewspaper in Chile.students met with journalism students from Universidad Católica, triedtheir hand at reporting for a daily radio program the school hosts andlearned about the courses Chilean journalism students take.“During their stay in Chile, they were able to experience firsthandsome of the things they’d read and talked about while in class inBloomington,” Brownlee said. “My aim was to combine media-relatedvisits with cultural experiences with the hope that they would, in thisvery short period, gain some insights into the media and the mediaenvironment of one Latin American country. Based on student feedbackduring the time we were in Chile and in papers each wrote uponreturning home, those goals were met.”Olivia ElsnerSummerin LondonMJ Slaby, left, and Maggie Dunphy in Bath, England.One student worked for a charity that sent soccer balls withhealth-related messages to African countries. Another wrote storiesfor a finance magazine. Yet another was a writer for a publishingcompany during the day and took on freelance photography jobs inhis spare time.Students in the School of Journalism Honors Program, supervisedby assistant professor Lesa Hatley Major, spent eight weeks in Londoninterning for companies with a wide range of missions, honing theirskills in news writing, social media, public relations and British English.Sean Moore worked for Alive and Kicking, which oversees the productionand distribution of soccer balls that carry messages about HIV/AIDS and malaria. The balls are made by adults in Zambia and Kenyaand sent to youth across Africa.Moore said he wrote daily blogs, created a Facebook page andtweeted on behalf of the organization. He also conducted research,created databases and helped out with promotional events.“Overall, I’ve loved my experience here, and I feel it’s given meCourtesyvaluable insight into how an organization such as this works andallowed me the chance to hone some useful skills,” he wrote on theSummer in London blog.Stephanie Doctrow had a crash course in finance during herinternship for Money Marketing, a weekly news magazine for UKfinancial advisers.“This is the perfect time to work for a finance magazine,because the new coalition government is passing economic reformsthat will affect the industry,” she blogged during the internship.Doctrow also took a crash course in British publishing lingo.“Beats are called ‘patches’ here, audio recorders are called‘Dictaphones’ and briefs are called ‘nibs,’” she wrote. “Some wordsare spelled differently in British English, so I still have to be conscientiousas I write. But overall, I love working for a magazine in such anexciting atmosphere.”Thomas Miller spent his days writing copy for a company thatproduced magazines aimed at international students. In his freetime, he traveled all over London taking freelance photos for anonprofit organization, a Web magazine, a book launch, the EpsomDerby horse race, corporate events and a Muslim wedding.“It’s been a great experience, but it was the balance betweenmy regular job and my freelance work that really got me preparedfor the amount of work I’ll have to do when I graduate,” Millerblogged.He added, “I’ve built a network here in the U.K. and moreimportant, that network is made up of friends I’ve made throughfreelancing. Some people can’t wait to get off work, but me, I can’tever stop.”< 40 > newswire // fall spring 2010 2010

onthe recordThe lATesT news from The IU school of joUrnAlIsm AlUmnI1940sPatricia C. Perkins, BA’48, spent much of herprofessional career as a public relations directorfor hospitals in Indiana and Connecticut, whereshe was cited by the state’s general assembly forher volunteer work and service on the U.S. BicentennialCommission. She returned to Indiana afterretiring and now lives in Noblesville. Two of hersons and two granddaughters are IU graduates,and a third granddaughter is a student at IU.1960sFootball and baseball I-Man and two-time ErniePyle Award recipient David G. Krider, BA’61,has been inducted into the Indiana BasketballHall of Fame. He is the recipient of the hall’s 2010St. Vincent Silver Medal, given for contributionsother than as an Indiana high-school basketballplayer or coach. Krider has been a sportswriterfor 48 years and is currently a senior writer atCBS-owned MaxPreps. In 1997 he became thefirst newspaperman named to the National HighSchool Hall of Fame, and he was the first highschool sportswriter to make the U.S. BasketballWriters Hall of Fame. Krider has written fourbooks, including an autobiography and two booksabout basketball. He lives in LaPorte, Ind.1970sDennis M. Royalty, BS’71, has worked ininternal communications for Eli Lilly and Co. since2001. He writes, “I have greatly enjoyed the experience[at Lilly] after more than 27 years with TheIndianapolis Star — 10 as city editor. I wouldn’ttrade my career in newspapering (I also workedfor the Indiana Daily Student and the formerBloomington, Ind., Courier-Tribune), but Lilly hasbroadened my life experience and enabled meto work with another group of people who haveenriched my life. Speaking of people who haveenriched my life, I will never forget Jack Backer,Ralph Holsinger, Gretchen Kemp, Marge Blewettand others at IU who encouraged a kid fromFrankfort, Ind., way back in those wonderful yearsfrom 1967 to 1971.” Royalty lives in Fishers, Ind.In April, Lynn R. Houser, BA’72, was inductedinto the Indiana Sportswriters and SportscastersHall of Fame in Indianapolis. He has been ajournalist for 34 years — the last 26 as a sportsreporter for The Herald Times in Bloomington, Ind.Houser lives in Ellettsville, Ind.After selling their professional consultingcompany, Larry A. Westberg, BA’75, MS’77,and his wife, Rose, started the Santa WeBelieve Foundation. The nonprofit organizationsprang from a program funded by theWestbergs in which preschool children enjoyedgifts and entertainment during the holidays. Thefoundation provides educational programs anddelivers special “wished-for” gifts to children’sclassrooms. More information is available atwww.santawebelieve.org. The Westbergs live inRehoboth Beach, Del.Catherine (Knolinski) Van Horn, BA’76, isof counsel for the law firm Genovese Joblove &Battista in Miami. She writes that she will havean article on reporters’ privilege published in anupcoming issue of the American Bar Association’sSection of Litigation newsletter. Van Hornlives in Key Biscayne, Fla.Henry M. Gilman, MA’77, is a managingeditor for Fortune magazine in New York City.He lives in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.Marjorie E. Treff, BA’79, MS’04, has beenappointed as a full-time faculty member in theMaster of Science in Adult Education programof the IU School of Continuing Studies. Shereturned to higher education after a career ingraphic arts and printing, including running herown business. Treff lives in Fort Wayne, Ind., andteaches at the IUPUI campus.1980sMatt Morris, BA’80, joined the KiwanisInternational Foundation as chief fundraising officer,focusing on major gifts for Kiwanis’ globalcampaign with UNICEF to eliminate maternal/neonatal tetanus. Morris was senior developmentdirector for the IU Foundation, workingwith the School of Journalism to raise more than$6 million for the IU–Bloomington Matching thePromise Campaign. He fondly recalls working onthe Indiana Daily Student in the late 1970s andgreat teachers such as Ralph Holsinger,Will Counts and Sue Collester. Contact himat mmorris@kiwanis.org.Karen (Maronski) Franks, BA’82, MLS’01,is an adviser in the University Division at IUBloomington. She lives in Bloomington.Alvia (Lewis) Frey, BA’82, MA’84, ofFrankfort, Ind., writes, “I am now a parent andfamily columnist for Cass County (Ind.) Lifestylemagazine and teach the third- and fourth-gradeSunday school class at St. Matthew UnitedMethodist Church with my husband, Dan. I amalso on the board of directors for the Red BarnSummer Theatre and Friends of the (Frankfort)Library. My daughter Bernadette is a sophomoreat IU Bloomington and she was in the inauguralSchool of Education direct-admit scholarsprogram during her freshman year. She lives inthe Collins Living-Learning Center, where I hadthe good fortune to be a resident assistant forthree years. Even after all these years since [my]graduation, IU is still the most beautiful place inthe world to visit. My daughter Catherine is anursing student at Purdue and my son, Charles,13, attended the IU swim camp this summer.Life doesn’t get much better than this!”Wendy (Weyen) Wallace, BA/BS’85,MBA’86, is the high school program directorand grants coordinator at the Poynter Institutein St. Petersburg, Fla. She is the president of theSchool of Journalism Alumni Board. Wallace livesin St. Petersburg.Nancy C. Musgrove, MA’87, is principalcommunications consultant with Nancy MusgroveCommunications of Soso, Miss. She writesand edits materials of all types for individualsand corporations. Musgrove previously workedas a reporter for the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American.She lives in Soso.Beth (Christopher) NeCamp, BA’87, is chiefcommunications officer at Ohio State UniversityMedical Center in Columbus. She has spent themajority of her career at the medical center andhas been promoted five times since she joinedthe organization in 1992. As chief communicationsofficer, she is responsible for strategicdirection and leadership of the center’s marketingand communications functions, including internaland external communications, marketingactivities, branding and creative services, mediarelations, development communications, andmarketing partnerships. NeCamp lives in Powell,Ohio, with her husband, Mike, and two sons.Kenneth P. Marshall, BA’89, is senior vicepresident and CEO of University of LouisvilleHealth Care. He previously served as vice presidentfor operations and has been with Universityof Louisville Health Care for 14 years. Marshall isresponsible for the operation of ancillary clinical,organizational support departments and productlines of University Hospital and the BrownCancer Center, as well as the management ofrevenue, expenses, staffing, growth and strategicdevelopment. He lives in Prospect, Ky.fall 2010 // newswire < 41 >

ontherecordthescoop1990sJohn W. McClure, BA’90, has been namedadvertising director for the Tribune-Star in TerreHaute, Ind. He oversees a staff of 24 people inboth advertising and production. McClure mostrecently worked for the Journal Community PublishingGroup in Waupaca, Wis., which publishes48 newspapers in Florida and Wisconsin. He hadpreviously worked for Community NewspaperHoldings Inc., which owns the Tribune-Star, from1996 to 2001. McClure and his wife, Sara, havetwo daughters.Thomas R. Nord, BA’92, is the editor of Velocity,a weekly arts and entertainment magazinepublished by the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal.He lives in Louisville and has been with theCourier-Journal since 1997.Frank J. Eichenlaub IV, BAJ’93, is a partnerin the law firm Jenner & Block’s Chicago office.He is a member of the firm’s real estate, real estatesecurities, climate and clean technology law,and construction litigation practices. Eichenlaubis also a member of the company’s real estatefinance litigation task force. He lives in Chicago.Jason A. Burke, BS’94, MM’96, is theproject manager for the Master Chorale ofTampa Bay, Fla., and the artistic director for theRichard Zielinski Singers. Burke has directedthe University of South Florida’s productions ofHair and The Rocky Horror Show and has beenfestival coordinator for the USF Festival of Voices.He also performs as a vocal soloist throughoutthe Bay Area as well as working with classesand individuals on auditions and musical theaterrepertoire. Burke lives in Tarpon Springs, Fla.Jo Lynn (Ewing) Garing, BAJ’94, is publicrelations manager for Indianapolis-based KiwanisInternational. She previously served as presssecretary for Bart Peterson when he was mayorof Indianapolis. Garing lives in Indianapolis.Scott Z. Goldberg, BAJ’94, is vice presidentof the international public relations agencyFleishman-Hillard in Chicago. He previouslyserved as vice president of the technology andbusiness marketing group of the public-relationsfirm Edelman. He lives in Buffalo Grove, Ill.Amy (Dashiell) Simonini, BAJ’94, is astay-at-home mother. She writes, “I am livingin Rhode Island, taking care of my beautifulchildren, Abby, 3, and 1-year-old Jack, and buildinga house with my husband, John.” Simoninipreviously worked in the Executive DevelopmentCenter at Bryant University, where she earned anMBA in 2005.Heidi K. Zuhl, MA’94, is the manager ofpublic and media relations at San Francisco’sGrace Cathedral, providing communicationsexpertise and strategy to both the cathedral andthe Diocese of California. She has also servedas a public relations consultant to the UnitedWay of the Bay Area and the InternationalMuseum for Women. Zuhl is the immediate< 42 > newswire / Fall / Fall 2010Carey’s Clintonianholding its ownIf anybody in the state of Indianaknows newspapering — especiallyold-school, hard-copy, small-townnewspapering with an emphasis onlocal news — it’s George “Sonny”Carey, BA’60. As owner of TheDaily Clintonian, he proudly publisheswhat his masthead pointsout is “the only daily newspaperin Parke and Vermillion counties,”and he’s been at it for more than60 years.When Carey was 10, hebecame a paperboy for theGeorge CareyClintonian, which is published inVermillion County, home to Ernie Pyle.“During summers, I worked in the back shop,” Clinton says. “I learnedmaintenance on every piece of equipment in the plant. I could run every piece,and I still can.”The paper is published by his family’s business, Clinton Color Crafters, Inc.He also got involved in editorial for the paper while in high school and learnedto shoot the news from then-editor Bill Waite, a former commercial photographer.“Believe me, I got straight A’s in photojournalism at IU,” Carey says. Eachsummer while a student, he continued working at the Clintonian, even handlingcirculation manager tasks for a spell.Carey’s ties to Hoosier journalism extend beyond the newspaper. His folksbought the Clintonian from its founders in 1936, with a contract writtenby newspaper titan Eugene C. Pulliam, who guaranteed two outstandingmortgages from Lafayette banks if they’d give the Careys a chance to turn thepaper around.Years later, when a young Sonny Carey was choosing between engineeringand newspapering, he visited Purdue, which, he says, “didn’t seem interestedin whether I attended or not” and IU, where he shared a Coke with long-timejournalism department chair John E. Stempel, another major figure in Indianajournalism.“He was quite friendly,” Carey says now. “He impressed me as someonewho really knew his stuff.”Carey’s ties to IU journalism in particular remain strong as well. In journalsimschool, he learned about reporting, headline writing, layout and photojournalism.“I use almost every bit of that every day of my life,” he says. “There’svery little of my time when I don’t do one or the other.” Especially that focuson hard news. Carey notes that the Clintonian is holding its own in a brutaleconomic climate for print papers, and he credits that to the fact that “we doa very good job on local news coverage.” Indeed, he says, he periodically publishesan ad that says, simply, “We put the NEWS in NEWSpapers.” That ad, heboasts, gains him a couple of new subscribers every time he runs it.— Russell JacksonCourtesySpring Fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 42 >

ontherecord thescooppast president of the San Francisco chapter ofthe Public Relations Society of America. She livesin San Francisco.Tarsis G. Lopez, BAJ’96, and his wife, Alix(Miczulski), BA’97, welcomed the birth of theirson, Dylan Antonio, in November. Lopez is theregional senior manager for the Latin Americacommunications team at Baxter International,Inc., and he travels extensively throughout LatinAmerica. The Lopez family is in the process ofrelocating from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.“I am a small business executive by day anda freelance writer by night,” writes Thomas“T.J.” Brown, BAJ’97, marketing director forMohawk Manufacturing and Supply Co. in Niles,Ill. He graduated from Loyola University Chicagoin May 2009 with an MBA and a master’s inintegrated-marketing communications, receivingthe President’s Medallion from LUC’s Schoolof Business Administration in November 2008.Brown and his wife, Joanna, welcomed theirfirst child, Paul Thomas, on March 13. Baby Paulweighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. Brownwrites, “(IU football coach) Bill Lynch has an offensiveline prospect for his 2028 recruiting class!”The Brown family lives in Northbrook, Ill.Karenna (Eagan) Glover, BA’97, is a publicrelations account manager with Access Advertisingand Public Relations in Roanoke, Va. She is responsiblefor developing and implementing public relationsactivities for several of the agency’s clients.Before joining Access, she managed marketingcampaigns and media relations for The RoanokeTimes and Roanoke.com. Glover began her careeras a reporter for The Watertown Daily Times inupstate New York. She lives in Vinton, Va.James “Ben” French, BAJ’98, writes, “Irecently left CBS News to run RollingStone.com.The first order of business here is a massivesite overhaul. Look for the new and improvedRS.com.” French lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.Matthew J. McClain, BAJ’98, won a secondplace award in the World Press Photo Contest,often referred to as the “Oscars” of thephotography world. The competition, which isinternational and attracts thousands of entries,features 10 categories with one first- and onesecond-place winner in each category. McClain’sentry was a photo story published in a Novemberissue of People magazine about a blind man andhis sighted wife who adopted a blind child fromIndia. He received his award in Amsterdam inApril, and the exhibition of award-winning photossubsequently toured 100 cities. McClain, whosephotos can be viewed at www.worldpressphoto.org, lives in Denver.Ryan L. Cole, BA’99, MA’07, is director ofspecial projects and speechwriting in Indiana Gov.Mitch Daniels’ office.2000sChristin (Nance) Lazerus, BAJ’00, has beena reporter at the Post-Tribune in Merrillville, Ind.,since August 2007. She worked as copy editorand designer at the Post-Tribune from 2005 to2007. Lazerus lives in Highland, Ind.After losing his job as a Milwaukee news stationanchor, Lathay R. Pegues, BAJ’00, decidedto try to fulfill his grandfather’s dream of marketinga traditional family barbecue sauce. Withthe help of family and college friends, Pegueslaunched JohnTom’s Barbecue Sauce in 2006.The product is now available at Kroger stores inIndianapolis and at Pay Less stores in Anderson,Ind. Pegues is a video reporter in the newsroomof The Star Press in Muncie, Ind., where he lives.In April, Nicole (Roales) Strus, BAJ’00,MA’09, married David E. Strus in Kokomo, Ind.She is managing editor of the Office of UniversityCommunications at IU Bloomington. Herhusband is enterprise software manager for IU’sUniversity Information Technology Services. Thecouple lives in Bloomington.Timothy N. Trudell, BAJ’00, is senior mediarelations coordinator at Orlando (Fla.) UtilitiesCommission. He previously was a news reporterat television stations WESH in Orlando, WRVR inRichmond, Va., and WAAY in Huntsville, Ala. Helives in Orlando.Kara (Kenney) Kelly, BAJ’01, is a reporterfor television station WRTV in Indianapolis. Herinvestigations into government fraud and wasteMarine and magazine worlds reunitefraternity brothersWhen long-lost Delta Upsilon brothersBrad Kovach, BAJ’95, and ChrisKennan, BS’96, made their separateways to the Fort Lauderdale InternationalBoat Show last October, neithersuspected the trip wouldend in a reunion or a businesscollaboration.After graduating from Indiana University,the men lost touch. Kovachsought work in the newspaper andmagazine industries, and Kennanheaded west to join a business consultingpractice.Fast forward to 2009. Unexpected Brad Kovachtwists of career fate led both to themarine magazine industry, where Kovach worked as a writer and editorand Kennan, along with his wife, owned two magazines and two annualpublications. It was this work that led both men to the world’s largest boatshow last fall.As Kovach recalls, he was making his way through some exhibition tentsat the show when he saw a familiar face in the crowd.“I kind of did a double-take,” said Kovach in a phone interview. “It was oneof those silly coincidences. We looked at each other and said, ‘That’s crazy.’”Shortly after running into each other, the men got back in touch and Kennanasked if Kovach would be interested in writing for one of his magazines. Soonthereafter, Kennan extended his offer and Kovach was named the editor ofYacht Essentials (www.yachtessentials.com), a role he’s served for nearly a year.“It’s just been a hell of a lot of fun,” says Kovach, who works full time at theAvala Marketing Group in St. Louis, Mo. “It’s a fun industry to be in any way,and then to be able to do it with a friend, an old friend and a fraternity brother,it’s a lot of fun. It’s a great way to reconnect. It’s work and it’s pleasure.”— Jessica BirthiselCourtesySpring Fall Fall 2010 2009 2010/ / newswire / < 43 < 43 >>

ontherecordthescoopAlumni authorsFighter Pilot: The World War II Career of AlexVraciu is the latest book by Indiana authorand historian Ray E. Boomhower, BA’82,MA’95. Vraciu graduated from DePauwUniversity and joined the U.S. Navy as a pilotbefore the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.For four months in 1944, he was the leadingNavy ace, shooting down 19 enemy planes inthe air and 21 on the ground. He was shot down over a Japaneseairfield later that year but rescued by U.S. Army guerillas. Publishedby the Indiana Historical Society Press, the biography is suitablefor young readers. Boomhower recently was named one of threeregional finalists for the 2010 Eugene and Marilyn Glick IndianaAuthors Award. He is senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society’squarterly history magazine Traces of Indiana and MidwesternHistory. For more information, go to rayboomhower.net/.Papa@Home is the third novel by Reuters newseditor Elke Ahlswede, MA’95. It’s the sequelto Mama.com (2006) and Mum@Home (2007).Papa@Home (Bastei Lübbe, 2010) is a comedyabout a German family that moves to Chicagoafter the mom, Katharina, lands her dream PRjob. The dad, Tobias, takes two years’ leaveto stay home with the kids. But the dreamunravels when one of Katharina’s star clients disappears and theneighborhood women pay a little too much attention to the househusbandfrom Germany.Ahlswede says that although she and her husband, MichaelKlasen, lived in Chicago for two years in the late 1990s, the book isnot autobiographical. The two met in 1991 as Fulbright scholars atIU, where Klasen studied in the Department of Physics. He is now aprofessor of physics at the University of Grenoble, France. Ahlswedetelecommutes to the Reuters Berlin office, covering the capital marketsin New York and Asia. She started with Reuters in 1996 as anews editor, then became a reporter on the high tech beat in 1999.“The exhausting hours, yet exhilarating pace of writing aboutMicrosoft, Yahoo and Bertelsmann (Random House) for more thantwo years actually led me to book writing — nonfiction at first,”she wrote in an e-mail. “During the dot-com era, I had a breakfrom covering short-lived start-ups, IPOs, millionaire 25-years-oldsand the Silicon Valley by writing my first guide for young journalists,published in 2002. In writing it, I also drew on some experienceat the IU School of Journalism.” An updated edition of the guide,“Praktikum!” was published in July by UVK Press.Ahlswede said she and Klasen have fond memories of their timein Bloomington and hope to visit again one day with their threechildren.The death of his orange and white cat, Theo,after 16 years as a member of the family gotDave Krider, BA’61, thinking about what mighthappen if humans and their pets reunited inheaven. The result is Do Animals Go to Heaven?(PublishAmerica, 2009), a collection of imaginaryconversations between owners and pets whenthey meet in the hereafter. Krider, a native ofElkhart, Ind., has been a sports writer for 48 years. He is a seniorwriter at MaxPreps.com, a CBS-owned affiliate devoted to high schoolsports. In 1997 Krider became the first newspaper reporter to benamed to the National High School Hall of Fame and the first highschool writer in the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame.Swallow Press, a division of Ohio University Press,has published Thirsty by Kristin Bair O’Keeffe,BA’88. The author’s first work of fiction, Thirstyis the story of a young Croatian woman whoescapes to America in the late 19th century, onlyto find herself stuck in an abusive marriage ina forbidding steel town. O’Keeffe received anMFA in creative writing from Columbia CollegeChicago. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, includingPoets and Writers Magazine, The Baltimore Review, and TheGettysburg Review. O’Keeffe lives in Shanghai, China.Paul M. Lester, PhD’89, is the author of OnFloods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hooverand George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes,published by the University Press of Mississippi.The book traces the similarities between the twopresidents and how both used the media to promotetheir ideas, programs and personal careers.By focusing on two “photo opportunities” —one during the Mississippi Rivers flood of 1927and the other in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — Lesterpresents a broader discussion of political photography, illuminating theevolution of the genre. A professor of communications at CaliforniaState University, Lester is the author of Visual Communication: Imageswith Messages and Photojournalism: An Ethical Approach.Chimeric Machines, the first poetry collection byLucy A. Snyder, MA’95, was published in March2009 by CGP and won the Bram Stoker Awardfor Superior Achievement in Poetry. Her novel,Spellbent, the first in a series of urban fantasies,was published in December 2009 by Del Rey, adivision of Random House. The book was selectedfor the 2009 Locus Recommended Reading List.More information about Snyder’s publications can be found at herwebsite, www.lucysnyder.com. She lives in Worthington, Ohio, withher husband and occasional co-author, Gary A. Braunbeck.< 44 < 44 > > newswire / / fall 2010spring fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 44 >

ontherecord thescoophave earned her an Emmy nomination, anEdward R. Murrow Award and numerous awardsfrom the Associated Press. Kelly previouslyworked for television stations WBBH in Fort Myers,Fla., WSJV in South Bend, Ind., and WAOWin Wausau, Wis. She lives in Indianapolis.Benjamin S. Lincoln, BAJ’03, is an accountexecutive at GolinHarris International in Chicago.He and his team work on McDonald’s All-American Basketball Games benefitting RonaldMcDonald House. Lincoln and his fiancée areplanning an October 2010 wedding in Bloomington.Brook (Northcutt) Pritchett, BAJ’03, isdirector of communications for the internationalfraternity Delta Tau Delta in Fishers, Ind. She iseditor of The Rainbow, the fraternity’s biannualmagazine, and is responsible for the strategicday-to-day communications of the fraternity.Pritchett previously spent four and a half yearsas a staff member for the Indiana State TeachersAssociation, where she was a graphic designerfor the media relations department. Prior toISTA, she was a legislative assistant in the IndianaHouse of Representatives. Pritchett lives inIndianapolis.Holly (Johnson) Amaya, BAJ’04, JD’08,recently joined the San Diego law firm GreenBryant & French. Her practice focuses on the representationof real estate entities and communityassociations in transactional and litigation matters.She writes, “I haven’t given up on journalism.I regularly contribute to local San Diegopublications — both print and online — andam looking to expand my freelance work intothe Orange County and Los Angeles markets.On a personal note, I married my law schoolsweetheart, David E. Amaya, JD’08, in an oncampusceremony at IU in June.” David Amaya isan associate at the San Diego law office of LewisBrisbois Bisgaard & Smith. Holly Amaya’s e-mailaddress is hollyamaya@gmail.com. The couplelives in San Diego.Stephen J. Fullhart, BAJ’04, is co-anchor ofthe morning newscast for television station KBTXcovering Bryan and College Station, Texas. Helives in Bryan.Rebecca C. Neale, BAJ’04, has become a directorof communications for Teach for America.She formerly was associate director of the WhiteHouse Office of Communications and communicationsdirector for the Office of Faith-Based andCommunity Initiatives and USA Freedom Corps,two initiatives launched by former presidentGeorge W. Bush. Neale lives in Washington, D.C.“I am switching careers,” writes Meghan A.Dwyer, BAJ’05, JD’08. She adds, “I am leavinga two-year stint as a corporate litigation associateat Arnstein & Lehr in Chicago to obtain amaster of journalism degree at NorthwesternUniversity’s Medill Graduate School of Journalism.”Dwyer lives in Chicago.On May 1, Jessica Gall Myrick, BA’05,MA’07, married IU School of Journalism staffJournalism skills part oflife-saving mission in IraqSophie Pappas, BAJ’10,fully expected to be ajournalist after leavingthe School of Journalism,but as graduationneared, her heart waspulled in a differentdirection: to help thechildren of Iraq.She first heard aboutthe Preemptive LoveCoalition, a nonsectarian,nongovernmentalorganization, through afriend. Due to the use ofchemical weapons andinadequate prenatal carein the country, birth andheart defects are commonin Iraqi children,says Pappas, and theorganization works toprovide them with lifesavingheart surgeries.After graduation, Pappassays she quit her workas a journalist — she wasPhotos by Joshua GigliottiSophie Pappas holds 1-year-old Soyar, an Iraqi girl whorecently had a successful heart surgery.Idrees, far left, a 4-year-old Iraqi boy, and his brotherand sister play outside their home. Idrees suffers fromlife-threatening birth and heart defects.a writer and West Coast editor for Poshglam PR and a contributing writer toVogue India — took out all of her savings and moved to Iraq to work with PLC.“In a time when the Middle East, and Iraq, especially, is thought of asdangerous, I wanted to be a part of a solution that didn’t involve missiles andbombs, and that was about helping children,” said Pappas via e-mail from Iraq.Through her work with PLC, she coordinates fundraising, writes pressreleases, helps with publicity, and manages and writes for the PLC blog, www.preemptivelove.org/blog.“My training and the skills I learned as a journalist prepared me to be a goodlistener, a good communicator,” says Pappas, skills she says are particularly helpfulin her work as a family advocate.She was supposed to stay in Iraq just for the summer, but after the firstweek, she says she knew she could not go home, and she has extended her stayindefinitely.“The longer I am here, the more I find to do,” says Pappas, who also teachesEnglish, volunteers at a maternity hospital and campaigns against female genitalmutilation.Though she sees more journalism work in her future, she says it’s just not apriority now.“Right now, it is all about the kids.”— Jessica BirthiselSpring Fall Fall 2010 2009 2010/ / newswire / < 45 < 45 >>

ontherecordmember Scott Myrick at Beck Chapel on theBloomington campus. An I-Woman in bothtrack and cross country, Gall Myrick worked forthe School of Journalism for two years and as areporter and producer for WTIU and WFIU for anotheryear. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in journalismat the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Sangwoo Park, BAJ’05, writes, “I cameback to the U.S. to work as a staff writer for TheKorea Daily, the leading Korean paper in the U.S.Before coming back to the U.S., I worked for atthe paper’s headquarters in Korea.” Park lives inLos Angeles.Kallie J. Bonnell, BAJ’06, joined IndianaHigher Education Telecommunication System ascommunications manager in November. IHETS is aconsortium of Indiana’s public and private highereducation institutions, state government agencies,public libraries, public broadcast stations andK–12 schools collaborating to advance educationand public service activities through sharedtechnology. Former president of the IU chapter ofthe Public Relations Student Society of America,Bonnell previously worked for the law firm TaftStettinius & Hollister, where she advanced frommarketing assistant to marketing and businessdevelopment coordinator. The Young Professionalsof Central Indiana named Bonnell itsOutstanding Young PR Professional of the Year in2009. She lives in Indianapolis.Claire E. Chappell, BAJ’06, has joined Toronto-basedCarlisle Group, where she is an accountexecutive for Rolls Royce in Indianapolis.Christina Galoozis Hill, BAJ’06, is an editorat Imagination Publishing in Chicago. She writeson political issues for MyBusiness, the magazinefor members of the National Federation of IndependentBusiness. Hill is a freelance writer, andher work has appeared in Indianapolis BusinessJournal, Crain’s Chicago Business, Chicago Parent,Hybrid Mom, Mindful Metropolis and Whole LifeTimes. She lives in Chicago with her husband,Jason, and daughter, Alexis.In July, Jennifer A. Hurtubise, BAJ’06,started a position as a communications specialistat Indianapolis-based Indiana Hospital Association.The IHA, a not-for-profit trade associationthat supports hospitals in achieving their missionsand goals, provides services related to governmentrelations, communications, data collection,finance, education and patient safety. Hurtubiselives in Avon, Ind.Julia A. Nicewander, BAJ’06, works forJunior Achievement in Chicago.Kara W. Seward, BAJ’06, works in the political,press and public affairs office of the BritishConsulate in Los Angeles. She and her team havebeen working on the consulate’s digital diplomacyefforts, and in August 2009 they launcheda Twitter feed, @UKinLosAngeles. Seward visitedLondon last year to “job shadow” the press officeof former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.She sat in on the daily press briefing by the primeminister’s spokesman and on meetings with theprime minister and his wife, Sarah. Seward livesin Culver City, Calif.Rebecca R. Solomon, BAJ’06, is a reporterand news anchor for television station WVLT inKnoxville, Tenn., where she lives.Jana C. Strange, BAJ’06, is a media relationscoordinator at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.She lives in Indianapolis.Emily S. Thayer, BAJ’06, is a substituteteacher for Bartholomew Consolidated SchoolCorp. in Columbus, Ind. She recently completeda transition to a teaching program in K-6 generaland special education. Thayer lives in Columbus.Rachel Priest Baelz, BAJ’07, formerly ofCorydon, Ind., is the director of the MeadeCounty Public Library in Brandenburg, Ky. Sheand her library team have launched a capitalcampaign for a new $4 million library.Katie M. Farrer, BAJ’07, works forFleishman–Hillard in Chicago. She works solelyon the Motorola account along with teammateC. Ashley Ginascol, BAJ’07, a senior accountexecutive at Fleishman–Hillard, and Becki Leonard,BAJ’07, a PR manager and senior externalcommunications specialist at Motorola, on thelaunch of the company’s Cliq and Droid phones.All live in the Greater Chicago area.Philip L. Johnson, BAJ’07, is a media relationsspecialist for the Indiana Economic DevelopmentCorp. He lives and works in Indianapolis.Ashley M. Lough, BAJ’07, is a legislativecorrespondent in the Washington, D.C., officeof U.S. Rep. Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind. As part of herwork, she developed and implemented strategiesfor responding to the 2,000 to 3,000 weeklycommunications the congressman receives withina two-week period. In addition, Lough researchesand writes letters on behalf of Ellsworth andmaintains his policy portfolio concerning foreignrelations. She lives in Arlington, Va.Miranda L. McCage, BAJ’07, writes that sheis enjoying her work at Carmel, Ind.-based MediaSauce,where she works on digital marketingand communications strategies. McCage adds,“Marketing and communications are becomingincreasingly digital every day. We’re on the cuttingedge of where marketing is going — and it’sexciting.” McCage lives in Fishers, Ind.Meredith C. Brown, BAJ’08, is a junior accountexecutive at the public relations firm Gibbsand Soell in Raleigh, N.C. She lives in WakeForest, N.C.Sara K. Holtz, BAJ’08, has finished an internshipwith the Muscular Dystrophy Association.She wrote news releases, pitched stories andhandled media relations in eight Indiana andOhio cities. Holtz writes, “It was a great experience.I recommend it to IU students.” Holtz canbe reached at sholz624@gmail.com.Marisa L. Jacoby, BAJ’08, works for theNorth American Precis Syndicate, a firm thatdistributes news releases and feature stories forObituariesthescoopJack K. Overmyer,85, owner and presidentof The Rochester(Ind.) Sentinel, diedMay 21.Overmyer, ’46, wasmanaging editor ofThe Rochester News-Sentinel and Sentinelin Fulton County from1952 to 1966. He became editor and publisherin 1966 and president of the Sentinel Corp. in1970. He assumed full ownership of the newspaperin July 1976. He had started working atthe newspaper as a high school student.At IU, Overmyer was an athletic informationdirector; president of his social fraternity, SigmaAlpha Epsilon; president of the campus chapterof professional journalism fraternity, SigmaDelta Chi; and a member of the Blue Key andSkull and Crescent honorary organizations. Hewas sports editor of the Indiana Daily Studentand the Arbutus.Overmyer’s newspaper career began assports editor for The Rochester News-Sentinelbefore his senior year in high school. He remainedon staff as general news reporter for ayear after high school graduation, then enrolledat Indiana University in May 1942. He workedat The Indianapolis Star as a sportswriter for sixyears before rejoining the News-Sentinel.In an article, “Ernie Pyle: A Hoosier WorthRemembering,” published in the Sentinel Dec.13, 1994, Overmyer recalled that the WorldWar II correspondent also was a member of theSigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. When Pyle cameto IU in November 1944 to receive his honorarydegree, he stopped by the SAE house for a visit.That visit remained “one of my fondest andbrightest memories,” Overmyer wrote.Overmyer was author of A Stupendous Effort:The 87th Indiana in the War of the Rebellion,which traced Fulton County soldiers in theCivil War. He wrote and published three otherbooks, all compilations of his speeches andpieces from his long-running Sentinel column,“Considered Comment.” His final Sentinelcolumn ran three days before his death.Paul F. Thompson, BS’26, editor of the IndianaDaily Student during the 1925–26 school year,died Aug. 22 at age 107. After graduation,Thompson returned to his hometown, Peru, andjoined the staff of the Peru Republican. In 1930,he went to work for the manufacturing firmH.A. Thrush & Co., later Thrush Products Inc.He became president and CEO of the companyin 1959.< 46 < 46 > > newswire / / Fall 2010Spring Fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 46 >

ontherecord thescoopAfter retirement in 1969, Thompsonbecame president of the H.A. Thrush Foundation,later the Thrush Thompson Foundation,in which he was active until 2008. Thefoundation supported organizations in MiamiCounty.Thompson also was a farmer, co-owning afarm with his son Dean. Together, they raisedPolled Hereford cattle for more than 25 years.Thompson was a Mason and a Rotarian, andfor several years he had been the oldest livingmember of the Columbia Club in Indianapolis,which he joined in 1935.George N. Gill, BA’57,LHD’94, former publisherof The (Louisville,Ky.) Courier-Journal,died April 10 in Louisville.Gill, 75, led thenewspaper during itssale by the longtimeowners, the Binghamfamily, to Gannett Newspapers.Gill started at the paper in 1960 as a copyeditor. He worked as a reporter and city editor,and was managing editor from 1966 to1974. He then moved to the business side ofthe paper and became general manager andeventually president of all Bingham newspapers.When Bingham sold to Gannett in1986, Gill was named publisher and presidentof the Courier-Journal. He retired in 1993.As chair of Greater Louisville EconomicDevelopment Partnership, Gill was creditedwith bringing together business and governmentto improve the local economy. He waschairman of the board for the American PrintingHouse for the Blind, president of the LouisvilleRotary Club and campaign chairman forthe United Way in Louisville. In addition to hishonorary doctorate from IU, he received anhonorary doctorate from Spalding Universityand was a member of the Kentucky JournalismHall of Fame.Gill and his wife, Kay (Baldwin) Gill, BA’57,met at IU, where both studied journalism aswinners of Ernie Pyle Scholarships and bothserved as editors of the Indiana Daily Student.In 2008, they donated Gill’s papers from theCourier-Journal to the School of Journalism.The papers are kept in the Lilly Library.In 1984 Gill received the Indiana UniversityDistinguished Alumni Service Award, theuniversity’s highest alumni honor.David E. Albright,BA’58, MA’59, aformer editor ofthe Indiana DailyStudent, died Aug.17 in Bloomington.Albright, 73, receiveda second master’sdegree and his Ph.D.from ColumbiaUniversity in international relations. He servedin the Army at the start of the Vietnam War,working in the intelligence service. Whenhe returned to New York, he worked severalyears for the Council on Foreign Relations. In1971, he became an editor for the journalProblems of Communism, which waspublished by the United States InformationAgency in Washington, D.C.In 1982, Albright and his wife, Ruth(Padget) Albright, BA’59, moved to Montgomery,Ala., where he was a professor ofnational security at the Air War College, theAir Force’s school for colonels and lieutenantcolonels. In 1994, he and Ruth returnedto their “roots” in Bloomington. Albrightworked as a senior research associate for IU’sCenter for the Study of Global Change. Hefrequently taught courses on internationalsecurity in the 21st century and was activein bringing in notable outside authorities toenrich students’ lives at Indiana University.Albright was a past president of theIU Theatre Circle; a past president of theNational Society of Arts and Letters on thelocal level and the chairman of the six-yearplanning and competition committee on thenational level; and a member of BloomingtonWorldwide Friendship and the BloomingtonRotary Club. The Albrights funded the DavidE. and Ruth Padget Albright Writing Scholarshipin the School of Journalism.Marilyn R. Schultz,BS’67, MA’90,PhD’93, died Jan.10 in Austin, Texas.Schultz, 64, was anassociate professor ofcommunication at St.Edward’s University inAustin.Schultz earned her bachelor’s degree inradio-television in 1967 and worked on airand as a researcher in broadcast, includingyears at NBC. In the 1970s, Schultz helpedlead a class action suit against the networkand its affiliates to gain equal opportunityand pay for women. The suit took more thanseven years to settle.Schultz returned to IU to earn her master’sdegree in telecommunications in 1990 anda Ph.D. at the School of Journalism in 1993.In her second career, in academia, she ledthe broadcast journalism department at theUniversity of Texas before joining St. Edward’sin 2002. At St. Edward’s, she taught numerousjournalism and communication coursesand was the adviser for the campus televisionstation.“Marilyn Schultz was a groundbreakingtelevision journalist with strong Hoosierroots,” said IU journalism professor MikeConway, who, as a graduate student, was ateaching assistant for Schultz at the Universityof Texas. “She forced NBC and the othernetworks to consider the idea of equal payand opportunities for women through herclass action discrimination lawsuit. But shewould say her favorite career was teachingstudents, which she was doing until the dayshe died.”A. Lee Aschoff, BA’71, a former newsreporter and food editor for the Milwaukee(Wis.) Sentinel, died Dec. 20.Aschoff, 60, majored in forensic studies atIU but began working for the Indiana DailyStudent after walking through Ernie PyleHall and thinking newspaper work lookedlike fun, his wife, Suzanne (Brown) Aschoff,BA’71, told the Journal Sentinel. Aschoffwrote a humor column for the IDS called “ALittle Leeway.” He began to take classes injournalism, which became his minor.Aschoff worked for the Illinois State-Journal and then The State-Journal Registerin Springfield, Ill., after graduation, moving tothe Sentinel in 1979. He covered county andfederal courts and the state before becomingfood editor in 1985. Aschoff was a selftaughtcook. He wrote a column called “TheKitchen Sage.” He left the paper in 1995after it merged with the Journal. He joinedthe Reiman Media Group, where he becamemanaging editor of Reminisce magazine andworked on a variety of other publications.Spring Fall Fall 2010 2009 2010/ / newswire / < < 47 47 >>

ontherecordthescoopmore than 750 companies, including Nokia, IBM,GM and Singer; not-for-profit organizations suchas the National Multiple Sclerosis Society andBoys Town USA; and government agencies suchas the Department of Transportation and theCenters for Disease Control. Jacoby lives in NewYork City.Leah B. Linder, BAJ’08, is the marketingand communications manager at Dylan’s CandyBar in New York City. The company was recentlyshowcased on the Food Network, and a featurestory about owner Dylan Lauren has appearedin The New York Times. Linder lives in Brooklyn,N.Y.Greg M. Schultz, Cert’07, Cert/BA’08, writesthat in February, he fulfilled a lifelong goal ofserving in the U.S. Navy. He is from MichiganCity, Ind.Jill B. Siegel, BAJ’08, has joined NBC Universalin New York City. She works in affiliate relations,where she conducts research and workswith local markets. Siegel lives in New York City.In January, Allyson S. Wells, BAJ’08, begangraduate studies in secondary education at MarianUniversity in Indianapolis. She plans to teachfor a few years before working as an advocatefor the public education system. Wells previouslyhandled public relations, marketing and advertisingfor the MAWR Group, an architecture anddesign firm in Kokomo, Ind. Her ultimate goal isto combine her PR background with her educationalstudies to enhance the public educationsystem. Wells lives in Indianapolis.Kelli Claybourn Zabel, BAJ’08, marriedAnthony Zabel, a student at the IU Schoolof Medicine in Indianapolis, in August 2008.Anthony plans to complete his medical degreein 2013. The couple welcomed their first child,Rowan Anthony, in October. The family lives inIndianapolis.A book from Ernie Pyle’spersonal library.Haley K. Bakker-Arkema, BAJ’09, is anassistant account executive in GolinHarris International’sChicago office. She has relocated toChicago and works on the company’s Splendaand General Growth Properties accounts. Bakker-Arkema was recently involved in a July 4 programfor Splenda in New York. The company partneredwith “Meals on Wheels” to distribute a recordnumber of apple pie slices — baked withSplenda — nationwide to veterans and those inneed. GolinHarris President and CEO Fred Cook,BS’75, is also an IU alumnus.Allison B. Garmon, BAJ’09, is an admissionscounselor and administrator at John CarrollUniversity in University Heights, Ohio. The formerSinging Hoosier accepted the position in August2009 shortly after graduating. Garmon lives inCleveland.Kyla B. King, BAJ’09, is public relations andmarketing coordinator for Dallas-based KidsCareTherapy, a pediatric home-health care agency.She lives in Dallas.Allison M. Parks, BAJ’09, completed aninternship with Publicis Consultants in Paris. InJanuary she began a new position with Novartis,an international pharmaceutical company, inBasel, Switzerland.Lindsay R. Pollack, BAJ’09, has returned tothe U.S. after a year teaching English in CostaRica. She hopes to live in Washington, D.C.,and work in a job that requires her to use herbilingual skills in Spanish.Christopher L. Sauer, BAJ’09, has beennamed account coordinator for the New YorkCity-based Baddish Group. He previously hadbeen an intern with the company, which specializesin lifestyle public relations, marketing andspecial events. Sauer lives in Verona, N.J.Anna C. Schilawski, Cert/BA’09, is a publicSend your books homeIn the late 1950s, students who receivedErnie Pyle Scholarships also got to pickout a book from Ernie Pyle’s personallibrary, which was shelved in the back ofthe journalism library behind the newsroom.Now those alumni are downsizingtheir libraries and some wonder what todo with that book. Suggestion: Write anote about it and mail the book to DeanBrad Hamm at the School of Journalism,940 E. Seventh Str., Bloomington, IN47405. That will put it back “home.”relations assistant for Victoria’s Secret Beauty inNew York City. Her main responsibilities includecoordinating product launches; managing pressmailings; monitoring daily placements; supportingstore and press events; and building andmaintaining relationships with regional, nationaland international editors. Schilawski was involvedin the grand opening of Victoria’s Secret onMichigan Avenue in Chicago in October and theannual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in NewYork City in November. She recently traveled toMiami, Boston, Washington, D.C., San Franciscoand Dallas to share upcoming Victoria’s SecretBeauty collections with regional broadcast, printand online publications. Schilawski lives in NewYork City.Conor P. Shea, BAJ’09, works for AmericanMarketing and Publishing as a Southern Indianaregional account manager. The company, basedin DeKalb, Ill., publishes and markets the HomePages, a hometown directory that focuses onsmall communities and offers low advertisingrates for small businesses. Shea serves as a marketingstrategist, sells advertising space, makesbusiness-to-business sales, and helps design andwrite copy for ads.Nicole St. Pierre, BAJ’09, writes that sheenjoys her work at Edelman in Chicago, whereshe concentrates on the Pfizer Prevenar accountand supports the company’s U.S. and globalbusinesses.Kathryn L. Tiernan, BAJ’09, works for AlpaytacInc., a Chicago-based marketing, communicationsand public relations agency. PR Newsrecently selected Alpaytac as one of the top threebrand marketers in the U.S., and the companywas a finalist for two PR News Platinum Awards,Small Firm of the Year and Outstanding GlobalPR Campaign. Tiernan lives in Chicago.Morgan Waters, BAJ’09, is studying internationallaw and organization classes at AmericanUniversity in Washington, D.C. He also recentlytook an internship with Fairvote.org, a nationalorganization focused on fundamental structuralreform of the American electoral system. Waterscreates PowerPoint presentations for prospectivedonors and transfers data to the organization’snew website.Nicole M. Staffin, BAJ’10, is a recruitingadministrator at Booz Allen Hamilton, a Washington,D.C.-based government contractor. Shebegan working there in July.Katheryn P. Wickham, BAJ’10, is a marketingand communications specialist for Dr. TavelOptical Group in Indianapolis. She writes, “Iloved my experiences in the School of Journalism.As an ambassador [for the school] I metpeople from all over the nation interested injournalism. Traveling to London, I was able tostudy journalism and public relations in anothercountry. Inside the classroom, I had some of thebest professors editing my work and giving mepointers on how best to tell a story. I feel lucky tohave been a student at the SoJ.”< 48 > newswire / fall 2010spring fall 2009 2010/ / newswire < 48 >

Reminisce with MargeColumn evokes memories of decades pastIDS staff members work in a temporary newsroom at 809 E. SeventhSt. while the newsroom in Ernie Pyle Hall is being remodeled.Since writing the column about theCrimson Bull humor magazine forNewswire, I have been going through fiveboxes of materials that had been stored inprofessor Chris Savage’s basement since hisdeath in 1964 — and there I found evenmore Crimson Bull information in an avalancheof clippings and the minutes of SigmaDelta Chi (SDX) meetings. At the same time,the column stirred up memories in journalismalumni all over the country.Steve Guback , BS’50, says he was editorof the Crimson Bull issue that had a merrygo-roundon the cover. “I remember writingalmost all the stories in that issue, most ofthem under bylines with names like O. MyGosh, etc. Those were great days. And theystill provide great memories … So thanksfor the article and the memories. It mademy day.” Since the death of his wife,Steve has moved to a retirement village inSpringfield, Va.From Florida, Eli Adams, BA’49, and hiswife, Marilyn Moore Adams, BA’51, write thatthe column “brought back warm memoriesof our glorious days at the university.” Theyreside in Estero, Fla., and still depend onEli’s IBM typewriter instead of a computer.Manny Mighdoll, BA’50, e-mails us hispleasure in reading about the Crimson Bull,which he edited for one issue, in addition tohis stint as Daily Student editor. “The columnnot only brought back memories but tears tomy eyes.”From Hobart, Ind., Carrol Vertrees,MA’52, writes of his graduate year when hegot an “A” in Chris Savage’s editing class, and“I thought I might have a future in journalism.”That future was years on the Gary Post-Tribune and some teaching at IU Northwest.“Now in the autumn of my life, I rememberwhat a lovely place that campus is inthe spring. … I can see the quonset hut andhear the noise and fun that made it special,”Vertrees writes.Bob Wilcox, BA’52, writes that he was editorof the Crimson Bull for the controversialco-ed calendar, of which he is still proud. Hewas 27 years old and aveteran pilot of WorldWar II, having survivedbeing shot down overGermany, when he firstsat in an IU classroom.After graduation, hewent to ArmstrongCork Co. and movedup in the advertisingside of the business.He has written widely,including a regularcolumn for AdvertisingAge. Bob lives inLancaster, Pa.All of which bringsus to the boxes fromChris Savage’s basement. There were SDXminutes (mercifully brief) with these tidbitsabout the Crimson Bull:In 1947, there was a campus humor magazinecalled The Date, published by nonjournalismmajors. Those students wanted to getout of the publishing business and so offeredThe Date to Sigma Delta Chi.At that time, the men of SDX had LawrenceWheeler, BA’21, as a mentor. (SDX liked to goout to Wheeler’s Brown County cabin for beerparties, according to the minutes.) Wheelerhad helped found the Crimson Bull back in1919. So when SDX acquired The Date, theysoon changed its name to the Crimson Bull.(They even tried to get the university to use ared bull as a mascot, but were turned down.)The revived magazine continued as a partof campus life and an SDX project into thelate 1950s. Does anyone remember when itfolded?Back in the present, there was an unusualfollow-up to myNewswire column. Awoman in Texas calledNewswire; she hadfound a picture of herIU alumna mother onpage 47 of the 1948Arbutus, and in the Marjorie (Smith)Blewett, BA’48mother’s bio was amention of the Crimson Bull. The daughterGoogled “Crimson Bull,” and up came mycolumn. The alumna was June Allen Sullivan,BA’48. Her daughter, Katy Sullivan Callahan,now a lawyer and a Notre Dame graduate,told Newswire that June had majored injournalism, was an honors student and PhiBeta Kappa. June was married in the fall of1947 to a veteran who was a freshman. ByJuly of 1948, she had the first of their threechildren. The husband later went to lawschool. However, in 1962 June was killed inan auto accident. Her husband has now died,as have other relatives, and the daughter isseeking more information about her mother.I remembered June from her 1948 Arbutuspicture, but not much more. Can anyone elsehelp out Ms. Callahan?So the Internet ties us back to 1948 andgives us information we never could havedreamed of back in that post-World War IIera.Thinking of the 1940s, I was amazed toread in the last Indiana Alumni Magazine thatthere are only 5,015 living alumni from thatdecade. It’s enough to make a 1948 alumnacheck her pulse!It’s time for the column to change. Iwould like to hear from alumni about thingsthat happened in J classes, the Arbutus, on theIDS. How about input from “Marge’s Kids,”who were here in the 1970s and 1980s —which was my heyday in the program? Ormemories of being put out of Pyle Hall duringits remodeling and jammed into the oldDelta Zeta house across the street? (It’s nowthe site of the Hutton Honors College.) Orthe problems that arose when a newsprintstrike forced Jack Backer to crisscross CentralIndiana to find someone who could printthe IDS — daily? Other funny or interestingthings … you tell me. Just e-mail Newswireat akibbler@indiana.edu, and the editor willforward it to me.Tyra RobertsonFall 2010 / newswire < 49 >

940 E. 7th St.Bloomington, IN 47405-7108Nonprofit OrganizationU.S. PostagePAIDIndiana UniversityAlumni AssociationThe BIG PictureMelissa FarlowFamilies work at sunrise to pick flowers for the Day of the Dead celebration under the smoking volcano Popocatepetl in Mexico.Photographer Melissa Farlow, BA’74, is a longtime freelance contributor to National Geographic. This photo appeared in theNational Geographic book The Long Road South.