Fall 2004

Multimedia Newsroom creates a stir in the Dole Center By Deron Lee, graduate student

isitors to the second floor V of the Dole Center this semester have been unable to resist peering through the large windows of the new Stan and Madeline Stauffer Multi- media Newsroom, where J- School students and faculty are at work. “We’re beginning to cope with the fact that we’re living in a fishbowl here,” Professor Rick Musser said. Musser is managing the newsroom and teaching his Online Journalism course there. Nick Irvin, senior, a pro- Professor Rick Musser, Stauffer Multimedia Newsroom director, ducer for KUJH-TV, welcomes and Sandra Barry, KJHK radio news director, review the rundown of stories in the TV Newsroom system. The “amoeba table” in the opportunity to work in the the center of the room provides a place for students from KUJH, fishbowl. KJHK, and the Kansan to share ideas and work together. “We report on people. We watch them,” he said. “So I think it makes sense that they should be able to watch us work. I think it’s good.” This summer, work crews gutted the second floor lobby to clear space for the newsroom, which is designed to prepare J-School students for the converged media environment that awaits them in the workplace. A $200,000 donation from Stan and Madeline Stauffer made the project possible. What’s Inside... (Newsroom – continued on page 2) + Meet the New Faculty Letter from the Dean + Editor’s Day-Walter Mears + Rich Clarkson-Dedicated Graduate s you can see from this issue of JLinks, it’s a busy + William Allen White Day A and exciting time here at the J-School. In August, + Bremner Editing Center we opened the Stauffer Multimedia Newsroom in the + Accreditation Process Dole Center. Since classes began this fall, students have + Professional/Community Outreach been taking advantage of the Bremner Editing Center, + Tuition Differential Fee named in honor of the late journalism professor and the + New J-School Web Site icon of quality editing, John Bremner. + International Experiences In September, more than 100 editors from Kansas + Alumni News & Notes and other states gathered on Editor’s Day to hear Walter - Sally and John Buzbee Mears, an AP Pulitzer Prize winner, talk about a new - Mike Moffet way of reporting–blogging, a sort of online diary. Some - Ranjit Arab - Kevin Helliker Ann M. Brill, Interim Dean (Dean – continued on page 2) (Dean – continued from page 1) (Newsroom – continued from page 1) say it’s the future of reporting. The symbol of the new media We’ll see, but it’s great to see landscape in the Stauffer Multimedia journalists–professionals and Newsroom is the convergence table Photo of training students–trying new things (also called the “amoeba table” for its labs or KUJH at unusual shape), which contains and, at the same time, relying on work in newsroom the tested skills of solid workstations for the University Daily reporting, writing and editing Kansan, KUJH, and KJHK radio news. that are the bedrock of quality Here, students from the different journalism. campus media outlets can exchange We also have new faculty story ideas and formulate various members this year. Kristen methods for telling those stories. Swain, an expert in medical and The amoeba table also features two xxxxxxxxxxxxxx science journalism, brings skills workstations for students in the Online in investigative reporting and Journalism class, who will be helping writing to a complex area. other students in various journalism Doug Ward, a Kansas courses get their stories from class native, combines the highest published in the Kansan or aired on Multimedia reporting students attend training professional accomplishments KUJH or KJHK. sessions with Staci Wolfe, multimedia coordina- with strong academic The goal is not only to enhance the tor, in the new multimedia newsroom eMac lab. credentials. Until joining us, he news-gathering capabilities of the was a copy editor at The New campus media, but also to improve the Kansan newsroom remains in Stauffer- York Times. He also worked educational opportunities for students. Flint Hall, but at least one Kansan staffer will work at the amoeba table. with Gene Roberts, the 17-time “This is a learning laboratory,” Most of the newsroom’s equip- Pulitzer Prize winning former Musser said. “The real test is how much ment is now installed and operating editor of the Philadelphia and how well people are learning.” according to plan, but there is still Inquirer. The newsroom also features a Our third newcomer is training lab with 12 eMac computers, work to be done. As the newsroom I-Huei Cheng, who spent the as well as broadcast and editing continues to evolve, Staci Wolfe, multimedia coordinator, expects to see summer in the public relations facilities for KUJH and KJHK. The the installation of a office of the Estee Lauder video camera, a cosmetics company. They join a Webcam, and a large- faculty committed to providing the very best education possible screen plasma TV while instilling passion for the visible from the hallway outside. craft of journalism. “We’re in a constant In addition, we are state of construction,” preparing for our reaccred- she said. itation visit in February. That experience is helping us take a Musser said he look at the past and set a plan hoped that all J- School students and for the future. Stay tuned. Just faculty will take like the past, our future is advantage of the looking great! newsroom. Amanda Stairrett, University Daily Kansan campus editor, juggles paper, Meanwhile, computer and phone during her shift in the multimedia newsroom. Stairrett, who also is enrolled in the Online Writing, Design & Production Musser encourages class, works with multimedia reporting students to help them get their people to visit the newsroom. “The Ann M. Brill, stories published in the Kansan. operative term is, Interim Dean come on down.” 2 Fall 2004 JLinks New faces in the J-School Editor’s Day 2004

alter Mears was the fea- W tured speaker for the J- School’s Kansas Editor’s Day Saturday, September 25. He discussed the November election. Mears covered politics for most of his 45-year career with the Associated Press, winning the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the 1976 presidential campaign. Mears retired in 2001 and wrote his third book, “Deadlines Past.” More than 100 Kansas editors, publishers and faculty members attended Editor’s Day. They also had a pre-game Lisa Loewen, Kristen Swain, Doug Ward and I-Huei Cheng (Chris Ralston not pictured). brunch at the Chancellor’s house and attended the Kansas- he Jayhawk flock has grown this career also has included editing Texas Tech football game. T fall with the addition of three positions at the Kansas City Star, “Editor’s Day is a time to new full-time assistant professors and Hutchinson News, Parsons Sun, show our appreciation to two part-time lecturers. Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia editors from around the state Prof. Kristen Swain, a former Daily News. and to show them what we are assistant professor at the School of Ward graduated with a B.S. in doing at KU,” Dean Ann Brill Mass Communication, University of journalism and mass communications said. “We were also excited to Arkansas-Little Rock, was selected to from Kansas State University, has a have Walter Mears here. He’s a fill the newly-created medical/science master’s degree with honors in veteran political reporter, who communication position. She has journalism from the University of through his ‘blogging’ at the taught health communications and Kansas, and received his Ph.D. in mass political conventions, took a writing at Texas A & M University, the communications from the University new approach to journalism.” University of South Florida and of Maryland. Mears teamed up with Arkansas, and published extensively Prof. I-Huei Cheng has joined the Washington reporter Nancy in the field. faculty on a one-year appointment as Benac for the AP debut of its Swain graduated with a B.A. in an assistant professor, teaching first blog at the Democratic journalism from the University of Marketing and Media Research and convention in Boston. They Mississippi, has a master’s degree in co-teaching Strategic Campaigns. She provided journalism from the University of is currently completing her Ph.D. at running Alabama College of Communications, the University of Missouri. com- and received her Ph.D. in mass Part-time lecturers Lisa Loewen, mentary, communications from the University teaching Research and Writing, and insight of Florida College of Journalism and Chris Ralston, teaching Print and and news Communications. Online Design, also have joined the tidbits Prof. Douglas Ward, a former faculty. from the copy editor with the New York Times, Republican teaches editing and writing. Ward’s convention too. www.journalism.ku.edu JLinks Fall 2004 3 Walter Mears A photographer gives his all tice. During a water break, By Charles Higginson, ACEJMC program associate Allen came over and invited the boys to meet another ob- any alumni say they give their alma mater their full server of the day’s session – M support, but few take it as literally as Rich Clarkson, James Naismith. Denver photojournalist and a 1955 graduate. He has arranged Or the time when a bequest through which virtually his entire estate will come Clarkson, as the 11-year-old to the University. His extensive photography collection, in- publisher of an aviation news- cluding prints by Ansel Adams, is destined for the Spencer letter, got a call from one of Museum of Art, and the remainder will benefit the J-School. his regular contacts, the head Values are undetermined, but the gifts help substantially of the aeronautical engineer- boost the School toward its $5 million KU First goal. ing program. There was “I’ve been involved with the University my entire life,” someone in the office he Rich Clarkson Clarkson said. “When this fund-raising campaign came might want to interview, the along, it just seemed the time to do it.” man said, so Clarkson hopped Clarkson’s ties to the University do indeed go back. Both on his bicycle and pedaled up 14th Street, and spent 40 min- his parents graduated from KU, and the campus provided utes interviewing Orville Wright. memorable adventures to a boy growing up in Lawrence. “My father asked if I got his autograph,” Clarkson said. Take the time he and some friends sneaked into the net- “I told him, ‘I’m a journalist. Journalists don’t ask for auto- work of steam tunnels under the campus and found them- graphs.’” selves under Old Robinson Gymnasium. Hearing basket- Clarkson’s interests soon turned from aviation to pho- balls pounding, they made their way up to the second floor, tography. As a journalism student at KU, he honed the skills where Coach Forrest “Phog” Allen was conducting prac- and savvy that eventually made him one of the country’s pre-eminent photojournalists. Although he has not designated specific purposes for William Allen White National Citation the gift, he said he hoped the School would be able to re- establish emphasis on photojournalism and visual commu- he William Allen White nication, complete with full-time faculty. A teacher himself, T Foundation has selected Clarkson has advice for aspiring photojournalists. Gerald Seib, the Wall Street “It may be a glamorous, sexy, rewarding job to be a Journal Washington bureau photographer at the Olympics, but that future is available chief, as the recipient of the 2005 only to a very few incredibly talented people,” he said. “The William Allen White national real future is in roles of leadership. Put together the tools to citation. He is a 1978 graduate be a great picture editor or director of photography. That of KU and the School of means becoming a complete journalist, including writing Journalism. He will speak and Gerald Seib and design. I’ve always pushed my photographers to do receive the citation at a public ceremony on William everything.” Allen White Day, scheduled for Friday, Feb. 11, at 1:30 Clarkson has been director of photography and senior p.m. in the Kansas Union’s Woodruff Auditorium. assistant editor of the National Geographic Society, assis- Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary to Presidents tant managing editor of The Denver Post and a contract and Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, received the contributing photographer to Sports Illustrated. 2004 national citation. As the only press secretary to He organized photographic coverage of the Munich and be appointed by two presidents, he gave more than Montreal Olympics for Time magazine and of the Moscow 850 press briefings in six years. His book, “Call The Olympics for Sports Illustrated, and he was overall coordi- Briefing,” is a best-selling memoir of 10 years in the nator and director of photography in the main Olympic sta- White House. dium for the Atlanta games. A panel of William Allen White Foundation In 1987, he founded Rich Clarkson and Associates in trustees selects the citation recipients. It has been Denver. The company creates projects based on fine pho- presented annually since 1950 to journalists who tography in many forms, including photographic books, ex- exemplify the ideals of William Allen White (1868- hibitions and interactive multimedia. 1944), a nationally influential Kansas editor, publisher and namesake of the J-School. 4 Fall 2004 JLinks New Bremner Editing Center opens Accreditation: Standards for success Co-written by Viva Bolova, junior Co-written by Brandi Garvin, 2004 graduate

rof. John B. Bremner demanded the best of his editing very six years the School of P students. His legacy lives on in the J-School and beyond. E Journalism seeks reaccredita- This fall, the J-School opened the door to the new Bremner tion from the Accrediting Council Editing Center in 110 Stauffer Flint, named in honor of the on Education in Journalism and late KU professor. Mass Communications (ACEJMC). Students work with professors and teaching assistants Photo by Earl Richardson “It is a ‘Good Housekeeping’ to improve their editing and writing skills. Diane seal of approval,” said Susanne Lazzarino, a long-time faculty member, works at the center, Shaw, KU journalism professor offering coaching, computer programs, videos and books and ACEJMC executive director. to journalism students. ACEJMC works to ensure the Prof. Susanne Shaw “Professors in the J-School are concerned about the quality of journalism and mass quality of writing in classes of all levels,” said Mary communication schools in the United States and, Wallace, assistant to the dean. “We increasingly, internationally. The council administers a created the Center to help students voluntary process of evaluation. Schools that have been address deficiencies, and ensure con- accredited are re-evaluated every six years. tinued excellence in our students’ The J-School’s site team visit is scheduled for Feb. editing and writing skills.” 6-9. Faculty and staff have spent the last year gathering An Australian native, Bremner documents and preparing for the visit. came to KU in 1969 and taught copy The accrediting team for the Kansas visit includes: Beth editing until 1985. During his tenure Barnes (team chair), director of the School of Journalism at KU, he won the HOPE teaching and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky; award and was named the national Joel Kaplan, assistant dean for graduate professional Prof. John Bremner Outstanding Journalism Educator. programs in the School of Public Communications at Bremner wrote two books, “Words on Words” and Syracuse University; Carol Pardun, associate professor in “HTK.” He was also involved with the Gannett Foundation the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the in creating the ”John Bremner: Guardian of the Newsroom” University of North Carolina; Kathleen Fearn-Banks, video, which is still used to teach editing in the newsroom. associate professor in the department of communications “This was the guy who, at the last part of his career, at the University of Washington; Barbara Serrano, deputy was invited to go to the New York Times to help the New national political editor at the Los Angeles Times; and York Times’ editors to become better editors,” said Prof. Barbara Cochran, president of the Radio-Television News Tim Bengtson, chair of the J-School curriculum committee. Directors Association in Washington, D.C. “What we are trying to do is make the school live up ACEJMC sets standards of accreditation, and schools to what John Bremner wanted it to be,” he said. must substantially meet them to achieve accreditation. Bengtson said that often students are easily satisfied A school seeking accreditation spends about a year with what they write, and don’t realize the need to rewrite writing a self-study, examining itself. Next, a team of and strive for more. professionals and educators makes an on-site examination In the Bremner Editing Center, students are able to of the school. The visiting team’s recommendation then get help in problem goes through two more levels of deliberation. The end areas identified by result is accreditation, provisional accreditation or denial their professors. It is of accreditation. going to be up to each KU was one of the original group of schools student to make sure accredited by ACEJMC in 1946, and its offices have been that he or she masters located in the J-School since 1985. the material. “The school gets no special treatment for housing the An official open council,” said Charles Higginson, assistant to the ACEJMC house and dedication executive director. “We make sure this school is reviewed program will be later Bremner at the head of the class. just as rigorously as any other.” in the fall. JLinks Fall 2004 5 Community and professional outreach Class clients & public service projects in recent semesters: he J-School has a strong history T of partnering with private bus- 2003-04 Strategic Campaigns Clients— iness and industry and public and Salina Area Chamber of Commerce (IABC non-profit sector organizations. Bronze Quill Award winner); Chipotle Restaurants, national chain; Union Students in both the Strategic Broadcasing, Kansas City; KU Women’s Communications and News and Basketball; Commerce Bank; Douglas Information tracks have many County Bank; and UMB Bank, Kansas City. opportunities to benefit from working Lawrence Memorial Hospital Endowment on real projects, for real clients. Association Heartbeat—newsletter “Partnerships with outside organizations, especially in the state Douglas County Senior Citizens 60 and of Kansas, are very important to the Bob Basow, associate professor, and students Better—monthly newsletter J-School and KU,” Interim Dean Ann from his Spring 2003 Campaigns class meet with Operation Immunization—state outreach Brill said. “Community outreach is their client BlueCross BlueShield in the company’s with KU School of Pharmacy Kansas City offices. essential to building professional Alternate Spring Breaks—advertising for relationships, keeping current with process of solving real challenges and KU students to do community service the media trends, and maintaining a problems that the clients themselves network for our students as they seek KU Services for Students with face,” Bob Basow, associate professor, Disabilities—informational materials internships and jobs.” said. Strategic Campaigns, one of the The organizations that partner Johnson County Community College Summer Youth Program—print advertising capstone courses in the Strategic with the classes also get the benefit of Communications track, provides encouraging parents to involve their children several complete campaigns, at a in an active educational environment students with the opportunity to greatly reduced cost. apply everything they have learned “It really is a self-fulfilling Junction City Daily Union Community Credibility project—involving residents, during their years in the J-School to a prophecy,” Basow said. “What makes journalists, and Fort Riley personnel major business or non-profit agency Campaigns succeed is the expectation campaign, complete with fully- of success that the students and client Grassroots Arts Center, Lucas, Kansas— developed public relations, ad- bring to the problem.” marketing program vertising and marketing elements. News and Information students Trinity Respite Care Services—marketing “In Strategic Campaigns, we seek also have opportunities to produce project clients who involve students in the content for real-world media. Last Brown v. Topeka Board of Education year, students in Christy Bradford’s Web site—for the 50th anniversary Business Reporting class wrote for the (www.ku.edu/~ojclass/brown) Kansas City Business Journal. Students in Susanne Shaw’s Community William Allen White Web site—celebrating the William Allen White Home Museum, lives Journalism course worked as of the White family, the White Foundation reporters and copy editors for the and the White Children’s Book Awards Lawrence Journal-World, and continue (www.journalism.ku.edu/school/waw) to do so. Lee Denim Days—annual fund-raiser for Last spring, students in Peggy breast cancer awareness work for the Susan Kuhr’s Community, Media and Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Credibility class worked with the sponsored by PRSSA Junction City Daily Union to research National Organ Donor Awareness Day— the media needs of two different Junction City High School students discuss where campus campaign, sponsored by PRSSA they get their news during a forum with Prof. groups in the community—Junction Peggy Kuhr’s Community, Media and Credibility City High School students and Fort Locks of Love project—A volunter hair class. Riley soldiers. stylist cut and collected hair from students, with the hair going to wigs for children who have lost their hair to cancer treatment, 6 Fall 2004 JLinks sponsored by a management student Enhancing learning through technology improvements

-School students graduate prepared for careers in the J real world. It is only logical that they also graduate well- versed in the latest, real-world technology. The J-School introduced a new Tuition Differential Fee that helps accomplish just that. It supports the purchase and update of hardware and software, special technology training for students, additions to the Journalism Resource Center, equipment for the new Stan and Madeline Stauffer Multimedia Newsroom training lab, and various other computing needs in Stauffer-Flint Hall and the Dole Center. “Employers expect a certain level of technological savvy from employees,” David Guth, associate dean, said. ”This fee allows us to provide students with the right tools for career success.” On June 24, the Kansas Board of Regents approved the J-School’s Tuition Differential Fee, along with tuition increases in the KU Schools of Business, Education, Fine A student uses the new computers in the 105 Stauffer-Flint computer lab. Arts and Engineering. Students taking any courses in the universities and journalism schools, conducted student School of Journalism now pay the $12 per credit hour fee. focus groups, developed a student questionnaire, and In fall 2003, former Dean Jimmy Gentry appointed a worked with student organizations for input and support. Journalism Technology Fee Committee to assess the need The results of the research yielded strong support for this and student reaction to a fee. The committee included fee initiative. graduate and undergraduate students in both of the The J-School will continue to improve its technology J-School’s tracks, along with faculty and staff. offerings with the funds generated from the fee. The committee researched technology fees at other

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he J-School’s Web site received a major facelift. Based T on months of research and planning, we reworked not only the design, but also, the content, navigation and functionality. You will find more useful information and a design that allows us to better showcase our students’ multimedia work. The site is designed to provide information to students, potential students, alumni and friends, faculty and staff. Think of it as a portal to all things KU Journalism. The Alumni & Friends section will also expand in coming months to include more alumni profiles and updates. The section currently includes links to this alumni newsletter, a database of alumni, information on supporting the J-School and more. Do you have any suggestions, or just want to let us know how you are doing? E-mail us at [email protected]. JLinks Fall 2004 7 Linda Davis: International traveler Worldly students Co-written by Jennifer DeGraeve, senior ournalism and “the interna- tional experience” fit together inda Davis, associate professor, is J like a hand and a glove. no stranger to traveling abroad. L Each semester, J-School She was the first professor in the J- students take advantage of the School to teach in the Paderno del study abroad and international Grappa, Italy, program. Last summer, programs available to them at KU. she led 11 students to San Jose, Costa The J-School’s most popular Rica, as part of the KU-Universidad de study abroad experience remains Costa Rica exchange program. Linda Davis stands in front of the former Palacio the Paderno del Grappa program So when the opportunity to partici- Presidential (currrent Museo de la Revolución), in Italy. Every semester, pro- pate in a seminar in Havana, Cuba, where students began an unsuccessful assass- fessors and students from all over came up, she jumped at the chance. ination attempt against Fulgencio Batista in 1957. the country converge on the After receiving a license to travel to beautiful campus in Paderno for Cuba, KU funded its first faculty national marketing communications. an educational and life experience seminar to the country. Davis joined 15 “Opportunities like this don’t come unlike any other. other professors in Cuba for the around enough,” Davis said. “Getting The J-School sends a different seminar in June 2004. to share experiences and learn from professor to the program each The purpose of the seminar was to KU professors from a wide variety of semester. This fall, Terry Bryant, lecturer, is teaching E-commerce provide direct, in-country experience disciplines was a wonderful education.” and the Media and International in Cuba to stimulate professional “Under ‘Fidelismo,’ there is no of- Business Journalism in Italy. collaboration among U.S. and Cuban ficially sanctioned objective journalism in Cuba, though the country has many Also, last year a group of faculty and to explore options for journalism students traveled with students. The nine-day trip included skillful professionals. It’s all ‘government public relations’ from our Linda Davis, associate professor, daily academic meetings where faculty to Costa Rica. Along with the J- point of view. I was, however, fas- shared knowledge of Cuba. School programs, KU offers many cinated by the local news shows with Susan Gronbeck-Tedesco, director other chances for students to go their high ideological content. The of the Office of Study Abroad, and her abroad. staff set up a committee to choose radio culture, on the other hand, is Abby Mills, a 2004 graduate, participants. Disciplines represented fantastic, because Cuban music is so received a grant from the National included journalism, political science, amazing. Obviously, the media scene Security Education Program to English, Spanish, history, art, theater in Cuba is Fidel-driven, not market- work and study in Russia this and film, engineering and the Medical driven, and it is a real opportunity to year. She is helping establish a School. Gronbeck-Tedesco said the observe a different system,” Davis said. journalism program in south committee chose a broad cross section Davis said she looked forward to central Siberia at Gorno-Altaisk State University this semester. of faculty from nine KU departments. bringing more international exper- Mills will study international “Linda was chosen because she gave iences to the classroom in the future. journalism at St. Petersburg State a great proposal,” said Gronbeck- University in the spring semester. Tedesco. “As a journalist, she gave a dif- She earned degrees in both ferent view of how cultures develop.” Russian and journalism. Growing up in Miami, Davis said Emily Howard, a May she found herself immersed in Cuban- graduate, was one of 25 KU/Asia American culture following the Cuban Scholars this summer. She visited revolution. Her father flew many China, and is teaching Kansans flights between Havana and Miami for about the country this semester. Pan Am during that time. She said Other scholars in the program exposure to life in multicultural Miami visited Japan and Korea. led her to research and teach Latin The Santería blend of African and Spanish religions The school continues to American media systems and inter- can be seen on the streets and in homes. The color explore ideas to further the yellow represents Cuba’s patron saint, the Virgin international experience for de la Caridad del Cobre, who is associated with journalism students. 8 Fall 2004 JLinks Ochún, the Yoruba goddess of love and rivers. ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES Television Cooperative in Kristen Layton is a sales Where are they now? Lenexa. representative at News Radio KMBZ, an Entercom station in Amanda German is director Kansas City. Tawnya Bach reports on of marketing at Sandhill 2004 education and community Orthopedic and Sports- Zach Lee is an assistant editor Ashley Arnold is an account activities for KRBC-TV in medicine in Garden City. at Rocket Productions, a representative with Weyforth- Abilene, Texas. commercial production house Haas Marketing in Overland Jane Gist is marketing in Austin, Texas. Park. Mark Belot is an account manager for the Overland executive with Fallon Park Convention Center/ Carrie Lindeman is a public Jonah Ballow works for Worldwide in Minneapolis. Global Spectrum, Overland relations account executive Phog.net and Jayhawk Park. with Sullivan Higdon & Sink Illustrated. Tara Bonin is marketing in Wichita. director of Innovative Jenni Glass has been hired as Brittany Bublitz joined Software Technologies in the marketing assistant for Christa Lobaugh is in the GE Infinity Broadcasting in Riverside, Miss. Shawnee Mission Medical Communications Leadership Kansas City, selling radio. Center. Development Program, an 18- Thais Brandao is retail month program with three six- Robyn Flohrschutz is with outside account executive for Erica Gray is with the Global month rotations in different Topeka’s KSNT 27 News the Statesman-Journal in Salem, Customer Service Center of divisions and international Today as a reporter/editor/ Ore. Bloomberg L.P. in New York. locations. photographer/producer. Andrea Burnett is a reporter Lindsay Gross is an assistant Susan Novak, who took Maggie Koerth is assistant at KFDX-TV, the NBC affiliate editor with Covey journalism graduate courses, editor of Mental Floss, a satire serving Wichita Falls, Texas, Communications in Gulf received a first place award in and news magazine in and Lawton, Okla. Shores, Ala. She works the National Federation of Birmingham, Ala. primarily with two magazines Press Women’s 2004 contest. Kelli Christman is an account for condo owners. Novak is managing editor of Paula Paggi is morning coordinator with sturgesword Kansas Heritage magazine of newscast producer for WAGT in Kansas City. Dan Harriman is an assistant the state Historical Society. in Augusta, Ga. to the events manager of the Andy Davies is an associate Chemical Heritage Foun- Erin Osburn is an account Lindsay Sierens is a traffic sports producer at KSHB-TV, dation in Philadelphia. planner with the Harwood manager for Barkley in Kansas City. Marketing Group in Dallas. Evergreen & Partners in Justin Henning is a Web pro- Kansas City. Amanda Denning is an ducer with the Palm Beach Julie Ottmar is a media assistant account executive Post. coordinator at McKee Jessica Scott is an intern for with Fleishman Hillard Wallwork Henderson in the U.S. Olympic Committee International Communications Sarah Warren Henning is a Albuquerque, N.M. Media and Public Relations in Kansas City. sports copy editor with the division at the training center Palm Beach Post. Amy (White) Schmitz is copy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Natalie DePriest is paid pro- editing for four suburban gramming coordinator, sales, Megan Hickerson is executive newspapers for Townsend for Tribune Broadcasting, assistant to Gina Sanders, the Communications in northern 2003 KPZR-TV, in St. Louis. vice president and publisher Kansas City. Amber Agee is an outside of Teen Vogue. retail account executive in Ashley Earnest is an account Kristin Schultz is a staff Salem, Ore., for the Statesman- executive with 360kc.com, an Emily Hutchins, MSJ, has member for the Flint Hills Journal. online advertising vehicle for joined Jones Seel Huyett, an National Golf Club and area businesses. The site is advertising, marketing and Wichita Open. Mike Alzamora is a sports described as a “visual public relations firm in anchor with the Independent directory.” Topeka as account manager. Jonathan Smith is an News Network, in Davenport, interactive media buyer with Iowa. Melissa Eisberg is an account Julie Jantzer is an associate Plattform Advertising in coordinator for Deutsch, Inc., production editor for Johnson County. Ashley Anstaett is policy a public relations, event Primedia business director for Sen. Anthony planning and advertising firm publications. Elizabeth Taylor is an Hensley, Democratic minority in New York. editorial promotions leader in the Kansas Senate. Joy Larson joined KCAU-TV, coordinator at the Daily Meghan Erwin is publications the ABC affiliate in Sioux City, Oklahoman, Oklahoma City. editor for the National Cable Iowa, as a reporter. www.journalism.ku.edu JLinks Fall 2004 9 ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES

Sarah Tongier is a grants The Buzbees: specialist, with the KU Center for Research. Mission Kelley Weiss is the producer Middle East of the Walt Bodine Show at KCUR 89.3 FM, an affiliate By Kara Lynch, of National Public Radio. Journalism Lecturer 2002 ally Buzbee, a 1988 J- S School graduate, will Daniel Ahlquist is at the board a plane Nov. 1 and fly University of North Carolina in a sociology graduate from her home base in Sally and John Buzbee, with daughters Meg, 3, and Emma, 5. program. Washington, D.C., to become news bureau chief for the Middle East, and working to build a solid Marit Bates is coordinator of Associated Press in Cairo, Egypt. After the news infrastructure in Arab countries. the technology group for the Golf Course Superintendents first of the year, her husband John Buzbee, “Cairo is our control bureau for the Association of America. a 1989 J-School graduate, and their two whole Middle East,” Buzbee said. young daughters plan to join her. “Everything from journalists in Iraq to the Kyle Burnett is an assistant The Buzbees have spent much of the gulf states to Yeman. We need a media planner at GSD&M in past six years living and working in the Austin, Texas, one of the two permanent person in Saudi Arabia. Four main agencies used by Wal- Middle East. And for the first six months years ago that would have been Mart. of 2004, John worked in Tikrit, Iraq, for the unthinkable, but things are changing. The State Department as the second-ranking demand for news in the Middle East is Emily Callaghan is a civilian in the province. dramatically increasing.” production assistant in the marketing department of Their professional lives, hers as a Sally Buzbee came to KU thinking she Strayer University in journalist covering the Middle East, and would get a degree in English, then Washington D.C. his with the State Department working to possibly teach. But her work for the rebuild Iraq, complement each other. University Daily Kansan inspired her and Julie Carter is a production “When I first came to Washington,” assistant for VFW magazine allowed her a glimpse of possibilities for in Kansas City. Sally Buzbee said, “I was doing more herself. “I just loved working on the domestic issues, economic issues, welfare. college paper,” Buzbee said. “We dove in Mark Hansen is a project John had been a journalist, then got a headfirst. It was the first situation where I coordinator at Thomas degree in Arab Studies and joined the State was treated like an adult and expected to Nieman, Inc. in Wilmette, Ill. He researches, edits and Department. John is interested in the Arab contribute.” develops new books for the world, and I have found that across the “It’s also almost impossible to over- company. board people in the Arab world and estimate how much Prof. Susanne Shaw elsewhere are regular, normal people who did for us by telling us to get out there and Jeremy Knickerbocker have regular, normal lives. It interests me recruits college graduates for work and learn from people around us. the Sears Retail Management to write about it.” From KU, I got a good, rigorous grounding Development program as Much appeals to Buzbee about the on how you do this kind of work and what assistant store director in Cairo position. “Bureau chiefs write. It’s a is right and wrong, and since then I’ve Topeka. strong tradition,” Buzbee said. “In general learned so much from the people around Amy McCollom is director I’m interested in this job because there is me,” Buzbee said. of marketing for Southwest so much misunderstanding about the Tile & Marble in Oklahoma Middle East, and I have a strong desire to John Buzbee was featured in the June 2004 City. address those misunderstandings.” edition of KU Connection, the KU Alumni Buzbee, though, will have two initial Association’s online newsletter, for his work priorities: overseeing the spot news report in Tikrit, Iraq. Access the article online at: that organizations around the globe www.kuconnection.org/2004June/people_3.asp 10 Fall 2004 JLinks depend on for daily information about the ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES Nathan Willis is a copy editor Christoph Lapczyna, MSJ, is on the metro copy desk of the head of public relations at Washington Post. KWB, a company that creates Ashley Shroyer, a political Mindie Paget, MSJ, Lawrence and promotes continuing science graduate who took Journal-World arts editor, won education programs in journalism classes, is a desk second place for health 2000 Hamburg, Germany. assistant at ABC News writing and page layout, and Elizabeth (Powell) Ashby is Nightline in New York. third place for a section she the editor of Produce Keena McClendon is regularly edits, the Sunday Merchandising magazine, a production coordinator for 2001 Arts & Living section, from business-to-business four Primedia magazines in the National Federation of publication in Lenexa. Overland Park. Muriel (Bernard) Crider Press Women. Cowgill is a marketing Danny Fiser is an account Edd McCracken won the consultant for Manhattan Josh Scofield is the sports executive at Feist Publications Scottish Press Association Broadcasting Company director at KREP FM in in Kansas City selling Young Journalist of the Year (KMAN, KMKF, KXBZ, & Belleville/Concordia. advertising space in the Award. He reports for the Sunday KACZ) in Manhattan. Kansas City, Northeast Herald in Edinburgh, Scotland. Bryan Turner is a Peace Kansas and Lawrence Feist Jennifer Curry is a staff writer Corps volunteer in Bulgaria yellow page directories. Jessica Salazar is research for the reference publisher H. for the next two years, director for the John Kerry- W. Wilson in New York. She teaching high school English Seth Jones has been promoted John Edwards campaign in writes for Current Biographies, and helping set up small to associate editor of Golf Missouri. a periodical bound as a book, businesses. Course Management magazine. and the World Authors series.

Matt Dougherty is the managing editor for five Michael Moffet: The Regulator Dispatch-Tribune newspapers By Kara Lynch, Journalism Lecturer in Kansas City North. portation, and Christa (Henton) Dubill has awrence resident and J-School alum, banking legislation. been hired as the 6 and 10 L Mike Moffet, has lived on both sides He then served as p.m. news anchor for WKOW- of the regulatory table: as one who is regu- counsel to the Avia- TV in Madison, Wis., the ABC lated and as regulator. His recent appoint- tion Subcommittee affiliate. ment by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to the of the U.S. Senate Karen Hahn is attending Kansas Corporation Commission, the Committee on graduate school at Emerson agency that regulates telecommunications, Commerce, Science Michael Moffet College in Boston, studying trucking and utility services, puts him and Transportation. health communications. squarely back in the regulator camp. From there he accepted a position with Scott Lowe, MSJ, was A native of Norton, Moffet is a 1972 the Federal Aviation Association (FAA), awarded a fellowship at the graduate. He said his journalism training followed by a position with the American Metcalf Institute for Marine was essential to the work he had done. Association of Airport Executives in the and Environmental Reporting, “A lot of what I have done over the Washington area. During the first Bush part of the University of Rhode Island Graduate School course of my career has related to public presidency, Moffet returned to the FAA as of Oceanography. He will affairs and the work of taking what are of- a political appointee—associate adminis- report on environmental is- ten complicated and difficult issues, and trator for policy, planning and interna- sues for the Providence Journal. trying to explain them in a non-technical tional aviation. In that position, he worked on the development of the national avia- Margaret Clare Mclellan is way for both decision makers and the pub- working as an advertising lic, “ Moffet said. tion noise policy, a significant, and highly sales assistant for Hachette After graduating from the School of controversial undertaking in the field of Filipacchi Media, U.S., in Journalism, where he was selected out- environmental regulation. Chicago, working primarily standing senior by the faculty, and from For the past six years, he has worked for ELLE, ELLEgirl and Premiere magazines. the School of Law in 1975, Moffet worked for Public Strategies, an Austin, Texas, for former Sen. James B. Pearson in public affairs consulting firm, as strategic Washington, D.C. adviser to the president of SBC Kansas, He followed this by working as a leg- studying the effect of regulation from the islative aide to former Sen. Nancy vantage point of the communications in- JLinks Fall 2004 11 Kassebaum, assisting her on energy, trans- dustry. ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES consumer investigation efforts for health care and reporter for WQAD-TV in pharmaceutical companies. Moline, Ill. Her first job was Resources, a consulting firm anchor/reporter at KPLC in Umut Bayramoglu Newbury 1999 in Mission. Lake Charles, La. is at the Kansas City Star in Chad Bettes, MSJ, is the paginating and copy editing. public affairs officer for the Miranda Khan has joined Jaimee (Reggio) Lumm is an U.S. Department of State WPTV, the NBC affiliate in account supervisor of public Ann Weishaar has been Office to Monitor and Palm Beach, Fla., as co-anchor relations at Chandler Group named producer of a news Combat Trafficking in and investigative reporter. For in Evanston, Ill. She show at KPNX-TV in Phoenix. Persons in Washington D.C. three years, she was primary 6 specializes in supporting She prepared for that while and 10 p.m. anchor and product communications producing the 5 p.m. news Corbin Bosiljevac is a during the Olympics. network marketing representative with Excel Communications and is starting an outdoor J-School alum finds ‘civic duty’ in film adventure company based By Lisa Schmitz, graduate student in Mexico. anjit Arab grew up in Wichita, the U.S. Supreme Katie Burford, MSJ, youth birthplace of Pizza Hut and a city Court decision and families reporter for the R where Americana drifts by in the dusty, that said chil- Albuquerque Journal, is a Fulbright Scholar studying Kansas wind. dren must be Chilean media and teaching Yet, despite spending his childhood in educated. at the University of Arts, the nation’s heartland, Arab maintained a “This Sciences and keen awareness of the “immigrant really bother- Communication in Santiago. experience” during his youth. ed me,” Arab Tyler Cook is an account “My parents immigrated from India said.“I wanted executive at Saatchi & in the late ’60s,” said Arab, a 1993 J-School to express my Ranjit Arab–Photo courtesy of Saatchi on the Toyota graduate, “and I always had a sense of feelings, and a Thad Allender, 2002 graduate Automotive account in what it meant to be an immigrant. It was a movie seemed and Lawrence Journal-World Overland Park. feeling of being from two lands.” like the right photographer. Michelle Rosel McDonald Arab, a publicity manager for medium be- is a producer with High University Press of Kansas, carried that cause I could show – really show – people Noon Productions in perspective with him as he studied the children being talked about.” Denver, producing pro- journalism and, more recently, turned to With only a basic background in film, grams for the Food Network. filmmaking. Arab decided to enroll in Prof. Tom Earlier this year, Arab and creative Volek’s corporate video and documentary 1998 partner Aaron Paden completed “El class in the spring of 2003 to help ease the Jaime (Powell) Beringer has Jardín,” a documentary film that focused process. a new position as product on Garden City, and the successful “Prof. Volek, as well as Terry Bryant manager for Sears, Roebuck education program for the children of and John Broholm, really supported me & Co. in Chicago. immigrants there. In June, the film won in my goal,” he said. “I can’t thank them Jeff Beringer is director, two prizes at the KAN Film Festival in enough for their help.” Web relations for Weber Lawrence, including first place in the Arab is currently working on a sequel Shandwick in Chicago. college documentary division. to the 26-minute “El Jardín.” The follow- “‘El Jardín’ means ‘the garden,’ and up examines the issue of in-state college Regina Cassell is the faculty Garden City is truly a place where many tuition for the children of Kansas adviser for yearbook and newspaper and instructor of different types of people are growing immigrants. mass media at Washburn together,” said Arab, 34. “I feel obligated to use my journalistic University. Arab said he was inspired to make the training toward some positive end,” Arab film after repeatedly reading about the said. “It’s not about awards or Erin (Johnson) Jungmeyer actions of Connie Morris, a State Board of recognition; it’s more about a civic duty, is in marketing for Propane Education member who moved to have you could say, and making people think. children of undocumented workers I think journalism students would do well 12 Fall 2004 JLinks removed from public schools, despite a to remember they have that power.” ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES Monica Hayde recently made the switch from practicing 1986 media and intellectual Angela (Pfenninger) Baier Matthew York is marketing property law to a career in has been named marketing coordinator for Playground 1993 legal marketing. director for the city of Denver Destination Properties in Marlene Neill, community by Mayor John Hickenlooper. Reno. He earned an MBA in relations specialist for the city Stephen Wade, publisher of 2003. of Waco, Texas, was the Pittsburg (Kan.) Morning John Egan has been promoted accredited by the Public Sun, is listed among the top 20 to editor of the Austin Business Relations Society of America. young professionals in the Journal in Texas. He had been 1997 newspaper business, featured managing editor since 1999. John Hart, MSJ, is co-author Hale Sheppard, an attorney in Presstime magazine’s of a book, “Breach of Trust: with Sharp, Smith, & annual “20 under 40” How Washington Turns Harrison, P.A. in Tampa, Fla., December issue. Presstime is Outsiders Into Insiders,” specializes in global tax the monthly publication of the 1985 written with former U.S. Rep. planning, cross-border Newspaper Association of Alison Gilman anchors the 5 Tom A. Coburn. Hart was business transactions and America. and 9 p.m. newscasts week- Coburn’s press secretary. international tax nights at WITI-TV, FOX 6, in controversies. Milwaukee. Rob Nelson works for the 1989 interactive agency Idea Chris Halsne was one of three Integration as a senior 1992 reporters for Seattle’s KIRO- 1984 copywriter and creative team Jerry Bever is general TV, who placed first in Susan (Fotovich) McCabe is a lead for the HP/Compaq manager of KTVA-TV, Ch. 11, consumer spot news reporting freelance writer living in account in Houston. in Anchorage, Alaska. in the Best of the West Kansas City with her husband Journalism contest, sponsored and three children. Matt Wendt has been named Amy Cranch is the editor of by First Amendment Funding, producer of the 6 p.m. news at the Chicago Field Museum’s Inc. KPNX-TV in Phoenix. magazine, In the Field. 1983 Susan Gage Sass has joined Gerald Sass Jr., MSJ, has Blaine C. Kimrey is an the journalism faculty of the joined the journalism faculty 1996 attorney specializing in media University of Nebraska. She of the University of Nebraska. Dan Lara, MSJ, is a news and law with Winston & Strawn, was team leader for sports at He was copy chief of The media relations specialist for an international law firm in The Oregonian, in Portland. Oregonian, in Portland. KU University Relations. Chicago. Brad Swisher is a market Betsy Rate joined CBS as Stephanie Patrick is a 1988 manager for Lamar Outdoor associate producer of “60 healthcare reporter at the Joe Bollig, MSJ, senior Advertising in San Diego. Minutes.” She was an Dallas Business Journal. In reporter for The Leaven associate producer on PBS’ 2003, she won two awards newspaper of the Catholic William Chris Wessel is Bill Moyers’ “NOW” from the Texas Medical Archdiocese of Kansas City, publisher of the Atchison Daily program. Association. Kan., won three awards at the Globe. Catholic Press Association convention in Washington, 1995 1991 D.C. 1982 Chris Gannett completed his Julie (Novak) Curtin became Nancy Ross-Flanigan, a MBA at Washington a partner at DCI, a marketing Krista Roberts is assistant master’s graduate of the University in St. Louis. He is a firm based in New York. news director at WATE-TV, College of Liberal Arts and management associate with Knoxville, Tenn. Sciences, is a science writer Citigroup Corporate and for the University of Michigan Investment Bank in New 1990 News service and freelances York. Elaina Khoury Boudreau 1987 articles on health and lifestyle. currently serves as director of Brian Masilionis is an She took courses in the School. public relations and advertising account 1994 communications for a General supervisor with Grey Janet Marguia is the executive Lance Hobson is an Air Force Electric Company, ERC. Worldwide in New York, director and chief operating navigator. working on the Smucker’s, Jif officer of the National Council Michael Fulhage is an Peanut Butter and Crisco on La Raza. She was formerly David Johnston is now the assistant professor and news accounts. KU’s executive vice chancellor marketing director for KU. He editor on the Columbia for University Relations. is working on his master’s Missourian. He is researching degree in higher education Mexican immigration for a administration at KU. master’s degree thesis. JLinks Fall 2004 13 ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES

KU Alum, former Journalism student Kevin Helliker wins Pulitzer Prize By Mary Rupert, former Kansas City Kansan news editor and 1996 journalism masters graduate. Article reprinted courtesy of the Kansas City Kansan. Editor’s Note: Kevin Helliker will be on campus Nov. 29-30. Check the Web site, www.journalism.ku.edu, for more details.

hen Kevin Helliker was diagnosed with an aneu- W rysm, he found out all he could about it. That life experience eventually led the Kansas City, Kan., native to a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory writing. Helliker, the Chicago bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, won the Pulitzer with Thomas M. Burton. Kevin Helliker The awards committee for the top prize in journalism noted that Helliker’s and Burton’s story examining aneu- today at the age of 73 as a meat cutter for the House of rysms was “groundbreaking.” The Pulitzers, awarded by Sausage on Strawberry Hill. the Pulitzer board through Columbia University, also carry Growing up here, Helliker read The Kansas City Kansan a $10,000 prize. and he also worked delivering The Kansas City Star and Times. “Purely by accident, a scan taken of my chest found I “KCK as a whole is a place where people work hard, had an aneurysm in my aortic root,” said Helliker, who is and I think that I have a work ethic that was developed 45. “I still do have it.” there,” he said. The aneurysm is too small for surgery, he noted, but if A 1977 graduate of Bishop Ward High School, Helliker it were to grow, surgery would be recommended. said the teacher who had the greatest influence on him there Helliker noted his initial reaction to the scan was sur- was Sister Susan Rieke, who is now the chairwoman of the prise, because he always thought that aneurysms were un- English Department at the University of Saint Mary, detectable until they struck. Leavenworth. “Then I began to process and learn about what they “She taught English and very much encouraged me to really are and what could be done about them,” Helliker pursue a career in writing,” Helliker said. said. He added that Blake Mulvany, retired superintendent Eventually, what he discovered led him to write about of the Catholic schools, was the principal of Ward at that it. In their story, Helliker and Burton told readers that it time, and was a great role model. was well-established that aortic aneurysms run in families Helliker received a degree in English literature from and they can be treated, yet much of the medical commu- the University of Kansas in 1982. He took journalism classes nity was not giving patients this information. Aneurysms at KU and worked on the University Daily Kansan, the stu- can be detected by computerized tomography and mag- dent newspaper, while he was there. netic resonance scans, he said. “The three instructors there who made a huge impres- “Our profession has taken a hit lately with the Jayson sion on me were Ted Frederickson, Rick Musser and (the Blair’s and Jack Kelley’s (journalists who were caught pla- late) John Bremner,” Helliker said. “I think that the jour- giarizing or making up information), but it’s an honorable nalism professors there are very tough, and I found them profession,” Helliker said. “With this package of stories that to be tougher than the professors I had in other depart- we won the prize for, it demonstrated that journalism can ments, but I also found them, in retrospect, much better at really make a difference for the good. We have had people training us for the real world,” Helliker said. who read our stories write us letters and tell us that our “In advanced reporting, you had to write a story every stories saved their lives.” day, and when you have other classes to attend, that’s just Helliker said he grew up in KCK with a strong work essentially like being a full-time reporter while also being a ethic from his father, G. Robert Helliker, who still works full-time student,” he said. “The rigors of that made the real

14 Fall 2004 JLinks (Helliker – continued on page 15) ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES 1974 (Helliker – continued from page 14) Kathryn Ann (Miller) Nelson is Jo Jo Murphy (Judith Fogelman), interim managing editor of the MSJ, owns Look Good on Paper, world actually seem kind of easy by com- Albuquerque Tribune. Virtual Assistant, which provides parison.” copy editing, business writing, Helliker started his journalism career document production, word 1981 processing and resume writing with an internship at the Kansas City Times. Carol Beier was appointed to the (www.lookgoodonpaper.com). “I remember the first story I did as an Kansas Supreme Court by Governor intern for the Kansas City Times. I profiled Kathleen Sebelius in 2003. A 1985 a self-help group for little people, dwarves, graduate of the KU School of Law, 1972 and I had a call afterward from a young she practiced in Wichita before Rosemary Mahnke is director of dwarf who hadn’t known about this group, joining the bench. She was on the marketing communication for court of appeals first, from 2000-03. Sprint’s Business and Wholesale and just told me that my story had changed Business Unit in the Local her life.” Telephone Division. She has been Next Helliker joined the Wall Street 1980 with Sprint for more than 26 years Journal’s Houston bureau. He left the Jour- Kathleen Conkey is assistant general and lives in Overland Park. nal to return to the Kansas City Times, where counsel at CBS Television, working Ronald Parker is a writer and he worked a little more than a year, then with the daily news program Inside Edition. producer of films and television went to work for a magazine, Corporate Re- shows and miniseries. He received a port of Kansas City, which is now Ingram’s. Mark Spencer covers government Humanitas Award for his Joan of After three years with a new magazine and community life in Connecticut Arc mini-series script. Movies and called Arizona Trend, he then returned to for the Hartford Courant. Spencer mini-series he has written and/or produced have won Oscars, Emmys the Wall Street Journal, where he has been spent six months researching why many immigrants from Ecuador and Golden Globe awards. for 15 years. As bureau chief, he oversees a settled in Connecticut. team of 10 journalists. “Working for the Journal, in and of it- 1971 self, is an honor,” he said. “There are a lot 1977 Joe Vaughan is owner/president of of people here who do great work day in Jerri (Reyner) Corgiat has published Joe Vaughan Associates Publishing, handling specialty book publishing. and day out, who never win prizes, as there her first novel, “Sing Me Home,” set in the Missouri Ozarks. In 2003, he was elected to a four- are in all newspapers.” year term on the Johnson County Helliker left KCK years ago when he Ann Gardner, editorial page editor Water District #1 Board of Directors. went to college, but he said he returns to for the Lawrence Journal-World, visit his parents and family here. It was received first place in editorial 1954 Helliker who, as bureau chief, assigned the writing from the National Federation of Press Women. The editorial, Charles F. Morelock, MSJ 1962, is a Wall Street Journal story about the renais- “Truth Comes Out,” analyzed cases retired teacher and loyal KU sance of Wyandotte County last summer. in Lawrence where public officials basketball fan. “I’ve talked to Warren Buffett (Ne- were less than forthcoming and how braska Furniture Mart founder) about why this pattern of unwillingness made 1949 they chose Wyandotte County, and he had their situation more complicated. William Nelligan is the executive great things to say about the county and in Patricia Eliot Tobias is the senior director of the Certification Board of particular, about the mayor,” Helliker said. editor of publications for the Writer’s Nuclear Cardiology in Damascus, He said he remembers KCK as a good Guild of America, west. She is also Md. He recently celebrated his 50th place to grow up. Helliker offered a bit of president of the International Buster wedding anniversary. advice to students or young journalists. Keaton Society. “My advice would be to approach the 1948 job with passion, and if it takes dreaming 1976 Betty Bacon Hodges published a about the Pulitzer Prize to do that, that’s Richard L. Kovatch is founder and book “Nasturtium & His Magic fine, but really, affecting readers’ lives is, CEO of SalesVantx, Inc., an Internet Doors” in December 2002. It is a in and of itself, a tremendous reward,” he venture based in Columbus, Ohio. children’s book featuring twelve said. “Information is tremendously pow- He recently launched his newest site, adventures in fairies, dragons and www.roadfax.com, a service for imagination. erful, and I guess my advice would be to business faxing over the Web. use it for good.” JLinks Fall 2004 15 Send us Your News

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