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EDITORIAL STAFF
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI Medill helped host the RELATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT 2016 NABJ Region II Belinda Lichty Clarke (MSJ94)
Conference and Media MANAGING EDITOR Institute on Finance Katherine Dempsey (BSJ15, MSJ15)
held Sept. 30 DESIGN
Amanda Good Attendees at the Sept. 30 NABJ Region II Conference and Media Institute on Finance held at FACULTY ADVISER Medill’s new Chicago space at 303 E. Wacker. Charles Whitaker (BSJ80, MSJ81)
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Jenna Braunstein Steve Lee
CONTRIBUTORS
Beth Moellers Michelle E. Shaw Lauren Drell (MSJ05) Anna Keller (MSJ09) Thomas Day (MSJ08) K. Aleisha Fetters (BSJ09, MSJ09) Medill grad DERRICK BLAKELY (BSJ75), a Erin Golden (MSJ07) reporter at CBS 2 Chicago, counsels a Columbia Angela Kwan (MSJ09) College student at the conference.
EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS 8 THE 24 POLITICAL Photo credits: National Association of BLOOMBERG AIMS Black Journalists Carson Brown (BSJ17) Allyna Melville (BSJ19) WAY Thomas Day (MSJ09) reflects New course seeks to on running for public office. MEDILL CHICAGO IS THE BOMB! increase diversity in business journalism. “I attribute much of the success of the NABJ Region II Conference and 26 BLUEPRINTS TO Media Institute on Finance to location, location, location. The Medill GREEN SCREENS Chicago facility gave us more flexibility with programming. The small 10 LONDON Theresa Chong (MSJ13) hung rooms offered an intimate setting for students to meet with media CALLING up her hardhat to revisit her mentors. The classrooms were the perfect accommodations for our Medill IMC expands its global childhood passion—and various workshops, and the open space with monitors, mics and a academic initiatives with the reinvent multimedia and perfect sound system complimented our major sessions. launch of a new course in technology reporting. London. Donating the space helped keep our costs down. We were able to offer PLEASE SEND STORY PITCHES AND LETTERS TO: free registration to more than 60 journalism students. Dozens more only paid $10. Our full members paid no more than $30 and we provided 1845 Sheridan Rd. 12 INSIDE MEDILL two meals, presented several skills-based workshops and a couple of Evanston, IL 60208 [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO newsworthy sessions. The Chicago regional conference was the best Medill launches a new facility in NABJ history with registration topping more than 230, twice our in San Francisco, increasing expectations. PRINTED BY: opportunities to examine Active how media and technology Dean Hamm, I am humbled by your generosity, grateful for your 5500 W. 31st St. connect. Cicero, IL 60804 sponsorship and, as always, I am proud to be an NU Wildcat.” uniqueactive.com
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Dorothy Tucker (COMM77) COPYRIGHT 2016 MEDILL 2 MEDILL NEWS / 28 CLASS NOTES / 29 OBITUARIES / Left to right: Cheryl Burton (anchor, WBBM-TV Specials Reporter WLS Channel 7), Yolanda Joe (Professor, 33 KEEP READING ... WVON-Radio Host Columbia College) and Joshua Short NABJ Vice President, Broadcast (Columbia College student). Cover photo: From left, Andy Linder (BSJ16), Alex Furuya (BSJ18) and Sophia Bollag (BSJ16).
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he cover story focuses on our new San Francisco campus. I’d like to share how the plan took Medill Medill Club of NYC president Tshape from an idea in 2012 to the incredible new structure we have today. BETHANY CRYSTAL (BSJ09) accepted In spring 2012, as I Interviewed for the dean’s position, I thought about Medill’s history and pos- the “Excellence in Communication” award Senior on behalf of the Medill Club of NYC for its sibilities for the future. The programs in Chicago and Washington were terrific advantages for an Awarded excellent social media presence, monthly Evanston-based school and university. newsletters and the live tweeting of events. The Washington bureau connected the school to the East Coast and the national political world. NABJ Importantly, the structure of the DC news service also linked Medill and the students to dozens of Scholarship newspapers and broadcast stations throughout the United States. The DC program established fifty years ago was crucial in establishing Medill as a national leader. Medill senior JESSE SPARKS (BSJ17) was But what about the new media world in technology and innovation? Could we create a model on the awarded the Visual Task West Coast for Medill to be a leader in future years by partnering with Silicon Valley leaders? If so, we BRADLEY J. HAMM Force Scholarship by the knew the design for Medill SF should be broader than a news bureau. DEAN National Association of After being hired as dean, I met in the fall and spring with faculty, students and alumni about the Black Journalists (NABJ). current state of Medill and goals for the future. San Francisco was just one piece. But each calendar year, deans of the Northwestern NABJ awards scholarships schools must present to the president, provost (chief academic leader) and vice presidents to review the previous year and goals for annually to deserving students interested the future. in pursuing careers in The idea for Medill SF was one of our major goals in the January 2014 report to university leaders. By then, we envisioned the site journalism. This year, NABJ as a smaller version of Medill with year-round classes for all of our undergraduate and graduate students, plus alumni events and has awarded $27,500 in conferences. We could expand on our quarter-long Journalism Residencies and the summer IMC immersion experience. scholarships. Sparks received $1,500. NABJ’s scholarships are a part of With this model, we could consider cross-school partnerships that are common in Evanston and Chicago but not part of our the Student Education Enrichment and Development Program (SEED), which provides professional and educational opportunities to students Washington program. The McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science was an ideal partner. Dean Julio Ottino and his pursuing careers in journalism. faculty and students worked with the creation of the Knight Lab, an excellent partnership between our two schools that has produced tools, such as TimelineJS, used by journalists around the world. “I’m incredibly honored to have been selected as an NABJ Visual Task Dean Ottino agreed to partner with us. McCormick has many alumni in the Bay area, as does Medill. The partnership is reflected Force Scholarship winner,” Sparks said. “I came into college holding in the space with a design lab next to a broadcast studio. so tightly to my dreams of becoming a journalist. Over the last few NU’s real estate leader Ranee Berliant identified locations for the new site, and we debated whether to be in Silicon Valley or the years, I’ve had the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the best journalists and designers in the world. It’s been an incredible experience city. We listened to many people and selected 44 Montgomery, next to Market Street and a rapid transit station. The support of Medill to work with Associate Professor Susan Mango Curtis. It’s been a great AUSTIN SIEGEL (BSJ18) won the Jim Murray advisory board member Mary Lou Song, with her experience as a tech leader, was crucial. chance to show that visual journalism, and specifically design, has such Memorial Foundation Judges’ Choice Award For our students, the city is ideal. Admittedly, a large office building in the financial district was not my first vision for a SF tech an important role in shaping the future of journalism. scholarship for his impactful essay on Evanston’s location, but when we toured it, we saw startups and large tech companies in that building and throughout the district. 1999 racially motivated murder of former “While the $1,500 award is so crucial, I’ve been astounded by the support We leased the space and hired Gensler to design both our San Francisco and Chicago (303 E. Wacker) locations. Fortunately, both Northwestern basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong. and recognition I have received. It’s recognition of hard work, of my sites were on similar timetables as our lease at the old Chicago site was ending. The new Chicago site opened in March 2016 and San The foundation rewards excellence in writing to mother’s sacrifices to make sure I can attend a school like Northwestern, Francisco a few months later in the summer. honor the Jim Murray legacy—and his love for and recognition of the professors who have invested so much into me. I’m journalism and dedication to his career. Shortly before construction started, we made a key change after meeting again with university leaders. This partnership between thrilled to continue learning, growing and creating and I’m glad to do so two schools was Northwestern’s expansion into the West Coast and San Francisco/Silicon Valley. President Morty Schapiro was with the support of my community at Medill.” very supportive. Why not build it as “Northwestern San Francisco”? Today, Medill runs academic programs throughout the year. McCormick will partner with us on several undergraduate initiatives, Game of Thrones, created by GEORGE R.R. including a special winter quarter with 12 Segal Design students and 12 Medill BSJ students. The School of Education and Social MARTIN (BSJ70, MSJ71) won 12 Emmys, bringing Policy taught a course there, and Kellogg will do so in the winter. The Pritzker School of Law is interested, as is the School of its total Emmy count to 38—the most of any fictional series. Professional Studies. We’ve also held admissions and alumni events and workshops. It truly is Medill San Francisco and Northwestern San Francisco.
Graduates of the master of science in advertising class of 1971 visited campus on Sept. 30. From left: Carson Brown (BSJ17, tour guide), Reid Stephenson, Edward Vick, Ellen Dreyer, Brad Todd, Ann Walsh Shannon and Norman Hoffberg.
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MEDILL CLUB OF SOCAL FALL SOCIAL, OCT. 2, 2016
LEFT: Medill SoCal club board member ANN LEE (MSJ08), BRIAN ROBINSON NU Remembers (IMC02) and JONATHAN LABABIT (IMC12). Karen DeCrow
BELOW LEFT: Medill SoCal club board (BSJ59) member VICTOR CHI (BSJ91) and his son, Max. This fall, the Northwestern University Library presented an exhibit on Karen BELOW MIDDLE: From left: DeCrow titled “You’re No One ‘Til SHAY HOLLAND (MSJ89), Somebody Hates You.” The title pulls SUEVON LEE (MSJ06). from a cross stitch that DeCrow’s sister made for her that now sits in a glass case in the first floor of the library, as part of a large collection endowed to Northwestern after her death.
DeCrow, a graduate of Medill in 1959, was a trailblazer in the field of feminism. Graduating from Syracuse Law School in 1972 as the only woman in her class, she went on to lead the National Organization for Women (NOW), where she fought for women’s rights in sports and the workplace, and equality between the genders.
NBC News National Correspondent PETER ALEXANDER (BSJ98) won an Emmy for Breaking News Coverage for his reporting of the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.
Karen DeCrow’s personal archives On Oct. 28, six of the seven recipients of the 2015 are on display in the Northwestern James Foley Medill Medal for Courage visited Medill Library as part of the exhibit. to receive their medals and speak to students. From left: James Wright, John Smith, Eric Hartley, Jennifer Robison, Howard Stutz and James DeHaven.
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THE BLOOMBERG WAY NEW COURSE SEEKS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN BUSINESS JOURNALISM.
BY MICHELLE E. SHAW
MICHELLE E. SHAW, ONE lad in one of his signature bow ties, Matt discussions about the curriculum, Winkler and OF THE 16 STUDENTS WHO Winkler, editor-in-chief emeritus of Hamm decided to debut the course at Medill. TOOK WINKLER’S CLASS, IS A C SECOND-YEAR PH.D. STUDENT Bloomberg News, stood in front of a room full More than bringing the Bloomberg style of IN COMMUNICATION STUDIES of journalists last fall and asked, “So, what is the journalism to campus, Winkler also wants to WHO SPENT MORE THAN 13 YEARS IN PRINT JOURNALISM. surprise? It is news only if there is a surprise.” make material changes in the landscape of The surprise was that the journalists sitting in business journalism. He is passionate about front of Winkler were Northwestern University who reports business news because he sees a students. direct correlation between the background of the Once a week last quarter, Winkler traveled to reporter and the editorial product. Chicago to teach a course called The Bloomberg “This subject known as business, and the Way, which is designed to prepare journalists, economy, is for the most part bereft of journalists
If all of the people covering the money and the economy look like the people they are
interviewing, there are questions that should ABOVE: Matt Winkler, stories about their assigned companies, based on “In business journalism we’re talking about editor-in-chief emeritus of information they found using Bloomberg raw data where are we going to put our money to make our- be asked, that are not being asked. Bloomberg News, talks to Medill students during his and analyst information. The idea was that stu- selves better,” he said. “We’re talking about how Matt Winkler fall class. dents ask questions about these companies based to inform policy makers as well as the public… on what they find interesting and important. to get better outcomes. As a subject, there isn’t “We’re figuring out what the stories mean, and anything more important than this one.” what matters the most,” Winkler said. “Because Though Medill is the first to offer the course, everybody comes from very different back- Winkler said he hopes it will expand to other particularly those of color, to cover the economy. of color on the beat,” Winkler said. “That is very grounds, each brings a different perspective to schools. The goal, he said, is to create a more diverse troubling because journalists are the ones asking the same story, which provides a richer context.” “This is something Bloomberg is committed newsroom, but not just for the purpose of brag- questions, and if all of the people covering the Another aim of the course is to introduce to doing with as many colleges and universities ging rights. money and the economy look like the people they students of color to business reporting by talking as we can find,” he said. “We need to be part of Winkler said the idea for the class was born are interviewing, there are questions that should about connections between the economy and the solution and not part of the problem. We’re out of conversations with a number of journalism be asked, that are not being asked.” popular culture. Winkler said the state of the at the beginning, and the way I see it, this is an deans across the country about the lack of jour- In the class, each of the 16 students was economy should be “at the top of everyone’s imperative for us at Bloomberg and in the field nalists of color. Medill’s dean, Brad Hamm, was responsible for reporting on an Illinois-based agenda,” because it “anchors all things.” of journalism.” w among the first to respond, Winkler said. After company. Every week, students brought in new
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endearingly described as “the father of IMC,” LONDON CALLING designed the curriculum with Heidi, drawing influence from Brand Equity, an IMC course she’s MEDILL IMC EXPANDS ITS GLOBAL taught at Medill for 20 years. ACADEMIC INITIATIVES WITH THE “I would say part of the overarching theme LAUNCH OF A NEW COURSE IN LONDON. that tied all of this together was for students to understand brands as business assets and to look at them from both a commercial, societal and economic point of view, as well as a legal and financial point of view,” Heidi Schultz said. BY LAUREN ONE THING’S FOR SURE: IT’S NOT EVERY “We spend a lot of time talking about how brands DRELL (MSJ05) day that IMC students receive that enviable create value both for the organization as well as invitation to Wimbledon for a private tour of for its customers; and there can be a variety of
LAUREN DRELL IS A CHICAGO- the grounds, where manicured tennis courts, customers, and it can create value in many differ- ABOVE: Medill IMC students AND LOS ANGELES-BASED newly revamped facilities and even a stop in the ent ways. How all of that gets kept in some kind experiential learning component into this course. “Even though they might not know us, the full in London visited brand FREELANCE WRITER WHOSE In addition to traditional classroom instruction time commonality of having been connected to Medill WORK HAS APPEARED IN same room where Serena Williams took press of balance and equilibrium is an important thread consultancy Wolff Olins. THE HUFFINGTON POST, interviews are on the itinerary. It’s a coveted, that goes through many of the sessions.” three days a week, students also went into stores is enough for them to support us for the work in AMERICAN MARKETING experiential learning opportunity where students This global course is a bit of a departure from the in London and applied the specific topics they were America or abroad. That’s something we really ASSOCIATION’S MARKETING studying for the week, by looking for examples appreciated about the experience.” INSIGHTS AND MARKETING also are served the history behind the iconic two other brand courses in the IMC curriculum, HEALTH SERVICES AND ON British brand and how it evolves with the current both of which are very tactical, Don Schultz said. of products, ranging from grocery store items to The Global Brand Communication course in THE PAGES OF PUBLISHED high-end luxury merch, packaging or whatever the London was developed by IMC Assistant Professor BOOKS, AS A GHOSTWRITER. times yet still remains true to itself. Don’t expect the focus to be on the creative com- Think of this as a quick snapshot into what a ponents of both branding and marketing. “This is a assignment called for that was directly related to Jenna Massey, who is the IMC full-time program day may have looked like for the 20 IMC grad- view of branding as a business and viewing brand- the weekly subject matter. director and director of IMC global initiatives. uate students who enrolled in Medill IMC’s ing as an asset, and it really is dramatically different “The opportunity to see the concepts that we’re It’s part of Medill IMC’s ongoing efforts to build inaugural five-week Global Brand Communication from simply executing, ‘give me a logo’ or ‘get me learning in the program being applied in real life global relations and broaden its global academic Management course this past fall in London. a slogan.’ It’s much more business-oriented,” Don was really great, that kind of coming full circle,” initiatives that Massey oversees, a major priority The goal of this two-credit course—jointly Schultz explained. It’s about strategy and making said Anna Klutho (IMC16). going forward. taught by the husband-wife dynamic market- business decisions around building, sustaining Brit’ney McTush (IMC16) added, “I really appre- For this course, London was an obvious choice. and extending brand ciated how our classroom wasn’t restricted to an “This is a global arena right now, especially assets, Heidi Schultz actual room, but it became the world around us.” coming from emerging markets like China, India or added. It’s their hope Students also learned through guest speakers South America. I think a big draw for them is really that the course chal- and off-site visits to meet top local scholars, understanding what’s going on in Europe,” Massey This is a view of branding as a business and viewing lenges IMC students’ industry experts and leading brand consultants, said. “I think London serves as the hub of this cul- branding as an asset, and it really is dramatically existing thinking which included Medill IMC alumni like interna- tural, historic and economic center; and also from when it comes to tional branding company Isobar’s Global CEO the marketing communication perspective, they’re different from simply executing, ‘give me a logo’ or some traditional prin- Jean Lin (IMC91), who welcomed students with really way ahead of us in terms of e-commerce and ‘get me a slogan.’ It’s much more business-oriented. ciples of marketing an overview of the company’s history, mission and digital marketing. And, of course, lots of luxury they’ve been taught, philosophy; and was joined by Simon Gill, Isobar’s branding started in Europe and manifested in the Don Schultz encouraging further Chief Creative Officer for Isobar UK, who shared past years in London.” exploration. a number of client work examples and provided a For Laurel Neveu (IMC16), this course provided “I’ve always really tour of separate facility Nowlab, Isobar’s innovation the perfect way to wrap her time at Medill IMC. “I appreciated that accelerator lab, loaded with new technology Isobar think that this experience, being in a different coun- ing duo of Adjunct Lecturer Heidi Schultz and because it allows you to weigh all aspects of the uses for research and client demonstrations. try, was kind of like the cherry on top to my program, Professor Emeritus-in-Service Don Schultz—is to situation and to determine which one you think fits “One thing for sure, you realize how far and and I couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the give students a comprehensive understanding of best for a particular given situation,” said Joseph wide the Medill Mafia is. Even though this is a IMC program for myself,” she said. w the issues that challenge global brands and how Macdougall (IMC16). “It allows for you to remain strong network, at the end of the day, I think it’s organizations must address those factors in order adaptable rather than sticking to just one concrete kind of comforting just to see how alumni really to build and protect brand equity in both estab- way to do things.” embrace students and how ready they are to give lished and emerging markets. Don Schultz, who’s It’s important to the Schultz team to build an us feedback and interact with us,” McTush said.
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MEDILL LAUNCHES A NEW FACILITY IN SAN FRANCISCO, INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES TO EXAMINE HOW PUTTING THE MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY CONNECT. “WEST” IN
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communities that we both serve and are a track who opted to spend an extra fifth that world with journalism understanding, part of,” said Owen Youngman, professor quarter in the Bay Area to participate in with journalism values. That’s what we’re of Digital Media Strategy at Medill, who this new specialization opportunity.) trying to create.” has been closely involved in the San “This specialization [Media Innovation IMC students have always completed a Francisco launch. “In San Francisco, we and Entrepreneurship] is positioned as a practicum as the focus of their fifth quarter are providing opportunities to work at path for people who are motivated by the within the program, so for those students the intersection of technology, media, same things journalists have always been the San Francisco area became the hub journalism and integrated marketing, and motivated by—telling the story, having a for those on-site engagements. The MSJ to be immersed in the equally fascinating positive impact on the world—but what students who participated in this inau- culture and news environment of Silicon differentiates them from many of their gural quarter in San Francisco, though, Valley and the Bay Area.” peers is they’re interested in applying acted as trailblazers within the new For journalism students, Northwestern’s those interests by creating media prod- Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship San Francisco presence is helping to make ucts rather than stories,” said Professor specialization. the university even more relevant in a and Director of Digital Innovation Rich “When applying for Medill, I knew my rapidly evolving industry. This group of Gordon, who’s been instrumental in interest in journalism was tied to my inter- master’s students is first to participate in getting the San Francisco program under- est in new storytelling applications from Medill’s new graduate Media Innovation way. “These are people who see that a technological standpoint, which made and Entrepreneurship specialization. The there’s great opportunity to launch new the Innovation and Entrepreneurship program builds upon the long-held tenets publications and products to make them specialization so perfect for me,” said of journalism but also allows students successful, to run them and to build them. Henry Keyser (MSJ17). “The San to develop another layer of perspective, I’d argue there’s never been a better time Francisco aspect of the Innovation giving them the skill set necessary to to do that, and more need for people who and Entrepreneurship specialization is actually create media products and are involved in that process to come to designed on the pillars of a successful companies. This ability is becom- ing increasingly critical in the ever-changing media landscape. (There were also two MSJ fifth quarter students in San Francisco who were not part of the Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship
BY ANNA THESE DAYS, NORTHWESTERN IS OFFI- In addition to coursework—taught both by Medill KELLER (MSJ09) CIALLY A BIT MORE “WESTERN.” faculty as well as Medill alums and other outside Beginning with the fall quarter in 2016, experts—students were engaged in practicum OPPOSITE: Welcome to Medill San Francisco ANNA SWINDLE KELLER IS AN Northwestern officially premiered its West Coast projects to help connect them to relevant compa- ACCOUNTANT SUPERVISOR presence with a new facility and programming nies in the city. LEFT: From left: Jessica Buchleitner AT THE VARIABLE, AN (MSJ16), Nikolas Wright (MSJ16) and ADVERTISING AGENCY IN offered in San Francisco. This new educational For the past 50 years, Medill journalism stu- Devin Emory (MSJ16) WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH space is the result of an innovative partnership dents have been able to immerse themselves in CAROLINA, AND ALSO WORKS AS A PART-TIME FREELANCE between Medill and the McCormick School of the culture, politics, government and news of PREVIOUS PAGE: (first row, left to right) Henry Keyser (MSJ17), WRITER AND BLOGGER. Engineering and Applied Science. Washington, D.C., and now with this West Coast Colin Mo (MSJ16), Wanruo “Ashley” During the inaugural fall session, fifth-quarter arm, the school is able to offer students—both IMC Zhang (MSJ17), Jessica Buchleitner students from the IMC program and second-quar- and journalism students, undergrad and graduate (MSJ17); (second row, left to right) Qiqi “Vivian” Zhang (MSJ17), ter students from the MSJ program traveled from alike—another angle on the field. Mengyi “Jenny” Sun (MSJ17), Vijeta Evanston to the Bay Area to be immersed in a cur- “Northwestern’s expansion into San Francisco Ramkishan Ojha (MSJ17), Reedhima riculum that emphasizes the connection between is a bold and interesting undertaking that is Mandlik (MSJ17), Nikolas Wright (MSJ17); (third row, left to right) media and technology—an intersection that designed to have lasting impact on students, on Wynona Latham (MSJ17), Devin comes to life in a variety of ways in San Francisco. the university and to the media and technology Emory (MSJ17) and Josef Siebert (MSJ16)
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tech startup: understanding how to dis- and seeing what the environment is like— OPPOSITE: From left: Yuchen Luo (IMC16) cover and design a product that solves getting to know people and understand and Mengyi “Jenny” a user’s needs, how to grapple with the perspectives—is helpful for marketers in Sun (MSJ17) intense CEO pressures and complications the future. I wanted to live here full time RIGHT: Hundreds of alumni that mean having a company live or die by to see if it’s actually a place I can see attended the ribbon your decisions, how to work in conjunc- myself for a few years.” cutting ceremony and tion with computer engineers to develop Hickey’s IMC team was working with reception on Sept. 29. a software product and, finally, our Airbnb as their practicum, helping the practicum adds direct value from having company focus its social media marketing contributed to tech companies.” strategy. Keyser’s practicum site was a media and “I was excited to get more hands-on information industry research company called Outsell. He experience by getting to work with such worked there on Thursdays a cool company that’s doing really inter- and Fridays (the practicum esting and innovative things,” she said. schedule his fellow MSJ class- In San Francisco, we are providing “Being able to work for a company as it’s mates adhered to as well) as a opportunities to work at the intersection of on the rise—it’s really interesting to see product intern to bring fresh technology, media, journalism and integrated that perspective firsthand.” perspective to what users may In addition to allowing students a front want in future iterations of the marketing, and to be immersed in the equally row seat within Bay Area companies, con- company’s digital platform. fascinating culture and news environment nections and culture, Northwestern’s San Keyser worked closely with the Francisco location has also allowed West company’s CTO and Director of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. Coast-based alums to interact with their of Product and said that the Owen Youngman alma mater in an up-close way—some- organization has been a great thing they weren’t able to do before this fit for him. facility was built. MSJ students returned to Evanston for the winter quarter of 2017, as a collection “The company has a lot it Mary Lou Song (BSJ91) lives and works their third quarter in the Media Innovation of Medill undergraduate students and is working to achieve, and I in the Bay Area as CEO of FuelX, a San and Entrepreneurship specialization. McCormick engineering students travel know my contributions are Francisco-based company focusing on They’ll apply their San Francisco experi- west to experience the Bay Area. actually heard in day-to-day digital video advertising. Song has been ence to develop and pitch ideas for media “At this point, the model is every quarter discussions,” he said. teaching for the Medill cherub program publications or products as they enter a it’s likely to be a different mix of students Meghan Hickey (IMC16) with Roger Boye for the past 12 years, but course called NUvention Web+Media in pursuing a different track—students was in her final quarter on she says it was easy to say yes to teaching winter and spring 2017. In this course, who would otherwise be in Evanston or the marketing analytics track “right here in San Francisco for an entire they’ll team up with students from other Chicago,” said Gordon, who makes a similar within the IMC program and quarter.” In fall quarter, she taught The Northwestern schools to ultimately analogy as Youngman. “The metaphor that said she was drawn to San Business of Innovation—an MSJ course. launch a publication or media product. comes to mind is study abroad. You send Francisco because she saw it She said she’s loved getting to know the “Just as they do after a study abroad students to a different place, they learn the as a way to be fully immersed students and has been impressed with quarter or an internship in an interesting culture and learn to speak the language, in the city’s vibrant tech their pioneering spirits. environment, students will return [from then come back transformed in some way. industry—something she “It takes a lot of guts to be the first San Francisco] with a new set of reference That metaphor works pretty well when you hopes to become a part of class in a new program at a new location,” points for thinking about the present consider San Francisco’s tech culture, their after graduation. she said. “And these students have grit. and the future of journalism and tech- language that’s all about technology—for “The focus used to be on They’re naturally curious. They’re indus- nology and the ways in which those two a student who has not been exposed to CPG companies, but now trious. And they’re taking an active role disciplines are intertwining to shape the that, that study abroad metaphor works that our world has evolved in shaping this program for themselves culture of our twenty-first century world,” pretty well.” w to be more tech focused, it’s and also for Medill. We’re all learning a lot Youngman said. totally shaping where our together.” The San Francisco facility will be filled world is going to go,” Hickey Following fall quarter in San Francisco, with new students from new disciplines in said. “Having a space out here IMC students went on to graduate, while
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JOSH GRAU, LEARNING INTO PRACTICE IMC 04 AND LECTURER AND DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE OUTREACH ON THE WEST COAST BY ANNA KELLER (MSJ09)
The fall quarter’s MSJ students in San PRACTICUM ROLE: PRACTICUM ROLE: Francisco spent two days a week at practicum Social Content Intern Content Marketing Intern sites, getting hands-on experience at tech ABOUT PRACTICUM: ABOUT PRACTICUM: and media companies to help round out their “They really care about “The job requires me to exposure to the intersection of media and what YOUR needs are and combine journalistic skills what YOU want to get out of fast learning and writing tech/innovation. Here’s a peek at where the of the internship experience. with marketing strategies, students were located. They gave me so many fun and ultimately help the and challenging projects clients generate leads and [makes it] a great place to to work on. I taught myself identify potential customers walk into on Thursday and to use Photoshop and through the content that Friday morning.” Illustrator to create graphic Penton produced for them.” designs because of the ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: projects, and I gained “I think if I couple this [San “I hope after this quarter I confidence that I can teach Francisco] program with my can be confident to take the STUDENT: myself to learn anything.” storytelling and empathetic role of product manager to Henry Keyser practice as a journalist, I can ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: develop a media product PRACTICUM SITE: use my experience here to “The program is perfect for with innovative technology Outsell, Inc. better understand people, experienced journalists who to address users’ needs in a and then I can advocate love new media technology profitable market.” PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: for products to solve their and want to become media “Outsell is an established needs, from either outside entrepreneurs and product media and information or inside a company.” managers.” I love talking about how the IMC experience has helped industry research company, influence my career, so it’s especially exciting to be able which has a growing digital platform for direct to share those learnings locally now that IMC, Medill and interaction and community engagement between CEOs, Northwestern are in my San Francisco backyard. Allowing CDOs, CTOs, business students to have immersive experiences here in the epicenter strategists and information STUDENT: managers.” Vijeta Ojha STUDENT: of technology is the perfect addition to an already outstanding PRACTICUM ROLE: PRACTICUM SITE: Mengyi “Jenny” Sun STUDENT: Product Intern Bay Area News Group Qiqi “Vivian” Zhang program and curriculum, and I’m thrilled to be back working PRACTICUM SITE: ABOUT PRACTICUM: PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: Alpha Group PRACTICUM SITE: with students and helping connect them to some of the “For me, Outsell has been Bay Area News Group is the Penton Technology world’s most innovative companies. I’m also excited to help a great fit. I previously PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: San Francisco Bay Area’s worked as Data Manager for “[Alpha Group] is a research PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: largest publisher of weekly build a formidable IMC presence in San Francisco and help a company in Chicago, and I and development group “Penton Technology is and daily newspapers. wanted to spend more time within Advance Digital. Its one of Penton’s verticals PRACTICUM ROLE: Northwestern become the next great Silicon Valley “unicorn.” focused on product work. task is creating and building focusing on the tech Digital Innovation Intern That, and the company has new digital products and industry, which provides a ‘we work to live, not live then running them like digital, marketing and event ABOUT PRACTICUM: to work’ attitude that is startups.” services to more than 10+ “I like it here because I am exceptionally positive and million tech professionals.”
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getting firsthand experience modern economy is built Although making the shift ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: my capstone course in the with analytics and content on startups and technology. from journalism to media “I have lived and worked spring, but will be of value strategy right from the As journalists, we get to entrepreneurship has in [San Francisco] for the to me for years to come.” initiation, so I’ll be able to play in the same sandbox as required a mental shift, I last nine years and found brush up on my analytical those who are developing don’t feel left behind.” this program to be the only skills thoroughly.” digital tools, launching one in the country blending companies and designing journalism with other ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: STUDENT: STUDENT: STUDENT: new storytelling platforms— important media disciplines “Keeping my business/ Devin Emory Colin Mo Josef Siebert all of which I predict will be such as mobile app finance background in PRACTICUM SITE: hiring for jobs that journalists development and business. PRACTICUM SITE: PRACTICUM SITE: mind and my passion Bay Area News Group wouldn’t ordinarily consider.” Combining the three KQED FEED Collaborative for journalism, this STUDENT: disciplines makes for a more PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: specialization made a Wanruo “Ashley” Zhang PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: savvy media professional.” Bay Area News Group is the perfect fit.” “KQED is San Francisco’s “[FEED] Collaborative
PRACTICUM SITE: PBS/NPR affiliate, which is a startup funded by San Francisco Bay Area’s Iterable has one of the nation’s most philanthropic investors largest publisher of weekly STUDENT: PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: trafficked public media hoping to educate and and daily newspapers and Jessica Buchleitner “Iterable is a tech startup station sites including a train the next generation of digital properties. company that provides multi-platform regional innovators in the PRACTICUM SITE: PRACTICUM ROLE: digital marketing services news service (kqednews. food industry.” STUDENT: CIR/Reveal Digital Innovation Intern Wynona Latham such as email automation org), daily blogs on the local PRACTICUM ROLE: ABOUT PRACTICUM: PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: STUDENT: and segmentation [and] arts and food scenes, direct- STUDENT: PR Intern “Helping a legacy PRACTICUM SITE: “The mission of The Reedhima Mandlik mobile application to-online video and audio Nikolas Wright Color Genomics journalism organization be Center for Investigative notification for B2C podcasts, and mobile apps.” ABOUT PRACTICUM: PRACTICUM SITE: more competitive in the PRACTICUM SITE: PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: Reporting is to engage and e-commerce companies.” “If I were to sum up FEED, I Salesforce PRACTICUM ROLE: attention marketplace of Sunset Magazine Color Genomics is a empower the public through would tell people that here PRACTICUM ROLE: Audience Development Intern online content is a worthy biotechnology company investigative journalism and PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: at FEED, we put in money, PRACTICUM DESCRIPTION: Marketing Intern groundbreaking storytelling “Salesforce is the world’s ABOUT PRACTICUM: time, and effort giving these and necessary cause…I’ve Sunset is a monthly Western that provides a cheap in order to spark action, number one CRM (customer “I’m able to assess data students the necessary tools been able to research, lifestyle magazine owned clinical-grade test for ABOUT PRACTICUM: improve lives and protect relations management) “I was immersed in the from the company’s to help them improve the analyze and apply what by Time Inc. that focuses hereditary cancer. our democracy. Reveal— cloud-based software startup environment and website traffic, understand food industry. The return I’ve learned in the media on topics such as food and PRACTICUM ROLE: their website, public radio solution for sales, services, have gotten the real-world trends and behavior from isn’t an increase in personal innovation track to real- gardening. Marketing and program, podcast and marketing, analytics and experience to see how a site users and provide wealth, but a better world problems.” PRACTICUM ROLE: Communications Intern social media platform—is more.” startup actually operates recommendations to the tomorrow.” ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: Digital Fellow ABOUT PRACTICUM: where they publish their and grows.” team pertaining to future PRACTICUM ROLE: ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: “Opportunity is everywhere “Content development multiplatform work.” site content based upon ABOUT PRACTICUM: Content Strategy and Social ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: “I’m originally from in San Francisco. The has been easy to adapt found studies…I’m gaining a “Sunset (via [Time Inc.]) PRACTICUM ROLE: Exploring Marketing Intern “What I appreciate the California, so when I heard events, the people you to, but I enjoy the tremendous comprehension prioritizes digital more a variety of functions at most about this program about this San Francisco meet, the sheer volume challenge of working ABOUT PRACTICUM: of how one of the than most publishers, Reveal, including reporting, is that it introduces us to venture by Medill, I figured I of organizations— within the constraints of a “Salesforce puts people company’s most successful and I wanted to get my business analytics, and how things work in the real would take the opportunity entrepreneurs are wild-eyed biotechnology company. first, and even as an intern, public media stations hands dirty in that space virtual reality world. I never expected that to further my own education at the scent of money in I had never worked within I feel that I am able to work operates internally.” so I’m better equipped to I would have the chance to and do an extra quarter. In the air, and everyone is this area prior to the ABOUT PRACTICUM: with any team that I want to manage the online staff of a learn to create a cap table ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: this way, I’ll be one of the optimistic that the future will experience, and learning “In the nine years I’ve lived learn more about, and that magazine, rather than solely and to build a website for “After Medill, I plan on being firsts at doing this in order be better, easier and more how to be flexible under in San Francisco, I have I can get a good sense of print. Plus, this is a great a product idea, let alone all a full-time entrepreneur…I to help pave the future prosperous from the new pressure will be useful.” always looked to CIR/Reveal how each role contributes networking opportunity. I the crazy but fascinating believe the lessons learned for Medill’s foray into the technology that is being as a beacon of everything to the content dynamic we plan to leverage my time at startup stories we heard during my time in the Silicon Valley startup scene constantly churned out, ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: that is right in journalism have built.” Sunset when I start applying “Our instructors have from the instructors.” program should propel as part of future curriculum. overflowing like a lidless nowadays…CIR goes deep for jobs in a few months.” real-world experience ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: my confidence in future Being the first draft, it’s not washing machine on a never- into complex issues and “The resources we ending heavy cycle.” ABOUT PROGRAM OVERALL: and give us great insights endeavors as I grow in the smoothest ride, but it’s delivers investigations that have access to here are “I can’t imagine being into building a company. business understanding.” definitely worth it!” benefit the masses. It is unparalleled by anything immersed in a more It makes me excited to humbling to share space I’ve ever had in undergrad, appropriate city for be in this space, and San with reporters I have seen and the things I learn here Media Innovation than Francisco allows us to on Frontline PBS and have in the hub of Silicon Valley [San Francisco], whose easily access other startups. looked up to for so long!” will not only carry on to
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“Being in San Francisco is the best in San Francisco last fall. She said the the French university Sciences Po, said IMC STUDENTS experience I have had so far at Medill location of the program is a major benefit she jumped at the chance to study in San IMC,” Luo said. for students looking to end up in the Bay Francisco, particularly because Medill’s GAIN PRACTICAL Sharon Liao (IMC16) was working with Area, particularly because Medill’s build- program offers so much hands-on learn- Strava to help determine its target audi- ing can serve as a center of activity for the ing. She likes that the quarter focuses INSIGHT IN ence for a new user acquisition plan. local alumni community. She said it’s easy both on qualitative marketing research “We analyze customer behavior data for students to both attend class and drop and consumer insights, but also on new SAN FRANCISCO from the app, as well as survey data,” she in on local tech and business events, like trends. said. “We will also conduct interviews startup talks. “(It’s) how you actually can build a BY ERIN GOLDEN (MSJ07) with customers to understand who they “I think it’s a fantastic opportunity to startup and last…understanding the issues are and why do they use Strava.” be where the action is, not just to take some startups can face and proposing Swathy Prithivi (IMC10), who is pro- very interesting classes focused on how solutions to resolve them,” Simon said. w ERIN GOLDEN IS A REPORTER HANDS-ON LEARNING THROUGH PROJECTS a startup,” he said. “We have this new space and gram manager for ride-sharing company marketing and growth help technology AT THE STAR TRIBUNE IN Uber’s “UberEverything” operation— companies and startups, but also to learn MINNEAPOLIS. with real businesses has long been a cornerstone there’s these tremendous opportunities out here.” which focuses on food delivery and other by osmosis,” Prithivi said. BELOW: Yuchen Luo of Medill’s graduate program in integrated mar- Nelson said one of the IMC classes offered in (IMC16) works in the new keting communications. the new location focuses on innovative technol- on-demand services—taught students Adeline Simon, a visiting student from Medill San Francisco space. But in the fall of 2016, a small group of IMC stu- ogy, teaching students about qualitative research dents became the first to spend a quarter of their and exploring the theory behind how companies program delving deep into the heart of the coun- develop projects. A second class delves into try’s tech scene while based at Medill’s brand-new emerging trends in technology, the future of outpost in San Francisco. interface design and the algorithms behind devel- The new space, located in San Francisco’s finan- opment and marketing. cial district, is shared by students in the Medill Classes are taught by both Medill faculty and IMC and journalism programs and students adjunct instructors with experience in some of the Bay Area’s top startups. Lecturer and Director of Corporate Outreach Josh Grau (IMC04), the former global director of partner marketing and content strategy at Twitter, oversaw I think it’s a fantastic opportunity to be a practicum in digital marketing last where the action is, not just to take very fall, where students were spending interesting classes focused on how marketing most of their time outside the class- room and inside the offices of four and growth help technology companies and companies: Airbnb, search engine startups, but also to learn by osmosis. Quora, music app creator Smule and fitness app and social networking tool Swathy Prithivi Strava. The students were divided into small teams, each solving a real-world problem for one of the companies. Grau said it’s a win-win both for from the McCormick School of Engineering and the students, who get to see how the companies Applied Science. For the IMC students—starting operate, and for the startups, which get the help with the 17 who were in the first class in the of bright minds with creative ideas about tackling fall—the focus is training in innovation, entre- their problems. preneurship and new technology, said Assistant Yuchen Luo (IMC16), who worked with Airbnb, Professor Russ Nelson. said the students got a chance to help the company “The way I’m thinking about it is that this is predict the comment volume for its Facebook ads kind of our opportunity to look at education as and sort out how best to use the feedback.
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Photo credit: Thomas Day for Congress.
contacted me leading with that same question: How’s fundraising going? It was a cynical approach to politics, but one rooted in reality. Money buys signs, stickers, respect from journalists, the appearance of momentum, and as I found out, the sup- port of a lot of self-purported kingmakers. But money can’t buy volunteers. About 25-30 of them helped me collect signatures for my ballot petition, knock on doors, make phone calls, and share My run for Congress was a learning messages on Facebook. experience—a rough one—and made With about three months left in the me a much stronger, happier person campaign, most of these volunteers didn’t THOMAS DAY IS CURRENTLY I RAN FOR CONGRESS. I LOST BADLY. The idea of challenging Rep. Davis came with THE CO-FOUNDER AND know one another. Their efforts were ad after it was over. It also made me a At the tender age of 34, I was in over my head the understanding that the district, which includes DIRECTOR OF PROJECT hoc and disjointed until my campaign 2026, A NEW INITIATIVE TO challenging Rep. Danny Davis—an incumbent of the Loop and the rapidly gentrifying Near West stronger candidate, if I try again. BRING ENTREPRENEURS AND treasurer, a plain-spoken Army veteran nearly 20 years. My run for Congress was a learn- Side neighborhoods, is changing. More and more RESEARCHERS TOGETHER I knew from my American Legion post, Thomas Day TO SOLVE NATIONAL ing experience—a rough one—and made me a frustrated and ambitious Generation Xers and dressed me down about not viewing and CHALLENGES. much stronger, happier person after it was over. It millennials have moved in. I was one of them. I forming these people as an organization. also made me a stronger candidate, if I try again. thought my own experiences might reflect the That exchange may have included the Beating an incumbent in Congress is not a con- new energy of the district. f-bomb. test of will, of course. If it were, I would have won. But I lacked an organization. I am no son left. Coached for days by a journalist- He was right. From that point on, I was on false airs, thinking their day-to-day I got 19 percent. of Chicago’s political establishment. I had no turned-political consultant who imme- more of a social chair than a candidate. lives are somehow public and subject to It was an admittedly quixotic campaign, but the organization to inherit, so I needed to build my diately understood me, I hit Rep. Davis Saturday, after knocking on doors, was intense media scrutiny. It’s no way to live. chip on my shoulder was too big for me to turn own—raise my own money, recruit my own from all angles. For the first time in the beer-thirty. Our volunteers were a broad Politicians are people, not images, and away. The average age of a member of Congress volunteers. campaign, I looked like a professional. set of Chicagoans, spanning an accoun- we can all rejoice in knowing that social is nearly 60 years old. The Democratic Party Money is king in politics. It didn’t just appear in My debate night victory made my inev- tant with a hedge fund and a Vietnam media can, and should, provide intimacy remains in need of a youth movement. I was tired my bank account. It involved asking nearly every itable massacre in the primary more than between politicians and voters. veteran who voted for me and planned of people my age being told to wait while the baby person I knew—and a lot I didn’t—for as much bearable. to vote for Donald Trump. Most of them The chip on my shoulder is gone. boomers sit in seats we’ve earned—in journalism, money as they could spare. It involved unimag- After it ended, I learned how to enjoy were military veterans supporting one of Shortly after the campaign, I had coffee in business, and especially in politics. inable, relentless humiliation. life. Running for Congress is a helluva their own. with another recently defeated candidate, I had big ideas for ending mass incarceration, For someone running for Congress, I didn’t weight loss plan: I lost 20 pounds during I never truly felt I was worthy of their one with victories behind her and no getting money out of politics, and especially for raise much, but I raised enough to earn a spot on the campaign and gained about 10 pounds support. At least not until I appeared on doubt a few ahead of her. Her counsel: Get reviving Chicago’s manufacturing economy. I Chicago Tonight to debate Rep. Davis. I would back days afterward. Chicago Tonight. people invested in what you’re doing, and wouldn’t have run if I weren’t certain I could have not have been offered that seat if I had not raised I learned to take myself much less w The debate with Rep. Davis provided don’t give up. I won’t. been a force on Capitol Hill. as much money as I did. Chicago journalists seriously. I see so many colleagues in the one moment of glory and perhaps Chicago with political aspirations putting saved whatever political career I have
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BLUEPRINTS TO GREEN SCREENS THERESA CHONG HUNG UP HER HARD HAT TO REVISIT HER CHILDHOOD PASSION—AND REINVENT MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY REPORTING.
BY K. ALEISHA IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE AND STORY- ence textbook since high school. needed to feed that passion.” FETTERS (BSJ09, telling, Theresa Chong (MSJ13) has gone para- However, she still longed for the kind of sto- She says her best learning at Medill MSJ09) gliding through the Swiss Alps, crashed drones rytelling that happened on the screen, not in was during a video shoot. While complet- and turned her dining room into a green screen boardrooms or on construction sites. ing a technology reporting independent
K. ALEISHA FETTERS IS A where she could “swim” with sharks. “I became an engineer because, as a kid, I was study with instructor Abigail Foerstner, FREELANCE WRITER AND The multimedia and technology journalist glued to Discovery Channel television shows like Chong produced an explainer tech video EDITOR BASED IN CHICAGO. writes, produces and stars in videos for outlets ‘Frontiers of Construction,’ ‘Daily Planet,’ and about how flyboarding works. Riding including USA TODAY, Discovery Digital News, ‘How It’s Made,’” Chong said. “I fell in love with a boat out onto Lake Michigan to strap Architectural Digest, Scientific American, IEEE the idea that engineering ingenuity could solve on a flyboard, “everything that could Spectrum, and Engineering News-Record. She seemingly impossible problems. Since then, I’ve have gone wrong did,” she said. By the explains how a machine-learning algorithm always wanted to host and create shows that end of the trip, her leg was beat up and knows if you’re cheating on your workout or how focus on engineering, science, and technology.” bruised, and her video had no audio. “I an exothermic reaction produces hot ice. She’s So she made her move to Medill, where she almost broke my leg to record a video blown up things on more than one occasion. concentrated in science/technology reporting without audio,” she recalls. “Medill F!” Chong’s is a job description for which, oddly and documentary. “I decided to go to Medill But, with some choice bottom pushing, enough, her former career as a civil engineer because of how hands-on the classes were. As she ultimately heard the swooshing and crashing of waves. “To this day, this story resonates with me because it taught me to block out the noise when I’m on deadline, to stay calm We live in an age where technology when the seams of a story start unrav- eling, and to remain focused when I feel continues to impact all facets of our lives… lost, because eventually I’ll figure it out,” My goal is to be the friend next door who Chong said. In just a few years as a tech and mul- people ask how the latest tech timedia reporter, she has figured out a gadgets work and why they should care. lot—finding the intersection between science, writing, and video, and then Theresa Chong the Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters.” ABOVE: Chong flies a Parrot Bebop Drone 2 expanding it. via iPad for USA TODAY. She also produced, “We live in an age where technology “Video production is an evolving art, filmed, scripted and edited this video continues to impact all facets of our segment. and I always have to adapt to stay in tune lives,” she said. “My goal is to be the with the changing multimedia audience. friend next door who people ask how the I’m constantly changing the way I film latest tech gadgets work and why they was the perfect preparation. For nearly a decade, an engineer, I was used to seeing things work and edit my digital videos,” she said, should care. I hope that my viewers and her job entailed dangling in a basket, suspended in practice, so it was a perfect program for me explaining that people currently con- readers see that, and it encourages them from a crane, and designing multi-million dollar to help me transition between my old career sume the bulk of their news and videos to understand how technology works and storage tanks and coordinating bridge expansion and the new one,” Chong said. “Using video as via social media. In fact, one of her how to use it. To me, momentum means efforts. It required a thick skin, and the ability a medium for engaging and communicating with favorite multimedia stories to date was a to build on what we have, keep driving to quickly digest complex, technical topics and the audience has always been a passion for me. Facebook Live video and companion arti- forward, and never stop reinventing.” w relay them to people who hadn’t touched a sci- Medill gave me the platform to learn the skills cle on Adam Savage, former co-host of
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BRENT MUSBURGER, ESPN and SEC her main job was strengthening the Film Classics series. “A Companion to Network play-by-play broadcaster, security efforts in the region. Nordic Cinema,” co-edited with Mette was honored with the Vin Scully Hjort of the University of Copenhagen, SUZANNE (STEVENS) DUNN (BSJ92), 46, died Aug. 7, 2016. She was born in Toledo, Ohio, Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports TIM PADGETT (MSJ85) received was published by Wiley-Blackwell. Broadcasting, presented by Fordham an Edward R. Murrow award from “New Dimensions of Diversity in Nordic and grew up in a nearby suburb, Ottawa Hills, where she was a proud student of Ottawa Hills High University’s WFUV Radio. Musburger is the Radio Television Digital News Culture and Society,” co-edited with School. Dunn followed the path of her mother, Karen, and her father, Michael, to Northwestern. a member of the National Sportscasters Association (RTDNA). Padgett – an Jenny Björklund of Uppsala University She worked in television news as a reporter/producer. During a stint in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Sportswriters Association Hall of Americas correspondent for WLRN, in Sweden, appeared with Cambridge she met her husband, Mark, who was working in St. Louis. The two dated long distance, as her Fame. He joined ABC in 1990 after 15 South Florida’s NPR news station – Scholars Publishing. career took her from Cape Girardeau to Detroit. After the wedding, she moved to St. Louis, where years as CBS Sports’ primary host and won Best News Series in the large she worked at KTVI-TV and became the market’s youngest producer at age 25 to produce a major play-by-play commentator. He has market radio station category for “The 2010s covered the NFL, NBA, NCAA, U.S. Migration Maze,” a six-part multimedia evening newscast. Open tennis, The Masters, NASCAR and project produced with the Miami Herald, SUSIE NEILSON (BSJ15) received a Christine Brennan (BSJ80, MSJ81), who grew up on the same block as Dunn, recalls their the Little League World Series. which chronicled efforts to address sponsorship and a service grant from shared passion. “Suzanne came over to our house her senior year of high school and we talked illegal immigration from Central America the Creative Visions Foundation (CVF) for several hours about our love of journalism. We stayed in touch while she was in college and at its source instead of at the border. for “Yellowbone,” a documentary film 1980s onward. She was the model mentee. I didn’t have to do anything!” Brennan said. Padgett also won Best Radio Sports about lightness and colorism in South Rear Admiral LISA FRANCHETTI Reporting for his feature “Shark Attack Africa. The film will investigate a trend In 1998, Dunn gave birth to her first daughter, Melanie. After Melanie’s birth, she channeled her passion into motherhood, and that (BSJ85) received Northwestern’s on the Beach!” about the growing that she became aware of during her passion intensified even more following the birth of her second daughter, Samantha. The family moved to Las Vegas in 2002, where 2016 Alumnae Award, presented popularity of Brazilian footvolley. Journalism Residency in Johannesburg: Dunn worked at various times for KVBC-TV and KTNV-TV. each year to a notable alumna who the use of skin whitening creams. The Dunn is survived by her husband, Mark; daughters Melanie and Samantha; father, Michael Stevens; brother, Andrew Stevens; has had a “significant impact” in her 1990s film will address the role that skin sister, Jennifer Stevens; and nieces and nephews. Her mother, Karen Stevens, preceded her in death. Dunn knew many people from field of work. Franchetti was recently whitening plays in South Africa and different walks of life who counted her as a loyal, trusted friend and confidant. promoted to chief of staff, J5, Joint URSULA (WILJANEN) LINDQVIST whether a relationship exists between Staff, Washington, D.C. In this role, she (BSJ90, MSJ91), a professor of these skin lightening products and the is responsible for proposing strategies, Scandinavian Studies and Film and apartheid regime. Neilson will return to plans and policies to the chairman of Media Studies at Gustavus Adolphus Cape Town in early 2017 with a diverse the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide College in St. Peter, Minnesota, team of journalists, sociologists and military advice to the president and published three books in 2016. Her filmmakers. FRANCES COLE WESTRUP HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS 1960, he founded Mid-Continent Films. other national leaders. Franchetti is the monograph, “Roy Andersson’s Songs (BSJ48), 91, of Terre Haute, Indiana, (BSJ47, MSJ48) 90, of Pompano, His first two marriages ended in divorce. first woman to serve as commander of from the Second Floor: Contemplating Submit to: died Sept. 29, 2016. She attended Wiley Florida, died Sept. 26, 2016. A pioneer of He is survived by his wife, Margo Ellis; U.S. Naval Forces Korea. She was the the Art of Existence,” appeared in the [email protected] High School and Indiana State University, gore cinema, he ushered in new standards four daughters, Carol, Peggy, Paula and U.S. Navy’s representative to Korea, and University of Washington’s Nordic where she was a member of the Alpha for violent movies in the early sixties Sandy Nelson; two sons, Robert and John Sorority. At Northwestern, she was a with low-budget films “Blood Feast” and Easton; and two grandchildren. LETTER TO THE EDITOR member of Alpha Phi Sorority and a “Two Thousand Maniacs!” He is often charter member of Pi Alpha Mu National credited as the creator of the splatter DONALD ANDREW PERMODA I enjoyed reading the article on Washington program students covering the conventions this summer. It brought back memories of Advertising Fraternity. She took an early film and an inspiration to filmmakers (BSJ51, MSJ53), 89, of Island Lake, the summer of ‘68, when grad students who started in the summer program had a great final exam—covering a state delegation at the interest in Union Hospital of Terre Haute such as John Carpenter, Wes Craven and Illinois, died Oct. 3, 2016. He was born ‘68 Democratic National Convention. and served on its board of directors for 53 Quentin Tarantino. He graduated from in Bay City, Michigan, to Andrew and I landed the New York delegation and, through a connection at Newsday, landed work as a copy boy supporting their convention years. She founded the Service League the soft-core sex films to explore the Valeria. Proudly serving his country as reporting team. There was little time to sleep, and less time to get back to Evanston for a change of clothes. I caught some sleep in the of Union Hospital in 1953 and became lurid world of mayhem and torture. His a sailor during World War II, he swept Newsday reporters’ hotel rooms and, given the situation on the streets, considered the bowels of the Amphitheater the safest place in its first president. She helped open the legacy includes “The Texas Chainsaw for mines and other explosives in the the city that week. Union Hospital gift shop and hostess cart Massacre” and slasher franchises such Pacific Theater. Upon returning home Bob Greene, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter [a Fordham grad, not the Medill alum with the same name], was assigned to in 1954. She was a member of Centenary as “Halloween,” “Friday the 13th” and “A from war, he attended graduate school the convention a day before it started. When he arrived in town, he couldn’t find a rental car ... until he dialed up one of his Mob connections United Methodist Church, Spay-Neuter Nightmare on Elm Street.” He was born at Northwestern. He enjoyed a 35-year and secured a bright yellow Lincoln for the week. By Wednesday morning, I just had to get back to Evanston for some fresh clothes, and League, Country Club of Terre Haute and in Pittsburgh, and his father, Emmanuel, career at Illinois Tool Works. An avid Greene, who I had just met two days earlier, says “go ahead, take the ‘yellow bird.’” I’d never driven in Chicago before, I’m lacking sleep and Vigo County Historical Society. Her hus- died when he was six. He and his mother, golfer, bowler, horseback rider and a justifiably wary of how the Chicago PD might react that week to a 21-year-old running a red light, especially if I’m driving a vehicle with dubious band, Robert Stevens Westrup, preceded Geraldine Waldman, moved to Chicago. self-proclaimed excellent softball pitcher, ownership. I nearly crashed into a railroad abutment near Evanston, but safely navigated to my apartment and back to the convention. her in death in 2005. She is survived by After graduating from Northwestern, he Permoda was a man of the outdoors. No great scoops in my reporting, but I learned a lot about political coverage from some great pros. Bob Greene’s generosity gave me her children, Anne Elizabeth Owens taught communications at Mississippi During retirement, he taught his grand- a story I’ll never forget and taught me a lot about teamwork and collaboration that I carried throughout my journalism career. and her husband, Ben, and John Charles State College (now University) and children how to fish and regularly took Westrup and his wife, Pam; several grand- briefly worked as a radio station direc- them on walks through the Moraine Hills Larry Nagengast (MSJ69) children; great-granddaughters; a niece; tor in Oklahoma City. He returned to State Park. He didn’t like to drink water, Nagengast spent 28 years as a reporter and editor at The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, where he is now a self-employed and a nephew. Her sister, Mary Louise Chicago and worked as a copywriter which he said was good only for bathing, writer/editor/PR consultant handling press releases, book projects and everything in between. Mendenhall, preceded her in death. and directed television commercials. In and instead preferred coffee, wine and
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the occasional “shot and a beer.” He loved tried to break Russian code. He worked ROBERT W. MUILENBURG (MSJ57), nothing more than his wife, Helen Marie in communications at Northwestern 83, of Boonton Township, New Jersey, (nee LeFevre), who passed away in 2012, and then-Mankato State College, where died Aug. 15, 2016. He was born in San AUDREY M. SPIEGEL (COMM55), after 60 years of marriage. He is survived he founded radio station KMSU. His Fernando, Philippines, to Cornelius 83, of Northfield, Illinois, and Aspen, by his sister, Alice (Ivan) LaHaie and six other jobs included editor of Twin Cities Muilenburg and Anne Jackola. He grew Colorado, died Oct. 29, 2016. Born and children: Ann (David) Maslovitz, Donna Magazine, public relations director at the up there until his family returned to the raised in Evanston, Illinois, she was (Peter) Sonza-Novera, Samuel, Carol Science Museum of Minnesota, president United States prior to World War II. He a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. (Robert) Bahr, Susan (Dean) DuPlacey of World Press Institute and chairman lived in Michigan and Ohio before settling Generous and glamorous, she was a radi- and Mary (Robert) Gebelhoff. He leaves of the Minnesota Press Club. He was in Randolph, New Jersey. He proudly ant personality with a wonderful sense of behind 20 grandchildren, 18 great-grand- preceded in death by his wife, Theresa served in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve humor. Her trademark was her laugh. An children and many nieces and nephews. “Pidge,” brothers and parents. He leaves during peacetime and was honorably exuberant and unmistakable chortle, it behind sons Mark (Lara) and Keith, four discharged as a lieutenant commander was audible from astonishing distances; ALVERA MICKELSEN (MSJ51), 97, of grandchildren and sister Dori Soroe. In in 1980. He earned his bachelor’s degree once heard, it was not forgotten, just like New Brighton, Minnesota, died on July addition to the mother of his children, from Hope College and had a long career her signature sign-off, “Thanks a million.” 12. Mickelsen was born on in Laporte, Adrienne “Bunny” Davis, he is survived in public relations. In 1994 he retired Audrey and her late husband, Ted, were Indiana, the fourth of five children of immi- by many loving relatives and friends. from Jersey Central Power & Light as involved in numerous Chicago and Aspen grant Swedish farmers. She earned her the vice president of public relations. He civic and arts organizations, including bachelor’s degree in speech from Wheaton ARTHUR H. RICE, JR. (MSJ57), 84, of is remembered for his intense pride in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Merit College. After graduate school, she taught Lansing, Michigan, died July 15, 2016. He his children and grandchildren, and his School of Music, The Chicago Lighthouse, journalism at Bethel University from 1968 was born in Lansing to Lauretta (Bluem) constant love and support for his wife. the Chicago Botanic Garden, The Night ABOVE: From left: Theodore R. and Annie Laurie Sills to 1986. She also edited and co-wrote and Arthur H. Rice, Sr. He had a distin- Ministry, Northwestern University and many others. In particular, it was the He is survived by his devoted wife of 62 Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications Ed books and articles about the Bible with her guished academic and professional career. years, Phyllis; children, Pamela Dietz and couple’s generosity that enabled Medill to launch the Spiegel Research Center Malthouse, Audrey Spiegel and Tom Collinger, Associate husband, A. Berkeley Mickelsen, a Bethel He attended Central Michigan University Robert; a dear brother, David; and six (SRC) in 2011. Professor, Executive Director of Medill IMC Spiegel “In 2013, after Ted’s passing, Audrey chose to grow the Spiegel initiative’s Digital & Database Research Center, Senior Director of Seminary professor who died in 1990. She and was named Chippewa of the year loving grandchildren. Medill Distance Learning Initiative, at the launch of the was a fierce advocate for women’s rights when he graduated in 1953. He served support, allowing us to inaugurate it as a research center, thanks to a lasting Spiegel Center in 2011. and leadership, especially within the in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956. He LINDA JANE BLUMENSHINE (NÉE endowment,” said Tom Collinger, associate professor, executive director of BELOW: “Audrey has not only been an active donor, evangelical community. She was the first was editor of the Ft. Eustis Sentinel in VAN KIRK), (BSJ66) 72, of Chicago, Medill IMC Spiegel Digital & Database Research Center and senior director of but also a proud one, evidenced by her 2014 Christmas chair of the board of Christians for Biblical Virginia. Rice later earned his Ph.D. in died peacefully at home on Aug. 19, 2016. Medill Distance Learning Initiative. “Because of Audrey the center has been able card, with the photo of the sign bearing the center’s to increase research output and engagement with scholars at Medill, McCormick name fronting Medill, and her simple message ‘Dreams Equality, a Minneapolis-based advocacy education from Michigan State University After graduating from Northwestern, she do come true,’ ” added Collinger. group, which promotes the equality of and taught at CMU. From 1958 to 1989, went on to enjoy a long career as a spe- Engineering, Kellogg and others around the world. Spiegel Research Fellowships women in church, home and society. She he worked for the Michigan Education cial services consultant in the insurance are given to 10 master’s students annually, and an SRC Impact Marketing Team was the beloved mother of two daughters Association, where he held several exec- industry. She was an imaginative artist has been established.” and a proud grandmother of four grand- utive positions. He was the editor of the her whole life. She was married to Gary Ted and Audrey hosted famously creative and occasionally lavish parties. children. She is survived by her brother, Michigan Education Journal from 1958 Baker Blumenshine for 48 years and was a Their houses were always warm and comfortable and beautifully designed for Mel Johnson; his wife, Joyce; and seven to 1969 and then for the Teacher’s Voice devoted mother of Philip (Morgan Tingley) entertaining. A brass plate on the front door of their Aspen home bears the Latin nephews and nieces. from 1969 to 1975; both publications Blumenshine. She was born to Sidney inscription Si non oscillas, noli tintinnare (If you don’t swing, don’t ring). The received numerous awards during those Montefiore Van Kirk and Jane Baum Van Spiegels decided later in life that it was time to travel and see the world. JOHN L. years. After retirement, he volunteered Kirk. She was a faithful companion to Audrey is survived by a sister-in-law, cousins, nephews and several close HODOWANIC for several organizations, including the Fifi, her childhood cat, Alec the Lakeland friends. The Spiegels also considered Sean Susanin family. For 30 years, he took (BSJ56, MSJ57), Cardiac Rehab at Sparrow Hospital. He Terrier and Baxter the Havanese. care of their Chihuahuas and lived with Audrey and her caregiver, Delia Yuen, 86, of Wayzata, was an avid music fan and especially after Ted’s passing. The three of them became a family. Audrey and Delia were Minnesota died enjoyed classical. He was preceded in RONALD GOBEN (BSJ50) 88, of the best of friends and formed a special mother-daughter bond. Aug. 24, 2016. He death by his beloved wife, Genevieve. He Camino, California, died June 20, 2016 Memorial contributions may be made to Spiegel Research Center, Medill, had been battling is survived by his four children, Laurie, with his wife, Lorrie, and children, Northwestern University, 1845 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL, 60208 or to Chicago Alzheimer’s dis- Maureen, Andrew and Matthew; his Gregory and Jan, at his side. His career as Symphony Orchestra, Attn: Development Office, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, ease. Hodowanic served in the U.S. Navy two siblings, Florence and Terry; eight a newspaperman began in high school in IL, 60604. from 1948 to 1952. During the Korean grandchildren; and many friends whom Rock Island, Illinois, when he landed the War, he worked as a specialized radio he considered family. role of covering school sports for the local operator who listened to Morse code and paper. After high school, he spent two
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years in the U.S. Army before attending Kathleen Totaro; siblings, Lisabeth college. His 45-year journalism career Harmsen, Christopher (Telma) Totaro, took him across the globe from Tokyo Christina (Ben) Anguiano and Tamara to work for the military newspaper Stars Talbott; two aunts; an uncle; and many & Stripes to the Chicago Tribune to the adoring cousins, nieces, nephews and a Honolulu Star Bulletin. He and his wife grandnephew. He was preceded in death settled down in Woodside, California, by his father, Ralph Totaro, and four aunts. where they raised their two children and lived for 27 years. From 1964 through 1988, Goben worked as a reporter, city “SARONG PARTY GIRLS” “OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE SLICING PIE “TRADEMARK SURVEYS IN CHERYL LU-LIEN TAN POSSUM” HANDBOOK” THE AGE OF DAUBERT” editor, news editor and editorial writer at (BSJ97) MARIA D. LASO (BSJ84) MICHAEL MOYER (IMC96) JAMES T. BERGER (MSJ65) the Palo Alto Times, which became the Editor’s note: Laso died in Peninsula Times-Tribune in 1979. When Named one of Amazon.com’s September 2015. This is her debut Entrepreneurs and early- Berger (MSJ65) has written the paper went out of business, he went top 10 fiction books of July novel. stage company participants a book for lawyers and to work for the Stanford Medical Center 2016, “Sarong Party Girls” has get taken advantage of so law libraries focusing on been praised by Man Booker Possum Porter has had it with frequently that we hardly the controversial Daubert News Bureau. He and his wife retired in Prize finalist Ruth Ozeki change. First she lost Mama, notice. Bad equity deals are doctrine that makes judges 1992 and moved to a log house in the Sierra (“Utterly irresistible”) and leaving a hole nothing can fill. the rule, not the exception. gatekeepers for expert foothills. There, he wrote a column for the Paul Theroux (“Hilarious and And now, instead of trying to “The Slicing Pie Handbook” testimony. The book, Mountain Democrat for five years. Among original”). Set in Singapore, return to some kind of normal, outlines a framework for “Trademark Surveys in the his favorite retirement rituals was meeting the novel explores the colorful Daddy’s sending Possum to perfectly fair equity splits for Age of Daubert,” has been school. A real school, where a dozen men for a weekly lunch to discuss world of sarong party girls, early-stage, bootstrapped published by Lexis-Nexis. young women who aim to you have to wear shoes. startup companies. Based on Berger is an expert witness and solve the world’s worst problems. In date and marry white expat Where some Yankee teacher the dynamic equity model specializing in trademark addition to his wife and children, he leaves men whom they see as tickets will try to erase all the useful popularized by the book disputes. The book is intended behind two granddaughters. to a better life. As Jazzy, things Mama taught Possum “Slicing Pie,” this book will for intellectual property the protagonist, fervently during their lessons at home. help entrepreneurs determine lawyers, law firms, law schools So Possum comes up with JEFFREY TOTARO, (COMM79, pursues her quest to find a the right share for people who and law libraries. It is also white husband, this bombastic a plan. If she can prove that contribute the things needed valuable for non-intellectual MSA82), 59, died July 17, 2016, from yet tenderly vulnerable she already knows everything to start a company including property attorneys who want multiple myeloma. He was an award-win- gold digger reveals the worth knowing, Daddy will let help, equipment, supplies, rent to learn about filing and ning, inspirational mentor to thousands of contentious gender politics her quit school and stay where and even credit. opposing Daubert motions. people in more than 35 countries, as well and class tensions thrumming she belongs. She won’t have to as an international marketing and adver- beneath the shiny exterior deal with snooty classmates or worry about tarnishing Mama’s tising expert. Totaro brought specialized of Singapore’s glamorous nightclubs, busy streets, memory. But unfortunately, knowledge in intercultural understanding grubby wet markets and Possum doesn’t shoot to the and application to global business. Most seedy hawker centers. top of the class like she had recently, he was global culture and com- expected. munications director at MediaCom in New York. He worked with global, regional and local teams to develop best practices that leveraged collaborative cross-cultural solutions. His illustrious career began at Ogilvy & Mather, where he became the first Chicago office recipient of the Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Chairman’s Award for making the greatest contribution to an O&M client. Totaro received many more industry awards as he moved from the U.S. to Singapore and Australia. He is survived by his spouse, Damian Sim; his mother, Caraline Graywolf; stepmother,
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“ZENN DIAGRAM” “TWIST MY CHARM: LOVE “THE DUST OF “BACK IN THE GAME: WHY WENDY BRANT (BSJ91) POTION #11” KANDAHAR: A DIPLOMAT CONCUSSION DOESN’T HAVE TONI GALLAGHER (BSJ87) AMONG WARRIORS IN TO END YOUR ATHLETIC AFGHANISTAN” CAREER” “Zenn Diagram,” the debut JONATHAN S. ADDLETON JOANNE GERSTNER (MSJ95) young adult novel from Executive Producer of “The (BSJ79) Real Housewives of Beverly Wendy Brant (BSJ91), follows Gerstner (MSJ95), an award- Hills,” Toni Gallagher (BSJ87), Eva Walker, a math prodigy “The Dust of Kandahar” winning sports journalist, continues the adventures of who has the gift (or curse) provides a moving account teams up with a pioneering over-enthusiastic sixth grader of sensing people’s struggles of one diplomat’s service sports neurologist, Jeffrey Cleo Nelson in the sequel to her through touch. Since everyone in America’s longest war. S. Kutcher, to dispel the middle grade novel, “Twist My around her is an emotional Ambassador Addleton myths surrounding traumatic Charm: The Popularity Spell.” minefield, Eva has found (BSJ79) describes the brain injuries. Concussions Cleo has a love potion ... and a refuge in isolation. Instead everyday human drama of have a long documented plan: make her ex–best friend of friends and parties and the American soldiers, local history in recreational and Samantha and Sam’s (secret) crushes, she focuses on tribal and religious leaders professional athletics, yet crush Larry fall in love. If it getting a scholarship to a and government officials he recent media coverage works, Sam will be so happy, prestigious university in hopes interacted with in southern focuses almost exclusively on she’ll want to be friends with of figuring out a cure. Then Afghanistan. Addleton the controversial relationship Cleo again! But things go she meets Zenn Bennett, provides a firsthand account between concussions and wrong when only Larry drinks whose old army jacket gives of the April 2013 suicide sports. “Back in the Game” the love potion. And Larry her a vision so dark and bombing outside a Zabul is the first book of its kind, falls in love with….Cleo? It’s a violent she would be smart to school that killed his translator, exploring not only diagnosis disaster, and it’s up to Cleo to stay away. But even geniuses fellow Foreign Service Officer and recovery, but also the make everything right again. sometimes take calculated Anne Smedinghoff, and steps athletes can take to Can she? risks. When she discovers three American soldiers. safely and successfully return she can touch Zenn without The memory of this tragedy to sports after a concussion. getting anything except lingers over Addleton’s journal It’s a definitive guide to sports sparks, she gets a taste of entries, and his prose offers and concussion for youth being a normal teenager. But glimpses into the interior life parents, coaches and athletes. when they discover how their of a U.S. diplomat stationed in lives were tangled together a conflict zone. long before they ever met, the past threatens to tear them apart.
Story reprinted with permission from Town & Country.
KATIE GLUECK (BSJ12) is a national politics reporter at POLITICO, where she covered the 2016 presidential election. Glueck, who joined POLITICO in 2012, has also written for publications including The Wall Street Journal, the Austin American-Statesman, Washingtonian magazine and the Kansas City Star. She was featured this year in the New York Times for her work as a journalist under the age of 30, and was also featured on Town & Country magazine’s list of 50 young women to watch.
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