Media Fellows Events Fall, 1996 to Spring, 2016
"AKADOI EBERA/ Hope of the Embera: Displacement and Confinement,” Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo, Photographer – April 18, 2016
Larry Krutchik, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Hill+Knowlton Strategies - Monday, April 4, 2016
“Too Loud, Too Fat, Too Slutty: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman,” Anne Helen Petersen, BuzzFeed News Writer – March 16, 2016
"From DePauw to DC: How Media Fellows Can Prepare You For YOUR Career (Even Outside of the Media),” Bess Evans ’07, Associate Director in The White House Office of Social Engagement – Monday, March 7, 2016
“Accessing Open Records,” Miranda Spivack, former reporter for The Washington Post – March 3, 2016
John Fortt ’98, CNBC – March 3, 2016
Carter McKay ’13, The Today Show, and Brian Alkier ’14, Video Production, NY – February 26, 2016
Graham James ’93, Head of Communications, Americas, for Spotify – November 16, 2015
“Transformation in the Contemporary Entertainment Business,” David and Julie Chambers – Friday, November 6, 2015
"How to Pitch Yourself (or an Idea, Project, Proposal, or Just About Anything),” Mike Sear, Chief Creative Officer, TeamWorks Media, Chicago – Thursday, October 1, 2015
“The Promise and Peril of Nonprofit Journalism,” Gordon Witkin, Executive Editor at the Center for Public Integrity – September 22, 2015
Patrick Kessler, Managing Partner, 3View, Munich, Germany – May 6, 2016
James Brown, Former Dean of the IUPUI School of Journalism – April 24, 2014
Brian Lamb, Founder, C-SPAN – April 1, 2014
“Finding A Career in Hollywood,” Drew Powell ’98, TV and Film Actor – November 21, 2013 Robert Adler, Vice President of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Division- November 4, 2013
“Stories from Far Away Places,” Ben Solomon ‘10, The New York Times Middle-East Correspondent – November 3, 2013
Dr. Nafhat Nasr, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, - September 25, 2013
“Six Years with President Obama: A Perspective,” Bess Evans ’07, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy – April 29, 2013
“The Scientific Imperative for Seeking Evidence of Life on Mars,” Dr. Lisa M. Pratt, Provost Professor and Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University and Chair, NASA Mars Exploration Analysis Group – February 26, 2013
“45th Anniversary of Sgt. Peppers,” Dr. Glenn Gass, Provost Professor of Music, Indiana University – December 3, 2012
“Is There a Case for Regulating the Press – Perspectives from the UK,” Jacob Coy ’03, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, formerly with UK Financial Services Authority, London – November 18, 2012
“Looking Back, Moving On,” Richard Eric Pound ’72, Former CIA Chief of Station, VP, Strategic Intelligence Group – November 15, 2012
Chinonye Chukwu ’07, writer, film director, “Alaskaland” – October 9, 2012
Aaron Lucchetti ’96, Reporter, Wall Street Journal, Recipient, 2012 “Young Alumni Award” – October 5, 2012
Bill Rasmussen ’54, founder, ESPN, 175 Anniversary Alumni Lecture – October 4, 2012
Angie Hicks ’95, founder, “Angie’s List” – September 28, 2012
Candy Crowley, CNN Chief Political Correspondent – September 25, 2012
“Super Tuesday, 2012 – Polling Accuracy in the Digital Age,” Christine Matthews, Bellweather Research, Washington, DC; Fred Yang, Garin-Hart-Yang, Washington, DC; Brian A. Howey, editor and publisher, “Howey Politics Indiana” – March 6, 2012
“Black Baseball in Indiana,” Dr. Geri Strecker, asst. professor of English and Baseball Historian, Ball State University – Febrary 16th, 2012
Bill Rasmussen ’54, founder of ESPN – February 14, 2012 “The Power of Public Records,” Greg Weaver, Business Editor, “The Indianapolis Star” – December 7, 2011
Will Carroll, sports writer, author of “The Juice” – December 1, 2011
Andrew Tangle ’03, reporter, “The Bergen Record,” and Fall Kilgore Counselor for “The DePauw” – November 16, 2011
“From the Locker Room to the Board Room: Why Storytelling Matters in Business and Life,” Scott MacGregor ’95, Director of Communications, Lilly, USA - November 15, 2011
Mary Leonard ’70, deputy managing editor, “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette” – October 28, 2011
Carolyn Ryan, Metro Editor, “The New York Times” – October 27, 2011
C-SPAN Election Bus, September 30, 201
Mark Tatge, Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism – September 6, 2011
Stan Jastrzebski ’03, News Director, WFIU Radio, Bloomington, IN - March 7, 2011
Lindsay Applebaum, Deputy Sports Editor, The Washington Post, and Jon Wile, Senior News Designer, The Washington Post - March 9, 2011
Rob Gauthier, Photojournalist, The Los Angeles Times - March 30, 2011
Craig Wolff, sports writer and author, “Lifting Your Subject Out of Caricature” Spring, 2011 Kilgore Counselor, The DePauw - April 18, 2011
Media Fellows Senior Tyler James ’11, “Sports Writing” - May 2, 2011
Media Fellows Senior Sarah Eutsler ’11, “Utilizing Twitter” - May 5, 2011
Will Carroll, Sports writer, author of “The Juice” - Thursday, December 2, 2010
Ben Solomon ’10, Video journalist, The New York Times - November 22, 2010
Colin O’Flaherty’04, Production Coordinator, Fremantle Media - November 11, 2010
Eric Aasen ’02, Reporter, The Dallas Morning News, Fall, 2010 Kilgore Counselor, The DePauw - November 11, 2010 Bruce Collins – Blind Boy Whitehead: “Songs of Discontent: The 60’s and Today” - November 9, 2010
“Where the Wild Things Are: The Style of Spike Jonze” - November 5, 2010
Matt Dellinger ’97, Author, “Interstate 69” - November 4, 2010
Catherine Reese Newton, The Salt Lake Tribune, Fall, 2010 Kilgore Counselor, The DePauw - November 3, 2010
Lee Dirks ’56, Media Wall of Fame inductee/Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for Media - October 8, 2010
Connie Shultz, Columnist and Author, Cleveland Plain Dealer – April 20, 2010
Brian Storm, CEO and Founder, MediaStorm, April 12, 2010 “Multi-media storytelling at MediaStorm”
John Campbell ’69, Sports Director, KCRG-TV, Cedar Rapids, IA – March 30, 2010
Media and Management Fellows Public Forum on Healthcare, September 16, 2009
R.B. Brenner, Editor, The Washington Post, March 9, 2009 “A Journalist’s Story: From the Nation’s Capital to Hollywood”
Kenny Irby, Visual Journalism Leader, Poynter Institute – February 25-27, 2009
Brandon Gee ’07, Reporter, Steamboat Pilo, Steamboat Springs, CO – November 14, 2008
Glenn Gass, IU Professor of Music – November 9, 2008 “Bob Dylan and the Beatles”
Stan Jastrzebski ’03, News Director, WFIU, Bloomington, IN – October 27, 2008
Bill Elsen, retired editor of the Washington Post – October 11, 2008
Former ABC Correspondent John McWethy ’69 - October, 2007 McWethy spoke about PTSD within the military and the media embedded with the troops.
Bess Evans ’07 - August 28, 2007 Evans spoke about her life after graduation, and her work with Presidential Candidate Barack Obama in Iowa
Tom Wheeler - November 14th, 2006 "Mr. Lincoln's T-mails," the untold story of how Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph to win the Civil War John McWethy '69 and Bob Steele '69 - October 25, 2006 "Turbulent Times" for mass media
Baseball writer Will Carroll - September 18, 2006 “The Pete Rose gambling Controversy” and the issues involved in covering breaking sports news.
Professor Nafhat Nasr - September 5, 2006 The on-going Israeli-Lebanese conflict and the differences in reporting between US news outlets and outlets in the rest of the world.
Brian Wilson, Fox News - April 28th, 2006 “The Things About Journalism They Don’t Teach You In College”
Dr. Glenn Gass - Professor of Music, IU - April 26, 2006 “40 Years Ago Today . . . “
AP Senior Producer Brian Horton - March 9th, 2006 “The iPod Olympics”
Will Carroll - Author of "The Juice," - October 12, 2005 “Steroids Use in Major League Baseball”
Matt Dellinger - March 14, 2005 Online Editor, The New Yorker, Writer, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Oxford American
Lee Harvey, Independent Filmmaker - March 4, 2005 Screening - "The Culture of Hate"
Randy Albright, March 3, 2005 Instructor, IUPUI School of Music "The Real Jimi Hendrix"
Fred Greaves, February 18, 2005 Freelance Photojournalist, The Daily Californian,The San Diego Union-Tribune, AP, Reuters, IBM, Nintendo Erik Sorenson '77, Thursday, April 15, 2004 - President, New Media, NBC News - Former President and General Manager of MSNBC"The State of TV News: Confessions of a Network President"
Paul Solman, April 29, 2004 Economics/Business Correspondent, News Hour on PBS "What Would Jesus Do? An Economic Look at Business Ethics"
"When Things Implode: Surviving the Aftermath of Ethical Breakdowns in the Media" – (3/11/2004) Jay Shelledy - Former Editor, The Salt Lake Tribune Phil Sayre '71 - Deputy Political Editor, The New York Times
Charlie Cook (11/30/2004) Political Pundit and Editor, "The Cook Report"
2004 Distinguished Alumni in Media Award Recipient (10/8/2004) Barbara Blakemore '46, former editor of Family Circle
Aaron Lucchetti ’02, The Wall Street Journal, Dick Johnson ’76, NBC 5 News Chicago, and Erik Sorenson ’77, Communications Consultant (9/30/2004)
“Discussing National Security with the 9/11 Commission Vice-Chair" (9/17/2004) John McWethy '69, ABC News, Lee Hamilton '52, retired congressman from Indiana
John McWethy '69 (9/10/2004) ABC News Correspondent
Paul Solman (4/28-30/2004) Economic/Business Correspondent for PBS News Hour
Erik Sorenson '77 (4/15/2004) NBC News – Strategic Projects, Former President/General Manager MSNBC
“When Things Implode: Surviving the Aftermath of Ethical Breakdowns in the Media" (3/11/2004) Jay Shelledy, former editor for The Salt Lake Tribune & Kilgore Counselor, Phil Sayre ’71, Deputy Political Editor, The New York Times
J.K. Wall '01 (03/08/2004) Columnist, The Indianapolis Star
The Ethics of War Journalism (02/12/2004) Jack McWethy '69, ABC News, Bob Steele '69, Poynter Institute Brian Lamb (10/29/2003) Kilgore Medal Award Recipient, Chairman and CEO of C-Span
The War In Iraq - Then and Now (10/09/2003) Ken Bode, Mary Leonard Ramshaw, Writer, Boston Globe, David Bohmer
Jane Mago '98 (10/03/2003) Chief, Office of Strategic Planning, FCC
Sarah Knott '98 (04/24/2003) Creative Writer, Jack Rouse Associates
Rob Johnson '90 (04/10-11/2003) Weekend News Anchor, WLS-TV, Chicago
Bruce Collins (04/03/2003) Vice President, General Counsel, CSPAN
Park Brewer '75 (03/20/2003) Sports Editor, Voice of America
"Between Iraq and a Hard Place" (02/20/03)
Phil Sayre, '71, Deputy Political Editor, The New York Times
"Acting Up Down Under: Life on the Ponderosa" (11/25/02) Media Fellow Drew Powell '98, Actor
Jim Cerone '86 (11/21/02) Music Director, Disc Jockey, WENS-FM, Indianapolis
Brett Schetzle (10/31/02) Broadcaster, Purdue University Sports
Tim Evans(10/17/02) Director, Steppenwolf Films, Special Projects Steppenwolf Theatre
James Barbieri '50 (10/11/02) Alumni Achievement Award winner
James B. Stewart (10/10/02) Pulitzer Prize winner, investigative reporter, author "The Ethics of 24-hour News" (10/03/02) Erik Sorenson '77, Robert Steele '69
Robert Bartley (9/26/02) Editor of the Wall Street Journal
Jane Mago (9/20/02) General Counsel, FCC
Samuel Autman (9/18/2002) Staff Writer, San Diego Union Tribune
"Keynote Speaker, Honors and Fellows Weekend" (3/11/02)
Stacy Forster, Reporter, Wall Street Journal Online Edition
"The Long and Winding Road" (2/20/02) Glenn Gass, Professor, Indiana University School of Music, who spoke on The Beatles and their impact on Rock and Roll
"How I Survived a Career in TV News" (11/12/01)
Anne Ballentine '86, Former Anchor/ Reporter, WTMJ-TV; Account Executive, Fullhouse Media, Milwaukee, WI
"Financing Not-For-Profit Media" (11/08/01)
Rob Kennedy, Executive Vice President Co-Chief Operating Officer, C-SPAN
"After 9/11, does Campaign Finance Reform Still Matter?" (11/1/01)
Al Swift, Former Congressman from Washington State; Partner, Colling Swift and Hynes Government Relations and Marketing Firm.
"Local News is Big Business" (10/23/01)
Linda Gray, former station manager of WXIN-59 TV in Indianapolis, and Ken Owen, director of Public Relations and former Indianapolis TV anchor and reporter spoke about local news and its impact.
"Public Media in the Czech Republic" (10/11/01) Glenda Balas, Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of New Mexico, spoke on her travels in the Czech Republic investigating their national radio service and contrasting it with NPR in the United States.
"Journalists and National Tragedies" (09/18/01)
David Hall, Pulliam Visiting Professor of Journalism, gave his perspective about how well the media, and journalists, were continuing to cover the acts of terrorism on September 11, 2001.
"Life Online" (04/20/01)
Chris Jennewein, vice-president of operations for Knight-Ridder.com, spoke about the pro's and con's of "dotcoms" and his work bringing journalism to the internet.
"DePaw.com" (04/12-13/01) Paul Solman, business, economics and occasional art correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, led a spirited two-day seminar addressing business reporting by developing a role-playing exercise in which Media Fellows students operated a petstore "dotcom" (DePaw.com) and Management Fellows students acted as print reporters trying to ferret out a story about the health of the company.
"Oh No!" (04/05/01) Phil Sayre '71, deputy political editor of the New York Times, spoke on the presidential election of 2000 and "keeping on top of breaking news."
"The New New Yorker" (03/12/01) Matt Dellinger '97, editorial projects manger and online editor for The New Yorker magazine, spoke to prospective students and their parents about his work putting that magazine on the web, and his life after DePauw.
"What's in Store for Local News" (03/06/01) Shannon Harris '95, executive producer of News at WCMH-TV, Columbus, OH, spoke about the local news business and getting your first television job.
"CNBC: Market Maker or Breaker (11/30/00) CNBC reporter Tim Tindall, '89 spoke on the effect CNBC, the relatively new cable financial network, has had on the American markets.
"Progressing Backwards" (11/9/00) C-SPAN vice president and chief counsel Bruce Collins spoke on the progressive movement and its negative effect on current-day politics.
"Women in Media" (10/19/00) Alumni Barbara Blakemore, Beth Bogie and Chris Boeke participated in a panel on the changing roles of women in the media. The discussion focused on their own varied experiences and perspectives throughout the last fifty years.
"Dotcom@bat" (10/5/00) David Rawnsley, '83, a writer for TeamOneBaseball.com and a former Houston Astros assistant scouting director & director of international scouting spoke on sports reporting and the internet.
"The State of Radio News" (9/27/00) WHAS Radio assignment editor Shelley Catharine Johnson '90 spoke on the radio news industry and the effect of the internet on news broadcasting.
"Picture This: Getting the Shot from the Court to the World" (4/4/00) Associated Press photographer, photo editor and author Brian Horton.
Jeremy Rogalski (3/1/00) WTHR-TV Indianapolis Investigative Reporter.
"Dare We Trust the Internet?" (2/24/00) New York Times assistant technology editor and reporter Stephen C. Miller.
"Where Do We Go From Here?" (2/23/00) Norm VanLier, Fox NBA Commentator and past player for the Chicago Bulls.
"Visualizing the News: Photo-Journalism Ethics" (11/11/99) Peggy Turbett, assistant photo director for The Cincinnati Enquirer came to speak on the ethical dilemmas photographers and editors are faced with when choosing pictures for a major daily newspaper.
"World War II Journalism" (10/19/99) Phillip Ault '35, Author and Journalist, member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.
DePauw University Media Wall of Fame (5/7/99) The DePauw University Media Wall of Fame inducted two new people on the 50th anniversary of the founding of WGRE: Elizabeth Turnell and Robert Giles.
WGRE 50th Anniversary Celebration (4/25/99) WGRE celebrated its 50th anniversary with a week of special events, including a documentary about the radio station, an alumni panel on the future of radio, and a speech by Edward Fritts, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters. "Is ‘Journalism Ethics’ an Oxymoron?" (5/03/99) Robert Steele ‘69, director of the Journalism Ethics program at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
Brian Boak ‘96, Scofield Editorial (3/08/99)
Undergraduate Communications Conference (3/04/99) George Gerbner, Dean Emeritus of the Annenberg School of Communications at U. Penn.
Rich Holden, Kilgore counselor, executive director, Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc. (2/16/99)
"What to do when your fired" (2/08/99) Kristie Weimar Burke ‘89, radio disc jockey, New York City.
Ken Owen ‘82, former TV anchor/reporter WISH-TV8 (11/98)
"It’s Our Democracy, Stupid: Money, Media, Politics and the Decline of America Democracy" (12/08/98) Larry Hansen, vice president, The Joyce Foundation.
"Reflections on a Rookie Season" (11/10/98) Scott McGregor '95, baseball reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
". . . where no woman has gone before . . ." (10/13/98) Star Trek Voyager executive producer Jeri Taylor spoke about women's changing roles in television and her work on the Star Trek franchise.
"Covering the President: Then and Now" (10/06/98) Frank Lovinski, deputy managing editor of The Detroit News.
"The Spin Doctor - What does it take to put together a winning campaign strategy?" (5/5/98) Adam Goodman, president, Doner Public Affairs.
"Three Advertising Misconceptions" (5/4/98) Beth Bogie, vice president of Robinson Lerer & Montgomery.
"Business vs. The Press: Writing an Unauthorized Biography of an Unwilling Executive" (4/30/98) David Greising, bureau chief, Business Week Magazine.
"Can the First Amendment Survive the Internet?" (4/17/98) Jane E. Mago, senior legal advisor to FCC Commissioner Michael K. Powell. "Politics is Good Business" (4/6/98) Kevin Gottlieb, president, Gottlieb and Associates public policy analysis firm.
"Hollywood vs. the Independent Film" (3/16/98) Larry Meistrich, founder, chairman and CEO of The Shooting Gallery.
"The Workplace of the Future" (3/3&4/98) Paul Solman, business and economic reporter for PBS's "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer."
"What Makes It News?" (12/4/97) Ken Owen, anchor/reporter for WISH-TV Channel 8.
"It’s Only Rock and Roll" (10/20/97) Jim LaBarbara, WGRR-FM afternoon drive DJ and rock historian.
"Launching MTV, The Entrepreneurial Side of Media" (10/17/97) Robert G. McGroarty, founder Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment.
Julie Koenig, WHAS-TV, Louisville (12-2-96)
Michael Small, vice president for finance of 360 Cellular (11-7-96)
"Murder, He Said" (10/21/96) David Moessinger ('52), executive producer of "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Murder, She Wrote", "In the Heat of the Night", "Jake and the Fatman", "Simon and Simon","Blue Thunder" and "Quincy, M.E."
"It's the Reader's, Stupid! How Women's Magazines Have Changed" (10/17/96) Barbara Blakemore ('46), former editor of Family Circle.
"Are Disney and Turner Running Our Lives?" (10/2/96) Phil Ault ('35), former newspaper editor & manager, foreign correspondent, author, college instructor, radio commentator and television panel host.