Alumni Information

The following is a list of people who are on a mailing list periodically sent out by the University of Delaware journalism program. It includes alumni, faculty, administrators, and other friends of the program. Please send news to Ben Yagoda at byagoda@udel.edu.
Recent news is in blue.

1969

1975

Lorie Hearn is Metro Editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune.

David Hoffman is Assistant Managing Editor/Foreign News at the Washington Post.

Charles Lewis is president and CEO of the Fund for Independence in Journalism in Washington and also serves on the board of the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

1976 

Ellen Cannon is an editor at bankrate.com, which is based about a mile from her house in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Gwen Florio is the Capitol bureau chief in Helena, Mont., for the Great Falls Tribune.

Tom Turcol has  joined Kennedy Communications, a D.C.-based political communications firm, as a senior strategist specializing in message and media planning for political and corporate clientele.

1978
Gail Bulfin is training editor and readers editor of the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Cari DeSantis is the chief executive officer for the Delaware Dept. of Services for Children, Youth, and their Families.

Bruce Garrabrandt is the innkeeper at the Artist Inn in Terre Hill , Pa. 

Jim Grant is editor and general manager of The Dialog, the weekly newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.

Jack Hoban works in communications for UPS.

1979
Lorraine (Bowers) Keenan heads the journalism department at Mercer County Community College .

Andrew Cline is an assistant professor of journalism at Missouri State University.

Erin Donovan is a consultant specializing in risk communication. She operates Donovan Communications in Potomac , Md. 

Don Flood  is editor of the Dover Post, editor in chief of the Dover Post Co. and general manager of the Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times and the Middletown Transcript.

Dave Hughes is a copy editor with the Delaware State News.

1980
Suzi Hedrick Beerman has recently taken a job as Executive Communication Manager in the Microsoft IT/Business Systems department. She will  be managing public relations and events presentations.

Lisa Petrillo is a reporter for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Kevin Tresolini is a sportswriter for the News Journal.

1981
John Anderson is president of an advertising agency and production company, The Farm, and is an entertainment lawyer with Smith, Dornan & Dehn .

Jonathan Feigen covers the Houston Rockets for the Houston Chronicle.

Michael Miorelli is assistant managing editor of the Morning Call in Allentown , Pa.

David Palombi is the head of corporate and marketing communications for Freddie Mac. 

Janet Perrella-D'Alesandro is Director of Media Relations and Association Marketing
at Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., in Pitman, NJ.

Billie Travalini's book "Bloodsisters" won the 2005 Lewis-Clark Press Discovery Prize. Her latest book, The Wilmington Senior Center: 50 Years of Community, a mix of print and photojournalim and creative writing, will be published in November. She is fiction editor for The Journal of Caribbean Literatures and is the editor of "Cutting to the Bone: Selections from Delaware Writers and Poets in the Twentieeth Century."

1982
Cris Barrish is senior reporter at The News Journal. He also co-wrote Fatal Embrace, a book about the Tom Capano-Anne Marie Fahey murder case.

Dr. Karen Stout is president of Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania .

1983

Jim Hughes is an attorney in Wilmington .

Tom Lowry is a senior writer for Business Week magazine, covering the media industries.

Beth Thomas Moore is an English teacher at Newark High School .

1984
Clare Brown lives in Raleigh , N.C. , where she is a writer-in-residence for the Even
Exchange Dance Theatre. She is also pursuing graduate studies in psychology at Goddard College in Vermont .

Casey Gilmore is a financial writer for the Vanguard Group of mutual funds in Pennsylvania.

George Mallet is anchoring the early evening news and reporting for the late evening news at WTMJ Channel 4 in Milwaukee.

1985
Linda deVrind-Millevoi is assistant director of public relations at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania .

Tobias Naegele is editor-in-chief of the Army Times.

After 12 years as director of communications for MBNA Corporation, Dan Tipton has started Tipton Communications, a Newark Company specializing in employee communications, internet development, and marketing communications.

Andy Walter is the sports editor of the Delaware State News.

Andy West is managing editor of Delaware State News.

1986
Paul Davies has left the Wall Street Journal to take a job as Deputy Editorial Page Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Suzanne Goldstein Michel is living in Ocean, N.J.

Kate Sheehy is a reporter and editor for the New York Post.

Lon Wagner is narrative editor at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va.,
where is he also adjunct faculty at Old Dominion University. He began
honing his storytelling in 1998 when he became an inaugural member of
the newspaper's narrative writing team, then became the team's editor in
2005. His stories have been recognized in several national writing
contests, including the American Association of Sunday and Features
Editors and the Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards (Penney-Missouri).
Editors at The Virginian-Pilot have twice nominated his serial
narratives (2001, 2005) for the Pulitzer Prize. Wagner has had two
essays published in the journal, "Points of Entry: Cross-Currents in
Storytelling," and organizes and moderates an annual gathering of
newspaper writers, "Word. A Conversation about Narrative."  He lives in Norfolk with his wife, Cheryl, and daughters, Sadie and Ava. 

1987
Joe Clancy is publisher of the Steeplechase Times and other publications in Elkton , Md. 

Jancee Dunn is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and the author of "But Enough About Me:  A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Advenures Among the Absurdly Famous" (HarperCollins, 2006).

Meg Goodyear Dupont is home and garden editor of the Hartford Courant. 

Rob Guarino is about to launch myweatherlive.com and is contracted to write a series of graphic science novels for Diamond Book Distributing.

1988
Alice Brumbley Bailey is a lieutenant with the Delaware State Police. 

Deborah Brenner recently published a book called "Women of the Vine: Inside the World of Women Who Make, Taste, and Enjoy Wine." She also owns Women of the Vine Cellars, which will release its first vintage in the spring. More information is at http://www.womenofthevine.org/ (starting 3/1, www.womenofthevine.com). 

Mike Freeman is a columnist for CBS Sportsline.

John P. Martin is a staff writer with the Newark Star-Ledger.

Beth McCoy is an associate professor of English at SUNY Geneseo .

Dave Urbanski is living in Princeton , N.J. , and is senior developmental editor for the book publishing arm of Youth Specialties, inc . He is the author of "The Man Comes Around: The Spriritual Journey of Johnny Cash."

1989
Fletcher Chambers is IT director for Accenture in Minneapolis .

Craig Horleman is a copy editor for the Delaware State News.

Beth Monaghan Cohen is a graphics coordinator living in Forest Hill , Md.

1990
Bob Bicknell is senior producer of the CBS News broadcast "Up To The Minute," a tech reporter for KYW-AM, Philadelphia , and the creator of nationally syndicated radio reports on home technology and the web, "Tech Tips 101" and "Web Picks."

Sharon Breske is editor of ADVANCE for Imaging and Oncology Administrators.

Diane Monaghan Johns is an English teacher at Haddonfield Memorial High School in New Jersey .

Mark Nardone is editor of Delaware Today Magazine.

David Maull is a grant writer for the Indian River School District in Delaware.

Drew Ostroski is managing editor of Delaware Today.

Ted Spiker was recently promoted to associate professor of journalism at the University of Florida. He is the co-author of the bestselling books "The Abs Diet,"  "The Abs Diet Eat Right Every Time Guide,"   "Men, Love & Sex: The Complete Users' Guide for Women," "YOU: The Owner’s Manual," "YOU: On a Diet," and "YOU: Staying Young."  With all the knowledge he has acquired, he is going to live forever (and have great abs).

Mitch Powitz is a social studies teacher and baseball coach at Toms River High School in New Jersey , and the owner of the Long Beach Inn.

Archie Tse is a graphics editor for the New York Times.

1991
Jay Cooke is a commissions editor for Lonely Planet Publications in San Francisco. The company's latest New Orleans guide, which Jay developed and commissioned for Lonely Planet, just won the gold for Guidebooks in this year’s Societey of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Awards. More info at http://www.satwf.com/2007lowellthomaswinners.aspx

Alan Greilsamer spent the last five years as director of communications for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in Washington . He's now vice president of Communications Resources, LLC, a communications, marketing and organizational management firm.

Sharon O'Neal is a copy editor with the New York Times.

Josh Putterman is a copy editor for the New Jersey Jewish News.

1992
Leslie Barbaro is a staff photographer at the Herald News in West Paterson , NJ .  In January, she was arrested while taking pictures of a house filre in Paterson: http://hn.sprintout.com/view.html?type=stories&action=detail&sub_id=25494

Esther Crain is a senior editor at Cosmopolitan magazine.

In February, Larry Dignan was appointed Editor-in-Chief of ZDNet, as well as Editorial Director overseeing TechRepublic and ZDNet.

Charlotte Faltermayer is a freelance journalist and a stringer for Time Magazine.

Tara Finnegan Coates is working for the health care website Revolution Health. 

Jeffrey Gentry is the Deputy City/State Editor of the News Journal.

Brad Huebner is an English teacher at Quakertown High School in Pennsylvania and coaches basketball at Parkland High School . He freelances for the Morning Call in Allentown.

Jennifer Korolishin is a freelance writer and editor in Flourtown , Pa.

Mike Martin is a writer, photographer and carpenter in Newark . He's also a member of the band Deadlyne .

Kristin Nolt is the senior vice president for public affairs at Disneyland .

Bob Weston is a systems editor for the Associated Press in New York and is married to Donna Murphy Weston (1993).

1993
Russ Bengston is freelancing for SLAM; a Japanese basketball magazine called "Dunkshoot"; and  Mass Appeal (a Brooklyn-based hip-hop lifestyle mag).

Chris Dolmetsch is a reporter for Bloomberg Business News in New Jersey .

Doug Donovan covers City Hall for the Baltimore Sun.

Rich Jones is covering New Jersey for the New York Times.

Donna Murphy Weston is an assistant business editor for the Associated Press in charge of national and international breaking news coverage. 

Greg Orlando writes that he is "now engaged in, of all things, writing the plot, script, and dialogue for a video game to be published by year's end and released on the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PlayStation 2. " He adds, "I live in Fortress Orlando in an undisclosed location somewhere in earthquake territory. Plus, my only friend is a sock puppet named Lolo."

Michael Regan is an editor for Bloomberg News, specializing in the stock market.. 

Jeff Sypeck is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. His most recent book is BECOMING CHARLEMAGNE: Europe, Baghdad, and the Empires of A.D. 800. 

Patti Zielenski Verbanas is Executive Editor of Art & Antiques Magazine in Atlanta.

1994
Laura Fasbach is a reporter for the Record of Bergen County, N.J.. covering state government in Trenton .

Jason Garber has moved to the firm Reger Rizzo Kavulich & Darnall LLP in Philadelphia, where he's practicing civil litigation on behalf of businesses and individuals, as well as criminal law. 

Adrienne (Mand) Lewin is a national news reporter and editor for ABCNEWS.com.

Matt O'Donnell is the morning anchor for WPVI-TV Action News in Philadelphia. Find out more information at 6abc.com.

Jeff Pearlman weighs in on the "Why doesn't UD play Delaware State in football?" question in this ESPN.com article.
  
1995
Tye Comer is managing editor of AOL Music. 

Chuck Creekmur is the co-founder and co-CEO of allhophop.com which recently received a Rising Star Award. from Black Enterprise Magazine.

Jennifer Croneberger is the owner of Roots and Wings, a wellness company in Bear, Del.

Sherry Dorsey is founding director of Sisters with a Purpose (www.swapproductions.com), which is involved in both film production and working with troubled youth.

Brian Hickey is campaign manager for John Dougherty's run for the Pennsylvania State Senate.

Paul Kane is writing an online column for washingtonpost.com, as well as writing stories for the Washington Post.

Tracy Largay is senior project manager at WebMD Health (www.webmd.com).

Cassie King is an editorial assistant with the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

Margot Mohsberg is a public relations manager for the American Bankers Association in Washington, D.C.

Melissa Tyrrell is a reporter for the News Journal.

Rob Wherry is a senior writer for Smart Money's website (www.smartmoney.com), overseeing mutual fund coverage.

1996
Kristin Collins is a reporter for the News & Observer in North Carolina .

Alfred Erskine is a teacher at North East High School in North East, Md.

Paul Fain is a staff reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education.  He recently received an award from the National Education Writers Association for his coverage of college presidents.

Stuart Feldman

Devin Harner is an assistant professor of English (teaching journalism!) at John Jay College of the City University of New York.

Derek Harper is a reporter for the Press of Atlantic City.

April Helmer Hall is doing freelance writing and public relations.

Karen Salmonsohn Kosminoff is an editor with the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Stamford , Ct.

Heather Lynch is managing media relations for the Electric Power
Research Institute in Palo Alto, Ca. She lives in San Francisco.

Heather Moore is the community editor at NYTimes.com.

Jimmy Miller is in graduate school in Ireland.

Lauren Murphy Schulz is living in Silver Spring , Md., with her husband and two daughters. She recently spent six months editing for Club Mom (mom.com).

Lynnette Shelley operates Red Eye Design, a graphic design studio in Philadelphia, and is lead singer in The Red Masque (www.theredmasque.com).

Seandra Sims is a senior marketing and media specialist for the United Way of Delaware.

Deborah Wolf is a program coordinator in the global health department of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

1997
Michele Besso is director of communications at the Delaware College of Art and Design.

Peter Bothum and his wife, Kelly Brosnahan Bothum, both are working for the News Journal.  Pete is the deputy features editor and Kelly is a reporter for the Health section. The Philadelphia Inquirer's blog Blinq recently featured Pete's band "Von Hayes": http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2006/12/von_hayes.html

Sharon Davis is a senior quality assurance analyst for MortgageRamp and is living in Wilmington .

Todd Frankel is a general assignment reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  He recently won the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting by an Individual, given by the ASNE (American Society of Newspaper Editors). The articles for which he won will be published in the next edition of "Best American Newspaper Writing."

Brad Jennings is assistant sports editor of the York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record .

Aaron Kellam and Pamela (Wilson) Schmidt both teach at Polytech High School in Woodside , Del.

Michael Lewis is a sports writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Matt Manochio is a municipal reporter with the Daily Record in Morris County, New Jersey.

Melissa Meisel is editor of the Pascack Press in New Jersey. She has been writing for the Sunday New Jersey section of the New York Times.

Leanne Milway is a copywriter with Publicis Dialog in San Francisco .

Erin Ruth is a copy editor with the Times-Picayune in New Orleans .

Amy Sims is communications manager for an environmental charity in London.

Kim Walker is assistant features editor of the News Journal.

Bill Werde is executive editor of Billboard magazine and is regularly interviewed on Nationa; Public Radio about the music business.

Lara Zeises writes:

It's official!  The Lifetime TV Movie adaptation of TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A HOLLYWOOD STARLET begins shooting in Toronto early next month.  The pop singer-cum-actress JoJo will be playing the title role of Morgan Carter, and Tim Matheson (!) is directing.  Oh, and on the off chance you have no idea what I'm talking about: *I* am Lola Douglas, author of TRUE CONFESSIONS and its sequel MORE CONFESSIONS, which will be out in paperback next spring.  And there will almost certainly be a third installment in the STARLET series

1998
Cindy Augustine is online editor for "Every Day with Rachael Ray" Magazine (rachaelraymag.com).

Shani Brown is an English teacher in Baltimore .

Oakland Childers has been promoted to managing editor of the ( Boulder ) Colorado Daily., which recently won a first-place prize for editorial writing from the Colorado Pres Association.

Randi Hecht  is Managing Editor of Blender Magazine.

Catherine Hopkinson was recently named copy chief of W magazine.

Holly Norton is assisant editor of the News Journal's Spark Weekly (www.sparkweekly.com).

Beth Matusewicz Skinner is living in Milford, Delaware.

Leo Shane is currently covering the conflict in Afghanistan for Stars and Stripes. 

Elizabeth Brealey Wenk is deputy chief of staff for Congressman Mike Castle, Republican of Delaware. 

1999
Jamie Amato is a reporter with the Montgomery Gazette in Montgomery County , Md.

Robert Armengol is a freelance writer and a graduate student in anthropology at the
University of Virginia in Charlottesville .

Mike Bullard is managing editor of the Cecil Whig. Iin Spring 2008 he is teaching Copyediting and Layout (English 310) at UD.

Allison Sloan Hayes is a communications representative for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware .

Nancy Horisk-Sherr is a freelance writer and marketing services consultant based in Hockessin , Del.

Erica Iacono is a reporter for PRWeek .

Jamie Janvier is an editor and senior technical writer for NASA Spinoff maga