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Mara Brock Akil (BSJ92)
Writer, producer and creator of TV shows such as “Being Mary Jane,” “Girlfriends,” and “The Game”
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Peter Alexander (BSJ98)
White House correspondent at NBC News and co-anchor of "Weekend Today"
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David Barstow (BSJ86)
Four-time Pulitzer Prize winner and head of investigative reporting at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
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Shelly Banjo (BSJ07)
New York Bureau Chief at Bloomberg
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Bret Begun (BSJ98)
Features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek
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Christine Brennan (BSJ80, MSJ81)
Sports columnist at USA Today
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Melissa Brotz (BSJ90)
Chief marketing and communications officer at Abbott
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Elisabeth Bumiller (BSJ77)
Assistant managing editor and Washington bureau chief at The New York Times
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Edith Chapin (BSJ87)
Vice president and executive editor at NPR News
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Bethany Crystal (BSJ09)
VP of Portfolio Partnerships at Bolster
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Bruce Dold (BSJ77, MSJ78)
Pulitzer Prize winner and former publisher and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune
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Cristy Garratt (BSJ10)
Head of digital video and social media at CNBC International
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Lisa Gartner (BSJ10)
Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, investigative editor at the San Francisco Chronicle
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Jeremy Gilbert (BSJ00, MSJ00)
Former Director of Strategic Initiatives at The Washington Post; Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy for Northwestern University Medill School
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Emily Glazer (BSJ10)
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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Katie Glueck (BSJ12)
Chief political correspondent at The New York Times
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Mike Greenberg (BSJ89)
Former co-host of ESPN's "Mike and Mike", current co-host of ESPN's "Get Up" and host of ESPN's "Greeny"
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Jenny Gross (BSJ10)
Reporter, London bureau at The New York Times
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Omar Jimenez (BSJ15)
CNN Correspondent
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Todd Johnson (BSJ08, MSJ09)
Chief Content Officer, theGrio
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Sheinelle Jones (BSJ00)
Host of third hour of TODAY
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Mike Mallazzo (BSJ14)
Director of Partnerships at Protocol
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George R.R. Martin (BSJ70, MSJ71)
Author of “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels, adapted by HBO as “Game of Thrones.”
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Rachel Nichols (BSJ95)
Sports journalist
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Julie Pace (BSJ04)
Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press
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Susan Page (BSJ73)
Washington bureau chief at USA Today
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Alex Presha (BSJ09)
Multiplatform Reporter at ABC News
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Sarah Schmidt (BSJ10)
Director of Editorial Operations at GQ Magazine
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Laura Schocker (BSJ08, MSJ09)
Editor in Chief at Apartment Therapy
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Kate Ward (BSJ07)
CEO & co-founder of The Dipp
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Michael Wilbon (BSJ80)
Co-host of ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption"
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