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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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Mara Brock Akil (BSJ92)
Writer, producer and creator of TV shows such as “Being Mary Jane,” “Girlfriends,” and “The Game”
Peter Alexander (BSJ98)
White House correspondent at NBC News and co-anchor of "Weekend Today"
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
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
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
Todd Johnson (BSJ08, MSJ09)
Chief Content Officer, theGrio
Sheinelle Jones (BSJ00)
Host of third hour of TODAY
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
Julie Pace (BSJ04)
Washington bureau chief for the Associated Press
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
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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