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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)
Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter
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Shelly Banjo (BSJ07)
Columnist at Bloomberg
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Bret Begun (BSJ98)
Section 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, Abbott
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Elisabeth Bumiller (BSJ77)
Washington bureau chief at The New York Times
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Edith Chapin (BSJ87)
Executive editor at NPR News
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Bethany Crystal (BSJ09)
General manager at USV Network at Union Square Ventures
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Bruce Dold (BSJ77, MSJ78)
Pulitzer Prize winner, and publisher and editor-in-chief at 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 investigative reporter now at the Philadelphia Inquirer
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Jeremy Gilbert (BSJ00, MSJ00)
Director of strategic initiatives at The Washington Post
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Emily Glazer (BSJ10)
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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Katie Glueck (BSJ12)
Senior national political correspondent at McClatchy
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Mike Greenberg (BSJ89)
Former co-host of ESPN's "Mike and Mike" and current co-host of ESPN's "Get Up"
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Jenny Gross (BSJ10)
Reporter, London bureau at The Wall Street Journal
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Omar Jimenez (BSJ15)
National correspondent for Newsource at CNN
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Todd Johnson (BSJ08, MSJ09)
Chief Content Officer, theGrio
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Sheinelle Jones (BSJ00)
Weekend anchor at the NBC "Today" show
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Mike Mallazzo (BSJ14)
Head of Marketing at Narrativ
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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)
Host of “The Jump” ESPN
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Julie Pace (BSJ04)
Washington bureau chief and chief White House correspondent at Associated Press
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Susan Page (BSJ73)
Washington bureau chief at USA Today
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Alex Presha (BSJ09)
Reporter at NBC Universal Media
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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)
Editor-in-chief of BDG Media
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Michael Wilbon (BSJ80)
Co-host of ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption"
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