Cal Poly Journalism Alumni Updates
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2024 |
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Catherine Allen |
Catherine has joined POLITICO as a data/graphics reporter covering energy and environment. Catherine was Editor in Chief of Mustang News in her junior year. |
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2024 |
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Angel Gaytan |
Angel is a college adviser with UC Berkeley Destination College Advising Corps / Early Academic Outreach Program at Pioneer High School in San José Unified School District. |
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2024 |
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Sarina Grossi |
Sarina is a morning edition news anchor at North State Public Radio in Chico, CA. |
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2024 |
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Chloe Lovejoy |
Chloe has joined the Sacramento staff of Agri-Pulse, a national source of news about agriculture, food and energy policy. Chloe was editor-in-chief of Mustang Media Group in her senior year. |
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2024 |
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Lily Tenner |
Lily has started a new job as a social media coordinator for Insomniac Events. |
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2023 |
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Miles Berman |
Miles has a new role as a marketing and advertising fellow for the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
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2023 |
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Zoe Boyd |
Zoe recently started as a music agent trainee at United Talent Agency. |
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2023 |
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Samantha Riordan |
Samantha is now a development associate at Horizons at San Francisco Friends School. |
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2023 |
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Diego Sandoval |
Diego has been promoted to sports editor at Noozhawk, the digital news organization in Santa Barbara. |
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2023 |
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Alyson Smith |
Alyson is the digital media coordinator at San Diego Community Power. She previously worked for Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where she got her start as an intern. |
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2022 |
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Miki Dubery |
Miki is studying for her master’s degree in Security and Diplomacy at Tel Aviv University. |
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2022 |
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Olivia Hebert |
Olivia is a news reporter for SFGATE. |
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2022 |
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Ashley Holly |
Ashley has joined the brand marketing team at Revolve as a social media assistant. She has worked at the fashion brand since 2022. |
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2022 |
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Ava Kershner |
Ava started a new position as a multimedia journalist/producer at ABC 10News San Diego | KGTV Channel 10. |
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2022 |
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Daisy Kuenstler |
Daisy has been promoted to Senior Account Executive at LaForce, a full-service marketing communications agency based in New York. |
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2022 |
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Jennie Le |
Jennie has completed her master’s degree in Communication Management from USC and is an account executive at RX Mosaic healthcare communications. |
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2022 |
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Sophie Lincoln |
Sophie is a multimedia journalist at KRNV News 4 in Reno. Previously, she worked for Sinclair Broadcasting in Eureka, CA. |
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2022 |
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Cameryn Oakes |
Cameryn is the local long island editor and reporter at Schneps Media in New York. Cameryn was managing editor for Mustang News in her senior year. |
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2022 |
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Jordan Peterkofsky |
Jordan is a production manager at Kristin Banta Events Inc. |
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2022 |
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Torstein Rehn |
Torstein is a producer at WCVB Channel 5 in Boston. |
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2022 |
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Roselyn Romero |
Roselyn is a public safety reporter at The Oaklandside. |
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2022 |
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Audrey Ryan |
Audrey has started a new position as associate newsroom SEO editor at The Athletic. |
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2022 |
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Sydney Sherman |
Sydney completed a master's degree in Social Media & Management from the University of York. She is now the development and alumnae relations officer at James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS) in London. |
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2022 |
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Amanda Wernik |
Amanda, legal news reporter for KCBX in San Luis Obispo, was awarded a 2023 Data Fellowship from the USC Center for Health Journalism. |
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2021 |
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Sophie Baye |
Sophie joined EF Education First as a social media and content manager and has relocated to EF's U.S. headquarters in Cambridge, MA. |
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2021 |
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Lily Dallow |
Lily has joined KTLA 5 in Los Angeles as a digital producer. Previously, she was a digital content director for KEYT News Channel 3 and 12 in Santa Barbara. |
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2021 |
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Hannah Klaassen |
Hannah is a senior account executive at Highwire. |
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2021 |
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Fauve Koontz |
Fauve is an account strategist at Google. |
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2021 |
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Mikaela Lincoln |
Mikaela is now a social media executive at Redwood BBDO, an international content agency, where she works with YouTube and Google. |
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2021 |
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Emily Mahoney |
Emily has been promoted to Senior Account Manager at Segal Communications. |
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2021 |
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Francisco Martinez |
Francisco has been named Rookie Reporter of the Year by the National Newspaper Association for all nondaily newspapers. He is a full-time reporter with The Ark in Tiburon, CA. |
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2021 |
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Sophia McDevitt |
Sophia is a J.D. Candidate at University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco. |
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2021 |
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Hailey Nagma |
Hailey is an internal communications specialist at Intuit. |
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2020 |
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Emma Adler |
Emma is a project coordinator at Modifly, a creative agency in San Diego. |
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2020 |
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Christina Arthur |
Christina has been named Domestic Marketing Coordinator at Hunter Industries, a California-based manufacturer of irrigation and outdoor lighting equipment. |
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2020 |
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Brooke Cashin |
Brooke has been promoted to Senior Account Executive at Stanton & Company, sports and lifestyle marketing and PR agency in Venice, CA. |
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2020 |
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Giselle Fernandez |
Giselle recently started a new position as an account executive at Edelman. |
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2020 |
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Cassandra Garibay |
Cassandra is an engagement reporter for ProPublica. Previously, she was a senior housing reporter at El Tímpano. |
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2020 |
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Hannah Glazer |
Hannah is now working in sales in the medical industry as a post acute account manager at Medline Industries, LP. She spent four years in sales in the print and packaging industry. |
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2020 |
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Miranda Knight |
Miranda is the senior brand experience manager for Pashion Footwear, a $15 million shoe and accessories company that got its start at Cal Poly’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. |
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2020 |
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Kelsey Luvisa |
Kelsey has a new position as a business development representative at Figma, which produces a collaborative web application for interface design. |
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2020 |
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Rachel Marquardt |
Rachel is now the manager of digital strategy at Randle Communications in Sacramento. She earned her MBA in Marketing from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School in 2022. |
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2020 |
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Dominique Morales |
Dominique is the editor of Real Change News in Seattle, WA. This weekly newspaper is part of the Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project. |
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2020 |
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Annie Murphy |
Annie has been promoted to Communications Manager at Native, a personal care products company based in San Francisco. |
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2020 |
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Samantha Spitz |
Samantha is now the public affairs coordinator at the Westminster, CA, Police Department. |
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Yasmeen Arami |
Yasmeen is pursuing a law degree at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. |
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2019 |
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Lauren Arendt |
Lauren has a new role at Hydro Flask as Retention Marketing Manager. |
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2019 |
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Madison Burgess |
Madison is the manager of marketing strategy at AMC Networks. |
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2019 |
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Leah Castillo |
Leah is now the lead customer success manager at Gong, which uses proprietary artificial intelligence technology to enhance customer interactions. |
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2019 |
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Quinn Fish |
Quinn has a new position as lifestyle editor at The Kitchn and staff writer at Apartment Therapy. Both are part of Apartment Therapy Media. |
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2019 |
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Valeria Gasparini |
Valeria has been promoted to Senior Account Executive at Deel. She joined the company in January 2023. |
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2019 |
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Christian Laubacher |
Christian has a new position as the program coordinator for the post-graduate psychiatric residency program at Community Memorial Healthcare in Denver. He received his master’s degree in Higher Education from University of Denver and has been active in Cal Poly’s Alumni Association. |
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2019 |
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Connor McCarthy |
Connor is now an account manager with Gard Communications in Portland, OR. Previously, he was a multimedia journalist for KPTV, Fox Channel 12. |
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2019 |
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Summer Sinnett |
Summer is an account supervisor at Ketchum. She has been with the agency since 2021. She is based in New York. |
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2019 |
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Caroline Ster |
Caroline has joined Warner Bros. Discovery as the Assistant Manager, Awards at CNN. |
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2019 |
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Emma Withrow |
Emma is a national investigative reporter for Sinclair Broadcasting based in Washington, D.C. She was previously Director of Rapid Response at the U.S. House of Representatives and Chief Political Correspondent for FOX 46, WJZY-TV, in Charlotte, NC. |
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2018 |
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Madelina Achuela |
Madeline has been promoted to Senior Project Manager at i2Vision, Inc. |
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2018 |
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Bryce Aston |
Bryce has a new position as Community Outreach Specialist for Santa Rosa Water. |
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2018 |
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Hannah Avdalovic |
Hannah has been promoted to Senior Manager, Social Media at Golden State Warriors. |
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2018 |
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Monique Belden |
Monique has joined Jackson Family Wines as a public relations manager. |
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2018 |
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Nina Doering |
Nina is an ecommerce product manager at the Walt Disney Company. |
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2018 |
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Nate Edelman |
Nate is Staff Assistant III for the City of Santa Monica. |
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2018 |
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Rae Foote |
Rae has accepted a role at Hachette Book Group as Senior Manager of Marketing Technology. |
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2018 |
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Michael Frank |
Michael is the project manager for the New York University Data Future Lab. He is pursuing a master's degree in Public & Nonprofit Management and Policy at the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. |
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2018 |
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Emily Hulsman |
Emily has a new position as the GTM recruiter at Notion, a software development company in San Francisco. |
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2018 |
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Lindsay Mann |
Lindsay has started a position as an account manager at SHIFT Communications in San Francisco. |
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2018 |
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Lauren Pluim |
Lauren has started a new position as Social Media Manager at Accelerator Active Energy, makers of energy drinks based in Newport Beach. |
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2018 |
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Hayley Sakae |
Hayley has been promoted to Partner Events Manager at Snowflake. |
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2018 |
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Ilianna Salas |
Iliana has started a new position as Public Arts Commissioner at City of Rancho Cucamonga. |
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2018 |
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Danika Schultz |
Danika has a new position as Lifecycle Marketing Lead at Headway, a startup dedicated to making mental healthcare more accessible. |
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2017 |
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Celina Oseguera |
Celina has been promoted to Visual Design Manager at Adobe. |
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2017 |
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Cameron Bones |
Cameron is Assistant Manager, Social Media Marketing at Nintendo. |
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2017 |
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Rachel (Gasparini) Menon |
Rachel is an enterprise account executive at Glean (SF Bay Area). |
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2017 |
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Victoria Elizabeth Howland |
Victoria has been promoted to Senior Associate, Collaboration Platforms | Information Systems at ClimateWorks Foundation. |
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2017 |
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Hannah Landry |
Hannah has a new position as Transportation Analyst at Driscoll's. |
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2017 |
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Allie Schwartz LaMothe |
Allie has started a new position as HR Director at Carefeed. |
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2017 |
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Ayrton Ostly |
Aryton is now an NFL trending writer at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK |
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2017 |
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Will Pieschel |
Will recently started a new position as Fact Checker for New York Magazine. |
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2017 |
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Reilly Roberts |
Reilly is the new creative marketing manager at AEG Presents in Los Angeles. The company is involved in all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including concert tours and festivals. |
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2017 |
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Madison Salvati |
Madison has a new position as an associate professional clinical counselor at A Balanced Life. She received her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Prescott College. |
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2016 |
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Domenica Berman |
Domenica has been promoted to Global Inside Sales Supervisor at Zest Dental Solutions. |
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2017 |
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Nora Healy |
Nora is the founder of Honeybaby, a brand agency creating cultural moments for clients in the music and fashion industries. |
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2015 |
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Caitlyn (Moore) Robidoux |
Caitlyn is an administrative assistant at Tustin Public Schools Foundation. |
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2014 |
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Brenna Swanston |
Brenna is the content marketing manager at Peregrine Technologies in San Francisco. |
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2014 |
Kat Gore |
Kate received a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Valdosta State University. |
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2014 |
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Jenna Watson Gudgel |
Jenna is the Marketing Manager, Education at KQED (NPR & PBS Affiliate), Public Media in San Francisco. |
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2016 |
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Fearon Hosmer |
Fearon is a health coach at Virta Health. She received her master’s degree in Integrative Health Studies from the California Institute of Integrated Studies in 2023. |
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2016 |
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Erica Husting |
Erica is a media and journalism specialist for Boston Public Library in Massachusetts. In 2020, she completed her master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Washington. |
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2016 |
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Aryn Sanderson |
Aryn is Executive & Internal Communications Senior Manager at Google. |
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2016 |
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Laura Wilkinson |
Laura is the director of brand marketing at Vidyard. She received her MFA in Screenwriting from the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television in 2024. |
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2013 |
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Joseph Corral |
Joseph has started a new position as Branded Content Producer at talkshoplive® |
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2013 |
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Jenn Young |
Jenn is a mental health therapist in special education at Aspire Public Schools. She received her master’s degree in counseling from Loyola Marymount University in 2023. |
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2012 |
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Margaret (Pack) Juhnke |
Margaret is now the director of global communications at Zuora, which provides software for businesses to launch and manage their subscription-based services |
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2011 |
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Krista Smith |
Krista is now the marketing director for the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance. Most recently, she worked as Marketing Communications Manager for Cal Poly Corporation. |
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2009 |
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Giana Magnoli |
Giana has been promoted to Executive Editor at Noozhawk, the online news organization covering Santa Barbara County. Since graduating in 2015, she has served as the publication’s managing editor. She recently joined the journalism department’s Advisory Board. |
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2006 |
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Stacey Anderson |
Stacey has been promoted to senior editor and writer at The Ford Foundation. |
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2002 |
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Melissa Figueroa Chechourka |
Melissa has joined the firm of Shaw, Yoder, Antwih, Schmelzer & Lange, an advocacy, public affairs, and association management firm in Sacramento, as Director for Communications and Public Affairs. Previously, she spent 15 years in public service, most recently as Chief of Strategic Communications for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. She also served as chair of the journalism department’s Advisory Board and is part of the 2023 class inducted into the Mustang Media Hall of Fame. |
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2000 |
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Danielle Samaniego |
Danielle is Director, Editorial Content & Campaigns at Visa. |
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1998 |
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Mark Armstrong |
Mark is now the editor of Nieman Storyboard at Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Storyboard is the foundation’s online publication showcasing exceptional narrative journalism and nonfiction storytelling. In 2009, Armstrong created Longreads to publish and share in-depth essays and narrative journalism. |
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1997 |
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Shelly Cone |
Shelly is now a public information specialist for the County of San Luis Obispo Public Works. Previously, she worked for the City of Santa Barbara. |
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1997 |
N/A |
Shannon (Farnham) Hunt |
Shannon is the executive producer (showrunner) of From Scratch, a culinary and travel series hosted by David Moscow, who meets with a chef and then must hunt, fish, forage, and find every ingredient to recreate the dish entirely from scratch. From Scratch reaches 300 million viewers in the U.S. on a number of streaming services. |
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1992 |
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Steffan Tubbs |
Steffan is stepping down as afternoon-drive host for the conservative talk radio station, KNUS, 710 AM, in Denver. He plans to work on a documentary about the fentanyl crisis. He's completed eight documentaries, including the controversial Denver in Decay in 2020. |
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1984 |
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Elizabeth Hudson |
Elizabeth of Hudson Farms, a 5th & 6th generation family farm in Sanger, CA, has been named Agriculturalist of the Year by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce. |
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2011 |
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Brandon Downing |
Brandon, after 27 years at KSBY-TV in San Luis Obispo, accepted a position at Pacific Gas & Electric. Most recently, he was KSBY’s Director of Marketing, Creative and Community Affairs. He recently joined the journalism department’s Advisory Board. |
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Michelle Franzen |
Michelle of ABC News was honored as Outstanding News Anchor by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation at is 49th Annual Gracie Awards in May at the Beverly Wilshire. The awards recognize outstanding individual achievement and programming created by, for, and about women at the national level. |
