—1958—

•  Dean Brelis died of complications from throat cancer on November 17th in Santa Monica, California, at the home of his daughter, Tia. He was 82 and lived in Santa Monica and New York City.

While planning to spend his life as a fiction writer, Brelis instead began his writing career as a journalist for The Boston Globe while attending Harvard University. He then worked as a correspondent for Time-Life from 1949-1954 before his first novel was published in 1958. "The Mission" was based on his experiences while stationed in Burma, where he worked in military intelligence for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Two novels quickly followed, "Shalom" in 1959 and "My New-Found Land" in 1963.

Brelis continued his work as a journalist with NBC News, covering the Middle East, North Africa, Cyprus and Vietnam in the early 1960's. He anchored a nightly news program in Los Angeles in 1967, worked with CBS News, and then returned to Time magazine in 1974 as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Bryan Marquard, writing in The Boston Globe, noted that despite Brelis's love of writing fiction, "... he knew well the economic reality of writing full time and that supporting a family would be a far cry from living as simply as Henry David Thoreau on Walden Pond. 'There is a great deal to be said for living like Thoreau,' Mr. Brelis said in a 1963 interview with the Globe, 'and the time comes when every writer has to make a decision in this regard.'" He was, however, able to combine his life as a journalist with that of a novelist. He also wrote four nonfiction books and had finished the draft of a fourth novel at the time of his death.

Brelis's wife, Mary Anne Weaver, said to Marquard, "Writing was always his love. His writing has always been very, very evocative. ... He could capture the essence of personality extraordinarily well, whether it was in fiction or in his cover stories for Time magazine. People would just talk to him."

Along with Tia and his wife, Brelis also leaves daughters Doran and Jane and a son, Matthew, who is a 2002 Nieman Fellow and assistant metro editor at The Boston Globe.

•  John Edward Pearce, writer and editorial board member of The Courier-Journal, died on September 25th, his birthday, from complications of throat cancer in Kentucky. He was 89.

Pearce was the son of a Norton, Virginia newspaperman who founded the Coalfield Progress. When the Great Depression hit his family, Pearce, one of seven children, took a job in a meatpacking plant. He later left his hometown to attend the University of Kentucky, where he ran the school paper while waiting tables and clerking at a local racecourse. He spent four years in the Navy during World War II and remained in the reserves for another 27. During this time he began his career as a journalist, which he wrote about in his 1997 book, "Memoirs: 50 Years at the Courier-Journal and Other Places."

Pearce was hired as associate editor and editorial writer at The Courier-Journal in 1947, where he also wrote features and columns and contributed to the newspaper's magazine, The Forum. He earned the reputation with Forum editor Keith Runyon as a "foxy" newsman whose "words rang from one end of the Commonwealth to the other," and he was credited as key writer in the Courier-Journal's 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning campaign against strip mining.

After retiring in 1986 he continued writing under contract until The Forum folded in 1991. From 1990 until his death, Pearce was a contributing columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Throughout his career he wrote short stories. His first—and many subsequent ones—were published in The Saturday Evening Post. Pearce's words can be found in the archives of The New York Times, The Washington Post, national magazines, and in books and television plays under his byline. Several of his colleagues remembered him as the best writer in Kentucky.

"He knew an awful lot, and he wrote it in a way that seemed effortless—conversational and literary at the same time," said John Carroll, NF '72 and Visiting Knight Lecturer at the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard, in the Herald-Leader. "John Ed himself came across in his writing as a wry, admittedly imperfect character who'd watched Kentucky politicians come and go and knew better than to hope for much. ... Talented, deeply rooted people like John Ed don't turn up at a newspaper very often. He was a real gift to the readers of Kentucky."

Don Mills, former editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader, said that of all the Kentucky journalists he has known "no one could write better than John Ed. No one had a better understanding of the English language. ... He knew Kentucky well, like no other Kentuckian."

Pearce also served Kentucky as a governor-appointed original member of the state park board, overseeing the creation and development of several of Kentucky's parks.

Twice married and divorced, Pearce is survived by five daughters.

—1965—

Smith Hempstone died on November 19th of complications from diabetes at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland He was 77.

Hempstone was a syndicated columnist who served as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya from 1989 to 1993, during the rule of Daniel arap Moi. Hempstone began his journalism career as an African correspondent for The Chicago Daily News after having spent four years in Africa as a fellow at the Institute of Current World Affairs. He wrote two books during that time, "Africa: Angry Young Giant" and "Rebels, Mercenaries and Dividends," about the attempt of Katanga, the southern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to secede.

Following his Nieman year, Hempstone was based in London for The (Washington) Star, covering Europe and the Middle East. He became editorial page editor of the paper but left in 1975 over disagreements with the new owner of the newspaper, Joe L. Allbritton. He syndicated his column, "Our Times," on his own, and it eventually ran in 90 newspapers.

In a description of Hempstone's tenure in Kenya, Adam Bernstein of The Washington Post characterized Hempstone as "... an effective, aggressively undiplomatic critic of the country's ruler, Daniel arap Moi." Bern-stein reported that Hempstone "was credited with helping usher multiparty elections into an African country that, although a U.S. ally during the Cold War, had little tolerance for political dissent." He continued, "Several of his jobs ended in a personality clash. His service as President George H.W. Bush's ambassador to Kenya was no less testy, a point he appeared to relish by titling his 1997 memoir 'Rogue Ambassador.'"

At Smith's memorial service in Washington, D.C., the celebrant said, "St. Alban's School is known as a bedlam of eccentrics. Smith was perfectly at home here. Here's to Smith, an intrepid Marine, journalist, ambassador and American, and a good and tolerant friend for more than 40 years."

Hempstone is survived by his wife, Kathaleen (Kitty), and a daughter, Katherine. Over the years, Kitty Hempstone has been especially helpful in her work with Nieman Fellows from Africa, assisting them in the process of getting to Harvard and coordinating their activities while in the United States.

—1966—

W. Hodding Carter, III was honored by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) when he received the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in the cause of press freedom at an awards ceremony in New York City in November. Carter spent almost 18 years as a reporter, editorial writer, editor and associate publisher of his family's newspaper, the Delta Democrat Times, in Greenville, Mississippi. He went on to work in Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter's presidential campaigns, served as spokesman for the State Department and as assistant secretary of state for public affairs in the Carter administration until 1980. He then moved into public affairs television as a reporter and anchor, and panelist for "This Week With David Brinkley." During this time, he won four national Emmys and the Edward R. Murrow Award for his public affairs television documentaries. From 1985 to 1998 he ran MainStreet, a TV production company also specializing in public affairs programming.

In 1998, Carter became president and CEO of the Knight Foundation, where his focus included support for local journalists in developing countries and journalists at risk. In January, 2006 he was appointed to the position of University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

At the November ceremony, the CPJ also honored four journalists—from Colombia, Yemen, the Gambia, and Iraq—and marked the 25th anniversary of their organization.

—1968—

Jerome Aumente conducted workshops in economic reporting last summer in Belgrade and Nis in Serbia for print and electronic journalists. The last time he was in Serbia was in 1998 when he conducted workshops in four cities for journalists who were in opposition to Slobodan Milosevic. Aumente has also conducted workshops for journalists in Macedonia, Montenegro and Croatia and codirected an ongoing program between University of Sarajevo and Rutgers University in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

He has completed five workshops in the United States for Arab journalists from eight countries in the Middle East and is designing a proposal for an ongoing Internet and face-to-face exchange of American and Arab journalists to follow up on the earlier initiatives. He was invited to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia last year to conduct workshops for Arab journalists and deliver a paper on the journalism initiatives at the university.

Aumente is finishing a book, "From Ink on Paper to the Internet: Past Challenges and Future Transformations for New Jersey's Newspapers," which will be published in spring 2007. The research was supported by the New Jersey Press Association, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2007 as the oldest continuing operating press association in the United States. The book examines the history of the newspapers, current efforts to reinvent themselves within the newer media and Internet environment, and new educational and training efforts universities must launch in a multimedia era.

Aumente is also program evaluator for a six-year program with the University of Missouri and Moscow State University Schools of Journalism, which concludes in 2007. He travels to Russia on a regular basis for the project, and his assessments are included as a chapter in a book just published in Russia by the two schools examining current trends in journalism education and professional training.

He lives with his wife, Mary, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and welcomes correspondence on any of his projects, or just to hear from old friends. His e-mail address is aumente@scils.rutgers.edu. Aumente is distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers University and special counselor to the dean in the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies.

—1970—

Larry L. King now has a theater stage named after him. In late October, the Austin Playhouse rechristened its second stage as The Larry L. King Theatre. King, a native Texan, wrote the play "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," the musical for which King was nominated for a Tony award; the Off-Broadway plays "The Night Hank Williams Died" and "The Kingfish," and "The Dead Presidents' Club," which is often regionally produced. Scenes from the plays were presented at the dedication. The outdoor theater marquee bears King's likeness, and in the lobby of the theater is a bronze bust of King made by sculptor Patrick Oliphant. Don Toner, the producing director/manager of the playhouse, says the newly refurbished space will host the annual Larry L. King New Play Festival, along with a full season of other plays.

—1974—

Steve Northup has a new book out, "Naga Cities of the Mekong: A guide to the temples, legends and history of Laos," with his colleague Martin Stuart-Fox and published by Media Masters Pte Ltd, Singapore. Stuart-Fox is professor emeritus of The University of Queensland in Australia and Northup, a former photographer for Time magazine, now freelances. Northup adds, "Martin and I were a UPI reporter/photographer team in Vietnam in 1965 and '66 and have been good friends ever since. We're planning at least one more project together."

In a section of Stuart-Fox's text, he tells the mythical story of how the word "naga" came to be used. For over a thousand years, the Laos people settled and have lived along the Mekong River. While normally a placid river, it did at times turn dangerous, with severe rapids swirling between high banks. When this happened, Stuart-Fox writes, "... narrow canoes tipped suddenly or were dashed against rocks, people fell into the water. Some drowned. If their bodies were later found, washed up along the banks, they appeared drained of blood, and strangely marked. People took this as signs that the dead had been taken by the creatures they sometimes glimpsed in those swirling currents at dusk or in the early dawn light. They had seen what looked like serrated crests or coiled bodies momentarily breaking the surface."

These images were seen as spirits of the river, "... in the form of snakelike water dragons; some fierce and unpredictable, some more benign." The Lao called the spirits "ngeuak," but later learned another word for them, the Indian word "naga." "In Buddhist mythology," Stuart-Fox continues, "a great naga had protected the Buddha when he was meditating, and the Lao believe that nagas will continue to protect all those who practise the truth he taught." Three cities were seen as protected by the naga, Luang Phrabang in the north, Viang Chan (Vientaine) in the center, and Champasak in the south.

"Naga Cities of the Mekong" tells the stories of these cities in historian Stuart-Fox's words and photographer Northup's images.

—1981—

•  Gerald Boyd died on November 23 after complications from lung cancer; he died at his home in Manhattan at the age of 56.

Gerald Boyd "... always had a drive to run a newspaper. That was his love," said colleague Tom Morgan (NF '90), in The New York Times obituary by Felicity Barringer. "He really did have a drive. Most people spend their college years trying to figure out what to do. Gerald always knew. There was no doubt."

Boyd first connected with journalism as a child, through an aunt who read newspapers. In high school, despite working many hours at a neighborhood grocery where he grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote for his school newspaper. In his senior year he applied for—and won—a full scholarship to the University of Missouri at Columbia. The scholarship was sponsored by The St. Louis Post-Dispatch to encourage African Americans to become journalists. Along with the scholarship, he was guaranteed a job at the Post-Dispatch following his college education, and he joined that paper in 1973.

In his rise through the world of journalism, Boyd was often the first African American holding his particular job. He once said, "Throughout my life I have enjoyed both the blessing and the burden of being the first black this and the first black that, and like many minorities and women who succeed, I've often felt alone."

Boyd, who joined The New York Times in 1983 as a political reporter, was named deputy managing editor in 1997 and managing editor in 2001. He resigned in March 2004, along with executive editor Howell Raines, over the scandal involving the discredited reporting of Jayson Blair. In the Times's obituary, Executive Editor Bill Keller said, "Gerald was a newsman. He knew how to mobilize a reporting team and surround a story so that nothing important was missed. He knew how to motivate and inspire. And, tough and demanding as he could be, he had a huge heart. He left the paper under sad circumstances, but despite all of that he left behind a great reservoir of respect and affection." Recently, Boyd had been working as a consultant in journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Boyd was a part of the editing teams that won three Pulitzer Prizes for the Times, for articles about the first bombing of the World Trade Center, about children of poverty, and for the series "How Race Is Lived in America." In 2002, he was selected journalist of the year by the National Association of Black Journalists.

He is survived by his wife, Robin Stone, and a son, Zachary.

•  Jim Stewart retired in November as a correspondent for CBS News after working for more than 16 years with that organization out of his 37 years as a journalist. Based in their Washington, D.C. bureau, he covered the Department of Justice, FBI, CIA and, since 1994, counterterrorism. He also contributed to "60 Minutes II" during its run from 1999 to 2005. Before joining CBS News, Stewart was national security correspondent for Cox Newspapers in Washington from 1985 to 90. Before that, he spent 12 years with the Atlanta Constitution as a reporter, special assignments editor, and assistant managing editor for news operations at the Constitution and the Atlanta Journal.

In an interview on the CBS Weblog Public Eye, Stewart was asked what he would miss most about his job. He said, "That's easy to answer. ... I will miss people the most. It's not about the stories, it's about the people. I learned after switching from newspapers to broadcast journalism that this job is much harder to do. You can travel with a certain anonymity as a print reporter, with your pencil and your notepad and a quizzical look on your face. [In television news] sometimes you drag along two-ton trucks, antennas, camera crews, producers, bright lights, and televisions. It's hard to get spontaneity. It's hard to get past the veneer that people now automatically put up when they think they're 'on TV.'"

And in response to a question about how he has been able to develop his sources, he said, "... the advice that I always give to the young journalists when they ask that question is this: understand the people that you are covering. And what I mean by that is learn the culture. Example: When I covered the Pentagon I could stand in front of a general officer or an enlisted man and I could read his history on his chest. I knew what those decorations meant. I knew where he'd served, with what distinction he served, I knew where those units were. I could read his career.... Many a time I'd call somebody at the FBI and never ask a question about something that may have been burning in my mind to know the answer to. But I would just call and gossip with them about the latest promotions announced by the director. That bought me a lot of entrée into an organization that is usually very close-lipped."

Stewart has won a number of awards and honors, including four Emmy Awards (one being the 2001 individual honor for best story in a national broadcast), the Sigma Delta Chi Gold Medallion for National Reporting, and the National Headliner's Award.

—1983—

Bill Marimow resigned in October from his job as vice president for news and information at National Public Radio in which he had supervised the work of 350 employees and 36 domestic and international bureaus. He assumed the job of NPR's ombudsman.

Then, in early November, he was offered the job of editing his hometown paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the newspaper from which he launched his journalism career during the time when Gene Roberts, NF '62, was that paper's editor. He accepted the job and now returns to a top editor's position at a metropolitan newspaper under similar circumstances to those he faced at The (Baltimore) Sun just prior to joining NPR. Having left The Sun after clashing with its publisher about the tightening of budgets and cutting of newsroom jobs, he arrived at the Inky at a time of difficult union negotiations with a new publisher, Brian Tierney, who as part of a consortium of local business people bought the paper in 2006 from McClatchy. Tierney warned that additional newsroom cuts appear to be "unavoidable," citing the possibility that as many as 150 of the remaining 415 Inquirer newsroom jobs could be lost. In his first meeting with reporters and editors in the paper's Broad Street newsroom, Marimow reportedly told them, "We have to figure out how to thrive in an era of reduced resources," while acknowledging that the paper will focus its limited resources on coverage of the Philadelphia area. "We will no longer be sending battalions of staffers to cover news like Hurricane Katrina and the war in Baghdad," he explained.

—1991—

Tim Giago has published the book "Children Left Behind: The Dark Legacy of Indian Mission Boarding Schools" (Clear Light Book Publishing, August 2006. For copies e-mail harmon@clearlightbooks.com.) Weaving together memoir, commentary, history and poetry, Giago's book details the extreme policies in mission schools that denied generations of Indian children their native languages and traditions. He drew off his own childhood experience at a mission school in writing this book. Giago's story "becomes a metaphor for the experience of many Indian children, who were literally ripped from their tribal roots," an experience that for many "resulted in isolation, confusion, and intense psychological pain, as they were forced to reject their own culture and spirituality," said a press release from Clear Light.

The book was also called "a major event in Indian education" by Ryan Wilson, president of the National Indian Education Association. "He challenges Indian Country to co-exist with the truth of what actually happened at these schools," Wilson wrote in his review.

Giago was recently recognized by RezNet (www.reznetnews.org) Project Director Denny McAuliffe for his integral role in establishing the Native American Journalists Association, which began under the name Native American Press Association.

"Tim Giago ... was the driving force behind creating the new group called the Native American Press Association [NAPA]. Giago sent letters to known Indian newspapers around the country, inviting them to attend, and raised money for the meeting with the help of Penn State journalism professor Bill Dulaney. In acknowledgment of Giago's crucial role, members of the newly created NAPA made him their first president. It's time we start giving Tim Giago his due and recognize his important contribution as founder of the Native American Journalists Association, the group that has helped keep Native American journalism going and growing," said McAuliffe.

—1992—

George de Lama was named managing editor for news at the Chicago Tribune. His appointment was announced early in November, three weeks after the death of his father, Frank, a Cuban immigrant who never finished high school yet, in George's words, "read the paper every day, all of it, and gave me my lifelong love of newspapers when I was a boy. He would have appreciated being able to see this happen to me, and I've felt his loss keenly these last few weeks." He assumed his new editing duties following the abrupt departure of his longtime colleague and friend, Jim O'Shea, who went to the Los Angeles Times as that paper's new editor, as the rumors of a possible sale of Tribune Company or some of its newspapers continue to swirl.

The confluence of the loss of his father, the departure of his friend, and the uncertainty at the Tribune has made this "a bittersweet time" for him. George shared some of the thoughts he passed on to his Tribune staff when he assumed this new job: "One thing my father's death has done is help give me a certain measure of detachment and perspective in looking at all the turmoil surrounding our company and our industry these days. We're only here for a short time, and we can only control what we can control. This means focusing on producing the finest journalism we can each day and putting it in the hands of as many readers as we can reach. No matter what happens to this company, I told them, this is our mission and our bond. We'll see soon enough what's next."

—1997—

Debbie Seward writes:

"My family and I have moved from New York City to Prague, where I am executive producer/newsroom at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). The newsroom provides reports with audio, which are used by RFE/RL's broadcasters. This year I have been working to put out a faster, timelier news report for the broadcasters and to integrate the English-language online and broadcast editing staffs into a converged newsroom. It has been great to learn new skills, including web publishing and audio editing. My husband, Nick, a Nieman affiliate, has finished novel number two, 'The English Lesson,' and our daughter Anna (two at the time of our Nieman Fellowship) is now 12 and a thriving 7th grader at the International School of Prague."

—1999—

Chris Hedges, a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City, received one of five literary awards given by the Lannan Foundation, a family foundation "dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities." The award recognizes established writers as well as those with the potential for excellence. The financial award, which for the Literary Writing Fellowships totals $425,000, is designed to provide time and support for writers to complete or continue with specific projects. Hedges, who was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades, is the author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning," "What Every Person Should Know About War," and "Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America." His new book, "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America" (Free Press) is to be published in January 2007.

—2001—

Anil Padmanabhan's biography, "Kalpana Chawla: A Life," was published by both Penguin Books India and Puffin in 2003, shortly after Chawla died in February 2003 on board the space shuttle Columbia. Chawla was the first Indian woman to travel into space. In writing the book, Padmanabhan spoke with her family, friends and NASA colleagues to portray the intelligence, perseverance and faith associated with Chawla and her accomplishments.

After several years as New York bureau chief of India Today, Padmanabhan has returned to New Delhi where he will be part of the leadership team that is launching a new economic daily for the Hindustan Times group.

—2002—

Geneive Abdo's book "Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in America After 9/11" was published by Oxford University Press on the fifth anniversary of September 11th and has been called the first detailed investigative work on Muslim life in America since the attacks.

"Geneive Abdo's work captures in great detail the immense hardships Muslims face in the post-September 11th world and offers hope for their success and co-existence in America," said Archbishop Desmond Tutu in a quote on Abdo's Web site. "Her book shatters stereotypes about Muslims and teaches us that more understanding of Islam is needed for global peace."

Writing in The Washington Post, Steven Simon said, "The net result, Abdo concludes, is a community increasingly inclined to separatism. Elsewhere, this has provided fertile ground for radicals such as Osama bin Laden. The United States is scarcely on a slippery slope to Europe's fate, but the security of our society, Abdo shows, now depends on a spirit of inclusiveness and generosity."

Abdo is currently liaison for the United Nations Alliance for Civilizations, a project established to improve Islamic-Western relations. In her 20 years as a journalist, she worked as Iran correspondent for The Guardian, a regular contributor to The Economist, Cairo-based correspondent for The Dallas Morning News, and Moscow-based correspondent for Reuters.

Abdo is the author of "No God but God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam" and coauthor of "Answering Only to God: Faith and Freedom in Twenty-First-Century Iran." Her commentaries about Islam have appeared in several national newspapers, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, and she has appeared on CNN, NPR, BBC, "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," and other programs.

—2005—

Alma Guillermoprieto is a 2006-2007 Radcliffe Institute Fellow in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where among her projects is the libretto for an opera.

Guillermoprieto, who has been writing about Latin America for more than 20 years, has written for The New Yorker and The New York Review of books, among others. She covered the insurrection against Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua for The Guardian and, in January 1982, was one of two reporters who broke the story of the El Mozote, El Salvador massacre (the other reporter was Raymond Bonner of The New York Times). In that December 1981 massacre, an estimated 900 villagers were killed by the Salvadoran army.

Guillermoprieto has written four books, most recently "Dancing With Cuba: A Memoir of the Revolution" (Pantheon, 2004). The others are "Samba," "The Heart That Bleeds," and "Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America." She has received a number of awards for her work over the years, including the Latin American Studies Association Media Award in 1992 and the 2000 George Polk Award for a series she wrote on Colombia.

—2006—

•  Bill Schiller, reporter for the Toronto Star, writes: "... Some of you have e-mailed and inquired about the turbulence here at the Star, after both our publisher and editor in chief were fired. It has been unsettling to be sure, but the incoming team has done much to stabilize the situation, made swift decisions on reconfiguring the management team, and announced a number of new appointments and assignments.

"Which brings us to some personal news: Mary [Kirley] and I are headed to China. It won't happen until the New Year, but the Star has decided to re-open our Asia bureau, which was previously situated in Hong Kong, and locate it now in Beijing. Needless to say we're quite excited about it and at the prospect of having a great reunion with Yaping and Li Hong. [Schiller had been foreign editor of the Star but left that post when he became a Nieman Fellow.]

"How soon this will all take place depends on how quickly we can obtain visas. Last week we began the application process by contacting the Chinese Embassy and filing all the appropriate papers, but there is really no telling how long it will take. Ideally we hope to hit the ground and begin organizing in March. So it's a period of high adrenaline, expectation and excited initial planning. What excites us most, of course—aside from seeing Yaping and Li Hong—is all the learning ahead. Just this past weekend we started to accumulate a small library of books on China and have begun to immerse ourselves in endless reading. Any suggestions you might have are all welcome!"

•  Brent Walth, class scribe, has an update on two other fellows:

Jon Palfreman has been named the KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism