Tyler Kingkade ’11: How the job market made me better

I owa felt like a small place to which I had already reached my peak by the time I graduated from college. I had done TV reporting and realized it just wasn’t for me. I’d done print reporting and looked around to conclude I didn’t feel like I wanted to stick around in the Hawkeye [...]

Christine Romans ’93: Anchor, author makes the day last

For most people, a full day of work in the news business that begins at 3:15 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m. tucking three kids under 5 into bed would be plenty. Not for Christine Romans: The 1993 Iowa State journalism graduate and current CNN anchor has written two personal finance books in the past two years.

Greenlee Futures Forum set for 2011 Homecoming week

The Greenlee School is hosting series of panel discussions and other events during the week of homecoming. Come listen to top political reporters and political professionals in a series of talks at the Memorial Union, on Thursday night and Friday. Topics include the Iowa caucuses, working in political journalism, working in politics, and new media strategies. Journalists (several of them ISU grads) who work in politics or for news organizations such as The Des Moines Register, The New York Times, NBC News, the Huffington Post, and the Associated Press will participate.

Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1, 2010, at Kansas City Star

On Oct. 1, 2010, about 25 alumni and friends gathered in downtown Kansas City at the new production facility of the Kansas City Star. Several former and current Star reporters and editors were on hand, as well as grads from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s, and alumni involved in broadcast, marketing, public relations and other fields. The special guest was former KC Star and ISU professor Giles Fowler, who spoke about his recently published book on a 1909 Kansas City murder case.

Kansas City gathering with guest Giles Fowler set for Friday

A final reminder about the event Friday, Oct. 1, from 5-7 p.m., at the Kansas City Star production building at 1601 McGee St. in downtown Kansas City. We should have around 25-30 people, including folks from newspaper, PR, marketing, and other industries. We’ll have graduates from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s. Giles Fowler, a former ISU journalism professor and a former KC Star writer, will be there to give a short talk about his recent book. Please check out the event details and feel free to join us.

Putting the call out for KC alumni

We’re getting the word out to Kansas City-area alumni for our event Friday, October 1. Paper and email invitations have gone out to more than 140 KC-area alumni. If you can attend, please RSVP through one of the methods listed in the events page; we would like a rough head count to order the food and drink. If you want to join us but didn’t get an invitation, please feel free to RSVP. This should be a fun evening: We’ll hear from former professor Giles Fowler about his recently published book, as well as current professor Barbara Mack. Full details and RSVP information on our events page.

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