Alumni in Journalism

As a Knox College graduate, you will be well prepared for a wide range of endeavors. Knox alumni currently working in the field of journalism include:

Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, New York Times.Barry Bearak ’71, Political Science major, Winner of Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting and George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting (Photo, right).

Editor-In-Chief, Consumer’s Digest.John K. Manos ’74, English major.

Assistant Managing Editor, Denver Rocky Mountain News.Susan Schlaufman Deans ’70, English major.

TV Producer/Journalist, World of Wonder. Gabriel Rotello’74. History major, Winner of a 2001 Alumni Achievement Award and featured speaker at campus symposium, Dying and Death.

Vice President, Billboard Music Group.Karen O. Oertley ’74. Art major.

Correspondent, ABC Television News.Robert J. Jamieson ’65, Winner of an Emmy Award (Photo, lower left).

Graduate Student, University of Kansas. Jesse Temple '07.

Financial Markets Columnist, Chicago Tribune.William E. Barnhart ’68. English major.

Graduate Student, Master of Arts in Journalism Research and Theory, University of Texas, Austin, Texas. Julio Trujillo ’06. Anthropology and Sociology major.

Syndicated Columnist,“Workwise” and President of Executive Directions International, Inc. Dr. Mildred L. Culp, ’71, English major.

Editor, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Amanda L. Hanks ’93. History major.

Reporter, Chicago Sun-Times.David Newbart ’90. Political science major.

Owner, PLW News Services. Peter Warn ’85. History major.

Deputy Bureau Chief, Dow Jones-Chicago. Daniel Rosenberg ’93. History major.

Associate Editor,American Association of Museums. Amanda Kraus ’96. English major.

Producer, KTSM News,El Paso, Texas. Matthew Tinkham ’89. English major.

Graduate Student, Master of Sciences in Journalism, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Champaign, Illinois. Donald Forti ’06. Anthropology and Sociology and Political Science major.