Marilyn Webb
Distinguished Professor and Chair of Journalism
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7831
E-mail: mwebb@knox.edu
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:
News Anchor, KMBC Channel 9, Kansas City, Missouri. Lara Moritz '90. Creative Writing major.
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.
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.
A few weeks after completing an international assignment to take photos of newly arrived pandas in Scotland, Knox College instructor Michael Godsil is asked to document the delivery of two more pandas in France.
Longtime international correspondent Robin Wright will present a Stellyes Lecture, "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World," at Knox College on February 28.
Andrew Civettini and students in his Voting and Elections class observed the Iowa caucuses -- the first step in the process of selecting the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
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