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Alumni

Six BU Alums Celebrated in Latest Forbes Lists

January 22, 2025

Journalism & Media

New Frontline Episode about the Lewiston, Maine, Mass Shootings Features COM Alum

December 9, 2024

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Journalism & Media

Sports Broadcaster and COM Alum Tyler Murray Heads to the NBA

October 16, 2024

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Arts & Culture

CFA Alum Jonathan Knight Is Head of Games for the New York Times

August 7, 2024

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Social Media

COM Alum Will Bring the Summer Olympic Games to Social Media for NBCUniversal

July 19, 2024

Journalism & Media

BU Alums Explore Dangers Journalists Face in New LA Times Documentary

July 16, 2024

Business & Economics

My Big Idea: An App That Helps Journalists Find Diverse, Reliable Sources

July 8, 2024

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Journalism & Media

Tuesday’s Snowstorm Was a Bust in Boston. Here’s Why It Was So Hard to Predict

February 14, 2024

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Accolades

Music Journalist, and BU Alum, Makes Inaugural Forbes 30 Under 30 Local Boston List

November 14, 2023

collage: Photos (from left) of Karen Lynch, Alexandra Cooper, and Kristina Dahl. Three headshots of white women with blonde hair are shown.

Accolades

Three BU Alums Recognized in 2023 Time 100 Lists

September 26, 2023

Photo: Melissa Adan of ABC News is shown reporting live from a roadside in Maui. A tan woman with black hair tied back and wearing a navy blue sleeveless blouse and khaki pants looks to her cellphone as a man wearing a large bucket hat, red shirt, and jeans holds a large TV camera in front of her. they stand on a dry, dirt road as fluffy clouds litter the blue sky.

Journalism & Media

Maui Wildfires Reunite Two BU Journalism Alums in the Field

August 22, 2023

Photo: A yellow background with many famous musicians in front. Artists pictured include James Hetfield of Metallica, Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, David Bowie, Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, Beck, Iggy Pop, Paul McCartney, and the Gorillaz

Alumni

Alum Steve Martin, Founder of a New York PR Firm, Works With Some of the Biggest Names in Music—from Foo Fighters to Paul McCartney

August 9, 2023

Photo: Journalist Scott Kirsner, a white man wearing neon yellow glasses, a black shirt, navy blue and grey button-up sweater, and jeans holds his hand up as he talks to a crowd. He clutches a few miscellaneous items in his other hand as he stands in front of glass doors to a building. The sign to his left reads "Tremont Temple Baptist church". Another man to his left smiles and laughs.

Journalism & Media

Blazing Boston’s Innovation Trail

August 8, 2023

Elizabeth Alexander (GRS’87) (clockwise from top left), Shari Redstone (LAW’71,’81), Manjusha Kulkarni (LAW’95), Adrienne Pitts (LAW’95), and Nadine Chakar (CAS’87). Photos courtesy of BU Photography, AP/Evan Agostini, Kulkarni, Pitts, and Chakar.

Alumni

Five Alums Named to Forbes “50 over 50” List

February 10, 2023

Photo: Deena Sheldon filming a Sunday Night Football game in Green Bay in 2008. A white woman with long, curly dirty blonde hair stands behind a large professional video camera on a high platform. She smiles as the photo is shot and a crowd of Green Bay Packers fans cheer in the stadium behind her.

TV & Film

Alum Deena Sheldon Inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame

February 8, 2023

Photo: Fox Sports reporter Jenny Taft on the sidelines at the November 25 FIFA World Cup USA-England match. A white woman wearing a a white shirt and light blue blazer holds up a microphone with a large "FOX" label on it. A green football pitch. The seats are filled with fans in the background and a large replica 2022 World cup can be seen in the background as well.

Journalism & Media

COM Alum Reports from the Biggest Stage in Sports—the FIFA World Cup

December 15, 2022

Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida (COM’79) returns to BU’s College of Communication to speak at a symposium on Black media on Friday. Photo by Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

Journalism & Media

Alum Kevin Merida Is Reinventing the L.A. Times

October 27, 2022

Image: screenshot of Julian Shapiro-Barnum, a young white man wearing glasses and a light blue sweater over a white collared shirt, interviewing a small child eating ice cream. Julian holds a black microphone to the child.

CFA Alum

Julian Shapiro-Barnum (CFA’21) Heads to the Playground for Some Recess Therapy

September 16, 2022

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Photography

Fetching Success for The Dogist

February 3, 2022

Photo of Linda Calhoun (COM’80), a middle-aged Black woman with light brown, curly, shoulder-length hair. She wears a long, yellow, draping blouse and holds a DSLR camera as she stands in what looks like a studio.

Nonprofit Aiding Girls

Opening Doors: Linda Calhoun (COM’80)

December 14, 2021

Opening Doors: Linda Calhoun (COM’80)

Opening Doors

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