SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FALL 2016 VOL. 28 NO.1

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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FALL 2016 VOL. 28 NO. 1

DeanLorraine E. Branham

Executive EditorWendy S. Loughlin G’95

Editor Kathleen M. Haley ’92

Graphic DesignW. Michael McGrath

ContributorsKatie Czerwinski ’19Emily Kulkus ’02 Georgie Silvarloe ’17

PhotographyJohn Craddock Sam Maller ’16Steve SartoriGeorgie Silvarloe ’17

Offi ce of External Relations315-443-5711

Websitenewhouse.syr.edu

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Dean’s Column 1

Newhouse students cover Rio Olympics for NBC 2

Sean McDonough ’84 receives Glickman Award 3

Students present millennial perspective on campaign trail 4

President Obama keynotes annual Toner Prize Celebration 5

Student-created publication for freshmen goes national 6

Work of military students recognized by DoD 7

Ten years of the Mirror Awards 8

AP’s Kathy Gannon honored with Tully Award 12

Sportscaster U helps NBA players learn broadcasting basics 13

Television sitcom pilot produced by students in Dick Clark Studios 14

“Inside Out” screenwriter Meg LeFauve ’87 on her path from Newhouse to LA 16

Photographer Kim Steele ’71 on leaving a legacy 17

Newhouse welcomes fi ve new faculty members 18

Faculty News 19

Newhouse, BuzzFeed partnership leads to new social media course 19

Class Notes 20

Report of Donors 24

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On the cover: Dean Lorraine E. Branham at the 2016 Mirror Awards ceremony

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When the 2016 Summer Olympic Games kicked off in August in Rio de Janeiro, 23 students from the Newhouse School were part of the team that brought coverage of the event to the world community. They were among 258 student interns from 100 different colleges and universities who worked alongside national and international communications professionals covering one of the world’s biggest sporting events.

The students worked as paid interns for NBC, and were involved in many different aspects of the network’s Olympics operation. They served as production associates, shot selectors, loggers, ad inserters, runners and hospitality guides, among other roles.

Sharon Hollenback, professor of television, radio and fi lm and communications at the Newhouse School, has been working with NBC to place interns at the Olympics since the games in Athens in 2004. “I’m continuously impressed with how NBC involves these interns,” she says. “They are a respected part of NBC’s Olympic team, even as technology and delivery systems evolve. NBC is eager for students to experience the complexity of live sports coverage—before and during the 17-day global event.

“Students work alongside NBC staff and hundreds of freelancers in this internship that can’t be duplicated. Watching the Olympics for all of us is fascinating—often addictive—but being able to cover them for NBC? Stupendous.”

Hollenback says she always receives positive feedback from NBC about Newhouse student interns’ knowledge, work ethic and professionalism. “They do us proud,” she says.

Four students were located in Rio de Janeiro, and 18 students worked at the NBC Sports facility in Stamford, Connecticut.

Michael Carter, a graduate student in broadcast and digital journalism, will work as a production assistant in Stamford. “I am most looking forward to interacting with on-air personnel and gaining an increased knowledge of how network television works during live event coverage,” he says. Carter says he also hopes to “leave a positive impression” on the professionals he works with. “As we’re often reminded at Newhouse: this is a small business, so professional connections are key to success.”

Carter previously interned as an NBC Page in New York, where he worked in the offi ce of former NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol. He

later held a marketing job for iHeartRadio, but decided to transition into broadcasting, returning to his home state of New Hampshire to take an on-air producing job. At Newhouse, he has covered the presidential race as part of the Political Reporting course and worked on Newhouse’s new morning show, “Mornings on the Hill.” “I feel like this opportunity to work for NBC Sports during the Olympics will give me more perspective on what working in on-air sports broadcasting is like so that I can compare and contrast it to my time in news,” he says.

Students based in Stamford were television, radio and fi lm majors Halie Aaron and Kyle Desiderio; broadcast and digital journalism majors Lauren Anderson, Jared Barton, Alexander Busch, Colleen Callander, Elissa Candiotti, Kathryn Capodanno, Michael Carter, Chris DiMaria, Meghan Mistry, Claire Moran, Connor Morrissette, Brittany Muller and Jamie Weiss; magazine major Gigi Antonelle; public relations major Margaret Bridge; photography major Bryan Cereijo; and advertising major Jamie Wynn.

In Rio the students were television, radio and fi lm majors Haley Champion and Julie McCullough, and broadcast and digital journalism majors Brooke Glatz and Madeline Oleszkiewicz.

Newhouse students in front-row seats at 2016 Summer Olympic GamesBY WENDY S. LOUGHLIN

Students (from left) Christopher Henderson, Madeline Oleszkiewicz and Julie McCullough with Vinicius, the mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Sean McDonough ’84 honored with Newhouse School’s Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports MediaBY WENDY S. LOUGHLIN

The Newhouse School presented the fourth annual Marty Glickman Award for Leadership in Sports Media to alumnus Sean McDonough ’84 of ESPN at an invitation-only event in July at Time Warner Headquarters in New York City.

Fellow alumna Beth Mowins G’90 (pictured above with McDonough) presented the award, which is sponsored by the Newhouse Sports Media Center. Mowins, play-by-play commentator for ESPN, received the award last year.

McDonough serves as a play-by-play commentator on ESPN’s college basketball and college football games, primarily calling the network’s Big Monday ACC basketball and the Saturday afternoon ABC college football. He also serves as a host on ESPN’s golf coverage. He rejoined ESPN in 2000 after having worked for the network from 1989-95.

McDonough was the television play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox from 1988-2004, during which time he was honored four times with the New England Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Play-by-Play.

McDonough spent 10 years at CBS Sports, two as the network’s lead college football play-by-play announcer. With Tim McCarver, he formed the network’s lead Major League Baseball broadcast team, calling the All-Star Game, the National League Championship Series and the World Series. He also contributed to CBS’ coverage of the Olympic Winter Games. After CBS, McDonough moved in 2000 to ABC Sports, where he spent three years broadcasting college football.

The Glickman Award is named for sportscasting pioneer Marty Glickman, a 1939 alumnus of Syracuse University. Glickman’s legacy marks the beginning of the Newhouse School’s reputation for turning out more talented sports journalists than any other program in the country, leading Syracuse University to be hailed as an “incubator” of American sportscasters by Sports Illustrated.

The Newhouse Sports Media Center builds upon the Newhouse School’s

strength in sports journalism. The center provides oversight for the school’s Sports Communications Emphasis, a specialized track for graduate students, and strengthens academic-industry partnerships through an alumni board, special events and guest lectures. Associated faculty members serve as experts on issues in the fi eld. Veteran broadcast journalist and professor of practice John Nicholson ’68 is director of the center.

Newhouse alumni hold top spots in sports broadcastingAcclaimed sportscaster and Newhouse alumnus Mike Tirico ’88 joined NBC Sports Group in July as the new lead voice for the network’s “Thursday Night Football” series. He will also contribute to “Sunday Night Football,” Summer and Winter Olympics coverage, select golf telecasts and other big events, according to a press release issued by NBC.

At NBC, Tirico joins another Newhouse alumnus, Bob Costas ’74, one of the most recognized and honored sports broadcasters in the world. As a student in 1987, Tirico was the fi rst recipient of the Bob Costas Scholarship, given to an exceptional broadcast journalism student. Tirico later established the Mike Tirico Scholarship to support Newhouse undergraduate students, particularly those involved with the sports department at campus radio station WAER, where Tirico got his start.

Tirico joined NBC after a 26-year career at ESPN. With his departure, ESPN’s new play-by-play voice for “Monday Night Football” is another Newhouse alumnus, Sean McDonough ‘84. “I can tell you that Sean is one of my closest friends and any chair that Sean McDonough sits in is in great hands,” Tirico said in an article published on Syracuse.com in May.

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Newhouse students are capturing the politics, the personalities and the controversies of the presidential campaign trail through a new reporting project.

The Elections Unpeeled project allows student journalists to immerse themselves in this year’s election by creating a continual fl ow of content for posting through its website (electionsunpeeled.syr.edu) and social media channels. From primary stories to party conventions to the debates, students are producing video blogs, podcasts, articles and live interviews on the various aspects of the campaign and its issues.

The work is being done in partnership with Skype in Media and Microsoft Offi ce, which are both assisting with technology for students to create innovative content. In the process, students gain more experience with reporting and become more comfortable with the technology in the fi eld.

During the Republican and Democratic national conventions in July, two of the Elections Unpeeled students—Michael Carter G’16, of Bedford, New Hampshire, and Keely Sullivan ’16 , of Northborough, Massachusetts—posted and tweeted their video stories and live broadcasts as part of their work.

“The biggest takeaways coming off convention coverage were how essential the acts of preparation and fl exibility are in event reporting,” Carter says. “You really never know when the opportunity to score an impromptu interview with an important newsmaker will occur.”

Carter says that being able to move quickly, while always thinking ahead to visualize various scenarios that could come up each day, was key to his success. “Covering the conventions as an MMJ [multi-media journalist] required the entire set of skills I learned during my time at SU. Both conventions were fi lled with long days, working not only as a reporter, but as a camera operator, sound technician, video editor and social media producer,” Carter says. “I can honestly say that the true value of my Newhouse education revealed itself at the RNC and DNC.”

The variety of topics to cover was invigorating to the storytelling for Sullivan. “I love that I have the capability to tackle different angles in and out of the arena and that I’m encouraged to do so,” Sullivan says.

At the Republican National Convention July 18-21 in Cleveland, the coverage included a live Facebook post during former presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz’s speech; wrap-ups on each of the day’s events; an interview with former CBS News anchor Dan Rather; and a discussion with Ayla Brown

about the millennial presence and how she campaigned for her father, former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown.

At the Democratic National Convention July 25-28 in Philadelphia, Carter and Sullivan reported on the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile, protests at the convention, and an exclusive interview with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro on whether he would want to lead the DNC, along with daily wrap-up stories.

“Being at the conventions is what I studied at Newhouse for. I discovered after my fi rst internship in Washington, D.C., that fi eld producing the politics beat was where I wanted my journalism career to take me,” Sullivan says. “However, I never imagined I’d be able to do what I’ve dreamed of doing only two months out of college.”

Keren Henderson, assistant professor of broadcast and digital journalism at the Newhouse School, oversaw the work of the students this summer.

“I’m proud of both Keely and Michael’s contributions to Elections Unpeeled. They demonstrated just how eager Newhouse students are to adopt new technologies and to conduct themselves as professional journalists who tell good stories,” Henderson says. “The broadcast news industry is increasingly embracing new digital news communication platforms; students have to be ready to tackle the challenges of this rapidly changing industry.”

To help tell their stories, Skype in Media, and its technology geared toward a new generation of broadcasters, is helping students create content, powered by Skype TX—broadcast hardware with Skype integration. The reporters maintain editorial control, while Skype and Microsoft Offi ce facilitate the content workfl ow, ensuring technical capabilities and connectivity.

“The Skype and Microsoft teams were completely supportive of the various stories and interviews I wanted to pursue, and were instrumental in acting as additional eyes and ears on the ground to help me fi nd newsmakers at both conventions,” says Carter, who later worked at NBC Sports in Stamford, Connecticut, as part of the production team for the Olympics coverage for his master’s capstone internship (See related story, page 2.).

This fall, the Elections Unpeeled project will continue through the election cycle, with students heading to the presidential debates, as part of the Political Reporting course taught by Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Studies and Professor Joel Kaplan.

Students cover millennial perspective on campaign trailBY KATHLEEN HALEY

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President Barack Obama delivers keynote address at Toner Prize CelebrationBY WENDY S. LOUGHLIN

President Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the Newhouse School’s Toner Prize Ceremony March 28 in Washington, where ProPublica’s Alec MacGillis was awarded the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Journalism. The award is given in memory of late alumna Robin Toner ’76, who was the fi rst woman to serve as national political correspondent for The New York Times.

Obama, who is rounding out his second term as president, gave a thoughtful speech about the importance of political journalism, telling the reporters in the room: “Our democracy needs you now more than ever.”

The president opened his remarks by noting the continuing need for the kind of work honored by the Toner Prize, particularly in this political season. “It’s the kind of journalism that’s never been more important. It’s the kind of journalism that recognizes its fundamental role in promoting citizenship, and hence undergirds our democracy,” he said.

Obama discussed the dismay many feel at the divisive atmosphere on the campaign trail today. “And so it’s worth asking ourselves what each of us—as politicians or journalists, but most of all, as citizens—may have done to contribute to this atmosphere in our politics,” he said. “And I think it’s the kind of question Robin would have asked all of us. As I said a few weeks ago, some may be more to blame than others for the current climate, but all of us are responsible for reversing it.”

Obama went on to discuss the historically important role played by journalists, and the recent changes and pressures that have made that role more important to play. “Whether it was exposing the horrors of lynching, to busting the oil trusts, to uncovering Watergate, your work

has always been essential to that endeavor, and that work has never been easy,” he said. “And let’s face it, in today’s unprecedented change in your industry, the job has gotten tougher. Even as the appetite for information and data fl owing through the internet is voracious, we’ve seen newsrooms closed. The bottom line has shrunk. The news cycle has, as well. And too often, there is enormous pressure on journalists to fi ll the void and feed the beast with instant commentary and Twitter rumors, and celebrity gossip and softer stories. And then we fail to understand our world or understand one another as well as we should. That has consequences for our lives and for the life of our country.”

Obama implored the journalists in the room—including the Newhouse students he had met before the ceremony began—to continue to ask tough questions and hold politicians accountable, just as Robin Toner did. “I believe that for all the sideshows of the political season, Americans are still hungry for truth, it’s just hard to fi nd. It’s hard to wade through. The curating function has diminished in this smartphone age. But people still want to know what’s true.”

He continued: “Journalism at its best is indispensable—not in some abstract sense of nobility, but in the very concrete sense that real people depend on you to uncover the truth. Deep reporting, the informed questioning, the in-depth stories—the kind of journalism that we honor today—matters more than ever and, by the way, lasts longer than some slapdash Tweet that slips off our screens in the blink of an eye, that may get more hits today, but won’t stand up to the test of time. That’s the only way that our democracy can work.”

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud introduced President Obama at the ceremony. Other speakers included Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham; Drew Altman, CEO and president of the Kaiser Family Foundation; Adam Clymer, former chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times and a Toner Prize judge; and Nora and Jacob Gosselin, Robin Toner’s children. MacGillis also offered remarks upon accepting the award. Alumnus Larry Kramer ’72, former president and publisher of USA Today, served as master of ceremonies.

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As a fi rst-year magazine student at the Newhouse School in fall 2013, Kate Beckman realized there were no campus publications specifi cally addressing the topics and issues important to freshmen, or where freshmen could take on leadership roles in the editorial process. So she founded Juiced magazine for fi rst-year students at Syracuse University and served as editor-in-chief. She published a digital edition that fall and raised funds via Kickstarter to publish print copies the following semester. At the end of the year, she transitioned the magazine to a new staff of incoming students. “I wanted to provide a platform for freshmen to gain experience with journalism in a way that hadn’t been available before,” she says.

Student publisher takes idea nationalBY WENDY S. LOUGHLIN

A year later, Beckman took the idea of Juiced to a whole new level—a national level. In June 2015, she launched Fresh U (www.freshu.io), a national online publication offering content for fi rst-year college students across the United States. At launch, it included more than 100 stories penned by over 150 contributing writers from some 50 schools, all of them incoming freshmen.

Since then, more than 1,600 stories have been published on topics ranging from building a friend group to decorating a dorm room to social media behavior. Student writers, whose work is unpaid, also got the chance to reach a wider audience this year when Fresh U entered into a media partnership with Teen Vogue, which now publishes one Fresh U story per week. “It’s a cool experience for our writers and a way to reward them for content that does well and is well written,” Beckman says. “It gives them great exposure.”

In addition to the national version of Fresh U, Beckman helped establish satellite publications, or chapters, at several colleges and universities, providing localized content relevant to students at those schools. Other active Fresh U chapters are found at Northwestern, Northeastern, New York University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Penn State and Marymount Manhattan College.

This year also saw the creation of Fresh U HBCU (hbcu.freshu.io), a national website for freshmen at historically black colleges and universities. Beckman says the idea for the site came from students working on a Fresh U chapter at Howard University. “I realized there are issues unique to HBCU students that weren’t necessarily being addressed by the Fresh U site,” she says. The site launched in June. “We’re excited to promote HBCU culture and the experience on a scale broader than just one university,” says Howard student Temitayo Adanlawo, the site’s operational manager.

Now at the start of her senior year at Newhouse, Beckman has big plans for Fresh U. “This past year was kind of like a test run, and I learned a lot,” she says. To make the content more dynamic and less reliant on contributing writers, she established an editorial team that will create more news and feature stories, as well as multimedia elements like video.

She also plans to focus on sponsorship deals and explore native advertising for the site. And she has moved Fresh U to a revenue-share business model, compensating writers with a share of monthly revenue based on the amount of traffi c they bring to the site and other qualitative measures. “By implementing revenue share now, it’s telling writers that we value them,” she says. “Because Fresh U is a publication for college freshmen, it’s a new generation of writers’ fi rst introduction to the media world. I want to set the standard that writers should not be writing for free if they are contributing to the monetization of a publication.”

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One of a collection of photos that earned Kenny Holston the Military Photographer of the Year honor, this shot shows U.S. Air Force Combat Control trainees laughing and sharing a meal during a long day of training in Feb. 2015.

Newhouse military visual journalism students recognized by Department of Defense for multimedia workBY WENDY S. LOUGHLIN

Two students in the Newhouse School’s military visual journalism program (newhousemilitary.syr.edu) received top honors from the U.S. Department of Defense as part of the Visual Information Awards program.

Air Force Staff Sergeant Kenny Holston was selected as the 2015 Military Photographer of the Year. Holston, a native of San Antonio with ten years of experience in photojournalism, also won fi rst place in the news, combat documentation (training) and multimedia categories, and three honorable mentions in various other categories.

“Kenny brings exuberance and clarity of purpose to whatever he does, with a good dose of humility in the effort,” says Mike Davis, Alexia Tsairis Chair for Documentary Photography and professor of practice in multimedia photography and design, who has taught Holston. “His approach to image making was strong when he arrived at Syracuse and has grown substantially during his time here so I’m sure his career going forward will reap continued rewards.”

Marine Sergeant Matthew Callahan was selected as the 2015 Military Videographer of the Year. His winning pieces included “Marines and their Dogs” and “Jungle Warfare Training Center.” Callahan also won fi rst place and an honorable mention in the documentary category, fi rst place in the video feature category and third place in the fi eld production category. In addition, he placed fi rst in the illustrative photography category of

Military Photographer of the Year competition for a single image in his photo essay titled “Galactic Warfi ghters.” He also received two honorable mentions in the combat documentation (training) category and an honorable mention in the portrait category for Military Photographer of the Year. He hails from Pembroke, Massachusetts.

“I have been to the annual military videographers competition a number of times, so I know how stiff the competition is,” says Dona Hayes, associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism and one of Callahan’s professors. “The visuals, sound and storytelling are excellent. It’s wonderful to have Matt win while he’s a student here at Newhouse so we can celebrate with him.”

The Department of Defense Military Photographer/Videographer of the Year program is designed to recognize, reward and promote excellence among military photojournalists for their achievements in furthering the objectives of military photojournalism as a command information and documentation medium.

Military visual journalism is a 10-month program, sponsored by the Department of Defense, that allows active-duty service members to attend Newhouse and receive education and training in photojournalism or broadcast journalism.

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Celebr ating 10 Years

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A robust media is central to our culture, economy and democracy: That’s what students are taught at the Newhouse School, where the words of the First Amendment are etched on the exterior of Newhouse 1, at the gateway to campus.

So when a 2005 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press highlighted the public’s waning trust in the Fourth Estate, then Dean David Rubin and members of the Newhouse Advisory Board felt the need to take action.

That impetus led to the Mirror Awards, established by the Newhouse School in 2006 under the leadership of Rubin and board chair Fred Dressler, who was then senior vice president of programming for Time Warner Cable. Ten years later, the Mirr or Awards have become the most important awards of their kind.

The annual competition recognizes those journalists who “hold a mirror” to their own industry for the public’s benefi t. It’s open to anyone who conducts reporting, commentary or criticism of the media industries, and is judged by journalists and journalism educators, including many Newhouse faculty members and alumni.

“Public support for the mass media is essential if the media are to retain their First Amendment freedoms in these challenging times,” Rubin said when the competition was launched. “The more the public knows about how and why the media function as they do, the more likely it is that public support can be built and maintained.”

Since 2006, Newhouse has given 65 awards* in categories ranging from best single article to best profi le to best investigative reporting. Each year, industry leaders gather at the awards ceremony in New York, where the fi nalists are recognized and the winners are announced. The list of entries runs the gamut of the major events and issues that have dominated the industry—from the foundering of traditional media models to the use of social media as a reporting tool, from WikiLeaks to the Sony hack, from Donald Trump to Kate Gosselin, from internet trolls to media moguls.

The awards ceremony also includes the presentation of special awards for innovation and leadership. The i-3 award for “impact, innovation and infl uence” is given to recognize technological or other media innovation that is capturing the public’s imagination. The Fred Dressler Leadership Award, named for the former board chair, who passed away in late 2007, recognizes an exceptional leader in media who demonstrates the qualities of its namesake. Dressler was a legendary negotiator, strategic thinker and mentor.

At the awards ceremony this year, Dean Lorraine Branham said she hoped the Mirror Awards had helped illuminate the important role of the media. “In the midst of a rapidly changing industry, that role is more crucial than ever.”

*For a list of all Mirror Award winners for the past 10 years, visit mirrorawards.com/past-winners.

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1 2009: Arianna Huffi ngton and MSNBC President Phil Griffi n 2 2015: New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet 3 2011: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” 4 2013: Kari Clark, widow of Dick Clark ’51, with actor Jerry Stiller ’50 5 2016: Turner President David Levy ’84 6 2014: Gayle King of CBS News 7 2011: New media expert Clay Shirky and Foursuare co-founder Dennis Crowley ’98 8 2009: Late writer and director Nora Ephron and broadcast journalist Contessa Brewer ’96 9 2012: George Stephanopoulos of ABC News 10 2015: Josh Sapan of AMC Networks 11 2010: Journalist Katie Couric and Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham 12 2016: Sportscaster Marv Albert ’63, Advance President Donald Newhouse, Lorraine Branham and Jeff Glor ’97 of CBS News 13 2011: Journalists Debra Adams Simmons ’86 and Denise DiFulco ’94 14 2012: Mirror Award winner Anna Holmes 15 2015: Savannah Guthrie of NBC News and Mirror Award winner Amanda Hess 16 2014: John Sykes ’77 of iHeartMedia, Roberta Spring ’75 of NBC News and David Zaslav of Discovery Communications

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Sitting in the backseat of a truck, Kathy Gannon leaned against Anja Niedringhaus, her friend and coworker who, like Gannon, was on assignment for the Associated Press. It was April 4, 2014, and the two bumped along a long road in Afghanistan as they were driven frantically to a hospital miles away.

An Afghan police commander had opened fi re on them moments before, and Gannon thought she had reached the end of her life.

“I don’t remember the gunman lifting up his AK-47—I only remember the bullets hitting my body,” Gannon said. “I was just trying to concentrate on going peacefully.”

Last March, Gannon became the ninth recipient of the Tully Free Speech Award for her heroic, relentless courage while working as a senior correspondent for the AP in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The 2014 attack left Gannon with limited use of her hands and mortally wounded Niedringhaus, shocking the world with the sheer danger reporters face in the effort to tell the stories of those two countries.

The Tully Free Speech Award is presented annually by the Newhouse School’s Tully Center for Free Speech.

Kathleen Carroll, senior vice president and executive editor of the AP, attended the award ceremony and gave the opening remarks. Standing in front of a packed auditorium, she highlighted Gannon’s humorous attitude and ferocious passion—traits evident in her work.

“You know that she has received a number of awards, and the Tully Award just adds to the distinguished roster,” Carroll said. “What you don’t know about Kathy is that she is the embodiment of everything that Tully seeks to recognize—she is tenacious, she is tough.”

Roy Gutterman, the Tully Center’s director, led a conversation spanning various parts of Gannon’s life—her work prior to joining the AP, her recovery from a shooting that would lead to 16 subsequent surgeries and her experiences with the Taliban as a woman reporting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

When asked about the experience of covering the Taliban so closely, especially as a woman, Gannon responded with her typical spunky humor.

“Well, we had a lot of fi ghts—we argued a lot,” she said, eliciting muffl ed laughter from the audience. “As a reporter, your job is to try

the very best you can to get the story, and I did just that.”

At times, Gannon said she was the only reporter with exclusive contact with the Islamic fundamentalist group. In the early 2000s, the Taliban interacted in a much different way with the media than they do now, she said.

“There was some anger at some of the things I had written, but I think their ability to follow was not as great then as it is now,” Gannon said. “They weren’t about trying to get messages out—I don’t think they saw me as being able to change the opinions in the West towards them.”

Gannon also talked about taking precautions—she and Niedringhaus, or whomever else she traveled with at the time, would make sure they knew someone in the area who could help them fi nd a safe place to stay and apprise them of any nearby confl ict. But danger inevitably worked its way into their lives, she admitted.

At one point, she and a few others were walking when someone stepped on a landmine. They were in the middle of a minefi eld, and had to carefully back track to escape.

Tully Free Speech Award winner Kathy Gannon talks danger and journalism

BY GEORGIE SILVAROLETully Center Director Roy Gutterman and Kathy Gannon

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“Certainly there had been moments of danger and threats,” Gannon said. “You’re working your way through this together—you fi nd your strength and your courage in each other.”

Gutterman asked her about meeting Niedringhaus, and about what it was like to lose her. Gannon admitted with a laugh that they bonded over several bottles of wine and became instantaneous friends.

Niedringhaus’ dedication to her work matched her own, she said, and the two had the same desire to tell stories with considerable depth.

“Anja had the same passion for wanting to tell a story,” Gannon said. “She didn’t want to be parachuted in—she really wanted to tell a story through.”

The two worked on multiple projects, including a particularly intense story on drivers who make a treacherous trip through the country running oil shipments. Gannon refl ected on Niedringhaus’ ability to connect with people and said that even though she is no longer alive, she would have returned to Afghanistan without a doubt. Gannon herself returned to work in Islamabad at the beginning of the year.

“I am so grateful that I am able to be here. I am so grateful for the time I had with Anja,” she said. “I don’t want to change who I am and how I feel about things, and I also know Anja would never for a moment entertain the thought of not returning.”

Georgie Silvarole is a senior newspaper and online journalism major at the Newhouse School.

Current and former NBA players visit Newhouse for annual Sportscaster U. trainingBY EMILY KULKUS

The average height of Newhouse School students skewed higher than normal in June as six current and former NBA players were on campus to train for on-air broadcasting jobs.

The aspiring broadcasters worked at the Newhouse School for three days for Sportscaster U., which is sponsored by the National Basketball Players Association. Voice of the Orange and Newhouse adjunct professor Matt Park directed the group, which consisted of Tobias Harris, Kyle O’Quinn, Brian Roberts, Tiago Splitter, Courtney Alexander and Acie Law.

The six men spent several days with Park, other instructors and staff from the Newhouse Studio and Innovation Center learning broadcasting techniques, on-air commentary, courtside reporting and play-by-play announcing.

Sportscaster U. “sparks an interest and that more than anything tangible gets them going,” Park says. “They can come back with a DVD that shows they have some experience.”

Splitter, who is from Brazil, recorded sample pieces for his takeaway DVD in both Spanish and Portuguese in preparation for his work covering the Rio Olympics.

Park raved about working in Newhouse’s renovated broadcast and studio facilities, particularly the Diane and Bob Miron Digital News Center. The brand-new facilities have a modern, working newsroom and television production set that allowed the group to create a professional, comparable broadcast experience.

“This facility allows us to run it much more smoothly,” Park says. “It shows off Newhouse well. There’s a reason they come here.”

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This year’s Sportscaster U participants included (from left) Tiago Splitter, Acie Law, Kyle O’Quinn, Courtney Alexander, Tobias Harris and Brian Roberts

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Newhouse students produce television sitcom pilot in Dick Clark StudiosBY WENDY S. LOUGHLIN

Students in the control room for a studio ops training exercise: (from left) Audrey Cilento, Caitlin Daily and Bridget Parker

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Twelve Newhouse students produced a full-length television sitcom pilot in the school’s Dick Clark Studios last semester.

The students, all television, radio and fi lm (TRF) majors, were enrolled in the Advanced TV Production course (TRF 462/662) taught by Professor Evan Smith.

This marked the fi rst time a large-scale, non-news, multi-camera production has been staged in Dick Clark Studios, which are part of the Newhouse Studio and Innovation Center. “The class made full use of our new state-of-the-art studios as they produced the type of show you’d watch on ABC at 8 p.m.,” Smith says.

According to Smith, many successful television shows are multi-camera productions—shot with three to four cameras at a time, with live cuts during shooting. It’s a production environment most students haven’t worked in before. “Most classes in most media schools, including Newhouse, have students produce short fi lms with small crews, shooting single-camera style,” he says.

Students in the course also learned about working with a large crew. “It’s critical that students be taught to work by the same standards, and face the same limitations, as professionals in the fi eld,” Smith says.

The pilot told the story of a family thrown for a loop when the wife/mother who abandoned them comes back from the dead. It’s based on a script written by graduate TRF student Christopher Skovira in the Comedy Writing course (TRF 422/622) taught by Smith last fall. The script was rewritten by the students in the production course, giving them a “roundtable writing” experience.

Smith enlisted casting help from Ralph Zito, chair of the drama department at the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). Zito encouraged VPA students to audition, which led to two drama students landing leading roles in the pilot.

In addition, Scott Holdredge, an adjunct in drama, oversaw construction of the sets, which were designed by Smith.

Newhouse’s studio manager Neal Coffey and studio network technicians Marlon Legaspi and Roxane Niezabytowski also provided assistance on the project, which was the fi rst major television production in Dick Clark Studios. “And none of this would have been possible without the support provided by Dean Lorraine Branham and TRF Chair Michael Schoonmaker,” Smith adds.

Students in the course were undergraduates Alexis Cargill (director), Audrey Cilento (producer), Nicholas Coggiola, Caitlin Daily, Raven Irabor, Bridget Parker and Gabrielle Sferra; and graduate students Armando Cintron Rivera, Molly Kasperek (producer), Kelly Stier, Toby Wall and Skovira (director).

Professor Evan Smith meets with students Alexis Cargill (left) and Raven Irabor

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Newhouse School alumna Meg LeFauve ’87 has made several contributions to the fi lm industry in the past year. In addition to co-writing the Oscar-winning fi lm “Inside Out,” she wrote “The Good Dinosaur” and is working on a screenplay for “Captain Marvel.”

At Newhouse, LeFauve was enrolled in the Television, Radio and Film (TRF) program with a dual major in English. She continues to use the knowledge she gained throughout her education. “What I learned the most is setting deadlines and that you have to keep trying,” she says. “You have to keep working at it and not be afraid to do that.”

One of the people who she says taught her the most was TRF professor Sharon Hollenback. “Sharon Hollenback taught me about screenwriting, but also about being a good person and following your gut,” LeFauve says.

Hollenback is aware of the diffi cult process that faces screenwriters like LeFauve. “Writing involves developing the concept, shaping it into a dramatic whole and then putting it onto paper and pitching it to people,” Hollenback says.

She remembers her experiences with LeFauve, recalling her as a superb mind and an independent thinker. “She was once challenged, often by deadlines, but Meg committed wholeheartedly and she works hard,” Hollenback says. “I don’t think she knows how distinctive she was.”

LeFauve took Hollenback’s advice and “followed her gut” all the way

to Europe after graduation, then to New York City, then to Los Angeles as a creative executive at Jodie Foster’s Egg Pictures. LeFauve spent 10 years working with writers and directors while learning about storytelling from Foster, but she had yet to fulfi ll her passion for writing.

“The creative, aspiring part of me wanted to tell my own stories,” she says. “It was a privilege to help other people tell theirs, but I wanted to tell mine, so I quit, and then I had to do the hard work of learning.”

After quitting her job, she spent fi ve years switching between production development and writing. She wrote scripts and gained learning experience while keeping Foster’s mantra in mind: “What’s the big, beautiful idea in here?”

Warner Bros. fi lm studio eventually reached out to her to rewrite a movie script, which resulted in her working at Pixar, where she could further develop her ideas.

“Ultimately, I want to talk about the connection we all have as human beings and the human condition, and ask questions about it,” she says of her goals as a screenwriter.

One of the concepts that LeFauve was most inspired by involved sadness as the emotion that connects all human beings. The idea became the focal point of “Inside Out,” and even after the fi lm’s Oscar win, LeFauve views her success in a different light.

“The biggest satisfaction I got was the effect the movies are having on the audiences,” she says. “I’ve had parents walk up and say that because

Newhouse alumna ‘follows her gut’ all the way to Oscar-winning screenplayBY KATIE CZERWINSKI

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of ‘Inside Out,’ they’re better parents.” A Los Angeles county psychiatrist who deals with trauma victims told LeFauve that “Inside Out” has made her job much more effective because she can access children’s emotions more easily. In addition, LeFauve says the special needs community has used the fi lm to help reach children whose emotions might not be easily accessible.

“There’s no bigger reward that you could get than a movie that you had any small part of going out into the world and having that kind of effect on people,” LeFauve says.

Katie Czerwinski is a sophomore magazine major at the Newhouse School.

Photographer Kim Steele spent most of the ’80s and ’90s working in New York City. It was a vibrant time of culture, art and photography. Steele ’71 recalls being at the heart of it all—clubbing with Malcolm Forbes and Andy Warhol, attending art and photo exhibition openings, building a studio from scratch and expanding his photography business and portfolio.

His love for New York changed when an ongoing dispute with a landlord resulted in the theft of Steele’s photography negatives. In a moment, his life’s work was gone.

“That’s why I left New York,” he says. “I thought, I just can’t take this anymore.”

So he moved across the country to San Francisco, where he has lived and worked for more than 15 years. Then one day a few years ago, Steele’s phone rang. On the other end was a woman asking if she had reached “Kim Steele the photographer.” That grumpy landlord was her uncle and she had Steele’s negatives.

“She was in Florida,” he says. “I said to her, ‘I’ll come there tomorrow and get those negatives. Tell me where you are.’”

Steele’s eagerness spooked the woman and she hung up. A few months later, a package from Florida arrived at Steele’s home. His original “ratty, torn-up boxes” of hundreds of negatives were inside.

“They were all back. They weren’t even damaged. And it’s easy to damage a negative,” he says. “I thought for sure he’d just thrown them in the trash.”

Instead, his work from nearly two decades in New York City was back in his possession. A legacy lost had been found and returned.

Steele believes in the power of legacy. It’s what compelled him to make a $50,000 gift to

the Newhouse School to create the Kim Steele Portfolio Center, which opened in late 2013. The center is a fully renovated, three-room space primarily for multimedia photography and design students at Newhouse. The facility is a multi-function workspace that features high-end computers and digital inkjet photo printers.

Steele was involved in choosing many elements in the space, from the gallery-like overhead lighting to the white countertops fl ecked with shards of blue glass. He enjoyed the process and was thrilled with the outcome, he says.

“I don’t have children so I wanted to create some kind of legacy—partially for my parents, Bette and Don Steele, and partially for myself,” he says.

Steele’s father wanted him to be a lawyer. He attended Syracuse University to earn his undergraduate degree and a law degree, all in six years. But he was drawn to photography while at SU and took photo classes at Newhouse.

“I found Newhouse to be a really nurturing environment for learning photography,” he says. “It was a really good experience for me.”

Steele went on to a successful career as a commercial freelance photographer and an instructor at the University of the Arts in San Francisco. His work is included in many major collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Minnesota Institute of Art. Recently, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art acquired one of his pieces.

“I think people have a natural urge to create some kind of legacy and being an artist you have a special chance to do that,” Steele says. “I feel some of my photographs will live on beyond me.”

Kim Steele ’71 says gift to establish Portfolio Center atNewhouse was his chance to leave a legacyBY EMILY KULKUS

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The Newhouse School welcomes fi ve new faculty members this fall.

NEW FACULTYRebecca Ortiz G’09 – Assistant Professor, Advertising

Ortiz joins Newhouse from the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech, where she was the recipient of the Billy I. Ross

Faculty Achievement Award and the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

She conducts research in health communica-tion, social marketing and entertainment media effects. She has managed and consulted on a number of health communication campaigns and projects. She has taught courses in advertising account planning, media planning and media literacy.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Virginia Commonwealth University, a master’s in media studies from the Newhouse School and a Ph.D. in mass commu-nication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Steven Pike – Professor of Practice, Public Relations

Pike spent over 20 years with the U.S. Department of State as a diplomat and foreign service offi cer. He served as director of policy for the Bureau of Education-

al and Cultural Affairs; public affairs counselor at the U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates; and spokesman and media director of the U.S Mission to Canada. He also had assignments in Senegal, Haiti and Washington, D.C. Prior to join-ing the Department of State, he was an account executive with Berlitz Translation Services.

He earned a B.A. in politics from Wesleyan University, an M.S. in foreign service from

Georgetown University and an M.A in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College.

Les Rose – Professor of Practice, Broadcast and Digital Journalism

Rose’s 38-year career in broadcast journalism in-cluded 22 years with CBS National News Network as a photojournalist and fi eld

producer. He spent seven years working with CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman on the series “Everybody Has a Story.”

Rose has been honored with a national Pea-body Award, a national Edward R. Murrow Award and fi ve Emmy Awards.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Uni-versity of South Florida and a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Renée Stevens G’11 – Assis-tant Professor, Multimedia Photography and Design

Stevens is an award-winning graphic designer, photographer, multimedia producer and educator who has been teaching motion

and interactive design since 2009. She is also one of 17 elite designers for Minted, selected from a community of over 1,500 designers from around the world.

In 2014 she released the documentary “Build-ing a Family,” which inspired her to continue documenting the stories of people who are hop-ing or preparing to adopt children.

She was previously a junior art director with Latorra, Paul & McCann Advertising, an ad ser-vices designer with The Post-Standard and a de-

signer at stressdesign in Syracuse. She owns and is a freelance designer for a motion and interac-tive studio. She is a member of the board of AIGA Upstate New York.

Stevens’ work has been recognized with mul-tiple American Graphic Design Awards, a Graphis Gold Award and other awards.

She earned an A.A.S. in digital illustration and a B.F.A. in graphic design from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and an M.S. in photogra-phy from the Newhouse School.

Jodi Upton – Professor, Newspaper and Online Journalism and Knight Chair in Data and Explana-tory Journalism

Upton, a 20-year data journalist, came to the Ne-whouse School from USA

Today, where she was a senior database editor. She supervised a team of six database editors, data journalists, researchers and contractors. She and her team worked on data-driven cover-age of topics, including Veterans Administration hospitals, new economy jobs, mass killings and college football coaches’ salaries.

Upton and her team won numerous awards, in-cluding Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Phillip Meyer Awards; Associated Press Sports Editors Awards; a World Media Summit Innova-tion Award; Best of USA Today Awards; and the Iris Molotsky Award for Excellence in Coverage of Higher Education, among others.

Upton was previously an investigative/data reporter for The Detroit News, and worked as a freelancer for Agence France-Presse and other publications. She is a past trainer and regular speaker with IRE.

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Hub Brown, associate dean for research, creativity, international initiatives and diversity and associate professor of broadcast and digital journalism, received the Larry Burkum Service Award from the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Melissa Chessher, chair of the magazine department and director of the magazine, newspaper and online journalism program, was chosen as one of Folio magazine’s Top Women in Media in the Mentors category.

Anthony D’Angelo, professor of practice in public relations and director of the communications management program, was elected for membership in Page Up, an organization for senior staff leaders of the Arthur W. Page Society.

Rochelle Ford, chair of the public relations department, spent the summer at the University of Gambia School of Journalism and Digital Media in Africa as part of the Fulbright Specialist Program.

Seth Gitner, associate professor of newspaper and online journalism, was elected to a two-year term as national secretary of the National Press Photographer’s Association.

Tula Goenka, associate professor of television, radio and fi lm, was named the Newhouse Endowed Chair of Public Communications for 2016-19.

Jennifer Grygiel, assistant professor of communications, took fi rst place in the Best Practices in Ethics in an Emerging Media Environment teaching competition, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Elected Committee on Teaching.

Barbara Jones, professor of practice in television, radio and fi lm, launched StayBillety, a new, internet-based community accommodation service.

Faculty News

The world of publishing has changed drastically in the last decade, with emerging technology, new publishing sources, social media and the hyper connectedness of people and ideas. The Newhouse School and global media company BuzzFeed have partnered to launch a new course that will train students in the six essential skills needed to succeed in social media and distributed content.

The new course, “BuzzFeed: Future Media Skills,” has been designed to train students in best practices for a constantly shifting publishing environment. Students who complete this course will be able to do the following:

· analyze the changing media landscape· “re-anchor” and re-evaluate distributed

content approaches, data and metrics· identify trending topics using social

media data and analytics tools· develop real-time content and distribution

strategies for particular audiences and platforms

· identify and develop new audiences and engagement strategies

· utilize BuzzFeed’s content management system and techniques

Starting this fall, the class will be offered to Newhouse undergraduate and graduate students from all majors—including new media management, advertising, public relations, magazine, photography and television, radio and fi lm, among others—who are interested in expanding their knowledge of publishing in the age of social media.

The class will be taught by assistant professor of communications Jennifer Grygiel, an expert in social media marketing, data and analytics, and staff from BuzzFeed. Grygiel specializes in teaching social media at Newhouse, and is actively researching social media safety, governance and e-government best practices.

“We’re excited to partner with one of the best new media companies out there and continue to push the school’s mission of delivering excellence in communications training and strengthen university and industry partnerships,” says Grygiel.

“The future of BuzzFeed will depend upon our ability to attract talent that understands the inner workings of technology and how it can impact the lives of people across the globe,” says Matt Trotta, vice president of agency strategy at BuzzFeed. “Offering this course at the Newhouse School aligns with our company’s expertise in social and distributed media and we eagerly await the learnings and insight that will come from this new partnership.”

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60sJon C. Halter ’64, G’66 is the author of “Venezuela Sojourn,” which chronicles his years of service in the Peace Corps.

James A. Jacobs G’66 is the author of “Days of the Dead,” a historical thriller set in Mexico in 1968.

Martin Timins ’68, who retired from Parade magazine in 2009, is a copyeditor for Flesk Publications.

Bob Dotson G’69 retired after 40 years with NBC News, 35 of them with the “Today” show as host of the “American Story” series. He was honored last fall with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Sports Reporting for the “American Story” segment “Blind Kayaker.”

70sW. David Stephenson G’70, principal of Stephenson Strategies in Medfi eld, Massachusetts, gave a speech to the Hong Kong Internet of Things Association.

Bob Herzog ’72, an editor and senior writer for Newsday, won a New York Press Club Award in the Sports Feature Writing category for his story “Tears for Tom.” He was also inducted into the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame.

Don Sanford ’75 is the author of “On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota.”

Sherri Heller ’76 is the author of the play “My Mother, My Sister and Me.”

Diane Fournaris ’77 was named regional director of the Rhode Island Small Business Development Center.

Bruce Tallerman ’78 is a creative director and senior copywriter at Camp Creative Agency in Berkeley, California. His short stories have been published in many literary magazines and have

won three BRIO (Bronx Honors Its Own) Awards for Fiction.

Mark Grimm G’79 was sworn in as an Albany, New York, county legislator in January.

Martha Hall Kelly ’79 is the author of the historical fi ction novel “Lilac Girls.”

Carol Lovelady G’79 is the interim director of Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas.

80sDavid Lariviere ’80 is a senior editor and writer with The National Enquirer, and also writes for the Globe and the National Examiner.

James Allison ’81 is media relations manager for the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART).

Henry Brent ’81 was honored with the American Express Chairman’s Award for extraordinary contributions to the company. He is a client manager, and has been with the company since 2005.

Nayda Rondon ’81 is the author of the children’s book “Ali and the New Girl, ¡Hola Mi Amiga!”

Ryne Martin ’82 is communications coordinator for New York State Assemblywoman Addie J. Russell.

Brian Radin G’83 was named chief revenue offi cer of CloudPay, a cloud-based payroll service.

Deb Henretta G’85 joined the board of trustees of St. Bonaventure University.

Ron Stitt G’85 is special advisor to Fresco News CEO John H. Meyer. He was previously vice president, digital media for Fox Television.

David Armstrong ’86 is a senior enterprise reporter for STAT.

Ana Maldonado de Ceppi ’86, G’88 was honored with an Advertising Working Mother of the Year Award, given by Advertising Women of New York. She is vice president of business development with Univision Communications.

Stacey Mindich ’86 was honored with a 2016 Robert Whitehead Award for outstanding achievement in commercial theater producing, given by the Commercial Theater Institute.

Leigh Philibosian ’86 joined the MD|DC Credit Union Association in Columbia, Maryland, as vice president of engagement.

Michael Graf ’87 was honored with the Best Feature Screenplay Award at the Paris Arts & Movie Awards festival for his screenplay “The Last Indian War.”

Lauri Orlando ’87 is senior vice president of talent strategy for CBS News.

Patricia Betron ’88 was honored by Multichannel News with a 2016 Wonder Woman Award. She is senior vice president of multimedia sales with ESPN.

Caris Vujcec ’88 was honored with an Award of Excellence Special Mention from the Best Shorts Film Competition for “The Pepper Project” pilot. She won the award with co-producer/ director Eric Yellin.

Doug Wright ’89 is a senior account director at Feintuch Communications.

90sMelissa Algaze ’91 was named senior manager, publications for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Cheryl Gilberg ’91 was named managing director and chief communications and marketing offi cer for Mizuho Bank.

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John Murichson G’91 was elected to the board of trustees of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He is vice president for miniseries at HBO in Los Angeles.

Tonia O’Connor ’91 was promoted to the position of chief commercial offi cer and president of content distribution for Univision Communications.

Jim Olson ’91 was named senior vice president of corporate communication for United Airlines.

Seth Solomons ’91 was named North American CEO for Wunderman.

Andrew Stanten ’91 is a member of the Bridgeworks Enterprise Center Advisory Committee in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Steven Toole ’91 is chief marketing offi cer for Avanan.

Aileen Gabbey ’92 is executive director of Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia.

Johanna Garton ’92 is the author of “Awakening East: Moving Our Adopted Children Back to China.” She lives in Denver.

Ian Lapp G’93 is dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson College.

Bob Shields ’93 is editor-in-chief of amNewYork.

Eric Stangel ’93 is co-creator and co-executive producer of “The Harry Connick Jr. Show,” premiering in September.

Matt Friedman ’94 was elected to the board of directors of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. He is co-founder of the communications fi rm Tanner Friedman.

Meredith Morin ’94 is director of advancement and communication at Maple Street School in Manchester Center, Vermont.

Harmony Verna ’94 is the author of “Daughter of Australia.”

Mark McClennan ’95 is national chair of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

Ted Meyer ’95 was named senior vice president of global public relations and communications for Natixis Global Asset Management.

Keisha-Gaye Anderson ’96 released a collection of poetry, “Gathering the Waters.”

Sarah Glover ’96 was elected as the 21st president of the National

Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She is the social media editor for NBC Owned Television Stations.

Seth Kaufman ’96 was named CMO, North American Beverages for PepsiCo Inc.

Lee Zurik ’96 won three national Edward R. Murrow Awards in the Small Market Television category for his work as a reporter with WVUE in New Orleans.

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Producer Monica Levinson ’90 speaks to guests at a meet-and-greet event for Syracuse University alumni attending Sundance, held Jan. 23 in Park City, Utah. Levinson co-hosted the event with fellow alumni Rob Light ’78 of CAA; Sean Carey ’89 of Netfl ix; Barry Baker ’73 of Lee Equity; and Jimmy Kuhn ’70, G’72 of Newmark Knight Frank. The event was sponsored by the Newhouse School and the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Meet-and-Greet at Sundance

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Rani Raad ’97 was promoted to president of CNN International Commercial.

John Boyanoski ’98 was named to the board of directors of the Children’s Museum of the Upstate in Greensville, South Carolina.

Pete Daniels ’98 recently celebrated his 10-year anniversary with C-SPAN.

Jennifer Iacovelli ’98 is the author of “Simple Giving: Easy Ways to Give Every Day.”

Joe Cohen ’99 received the 2016 Dorf Award for leadership and mentorship from the New York chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

Lauren Kochian ’99 is chief development offi cer with the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology in Syracuse.

Ida Siegal ’99 is the author of “Big News!,” the fi rst of a chapter book series for young readers called “Emma Is on the Air.”

Ben Wightman ’99 and his wife, Surtini, welcomed a daughter, Evangeline Jean, in November. She joins older sister Grace Lynn.

00sYolanda Arrington ’00 is a content editor for Rare, where she curates and writes trending news and political stories.

Hillary Cutter ’00 was recognized as a Top Female CEO at the 2015 SmartCEO.

Stephanie Slater Goldfuss ’00 and her husband, Brian, welcomed a daughter, Brooklyn Grace. Goldfuss is public information offi cer for the Boynton Beach, Florida Police Department.

A.J. Lagoe ’00 won an Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Award in the Broadcast/Video – Medium

category for his piece on veterans and brain injuries titled “Invisible Wounds,” produced for KARE-11.

Calandria Meadows ’00 is vice president, digital media and social content for Katz Broadcasting’s multicast networks.

Stacey (Persichetti) Moyers G’00 was named vice president of program strategy and management for MMS Education, an education consulting company based in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Amber (Larish) Winters ’00 is assistant dean of communications and marketing for the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo (UB). She was previously director of communications planning for UB’s Offi ce of University Communications.

Maria Cantor ’01 is senior vice president, investor relations and communications for uniQure.

Brian Moritz G’01, G’14 published “The story vs. The stream: Digital media’s infl uence on newspaper sports journalism” in the International Journal of Sport Communication.

Bryan LeFauve G’01 was named to the board of directors of the Graycliff Conservancy, which works to restore the Frank Lloyd Wright Graycliff Estate, located outside Buffalo, New York. He is chief operating offi cer of Farm, formerly the SKM Group.

Monica Merente ’02 is director, philanthropic services at the Central New York Community Foundation in Syracuse.

Joe Pike G’02 is a senior editor for Travel Agent magazine.

Justine Simonson ’02 was co-producer of the web series “How to Make It In: Berlin.”

Allyson Ringgold Sneed ’02 is the author of “In the Name of the Father.”

Scott Herbst ’03 is co-executive producer of NBC’s “You, Me and the Apocalypse” starring Rob Lowe, Jenna Fischer and Megan Mullally.

Adam Ritchie ’03 “walked” from Boston to San Francisco in three years using a treadmill desk at his offi ce. He is the founder of Adam Ritchie Brand Direction in Boston.

Scott Abraham ’05 is a sports reporter and anchor at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.

Jason Benetti ’05 joined the play-by-play team for the Chicago White Sox. He is a college play-by-play announcer for ESPN and Westwood One.

Patrick Finlon G’05 is senior marketing enrollment specialist at Le Moyne College in Syracuse.

Michelle Marsh ’05 joined WJLA-TV, the ABC affi liate in Washington, D.C., as a co-anchor.

Emilio Nicolas ’05 was named to the Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Stars list by Thomson Reuters.

David Spiegel ’05 co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical “Camp Rolling Hills.”

Alexandra Alazio ’06 is associate director of client solutions at About.com.

Tiffany Bentley ’08 is the music director and afternoon drive on-air personality for WEDG-FM in Buffalo.

Zack Clark ’08 is an associate creative director with Pinckney Hugo Group in Syracuse.

Julia Ehrenfeld ’08 was named a Rising PR Star by PRNews. She is vice president of media relations for Bank of America.

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Alexa Harris G’08 received the Digital Movie Image Salon Celebration of Excellence Award from Spelman College.

Steve Gelbs ’09 is an anchor and sports reporter with SportsNet New York.

Nicole Guardiano-Paredes ’09 is director of interactive media at Outthink.

Amy Rood G’09 was elected to the F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse board of directors.

10sTony Brown ’10 is the play-by-play announcer for the American Hockey League’s Lake Erie Monsters in Cleveland.

Roberto J.C. Gonzalez-Homs G’10 won three National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Awards for his work at WZDC Telemundo in Washington, D.C.

Justin Murphy ’10 rode 400 miles from Buffalo to Albany with 600 fellow cyclers for the Democrat & Chronicle interactive project “Cycling the Erie Canal.”

Kristen Tripodi G’10 is the morning news producer at WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vermont.

Katherine Budd ’11 is an assistant digital media buyer with Pinckney Hugo Group in Syracuse.

Tyler Gilden ’11 was part of a team that won a New York Emmy in Politics/Government category for a piece on a mother of an epileptic child who fought to legalize medical marijuana in New York State. Gilden is executive producer at Elite Daily.

Julie Leonardi ’11 is a freelance reporter for KDVR FOX 31 in Denver.

Meredith Taylor ’11 was honored with a Young and Aspiring Association Professionals award from Association TRENDS. She is executive director, College Media Association and general manager, American Society of Journalists and Authors for Kellen.

Ilana Vakhovskaya ’11 is a research analyst with The Marketing Directors.

Erin Elzo ’12 is a communications associate with the United Nations Foundation’s Every Woman Every Child campaign.

Sarah Hurwitz ’12 is a reporter with WOOD TV8 in West Michigan.

Matt Johnston G’12 is executive producer of video with Talking New Media.

Jamie King G’12 is a public relations account manager with Pinckney Hugo Group in Syracuse.

Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou ’13 is a reporter for Alpha Satellite Television in Greece.

Heather Fountaine ’13 is a reporter with WHAS 11, the ABC affi liate in Louisville, Kentucky.

Steph Machado ’13 is a video journalist at WPRI 12 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Kimberly Norton G’13 is a social media coordinator at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, New York.

Sarah Taddeo ’13 won the Michael Hendricks Young Journalist Award from the New York State Associated Press Association.

Kevin Clark ’14 is a reporter with Action News Jax in Jacksonville, Florida.

Noelle Devoe G’14 is a web editor at Seventeen.com.

Antoinette Siu ’14 is a staff writer and copy editor for the San Francisco Examiner.

Kaelyn Dessena ’15 is a junior art director at with Pinckney Hugo Group in Syracuse.

Stephanie Diacovo ’15 is an assistant advertising account manager at BBDO in New York City.

Will Gerhard ’15 is a pitcher for the Topeka Train Robbers baseball team in Topeka, Kansas.

Jeff Kurkjian ’15 is the host of “The Jeff Show,” a morning radio show in Cleveland.

Cori Pavlicko G’15 is the marketing and public relations coordinator for the Mount Pleasant Recreation Department in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Christine Rushton G’15 placed fi rst in the International Multimedia News Story Contest organized by the International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Her story, “Refugees watching the Iraqi divide from afar,” was produced while she was a student at Newhouse.

IN MEMORIUM

Jim Byrne ’59, former director of marketing for CBS, died in May. He was 79.

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REPORT OF DONORSGifts received between July 1, 2015, and June 30, 2016

BENEFACTORSRichard M. Alexander and Emily N. AlexanderDaniel Ambrose and Sandra L. AmbroseJames C. Andrews Lakshmi E. Arjoonsingh L. Kelly Atkinson Jr. Daniel Balz Martin N. Bandier Gerald Richard Benjamin and Vicki S. BenjaminAnthony J. Bennia Edward Bleier Judith L. Borck Katherine Brittain Bradley Lorraine E. Branham Judith L. Bronk Robert A. Butler and Angela M. ButlerDwight R. Caines Sara M. Cakebread Sean B. Carey Kitty Lun Chan John H. Chapple Kari W. Clark Jonathan M. Cohen and Caren J. CohenDavid J. Cohen and Kathleen W. CohenRoger W. Conner and L. Susan ConnerAnnemargaret Connolly Jaymel E. Connor Lorraine M. Corcoran Dennis P. Crowley Jess P. DiPasquale and Andrea D. DiPasqualeWilliam F. Doescher Wendell C. Domon Ian Eagle and Alisa B. EagleBrian A. Edelman Robert W. Eisenstaedt and Carole EisenstaedtStephen Engelberg and Gabrielle GlaserBarry M. Feinberg, Ph.D. Robert A. Feldman and Marjorie W. FeldmanHarold A. Fetner and Nina P. FetnerJessica Fink Samantha L. Fink Dr. Scot A. Fisher and Shelly Lotman FisherDavid G. Flaum William W. Friberger III and Joyce M. TudrynSteven Fuchs

Bob B. Gautieri Alan Gerry Nicholas B. Godfrey Jeffrey B. GoldmaniLola L. Goldring Friends of Debbie Fink Green Hank Greenwald and Carla R. GreenwaldEric A. Gurian Rob Gursha and Cathy Lehman GurshaKristina Hahn David M. Hale Samaria Harris-Pitts Marc A. Hayes Peter James Hebert Natalia Held Andrew Hermalyn Roger J. Herz Jo Ann Hitman Bradford Hobbs and Andrea Fant-HobbsHolly Hodder Peter A. Horvitz Gwendolyn Ifi ll Candace Campbell Jackson Jason M. Jedlinski and Jay E. NitzWayne D. Johnsen Grant A. Johnson Gary J. Kaminsky Gerald P. Kaminsky Keith J. KaplaniTheodore H. Kapnek III and Wendy O. KapnekMr. and Mrs. Dennis H. Kekas Ronald S. Kermani Richard W. Kirshenbaum William S. Koenig and Melinda C. WitmerBernard R. Kossar and Carol M. KossarDavid A. Kowalski and Debra J. KowalskiLawrence S. Kramer and Myla F. LernerBarry B. Krinsky William A. Kussell and Ada F. KussellJeanne E. Larson * Michael P. Lawrence Tommy C. Lee and Lily Y. LeeMichael E. Lehman and Heidi B. LehmanEst. of Mr. David J. Levidow * Edward F. Levine and Pamela J. LevineFred L. Levy and Jennifer Levy

Christopher A. Licht Gary T. Lico and Annette M. BerghRobert R. Light and Shelly M. LightDr. Margaret R. Martin L. Camille Massey Erik G. Matlick and Dr. Ali Scharf-MatlickGregory T. Mayes and Tonia O’ConnorPatrick J. McAdaragh Patrick B. McCall and Bridget M. McCallWilliam P. McGoldrick Brian L. McMurray and Konni A. McMurrayRonald M. Meyer Arthur Meyers and Susan MeyersStacey Mindich Robert J. Miron and Diane Goldblatt MironVirginia H. Moriarty Eric Mower and Dr. Judith C. MowerElizabeth A. Mowins Dale M. Murphy Dr. Lawrence Myers Jr. Thierry Nantier Philip A. Nardone Jr. Donald E. Newhouse James T. Olson Esra Ozer Roxanne C. Palin Michael S. Perlis Edmund F.S. Perry Jr. and Nancy W. PerryMr. and Mrs. John Plavocos Howard W. Polskin Reda R. Raad Rani R. Raad Julie F. Rafferty Gary P. Ratner and Dr. Ellen V. KriegerLeslie H. Read Jamie Rhonheimer Melissa A. Richards-Person Toby G. Ritter and Nataly RitterLarry Roberts Douglas G. Robinson Stephen A. Rogers and Nancy RogersJohn W. Roos Jr. Robert S. Roth and Linda Z. RothLinda I. Rudberg-Thibodeau Marianne L. Samenko William Saurer Jr.

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Anne H. Schmitt Mark D. Sena Lora A. Sharpe Wendy Green Sibley Andrew D. Siegel Daniel P. Singer Alan D. Slater and Gerri S. SlaterDavid M. Slotnick and Carol Z. SlotnickSeth M. SolomonsiAlbert P. Stauderman Jr. and Helen M.

StaudermanKim M. Steele Fred K. Sternburg Charles W. Stevens and Dr. Jennifer Greene

StevensDr. Melvin T. Stith and Dr. Patricia L. StithAllan D. Sutton and Anita S. SuttonJohn L. Sykes Anne Corwin R. Taft Michael J. Terpin Michael T. Tirico and Deborah G. TiricoRichard Tofel Michael J. Trach Dr. Peter Tsairis and Aphrodite TsairisRobert A. Unger and Lauren S. UngerLouis Vitali Jr. David N. Watson and Ellen T. WatsonNeal R. Weiner and Denise F. WeinerCraig Weinstein and Ranee WeinsteinJames G. Weiss and Audra N. WeissBryan J. Wiener and Jessica L. WienerStephen J. Wilkes Kevin N. Wilkins and Virginia J. WiseEdward Jason Wise Howard E. Woolley Frances P. Yariv Steven A. Zalesin William C. Zimmer and Dana Iannielli ZimmerMr. and Mrs. Sam Zurik Jr.

FRIENDSAlivia E Abreu Stephen G. Adamek Allen P. Adamson

Joan L. Adler Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Adler Robbin B. Ahlquist and Madeleine A. AhlquistNicolette Aizenberg Amanda Al Sayah Gordon P. Allen Douglas S. Allison and Anne Marie AllisonDr. James E. Allison and Margaret G. LindensteinLuther M. Allison and Carolyn C. AllisonPaul E. Alper and Joanne F. AlperBruce S. Alpert Athula Alwis and Lata CherathMichael E. Ambrose Marylou Ambrose Lauren Claire Anderson Jayne M. Angard-Kligman Lynn S. Angell Kimberley K. Anstee Daniella Joy Apfel Allan M Apjohn Stephen A. Arvan Kim Rachel Azogui Robert S. Babcock Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Perry L. Bacon Jr. Ahuoiza Grace Baiye Glenn D. Baker Edward E. Balaban Carol Balassa Sonia Ballester Dr. Cerri Annette Banks Patricia A. Barnes Anne Barnes Steven W. Barnes and Deborah A. BarnesJoshua A. Barnett and Mary C. BarnettNicholas Francis Barone Katharine Barr Gail A. Barsky Bruce M. Bartholomew and Diane A.

BartholomewThomas J. Basalla Nancie R. Battaglia Anthony C. Battaglia Jr. Helena Catherine Battipaglia S. Andrew Baumbach Tracy A. Baumgardner

Michael L. Beebe and Lois J. BakerJames H. Beecher Adam M. Beilman Hugh K. Bellen George Bellerose David T. Bellingham Kyle Bendura Michael P. Benson and Barri Morris BensonRichard J. Berger Richard Berke Hillary S. Berman Gregg E. Bernard and Jennifer F. BernardJames A. Bertelmann Alexander Carl Bertsche Alexandra Leigh Berube Stephen C. Betz and Mariann L. BetzMary Jane BeVard Vijay C. Bhatt and Trupti V. BhattKaryn D. Bilezerian David K. Birnbaum and Andrea S. MellenRobert I. Black Peter J. Blair Alicia M. Blaisdell-Bannon Derinda D. Blakeney Gregory Bland and Starr BlandBara I. Blender Julie H. Blissert Thomas A. Boccuzzi Gregg E. Bockover Daniel L. Bodansky and Erica A. BodanskyWarren G. Bodow John T. Boggs David E. Bohnert Robert Boorstin David T. Boreanaz Nicole Renee Borington James William Boswell III Steven A. Botwinick and Stacy G. BotwinickPatricia S. Boudreau Carly Elizabeth Bovi Nancy J. Boyer-Rechlin H. Kirk Bozigian Adam W. Bozzi Cortland Bradford Barbara L. Bradley

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REPORT OF DONORSBrian J. Brady and Anne Vaccaro BradyKristin P. Bragg Michelle Kanter Bramwit Erica D. Branch-Ridley Julie R. Breakstone Bernard B. Bregman Dori W. Bright Alan J. Brignall Lawrence J. Brill and Rita J. BrillPamela A. Brink-Mulligan Chelsea Frances Brobst Morgan A. Broman N. Paige Bronk Schwab Beth Sprecher Brooks Charles A. Brooks and Barbara R. BrooksJennifer Shapiro Brotman Hubert W. Brown and Nicole L. BrownHarry Staten Brown III Kimberly M. Brown Sandra E. Brown Eunice E. Bryant Dr. Paul L. Bunce Donald L. Burgess Lauren Burk Kirsten A. Burkhart Marian Fox Burros Richard C. Bush Dennis B. Cakebread Carla L. Callaway Geoffrey Bryce Campbell Patricia L. Cantiello Maria E. Cantor Robert P. Caplan and Sally M. CaplanStephen J. Capone Lina Maria Cardenas Susan Carley Dr. James T. Carlin Jr. and Camille T. CarlinBrenna Carolan Carlin Dudley S. Carpenter and Mary E. CarpenterGregory J. Case and Dr. Lisa M. CaseKevin Edson Pericola Case Terence P. Casey and Karen B. CaseyTodd R. Caso and Carol E. CasoRosemary Catalano Dillon Julianne Pepitone Caughel

Dr. Jeffrey T. Cavanaugh and Dr. Linzi A. Cavanaugh

Angela M Cave Anne M. Chamberlain Heidi I. Chapple Edna I. Charpentier Cheyenne De’Von Cheathem Melissa Chessher Robert Scott Cheyne Dr. Anita P. Chirco Jay Peter Chisolm Kay D. Christensen Linda J. Church Christopher Ciereck and Christina Ann CiereckAdam Clymer Frederic M. Cochard Thomas E. Coffey Joseph Eli Cohen Dr. Neil M. Cohen and Dr. Debra D. WeissbachRachel B. Cohen Robert W. Colley and Theresa P. ColleyDr. Steven J. Collins David R. Comtois and Kathleen T. ShannonMr. and Mrs. Robert J. Condon Jr. Bruce A. Conger John F. Conte Dr. Kenneth H. Cook and Mary J. PersykTimothy R. Cooper Jay L. Cooper Paige Elizabeth Cooperstein Michael Corasanti and Cheryl L. CorasantiWilliam G. Corbett and Judy K. CorbettShelli Keeling Corcoran Dr. Stuart V. Corso and Judith A. CorsoCynthia V. Courtney Christopher Michael Covello David D. Coville and Shelly L. CovilleEmily C. Craig Robert F. Cramer George T. Crandall and Barbara A. CrandallMary T. Creane Adam R. Crowley and Aileen E. GallagherJoann M. Crupi Kathleen M. Culleton Carol Dabaghian

Cassandra Gail Dagostino Sharon J. Dan Isaac M. Dana and Marni H. DanaAnthony W. D’Angelo and Deborah A. D’AngeloDeborah Danker Sharon R. Darver Bonnie Davis Brian K. Davis Seth A. Davis and Allison W. DavisCathy M. DeBonville Susan W. DeFuria Julianne Kathryn Dellorso Patricia J. DeMentri Barbara H. Denby Joan A. Deppa Patrick V. DeStefano and Stephanie J. DeStefanoSunny S. Deweez Gina M. DiChiara Thomas D. Diecidue and Helen L. DiecidueTerrence J. Dinan Samuel Steelman Disston David E. Dix Francis J. Doherty Jr. Lisa A. Dolak Beverly B. Dominy Lauren G. Donley Stephanie K. Donoghue Ilene Abbey Dorf Manahan Erika Frances Douglas Gerianne W. Downs Michael P. Draper and Laura Cubbage-DraperScott G. Dressel-Martin Virginia G. Drew John V. Driscoll and Denise H. DriscollJonathan S. Drubner Lisa Dubay Kristin Beth Dumont Lisa Linz Duncan Franklyn Duporte Sr. David G. Edelstein Brian Andrew Eden Donald L. Edwards and Nancy E.S. EdwardsAmy R. Effron Eric C. Ehrhardt and Michele J. EhrhardtDebra Ann Eichholtz

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David E. Elfi n Robert S. Elias Michael Jameson Emer Kevan R. Emmott James W. Emr and Marian A. EmrPaul Stephen Engels Erica Lee Ettori Alison E. Evans Craig M. Evans and Faye B. EvansBarbara S. Ewalt Dorothy W. Fall Jingzhou Fan Karen E. Fedele Judith Feder Susan M. Feeney Michael C. FelicettiJack C. Fensterstock and Dr. Mary J. NormandyEmily Marie Ferber Nicholas Michael Ferreiro Bruno D. Filice and Becki A. FiliceMerry M. Firschein David J. Fishman Robert Flores and Margarita FloresThomas M. Flynn and Amelia E. FlynnBrynn Elizabeth Foley William M. Fonda Jeanne Ann Forbis Barbara B. Forster Christopher Fowler John W. Fox Stephen M. Fox David D. Franecki Andra T. Frank Eric D. Frankel Jordan Scott Frankel Garance R. Franke-Ruta Deborah Anekstein Franklin Gary A. Frederick Pamela Giddon Freedman Kristina R. Freeman David L. Freireich Elizabeth Frerking Dr. Kenneth F. Freundlich and Tara FreundlichBrooke Savannah Freundlich William P. Frey and Karen L. FreyLinda Frey

Ellen S. Friedman Jeffrey L. Friedman Debbie L. Fries Monique V. Frost Douglas H. Funkhouser and Elizabeth A. QuigleyRachel E Fus Dennis T. Gallagher Lauren Alyce Galliford Dr. Wilfred E. Gallinek and Patricia M. GallinekPenelope L. Ganzel Ellen Porter Garcia Emilio M. Garcia-Ruiz and Mary Jo Zafi s GarciaGeoffrey Garin William S. Gaskill and Kathleen B. BurkeMaya L. Gasuk William E. Gehrman Jayne Carol Gershkowitz Dr. W. David Gibson and Larissa W. GibsonNicole L. Gill Robert P. Gillies and Katie A. GilliesSarah Gleason Lawrence Gleit and Anne GleitEric M. Goidel and Wendy K. GoidelJeffrey P. Gold Robert J. Goldberg and Karen S. GoldbergMarc S. Goldberg Donna L. Goldberg Olivia Golden Dr. Anthony R. Golden and Rita J. GoldenJay P. Goldman and Rebecca S. SalonRichard Goldner Larry Goldstein Roberto Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Homs Lora Linn Gordon Samuel Gorovitz Peter G. Gosselin Sathya Gosselin Phyllis Kalman Grant Ronald S. Green and Kathleen GreenBenjamin I. Green III Hal R. Greenberg and Terry GreenbergGary W. Greenberg and Angela E. GreenbergTimothy C. Greenberg Glenn A. Greenberg Leah Beth Greene Joseph F. Greenidge Jr.

Michael S. Greenstein and Heather A. TullyAlan P. Greinetz and Susan M. GreinetzJohn S. Guccion Michael E. Guterman and Cindy J. GutermanRoy S. Gutterman and Weiting Wang GuttermanRebecca H. Hagenbaugh Brandton Hilton Hale Kathleen M. Haley Anna E. Hall Alfred T. Hamilton Jr. Kimberly M. Hamilton William A. Hammer and Nancy J. HammerJihun Arthur Han Laura Rose Handman David L. Hankey Ninos Elias Hanna Jennifer M. Hansen Edward J. Hardy Jr. Margaret M. Harkins Darlene Harris Susan G. Harrison Peter D. Hart Richard C. Hatch and Diana D. HatchWalter J. Hauck Jeanette L. Havens John D. Hawkes Scott A. Headley Christopher M. Healey Gerald F. Healey, III and Linda F. D’AntonioLisa M. Heimann Marc David Heintzman Maia Collette Henderson Catherine Spencer Henn Phim Her Vladimire Herard Joyce Hergenhan Frank F. Herron Heather K. Hertz Roger S. Hess and Judith A. HessMary E. Heveron-Smith Patricia A. Higgins John M. Higgs Lindsey M. Hingorany Steven G. Hintze and Lise HintzeAlan M. Hirsch Philip R. Hochberg

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William D. Holland Victor Holman and Dakota HolmanMelanie Michelle Holohan Jeffrey H. Homan and Christine R R. HomanKatherine Leigh Honig Lisa A. Hoston Julia A. Howson T. Lee Hughes Douglas P. Hulette and Frances Sack HuletteJonathan T. Hutter and Lisa M. HutterJoseph C. Ilvento Jr. and Tracy A. IlventoScott L. Irgang and Carole A. IrgangWendy E. Isaacs Kayla Nicole Isaacs Dr. Gerald A. Isenberg Mark J. Isik Lisa Magalnick Jacknow James A. Jackson Penny Maria Jackson Stephen M. Jacoby Jacqueline V. Jacovino Peter Allen Janhunen Ron M. Jankowski and Amy J. JankowskiTaryn M. Jelovich Vivien A. Jennings Dr. Howard C. Johnson and Dr. Denise E. JohnsonStanley Duncan Johnson Scott A. Johnson and Geri M. JohnsonMark A. Johnson and Mary B. JohnsonFred D. Johnstone and Leigh P. JohnstoneCedric Jones Kimberly M. Joyce Robert G. Kagan and Marcy CainCarol M. Kaganov Susan B. Kahn Audrey Kalman Kenneth R. Kane Charles N. Kantner III Brian Clifford Kanziger Melanie D.G. Kaplan Janet A. Katz Ralph A. Katz Dianne Levine Katz Dr. Sherri Jean Katz Gerard P. Kauffmann and Christine M.

KauffmannDianne M. Kavanagh

James M. Keefe and Meghan L. Chrisner-KeefeJohn S. Keffalas Richard R. Kelly and Robin M. KellyGerald R. Kember David Kenin Marion F. Kennelly Dmitry Khaykin and Svetlana HikenElizabeth M. King Emily Katherine Kingston Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Kinley Jr. Madelyne F. Kirch Allison Sachs Klein Dr. Mitchell A. Kline and Dr. Nancy F. KlineSusan A. Koeppen Sonja Korver-O’Connell Milan Robert Kosanovich and Jessica W.

KosanovichLauren Haley Kossover Bill Kovach Barbara E. Kozel Robert W. Kramer Donald J. Krone Marjorie I. Kunian Jonathan M. Kuzminski and Lucilla Cassandra

KuzminskiAnn V. Kwolek Kenneth C. LaFrance and Danielle L. AttaieJohn A. Lahtinen Jeffrey Lai Christine B. Laird Ellen W. Lambert Kelly Marie Lamothe L. Thomas Lane and Mary E. LaneHilary Kourtney Lane Dr. Terrence W. LaPier Dr. C. Erik Larson and Alexandra O. HurskyPerry S. Lazarus and Erica L. LazarusLaura E. Leatherman Heather LeDoyt Brenden Joshua Lee Bruce A. Leichtman Ivan M. Leist and Susan J. LeistColleen P. Lemza Maria C. Lenseth Joseph M. Leogrande and Dr. Cathy Jo

LeograndeJames Lester and Katie Besha Lester

Paul D. Levy Joel M. Levy and Marcia E. LevyNeil A. Lewis Jeffrey Licata Dr. Elizabeth D. Liddy Dr. Luis E. Linan and Claudia M. LinanGeoffrey Michael Linehan Jack Chieh-Sheng Ling Jeffrey R. Linton Charlotte Augusta Lipman Stuart L. Lisson and Colleen M. LissonMaya Mireille Lobban Donald R. Lockett Paul A. Loeffl er Paul V. Loiselle and Susan M. LoiselleRonald V. Lombard and Deborah D. LombardThomas S. Long Dane E. Lopes and Shari LopesSerafi n Lopez and Gudelia LopezErrol K. Loving Josephine Low Kenneth S. Luchs Cynthia A. Ludvigsen Dr. Tanya C. Lumpkins Dean L. Lunt and Michelle A. LuntAlan L. Lurie and Lois M. LurieDavid James Lurie Brian N. Lynch Alexander D. Lynch and Lisa M. ActisMark W. Maben Dr. William W. MacDonald and JoAnn MacDonaldBruce B. MacMillan and Linda A. MacMillanCraig K. MacVittie and Karen A. MacVittieFrederic R. Maguire and Laura L. MaguireSalvatore P. Maneen James C. Maneval Cindy Mann David L. Marburger Scott Marcus and Deborah L. MarcusBetty J. Marmon Laurie A. Marr Gregory S. Marsh and Suzanne MarshGabriel Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Marson William Martellaro Linda Sue Mason Donald R. Matera

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Jane E. Mayer Theresa C. Mayhew Brian D. McClintock Jasmine I. McCormick William P. McDonald Megan E. McDonald Matthew J. McDonell and Holly L. McDonellAlexis Demetria McDonell Joseph J. McDonnell Jr. Karen M. McGee Tayo Shepard McGuirk Douglas C. McIlhagga Noreen McNeil McKenna Heather L. McKernan Seretta C. McKnight Patrick V.J. McLaughlin and Margaret V.

McLaughlinRyan P. McNaughton and Dr. Kristenne M.

RobisonHarry J. McNeill Carol Melling John S. Mengucci and Mary Ellen MengucciDaniel P. Menzel Traci A. Messier Andrew D. Meyer Theodore C. Meyer Dr. Mary Ann Meyers Joseph Milack Jason K. Miles James F. Miller Lynette C. Miller Karen Miltner Steven M. Minn and Lucy B. MinnRicky S. Mintz and Cindy H. MintzDr. Helena Mitchell Andrea Mitchell Donna Mobley Jennetta Montgomery-Craig Thomas J. Moore Kayla Elizabeth Moran Arlene Morgan James B. Morris Janet Mary Morrison Rickie M. Morrison Karen Morse Robert R. Mortali Jr.

Lauren Allison Mossberg Paul E. Mossberg Mark M. Motsko Rebecca A. Motte Fabrice P. Moussus Sade Khadijah Muhammad Rosa I. Mulryan Dwayne A. Murray and Alison Camille MurrayMeade T. Murtland Linda S. Muschlitz John K. Naland and Barbara J. NalandNader Abbas Nanjiani and Saba NanjianiJudy H. Nauseef Brian Christopher Neal and Katherine C. NealRalph Neas Jillian Neiberg Mary Kay Nels Eugene A. Nelson Clifford R. Neukrug and Ellen T. NeukrugDoris E. Newman Cathryn R. Newton Laura Nichols Lisa M. Noel John G. Nolan Jr. and Kathleen NolanRaymond J. Nolin III and AnnMarie NolinRichard W. North Elena S. O’Brien Frederick Mark O’Donnell and Lauren C.

O’DonnellMarguerite L. O’Hara Ted N. Okazaki and Linda H. OkazakiSamuel S. Olens and Lisa Z. OlensRussell Bradford Oliver Paula M. Olson Don P. O’Neill and Sandra C. O’NeillLaura J. O’Neill Matt Orenstein Christopher J. Orlovsky and Alexandra E.

OrlovskyDr. James S. O’Rourke IV Tina R. Osmond Audrey Kwan Osofsky Robert J. Owen Michelle Ozechov Joseph Alfred Palagonia Joseph S. Palmer and Maria Palmer

William J. Parducci and Anne R. ParducciMatthew R. Park Christopher Lindsay Parker Joan Kemeny Paru Charles H. Passerman Lois H. Pasternak Jacqueline Pasternak Merin Pasternak James Kipp Patterson Martin I. Pauker and Jennifer J. PaukerMelanie Ann Pelayo Carolyn F. Per Alexander R. Perlman Zachary Maximillian Perskin Dr. Stacey A. Peterson Wendy R. Petrillo Jaclyn N. Petros Edward J. Pettinella Robert L. Phelps Joseph David Pike Bruce C. Pilato Justin Charles Pizzi Victor E. Pizzola and Lorrie L. PizzolaJoshua Robert Platt David O. Plaut and Dr. Joan B. CooperTara A. Poitras Alexis Ariana Pokorny Keith M. Poliakoff and Candice N. PoliakoffMindy Pollack-Fusi Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Polt Patricia E. Poppe Kevin J. Porter Alyssa D. Portny Stephen M. Posnock Bruce R. Posten Keri A. Potts Elaine Povich Paul A. Powers Christopher A. Powers and Emily Ann KulkusDanielle B. Pratt Paul J. Preczewski and Lydia V. PreczewskiCarol E. Preston Jeffrey L. Price Melanie Anne Prior Penny Pritzker Robert R. Procopio and Kathryn S. Procopio

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Kelli S. Putney Barbara A. Putrino Michael Putrino*Marilyn M. Quill John W. Rade Dr. Ramesh Raghupathi and Dr. Revathi K.

RaghupathiCarolyn M. Ragland Kathleen T. Raleigh Tracy M. Rammacher James B. Rattray and Paula C. RattrayGrant D. Reeher Barbara C. Regnell Deirdre J. Reid Jonathon B. Reil and Lizbeth C. ReilErin Casey Reimel Rachel J. Reinhart Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Reischauer Toby Reisman Maureen G. Renoff Dykstra Kelly M. Restuccia Michael D. Reynolds Elizabeth M. Rich-Cohen Martin F. Richman and Florence Reif RichmanIra S. Rimerman and Iris J. RimermanDavid G. Ripton and Geri K. RiptonDavid B. Ritter Jose A. Rivera and Lourdes E. RiveraAndrew P. Robinson M. Louis Robinson Edna I. Rodriguez Thomas E. Roehm Patricia A. Roesch Ashley E. Roesler Danika M. Roj-Wiedman John R. Rokicki and Jacqlyn D. RokickiRachel Madeux Romano Robert P. Romano and Rosanne RomanoMartin Thomas Ronan Jody R. Rones Wendy R. Ronitz-Baker Margaret MacKenzie Rooney Melissa J. Rose Michael N. Rosen Donna L. Rosen Marcus D. Rosenbaum

Jonathan S. Rosenthal Robert L. Roth Marla W. Rothfarb Megan Brittany Rowls Cathy A. Runnels Richard A. Russell and Maria P. RussellKathleen L. Ryan Franklin J. Rytkonen and Alaina B. SmithJason R. Sacks and Colleen SacksRuthann E. Saenger Jennifer Ryan Safsel Marty A. Salmon and Colleen A. SalmonWilliam C. Samuels and Debra A. SamuelsDonald P. Sanford and Barbara S. SanfordErin A. Santosuosso Randi S. Sargent Stephen M. Schaefer and Caitlin A. SchaeferGary C. Schanman Thomas C. Scheck Joseph M. Schlesinger Dr. Michael D. Schneider Jean S. Schubert Steven Harry Schuelein Sarah A. Schultz Rodger F. Schultz David Schwartz and Jo-Ann LungDavid Schwartz and Shannon Slatton SchwartzStefanie L. Schwartz Lisa Schwebel Elaine Frances Sciolino Valerie A. Seckler Elizabeth M. Sembler Ronald P. Sepic Marc P. Serber Douglas A. Shabelman Scott Douglas Shadiow Richard A. Shadiow and Carla J. ShadiowMathew Curtis Shadle Jonathan H. Shaer and Lori B. ShaerJohn M. Shaker Marvin L. Shapiro Ricki D. Shapiro Nelson S. Shapiro and Dianne S. ShapiroStephanie Kahn Shaya Amy O. Shea Christopher J. Sheridan

Daniel J. Sherman Kate Shields Ashley Brooke Shilo Christopher D. Shirley Howard S. Sholkin Bettina Maygan Shore Robin G. Siegal Ronald I. Silbergeld and Lois T. SilbergeldTracey Watkowski Silva Bruce Silverman and Robin SilvermanLindsey Taylor Silverman Eric Craig Silverman David E. Silverstein Cynthia G. Simison Michelle J. Simon Edwin C. Simon Erica A Simon Eric A. Simon Steven R. Simpson Michelle Singletary Hedy G. Siroty Jessica Renee Sisk Joseph F. Sisti and Linda G. SistiDr. Elizabeth Ann Skewes Lawrence M. Sklar Lauren M. Skowronski Jennifer Skuce-Spira Dr. Horace H. Smith Nancy E. Smith Lyndell D. Smith Verna L. Smith Michaelene A. Smithgall F. William Smullen Susan Pannier Snowdon George A. Sophias and Anastasia SophiasNancie G Sophias Dr. John G. Soss Caroline Joann Soss Jason E. Squire Eric B. Stangel Paul Albert Stanley Jennifer P. Stayton Michael A. Steinberg George J. Stephanis and Birgitta S. StephanisDr. Lisa A. Stephens Charlotte Stevens

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REPORT OF DONORSCarol A. Stevens Elizabeth S. Stillman William Stith Anna Rose Stolzenburg Theodore S. Storck Douglas S. Strahan and Diane G. StrahanDr. David Strassler Michael B. Styer Beverly S. Sullivan Jeffrey A. Sunshine and Debra E. SunshineManuel A. Suro and Maria E. SuroCharles A. Sutter and Kathleen S. SutterDenis P. Sweeney Douglas E. Sweetbaum and Karen M.

SweetbaumWilliam W. Tague Matthew J. Ter Molen Chenelle Renee Terry Richard L. Thompson and C. Jean ThompsonMartin N. Timins Kenneth J. Tokarz Charles Toner Gretchen Toner Friends of Robin Toner Dr. Richard J. Torricelli and Judi A. TorricelliCharles A. Trabandt and Joan S. TrabandtTheodore Jose Tristan Ronald E. Trojanowski Kevin Thien Tu Jeff H. Tucker and Alyce B. TuckerDiane Straus Tucker Bruce J. Tufeld and Emily J. TufeldDr. Rich W. Turner Charmayne A. Tyler-Jackson Willard L. Unkenholz and Rebecca E. UnkenholzKarissa Melysse Valencia Susan E. Valerian Michael J. Van Vranken and Lynn A. VanderhoekDr. Harold A. Vaughn Margaret VeneKlasen Donald J. Ventre Mark J. Verone and Dr. Rachelle D. HardyRichard J. Vertucci Edward V. Vienckowski and Beverley C.

VienckowskiJason Allen Wachter

Jeffrey C. Wakefi eld and Gail F. Wakefi eldLaura R. Walbert Deborah J. Waldman Greg M. Walker Diane Lebo Wallace Harvey Z. Warren Andrew E. Wasif Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wasif Donald C. Waters Daniel R. Watson Amy L. Weber Raymond A. Wedlake and Nancy Joy WedlakeMarilyn J. Weeks Joann Weiner Debra B. Weinfeld Max Weintraub Ellen Y. Weir Herbert E. Weisbaum Steven Weisman Evan S Weiss Dawn L. Welch-Rich Barry L. Wells and Claudette P. McGowan-WellsThomas P. Werme Kelsey Ellen Weston S. McCorvie Wham Brent D. Wheat and Donna C. WheatJohn R. Wildhack Douglas S. Wilkinson Marianne Elizabeth Wilkinson Susan Williams Timothy E. Williams and Elaine R. WilliamsKaren R. Williamson Heather Willis Eugene R. Wilson Ian C. Wishingrad David C. Wishnow and Susan D. WishnowMarisa Wohl Margaret W. Wolf Robert M. Wooldridge Ann Woolner Richard L. Wright William J. Wynn and Tamara A. WynnMichelle Yan Stephen J. Yesner Jennifer L. Yolasan James D. Yoo

Carol J. Young Steven J. Young Robert B. Yunich Dr. David L. Zack and Dena N. ZackRobin E. Zenger Jueman Zhang Scott J. Zintel and Kathy J. ZintelElizabeth A. Zogby V. David Zvenyach David J. Zych

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Jenner & Block LLPJewish Communal Fund of New YorkJewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc.JPMorgan Chase FoundationThe Henry J. Kaiser Family FoundationJohn S. & James L. Knight FoundationB.R. & Carol Kossar FoundationLake Research PartnersLehman & Lehman LLPLerman Senter PLLCThe Mindich Family FoundationStacey Mindich Productions LLCMindray DS USA Inc.Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing CompanyMyhren Media Inc.Nancie Battaglia PhotographyNational Basketball AssociationThe National Philanthropic TrustNational Public RadioNBCUniversalNeo Entertainment Consultants Inc.New York Community TrustNew York Life FoundationNew York Times Company FoundationThe New York TimesSamuel I. Newhouse Foundation Inc.NFL Ventures LPNSG/SWATPapa John’s USAThe PCW Management Center LLCPfi zer FoundationPhRMAPilato Entertainment Marketing & Media LLCProcter & Gamble CompanyProfessional PressRain LLCRattner Family FoundationRead to Them Inc.Rimerman Family FoundationThe Toby & Nataly Ritter Family FoundationRockefeller Family FundSage Publications Inc.Edward Schalk & Son Inc.Schwab Charitable FundScripps Howard FoundationSilicon Valley Community Foundation

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