The College of Media, Communication and InformationÌýwas established in 2015. The CMCI alumni community includes you, your classmates and all graduates of the Department of Communication and the former School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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Cari Eastman (PhDComm)Ìýhas continued her research on immigration and border-related issues and her second book, "Immigration: Examining the Facts" was just published by ABC-CLIO. Eastman continues to write as well as lecture at colleges and universities.

Posted Oct. 24, 2017

Allie Sandza (Jour) is a senior executive producer for CBS News 24/7, the network’s streaming news channel in Washington, D.C.

Posted Aug. 26, 2024

Christopher Bell (PhDMediaSt’09) is the director of creative inclusion at Skydance Animation. Before moving into this role, he served for 11 years as an associate professor of media studies in the Department of Communication at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Recognized nationally for his expertise in the area of children's culture, he teaches and has published in the areas of critical analysis of popular culture, rhetorical theory, representation theory and the history of mass media.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Jennifer Newell Davies (Comm) joined Trice Imaging as the marketing manager in January 2022. With offices in Del Mar, California, and Stockholm, Sweden, she is using both her journalism degree and Nordic studies minor.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Kim Fuller (Jour) is a co-founder of Jaunt Media Collective, a collection of print and digital lifestyle publications based in Colorado including the titles Spoke+Blossom and CO YOGA + Life. In 2021, Fuller, who lives in Vail, launched Covered Bridge, a print magazine for the Vail Valley.

Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Molly Rettig (MJour) published her first book through the University of Alaska Press, titled Finding True North: Firsthand Stories of the Booms that Built Modern Alaska. After moving to Fairbanks, Alaska, to work as a reporter for a local paper, Rettig explored the East Coast, where her assumptions about Alaska and herself were tested. She began writing her book, centered around one place that can be many things to many people—and how all of it can be true.Ìý

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Posted Oct. 12, 2022

Kim Fuller (Jour) is a co-founder of Jaunt Media Collective, a collection of print and digital lifestyle publications based in Colorado. In 2021, Fuller, who lives in Vail, launched Covered Bridge, a print magazine for the Vail Valley.

Posted May. 4, 2022

After producing Stephanie Ruhle Reports on MSNBC, Ariel Peele (Jour) has returned to NBC New York as the executive morning producer. While with Stephanie Ruhle Reports, Peele produced coverage of the pandemic, 2020 election, insurrection, impeachment and inauguration.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

Brad Cochi (Jour) is the director of digital media for the Colorado High School Activities Association. Cochi has been covering high school sports for more than 12 years through multiple media outlets and was the sports editor for the CU Independent while a student at CU Boulder.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

Andrew Woodruff (Advert, Mktg) is vice president in account management for TBWA WorldHealth, which specializes in pharmaceutical advertising. He has worked in telecom, cable and internet, health care, and new business. Andrew married his wife, Melissa, in September 2018. They live in Chicago and love to travel, golf, cook and take ski trips back to Colorado.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

In August 2019, Kerstin Ulf (Advert) was named brand and marketing director for Protect Our Winters, a nonprofit based in Boulder that works with athletes, thought pioneers and forward-thinking business leaders to affect systemic political solutions to climate change. Kerstin previously worked at Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Levi Strauss. She is a passionate backcountry skier and mountain biker.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Allie Sandza (Jour) is a senior producer for NBC News’ Meet the Press, where she has worked since 2017. She lives in Washington, D.C.

Posted Oct. 16, 2020

Mike Wiley (MComm)Ìýis the co-owner and chef of three restaurants in Portland, Maine–Eventide Oysters, The Honey Paw and Hugo's– and of Eventide Fenway in the Boston, Massachusetts. In 2017, he and his business partner won a James Beard Award in the Best Chef: Northeast category.Ìý

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

David Stiller (Comm)Ìýis the president of Heritage Aviation. He joined Heritage in 2014 to transform the company into an employee-owned organization and has presided over the establishment of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and the implemation of open book management. Dave holds a Master of Fine Arts in emergent media from Champlain College and lives in Burlington, Vermon, with his wife.Ìý

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Sally Ho (Jour)Ìýis part of an Associated Press team being honoed for its coverage of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Sally lead coverage of the initial reporting on the shooting at teh Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, which recieved the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi award for best deadline reporting.Ìý

Posted Nov. 15, 2018

Jason Mitchell (Advert)ÌýandÌýEric Dieter (Advert'08)Ìýfounded Movement Strategy when they were at CU Boulder. The company, which turned 10 years old last summer,Ìýis a social-led creative agencyand has offices in Denver, New York City and Los Angeles.

Posted Mar. 16, 2018

Stephanie Wilson (Jour) is publishing her ninth book, Create a Life You Love, with Harper Collins, and gave her first TEDx talk.

Posted Aug. 26, 2024

In April, Patricia Kaowthumrong (Jour) was named 5280 magazine’s food editor and is the first Asian American woman to oversee the publication’s dining coverage. She reports on all of the talented chefs, artisans, farmers, restaurateurs and others who make Colorado such a delicious place to live.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

John Livingston (Jour) is the public information officer of the Southwest Region for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Previously, he spent 11 years working in the newspaper industry, with the last eight as the regional sports and outdoors editor of The Durango Herald. He welcomed his first child, Jax, days before beginning his new career with CPW.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

Kelsey Kimball (Jour) is a senior director of sales at Swoop, an advertising agency focused on life sciences and technology. Previously, she managed key midwest relationships at The Trade Desk, a demand-side platform in the advertising technology space. She lives in Chicago with her husband and her goldendoodle, Goose.

Posted Oct. 20, 2021

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