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Former online news bureau students have been hired as reporters, editors, producers and researchers at the BBC's Web site in London, usatoday.com in Northern Virginia, bet.com in Washington, D.C, the New York Post's Web site in New York City, baltimoresun.com in Baltimore, Street Sense in Washington, D.C., the Olympian in Washington state, and a number of other news and nonprofit organizations and schools. See individual listings below: Spring 2007 online bureau students: Hortense Barber (graduate student): Summer 2007: Hired as an asssistant producer for BET.com in Washington, D.C. E-mail: hortense_21@hotmail.com. Diego Mantilla (graduate student): Completing thesis for master of arts degree in journalism. E-mail: mantilla@comcast.net.
Fall 2006 online bureau students: Damon Curry (undergrad): Editing at The Diamondback while finishing coursework. E-mail: dcurry3@umd.edu. Alan McCombs (undergrad): Summer 2007 intern at the News-Journal in Wilmington, Del. E-mail: aj.mccombs@gmail.com. Melissa Pachikara (grad student): Unknown.
Spring 2006 online bureau students:
Shelley Buter: (undergrad): March 2007: Communications project developer, Charles County Board of Education. E-mail: sbuter@umd.edu. Lindsay Diokno: (undergrad): February 2007: News producer at baltimoresun.com. E-mail: linzercookie@yahoo.com. Jennifer Fu: (undergrad): Unknown. Nicholas Sekkas: (undergrad): Play-by-play sports announcer for minor league baseball in Hagerstown, Md. E-mail: nsekkas@gmail.com Fall 2005 online bureau students: April Chan (grad student): February 2006: Online reporter for The Olympian in Washington state. E-mail: aprilchan411@yahoo.com. Sunny Desai (undergrad): Completing coursework. E-mail: sunnykdesai@gmail.com. Spring 2005 online bureau students:
Desair Brown (grad student): Fall 2005: Assistant news director, usatoday.com. E-mail: desairbrown@hotmail.com Daniel Conklin (undergrad): Applying to graduate schools. E-mail: dconklin41@hotmail.com. Melanie Lo (undergrad): Communications and marketing assistant, Radio-Television News Directors Association. E-mail: melanie.a.lo@gmail.com Kendra Nichols (undergrad): Copy editor, The Washington Post. Kaukab Jhumra Smith (grad student): June 2007: Editor in chief, Street Sense newspaper and Web site, Washington, D.C. January 2006: Consultant for the, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in Islamabad, Pakistan, reporting on emergency relief and reconstruction programs following the 2005 earthquake. E-mail: koki@streetsense.org. Mike Santa Rita (grad student): Reporter, The Howard County Times in Howard County, Md. E-mail: mikesantarita@hotmail.com Fall 2004 online bureau / independent study students: Jennifer Slingland (undergraduate student): Fall 2006: Teaching high school history at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County, Maryland. E-mail: jslingland@hotmail.com Wei Tan (undergraduate student): Completing his undergraduate degree. E-mail: wztan@wam.umd.edu Spring 2004 online bureau students:
Daina Klimanis (undergrad): From Summer 2005: Reporter for the York Dispatch in York, Pa.; Spring 2005: Paid intern and Web master for Journalism Fellowships in Child and Family Policy. Fall 2004: Intern for Knight Ridder Tribune/Campus, a national wire service for campus newspapers. Summer 2004: Studied at the Baltic International Summer School in Latvia. E-mail: DainaKlimanis@hotmail.com Jessica Shyu (undergrad): From fall 2006: Columnist/blogger for edweek.org, writing about her experiences as a special education teacher in New Mexico. From Fall 2005: Full-time special ed teacher for Teach for America, working on a Navajo reservation in Gallup, New Mexico. Fall 2004: Paid part-time Web producer at usatoday.com; Summer 2004: Intern at usatoday.com E-mail: jbshyu@gmail.com. Lisa Tossey (grad student): From Fall 2006: Developing and designing print, electronic and Web publications for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Heart of the Chesapeake Project. Also doing some public outreach and education programs. Earlier: Environmental educator for Americorps in the Delaware State Parks, a job that included Web work. E-mail: ltossey@cbf.org. Fall 2003 online bureau / independent study students: Stephen Mather (grad student): From September 2006: Assistant producer on the Radio 4 Web site for BBC Radio and Music Interactive in London. Earlier: Full-time researcher on the editorial staff at BBC Science and Nature Interactive in London. E-mail: stephen.mather@bbc.co.uk Kyle Orland (undergrad): A Maryland-based freelance gaming journalist; Previously: full-time intranet associate for the Communications Department of National Public Radio in Washington; Spring 2004: Intern at npr.org in Washington. E-mail: kyle.orland@gmail.com. (See this interview on The Realm of Gaming for more on Orland.)
Jordan A. Gilmore (undergrad): Accepted into the University of Baltimore School of Law, for the year beginning August 2004. Earlier: Assistant production manager for Maryland Media. E-mail: jordan149@yahoo.com Amanda Karr (undergrad): Staff writer, the Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C. E-mail: akarr@coxnews.com Adam Newman (undergrad): Photography intern for Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C., summer 2003 E-mail: adamgnewman@hotmail.com Nikole Albowicz (undergrad): Applying for government jobs.
Fall 2002 online independent study students: Taashi Rowe (undergrad): Fall 2004: Editorial assistant for Adventist News Network (http://news.adventist.org/), a weekly online news service that provides news about the global Seventh-Day Adventist community. Previously: production coordinator for Legal Times and Influence, Washington, D.C. Before that: production assistant, Education Writers Association, Washington, D.C. E-mail: Taashi@terpalum.umd.edu Reginald Hart (undergrad): Unknown Spring 2002 online bureau / independent study students:
Kenny Beck (undergrad): Reporter/anchor for WMDT-TV in Salisbury, Md. E-mail: kennybeck20@yahoo.com Maha Ezzeddine (undergrad): Pursuing graduate degree at Stanford University Nicole Marie Richardson (grad): January 2005: News editor for Black Enterprise magazine. Fall 2004: Freelancer for BET.com. Previously: associate editor, Hospitality Technology magazine. E-mail: nrichardson@edgellmail.com Scarlett Morao (grad): Unknown Lonnie Schekhtman (undergrad): E-mail: kuurlyq@hotmail.com Gloria Son (grad): Unknown Fall 2001 online independent study students: Kim Harris (grad): Mass communications teacher at Randallstown High School in Baltimore County, Maryland, and freelancer for FOX News; previously weekend producer and Web site updater, WJZ-TV in Baltimore. E-mail: kharris@sbgnet.com Kathleen Johnston Jarboe (grad): Reporter, the (Baltimore) Daily Record Sonia Kumar (undergrad): Accepted into Yale Law School for the school year beginning fall 2005; Previously, since July 2002: Legal program associate, ACLU of Maryland in Baltimore. E-mail: soniakumar22@hotmail.com. Spring 2001 online bureau and independent study students:
Kim Harris (grad): See listing for fall 2001 Nikki Hawkins (grad): Public information specialist, City of Rockville, Md. Sonia Kumar (undergrad): See listing for fall 2001 Amy Silva Elliott (undergrad): Fall 2004: Attending the George Washington University Law School (at night) and working as communications assistant for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington; formerly communications director and Web developer, J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism. Matt Schoch (undergrad): Web coordinator for the Association for Financial Professionals in Bethesda, Md. E-mail: matthew.schoch@gmail.com Kate Springle Lempka (grad): Web builder/designer for own business, Lite Source Technologies Inc., at http://www.litesrc.com/index.html. E-mail: kady_42@yahoo.com. Tynisa Trapps (grad): Unknown
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