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 2008 online bureau students:

Michelle Williams (graduate student): Online producer for NationalJournal.com since July 2008. E-mail: mwilli30@umd.edu.

Tamra Tomlinson (graduate student): Working at a D.C. law firm. E-mail: tamra.000@gmail.com.

Paula Vasan (undergraduate student): Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern at Yahoo Finance. E-mail: pmvasan@gmail.com.

Fall 2007 online bureau students:

The fall 2007 online bureau, from left: Raechal Leone, Arelis Hernandez, Kelly Martini, Rachel Mauro, David Byers, Carrie Dindino. Not pictured: Bureau Director Chris Harvey. (Newsline photo by Chris Harvey)

Raechal Leone (graduate student): Senior editor of a startup Web site called The Loop in Los Angeles. Since March 2008. E-mail: rleone@umd.edu

Rachel S. Mauro (graduate student): Part-time with B'nai B'rith International, while freelancing for B'nai B'rith Magazine and blogging for the Washington Examiner. E-mail: rmauro2@gmail.com

David Byers (undergrad): Traveling the country, blogging, singing, since graduating. E-mail: david84b@umd.edu

Carrie Dindino (undergrad): Web producer for the National Journal's The Hotline, since summer 2008. E-mail: cdindino@gmail.com.

Arelis Hernandez (undergrad): Still in school. Interned at the Orlando Sentinel in summer 2008. E-mail: hernandezdbk@gmail.com

Kelly Martini (undergrad): Reporting/editing for Bay Media Services in Lexington Park, Md., since May 2008. E-mail: kmartini@umd.edu.

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): E-mail: mantilla@comcast.net.

The fall 2006 online bureau, from left: Melissa Pachikara, Bureau Director Chris Harvey, A.J. McCombs, Damon Curry. (Newsline photo by Clint Bucco)

Jackie Strause (undergrad): Summer 2007: Hired as an online reporter/producer for the New York Post. E-mail: jstrause@umd.edu.

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:

The Spring 2006 online bureau, from left: Nicholas Sekkas, Shelley Buter, Lindsay Diokno, Shelley Buter. (Newsline photo by Chris Harvey)

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:

The Spring 2005 online bureau, back row, from left:  Mike Santa Rita and Danny Conklin; front rows, from left: Kendra Nichols, Melanie Lo, Desair Brown and Kaukab Jhumra Smith. (Newsline photo by Chris Harvey)

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:

The spring 2004 online crew, (back row, from left): Charmere Gatson, Lisa Tossey and Bureau Chief Chris Harvey; (front, from left): Daina Klimanis and Jessica Shyu. (Photo by Clint Bucco)

Charmere Gatson (grad student): From Fall 2005: Budget analyst/technical writer for the Department of the Navy in Arlington, Va. Fall 2004: Adjunct professor at the University of West Florida, teaching Basic Newspaper Reporting to the university's communication arts majors. Summer 2004: program assistant for the Freedom Forum in Arlington, Va., writing articles for two Web sites (www.freedomforum.org and www.chipsquinn.org) and updating the company's online database of colleges. E-mail: cgatson@terpalum.umd.edu.

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): Since fall 2007: Outreach specialist, Marine Public Education Office, University of Delaware. 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: tossey@udel.edu.

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.)

Spring 2003 online bureau / independent study students:

The spring 2003 online crew, (back row, from left): Jordan A. Gilmore, Adam Newman, Amanda Karr. Sitting front: Nikole Albowicz, Fanen Chiahemen. (Photo by Chris Harvey)

Fanen Chiahemen (grad student): Staff writer for U.N. Wire, an independent news service covering the U.N. and other international affairs. The service is produced by the National Journal Group. E-mail: fanenc@yahoo.com

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:

The spring 2002 online crew, From left: Maha Ezzeddine, Gloria Son, Kenny Beck, Nicole Richardson, Akbar Khan, Lonnie Shekhtman and Scarlett Morao. (Photo by Chris Harvey)

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:

The spring 2001 online crew, From left: Sonia Kumar, Tynisa Trapps, Kate Springle, Nikki Hawkins, Matt Schoch, Bureau Director Chris Harvey, Amy Silva and Nikki Hawkins. (Photo by Clint Bucco)

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