Graduate Success 

Journalism graduates are successful, regardless of whether they ultimately choose a career in journalism. 

Katie McMasters – reporter for The Red Eye, The Chicago Tribune
Chris White – copy editor, Washington Post Writers’ Group
Chris Wright – copy editor, Congressional Quarterly
David Gordon – copy editor, The Arizona Republic
Mac Slocum – online journalist, teaches web journalism at Emerson College
Annie Chiappetta – ABC News, This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Amy McMullen – assistant director, Spotsylvania County (Va.) Victim-Witness Program
Colleen Long – ASAP writer, Associated Press, New York
Becky Miller – ASAP writer, Associated Press, New York
Gregg Giuffrida – night bureau chief, Associated Press, Memphis
Kellie Schmitt – reporter, San Jose Mercury News
Mike Connors – reporter, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Preston Knight – reporter, Northern Virginia Daily News
Elizabeth Wilkerson – reporter, Northern Virginia Daily News
Matt Deegan – reporter, Charlottesville Daily Progress
Will Jones – reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Laurie Hugill – ABC’s Fashionista Diaries
Ryan Bonner – English teacher, Korea
Adam Coughlin – English teacher, Vietnam
Ashley Heck – journalism adviser and student services administrator, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Laura Sullivan – editorial staff, BioScience Magazine
Tom Lappas – founding editor and publisher, The Henrico Citizen (Va.)
Pam Barone – producer, Olympics Swimming and Diving, NBC (former producer for National Hockey League)
Carl Dellaverson – producer, MBA Challenge, CNBC