2023 graduate Sam Kristofferson became the EIC of My Bellingham Now. He uses the storytelling skills he learned at WWU to provide free news to Whatcom County.
Western journalism alumni accomplishments can be seen in papers, stations and organizations nationwide. In this post we highlight a few recent accolades and and career updates.
Western journalism alumni lead the selection of Murrow News Fellows in a new state program designed to boost reporting in underserved communities.
Genevieve Carrillo is a community specialist at Whatcom Transportation Authority and assistant coach for the Western men’s rowing team. The 2016 public relations grad discusses how her experiences in the journalism department and on the water as a coxswain influenced her career.
In April 2024, Questen Inghram, a 2019 news-ed alum, started a two-year Murrow News Fellowship covering local government in the Lower Yakima Valley for the Yakima Herald-Republic.
David Cuillier, class of 1990, is the Director of the University of Florida Brechner Freedom of Information Project. WWU honored him with the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award in May 2024.
After finding a way to creatively tell stories in the visual journalism major, Bailey Jo Josie continued her journey with writing while living in Japan. Now, she’s back in Washington and ready to fully embrace her identity as a local reporter.
Visual journalism alumni Jesse Nichols has worked at Grist since leaving Western in 2017 as an Outstanding Graduate. His current work combines his lifelong love for videography and the lessons he learned from his tenure at The Planet Magazine.
When Audra Anderson’s friends have a question about the latest waterfront development or downtown eatery, they ask their personal, local news expert.
As the assistant editor at Cascadia Daily News, Anderson reads every piece of copy that comes through the never-ending news cycle. She said her sense of being “tuned in” to Bellingham’s beating heart is more heightened now than ever before as a student or local reporter.
It goes without saying most journalists are curious and love to learn, but Amy Harder is not your typical journalist. Her love for learning is alive. It’s deeply rooted and grows, branching into all different areas of her life.