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Stephanie Lyra (Jour,Thtr)Ìýworks as an editor at Bunim Murray Productions. She was nominated for an Emmy this year for outstanding picture editing for an unstructured reality program for her work on A&E’sÌýBorn This Way,Ìýa series following seven young adults who have Down syndrome. She lives in Los Angeles, California.Ìý

Brendon Bosworth (MJour) runs the Communicating Science for Impact program with Dr. Tali Hoffman. Since launching the program, they have trained more than 350 scientists to more effectively communicate their research.

Abby Whipple (MediaSt) completed her MBA at Pforzheim University, in Germany, in 2021. She founded the nonprofit Restorative Justice Data Systems with seed funding from the National Center on Restorative Justice and the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance. The nonprofit is coordinating the availability and implementation of a data collection, analysis and reporting system for restorative justice programs across the country.

In June 2022 Chris King (Jour, Engl) joined the PGA Tour and is senior manager of communications for PGA Tour Champions, following 10 years working in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ communications department.

Esteban L. Hernandez (Jour) is employed at Axios Denver after four years of working for Denverite and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Public Radio covering local news.

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Paris Bradley (Jour) is senior vice president of strategy and communications at Teneo—a global CEO advisory firm—where she oversees media relations for the world’s leading companies. Prior to Teneo, Bradley was a vice president at Edelman where she built and scaled global, integrated media campaigns. Before Edelman, she led product communications and served as company spokesperson at DISH. In 2017, she was awarded at CES for her work championing diversity, equity and inclusion in the technology industry.

Christie Sounart Henry (Jour) is the senior associate editor of the Coloradan, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder’s alumni magazine. She has worked for the publication for more than 10 years. She and her husband, Levi Henry (Math), live in Westminster with their son and enjoy traveling whenever possible.

Rachel Dubrovin (Jour) is the manager of digital editorial for Major League Fishing. She joined MLF in 2017, before the league’s expansion and creation of the MLF Bass Pro Tour. She manages a team of professionals and has the privilege of visiting some of the most beautiful communities and lakes in America to tell stories about one of the greatest sports there is: professional bass fishing.

Esteban Hernandez (Jour)Ìýjoined Denverite, a news website covering the city of Denver. He primarily covers politics, but also some community and general news. Esteban has recently returned to Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ.Ìý

Emily TalleyÌý(Comm)Ìýretired from professional golf this year after playing 3 seasons on the LPGA Symetra Tour and a 4th and final season on the Ladies European Tour. Emily resides in Oslo, Norway with her fiancé, Andreas Høye (Finance ‘14) who was on the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ cross country ski team. Emily is the content and sales manager for an outdoor adventure start-up and app called Outtt which is based in Oslo.

Thomas Drachkovitch (Comm) launched Dream Bay Entertainment, in London, aimed at producing high-quality films, managing talent and advising media companies on expansion. Previously, he helped grow Amazon Studios.

Morgan Aguilar (Jour) worked in local TV news for five years before transitioning into higher ed communications. She now works for an agency supporting colleges, universities and higher education associations across the country.

After diving into the tech world for six years and working for an in-house creative team, Alex (Becknell) Ursetta (Advert) joined Article Group, based in Rochester, New York. Article Group tackles hard problems for some of the largest tech companies. She works remotely from colorful Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and in her spare time, she can be found hanging out with her fluffy sidekick, Kenya, and Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ copywriter crush-turned-husband, DJ (Advert’12).

Kylie Bearse (Jour) has been a meteorologist since 2011 and recently joined FOX31 as the weekday morning meteorologist. She loves the challenge of forecasting every season in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ and is an avid hiker. Bearse is a certified meteorologist after going back to school at Mississippi State University.

Jackie Fortier (MJour) is StateImpact Oklahoma’s senior health care reporter. In a partnership with Kaiser Health News and National Public Radio, Jackie covers health in Oklahoma and the health care industry for local and national audiences.

Wisdom Amouzou (Comm) was nationally recognized for his social justice impact in education. In 2015, he co-founded the HadaNõu Collective, an organization that cocreates innovative learning spaces in K–12 schools. He serves as the executive director of Empower Community High School, an innovative high school launching this fall in Aurora, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ, that will feature a four-year ethnic studies program, experiential project-based learning and a student-led school model. Wisdom was a 2017 Camelback Ventures Fellow and winner of the 2017 Teach for America Social Innovation Award.

Griselda San Martin (MJour’13) is a Spanish documentary photographer based in New York City. Her project,ÌýThe Wall, includes a photography series by the same name and a short documentary titled The Other Side, which she produced, directed and edited. The project focuses on Friendship Park, a portion of the U.S./Mexico border between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico, where families meet through the metal fence that separates the two countries. The photography series is the winner of The FENCE 2018 Juror’s Choice award.

The Green Bay Packers signed a contract extension makingÌýDavid Bakhtiari (Comm ex)Ìýone of the NFL’s highest-paid tackles. In 2013, David started every game at left tackle, becoming the first rookie to do this for Green Bay since 1978.

Beth BartelÌý(MJour)Ìýworks as an outreach specialist at UNAVCO, a Boulder-based scientific facility supporting research in natural hazards and other sectors of Earth science. she dabbles in much of what she worked on in the journalism program at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ--video production, photography, public relations, design, web content, and social media. Her favorite parts of the job are supervising interns, teaching science communication, fostering local, regional, and international partnerships, working at the interface of science and society, promoting diversity, and also trying to drive cultural change through effective communication.

After graduating with a Communication andÌýPsychology double major,ÌýSean Martin (Comm)Ìýworked as an IT consultant at a Boulder startup. He did this for 2 years before landing back at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ as full time staff doing IT work and project management! Martin now is a System Administrator at Facilities Management at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. He is now engaged to his fiance and has settled into a home in Longmont.