TCU Schieffer School of Journalism: Newsworthy

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Spring '08 Issue |

Alumni news

Tom Siegfried ’74 has been named editor in chief of Science News magazine.

Debbie Hooker ‘93 is a public diplomacy officer for the United States Embassy in Mozambique. She will return to work at the State Department in Washington, D.C., this summer.

Wes Warnock ’00 is a senior vice president at Fleishnman-Hillard, Inc., where he manages media relations for AT&T.

Jamie Walker Blanton ’02 has been named Ms. Wheelchair Kentucky. Jamie is currently working toward her master’s degree in higher education administration at the University of Louisville.

William O. "Bill" Seymour, 70, a retired professor emeritus of journalism who taught at West Virginia University, died December 31, 2007, at his home in Mt. Morris, Penn. Seymour was a television news photographer in Texas and taught at Kansas University before going to West Virginia University, were he spent 21 years on the faculty before retiring in 2001.

Jay Warren ’94 shared a 2007 George F. Peabody Award with his colleagues at WSLS-TV in Roanoke, Va.. The station won for its coverage of the first 48 hours of the Virginia Tech shooting massacre, of which Jay was one of the principal anchors.

Jennifer Skiff '83 has a new book coming out with Random House, "God Stories: Modern Day Encounters with the Divine." Jennifer was TCU’s first-ever broadcast journalism graduate.

Karen Frost ‘90 was one of 10 Austin residents honored for professional success and outstanding community service in March. Frost, who owns Frost Media Relations, received an Austin Under 40 Award in a ceremony hosted by the Young Women’s Alliance and the Young Men’s Business League.