Nora is a 2022-23 Initiator Fellow through the Initiative Foundation in central Minnesota and the founder of The Optimist.
Alumni
News about SJMC undergraduate and graduate alumni.
Three Questions for Cara Lombardo ’16
Cara was part of a Journal team that recently won a Gerald Loeb award for a series highlighting how Amazon’s business practices box out competition.
Three Questions for Gary Mueller ’86
J-School alum Gary Mueller has been inducted to the Wisconsin Advertising Hall of Fame. His career has made an impact on the nonprofit world.
Three Questions for Chris Lang ’01
Chris Lang’s career in the legal field has taken a unique path, and earned him a Wisconsin Legal Innovators award from the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Three Questions for George Hesselberg ’73
Retired WSJ columnist George Hesselberg (BA’73) is back with his new book “Dead Lines: Slices of Life from the Obit Beat”.
Three Questions for Phil Haslanger ’73
J-School alum and CJE Advisory Board Chair Phil Haslanger has been inducted into the WNA Foundation’s Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Three Questions for Kathern Felton Paige ’97
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and one J-School alum is bringing attention to this conversation through an award-winning documentary film.
Three Questions for Joanna Piacenza ’09
We caught up with Joanna to hear how her career journey took her from the J-School to AVP of Industry Analysis at tech company Morning Consult.
Alum Yini Zhang (PhD’20) wins Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award
Alum Yini Zhang (PhD’20) received the Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award from the Political Communication section.
Three Questions for Rachel Bozich ’14
J-School alum Rachel Bozich (BA’14) is a story producer on the new docuseries LuLaRich on Amazon Prime Video.