FOX 25 News sports anchor Butch Stearns (center) visits my sportscasting class in Spring 2006, with students David A. Filiberti, Kristen Bartlett, Joey Perna, Lisa Nichols, Colleen Hogan,
T. Nardella and Nick Curcuru.
FOX 25 News sports anchor Butch Stearns (center) visits my sportscasting class in Spring 2006, with students David A. Filiberti, Kristen Bartlett, Joey Perna, Lisa Nichols, Colleen Hogan,
T. Nardella and Nick Curcuru.
Erik Johnson (’06), sports reporter, Lynn Item.
Kerri O’Hara (’04), anchor, KTRV Fox 12 News, Boise (seated) visits my newscasting class in Fall 2006, with students (seated) Jason Parrella; (front row) Ray Allen, Alexis Sullivan, Keri Mucci, Crystal Silva, Brian Sandler, Meaghan Glassett, Lauren MacLeod; (back row) Meghan Griffin, Heather Hopkins, Estrella Kuilan, Mike Keegan, Danny Gonzalez, Josh Melanson and David Willis.
Efrain Ponce (’07), editorial cartoonist.
Matthew Delman (’06), copyeditor, Eagle-Tribune Newspapers.
M.C. Belkner (’07), freelance writer.
Karen M.H. Dean (’07), editorial coordinator, Staywell Health Communications, Boston, Mass.
Giovanni Albanese Jr. (’07), copyeditor, Eagle-Tribune Newspapers.
Alexis Sullivan (’08), reporter, WIBW-TV, Topeka.


Ben Larsen (’05), “Varsity Voice” high school sports blogger, MassLive.com (The Republican of Springfield Web site).
Mike Lane (’05), producer, “The Real Post-Game Show,” WEEI-AM, Boston.

Heather Hopkins (’06), 2006 winner of Student Leadership Social Consciousness Award.

David Willis (’07), sports reporter, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune.
Michelle Matoga (’08), copyeditor, Eagle-Tribune Newspapers.
Here are photos of some of the dozens of students I’ve mentored over the years, what they’re doing now (if I know) and their current Web links, when appropriate. I would point out how many of them are working in journalism, despite the popular perception of there being no jobs available.
Dan Dourian (’09), correspondant, Gloucester Daily Times.
Nick Curcuru (’07), sports reporter, Gloucester Daily Times.
Donny MacLaren (’08), accounting and finance major, 2007 winner of Enterprise Center model business contest; Benjamin Navon(’07), associate account executive, LaVoie Group, Salem, Mass.; Christopher A. Misterka (’07), advertising sales representative, Lynn Item.
Brittany Quaglieri (’06), geography major; 2006 winner of the Student Leadership Esther Brophy Citizenship Award; Americorps, Watershed Stewards Project, US Forest Service, Eureka, Calif.