The ultimate measure of a journalism program's success is the record
of its graduates. Ours have done very well and we are very proud of them.
In Connecticut
Alumni work at 29 newspapers, specialty publications and broadcast
newsrooms throughout the state: The Hartford Courant, The (Manchester) Journal
Inquirer, The (Willimantic) Chronicle, The (New London) Day, The (Danbury)
News-Times, The (Meriden) Record-Journal, The Bristol Press, The (Norwalk)
Hour, The (Waterbury) Republican, The Middletown Press, The (New Britain)
Herald, The New Haven Register, The Norwich Bulletin, The (Torrington) Register
Citizen, The Stamford Advocate, The Litchfield County Times, The Simsbury
News, The Hartford Advocate, The (Colchester) Regional Standard, The Fairfield
Citizen-News, The New Milford Times, Imprint Newspapers, ESPN, WELI, WILI,
WTIC-TV, WVIT-TV, the Connecticut Law Tribune and Hartford Business Journal.
In addition, one alumna of the Class of 1994 is associate editor of a multimedia,
CD-rom publication for children, Newsline. Her job is an example of the
new opportunities that are emerging for journalism graduates.
Our alumni form a substantial network within the state, which helps
with job placements. About 20 alumni work at the Hartford Courant alone,
including a vice president, a deputy managing editor and an editorial writer.
The Journal-Inquirer in Manchester employs nine alumni. At The (New London)
Day, there are seven alumni, including the deputy managing editor and a
bureau chief.
The department frequently gets calls from editors who want to hire
our graduates, and our interns frequently are hired by their internship
sites at graduation.
Several of our in-state alumni are successful freelancers. One
writes fulltime for The New York Times and The Boston Globe. One is a contributing
editor to Connecticut magazine and writes frequently for The New York Times
and other publications. Another has written two successful books on health
issues, edits a subscription newsletter, writes for newspapers and magazines,
and recently produced an award-winning,national public television documentary
on women and heart disease.
Outside Connecticut
Our graduates work for respected publications and broadcast facilities
throughout the United States. Although it's difficult to keep track of alumni
as they move around the country, our records indicate that we have graduates
working at: The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Providence Journal-Bulletin,
The (Lowell) Sun, The Orlando Sentinel, The (Los Angles) Daily News, The
Dallas Morning News, The Detroit News, The (Johnstown, Penn.) Tribune-Democrat,
The Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal, The Daily Hampton (Mass.) Gazette, The
Philadelphia Daily News, The (Pottstown, Penn.) Mercury, The Savannah Morning
News, The Millerton (N.Y.) News, The (Tavernier, Fla.) Free Press, ABC News,
WABC-TV in New York City, WMAR-TV in Baltimore, a Japanese television network,
Time magazine, Institutional Investor, The National Journal, Diagnostic
Imaging magazine, Fabrics and Furnishings International in New York, City
Limits magazine in Manhattan and Exchange Publications in Washington, D.C.
Two of our alumni, Robert Kaplan and Lawrence Rifkin, are fulltime freelance
foreign correspondents and authors covering the Balkans and the Middle East.
Our graduates have been successful in these jobs. Three alumni
are editors at The New York Times. One is a vice president of The Boston
Globe. One is science editor of The Orlando Sentinel. One has reported on
Africa for the Dallas Morning News. At the Philadelphia Daily News, one
alumna is features editor and another is a television columnist whose work
is syndicated through the Knight-Ridder Newspapers. At one small weekly,
The (Tavernier, Fla.) Free Press, one of our graduates was hired right out
of school as assistant managing editor. Our alumna at Time is a Washington
correspondent. At the National Journal in Washington, D.C., our alumnus
is senior vice president. He is also on the management committee of PoliticsNow,
an online publication of The Washington Post, ABC News and The National
Journal.
The Journalism Department is proud of the accomplishments of its
alumni and of the contributions they have made, and continue to make, to
journalism.
Keeping in Touch
Members of the department like to keep in touch with alumni. We
often can help them when they are looking for jobs, looking for good interns,
or hiring new employees. They often can help us when we are trying to place
students in internships or place graduates in jobs. We also value their
advice. And we miss them.