Vanessa Bauza ’06 left the South Florida Sun- Sentinel, where she was the Caribbean correspondent, to cover immigration for the Chicago Tribune.

Bora Bayraktar ’05, was promoted to CNN Türk International News Desk Editor in March. In addition, and while pursuing his PhD, Bayraktar has written and published his second book, “Hamas.”

Cynthia Barnett ’05 was featured this summer on both NPR’s Morning Edition and in a New York Times article in conjunction with her book “Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.”

Christopher Carey ’06 was profiled in the October 2007 issue of Wired magazine about his investigative reporting Web site Sharesleuth.com.

Chris Cook ’82 took home two local Emmy awards in June, one each in the “Best Series” and “Public Affairs” categories. In addition, “Where Do the Children Play” — a documentary Cook produced for Michigan Television — aired this summer on WFUM-TV. Cook, also won first place for criticism in the annual awards of Society of Professional Journalists Awards, Detroit Chapter. He was honored for restaurant criticism for HOUR Detroit, the city magazine, where he is also the wine columnist.

David Crumm ’02has launched ReadTheSpirit.com, an “online home for important voices in religion and spirituality.” Crumm spent more than 20 years as the religion writer for the Detroit Free Press.

Bill Duryea ’05 is an editor for PolitiFact.com, an online project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly that examines claims by presidential candidates and rules on their veracity.

Scott Elliotl ’05, was recognized by the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists in their 2007 awards. Elliot won in the Best Weblog category for “Get on the Bus,” his Dayton Daily News education blog.

Jon Entine ’82 has published “Abraham’s Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People.” Entine is a columnist and board member of Ethical Corporation magazine in the U.K., a consultant and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Gady Epstein ’07 won a 2007 Gerald Loeb Award in the medium newspaper category for “Crab Factory.” The Baltimore Sun series, explored globalization and entrepreneurship of Maryland’s blue crab industry. In addition, Epstein has been named Beijing bureau chief at Forbes. Prior to his Fellowship, Epstein had been the Sun’s Beijing bureau chief.

Hayes Ferguson ’99 COO of Legacy.com, was featured in a November 6 New York Times article. The Web site publishes newspapers’ death notices and obituaries and offers virtual guest books for mourners.

Ron French ’03 was named Journalist of the Year by the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The Detroit News, was honored for his series “The General and The Beast,” examining the effects of rising health care costs on the auto industry. The same series also won French the Golden Wheel Award for excellence in automotive journalism from the Detroit Press Club.

Kyoko Gasha ’92 was featured in a workshop at the Tribeca Film Institute’s Asian American Film Festival in New York for her documentary “Going Beyond Japan.” The film examines the lives of Japanese women who have emigrated to New York.

Vindu P. Goel ’06 formerly an editorial writer for the SanJose Mercury News, is now a business columnist for the paper.

Tereza Gomes ’00 has left her post heading up Abril Group’s VOCÊ S/A magazine in Brazil to run the company’s new cable TV channel, TV Ideal. In addition, Gomes hosts a program on the business-oriented channel, where she interviews CEOs in front of a live audience of MBA students.

Dan Huntley ’03 and Scott Huler ’03 were both featured on NPR’s “The Splendid Table,” in separate segments, on August 25. Huntley discussed “contraption cooking” and shared a recipe from the barbecue book “Extreme Barbecue: Smokin’ Rigs and 100 Real-Good Recipes,” which he co-authored with Lisa Grace Lednicer ’03. Huler humorously lamented the proliferation of zucchini in late summer.

Rose Ismail ’89 celebrates two years at the helm of her own Salt Media Consultancy, which publishes books, reports and magazines in Malaysia. Before that, Ismail served as deputy group editor for the New Straits Times. Ismail is also a co-founder of the NGO Sisters in Islam, which conducts research and advocacy studies aimed toward creating space for women’s rights within the religion.

Jack Kresnak ’’90, of the Detroit Free Press, was recognized by the Michigan Supreme Court for nearly two decades’ coverage of children’s issues. It is the court’s first time honoring a journalist with a resolution, which states that Kresnak’s work is “journalism at its best: holding those in authority accountable and giving a voice to those who have none.”

Peggy Kuhr ’82 has been named dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Montana. Kuhr was previously the Knight Chair on the Press, Leadership and Community at the University of Kansas.

Baris Kuyuçu ’07 of CNN Türk was honored by Turkey’s International Fellowship of Automobile and Motorsports Rotarians in their annual awards ceremony. For the third year in a row, Kuyuçu was recognized as producer of the Best Up-to-Date and Neutral Motor Sports TV Program of the Year.

Robyn Meredith ’99 has published “The Elephant and the Dragon: The Economic Rise of India and China and What It Means for The Rest of Us.” Meredith covers India and China for Forbes.

Harris Meyer ’91 won first place in local political reporting for small newspapers in the 2007 Sunshine State Awards, sponsored by the South Florida Society of Professional Journalists. Meyer won for his Daily Business Review series examining police misconduct towards political protesters during the 2003 Free Trade Area of the Americas conference in Miami. Meyer is now city editor for the Yakima Herald- Republic in Washington.

Khalid Mohammed ’89 is the longestserving editor-inchief of Utusan Melayu, the leading Malay language newspaper in Malaysia. Mohammed took the post in 1998, after serving as the paper’s chief news editor, then deputy editor-in-chief.

Jon Morgan ’01 has been named assistant managing editor for metro enterprise at The Baltimore Sun. Previously, Morgan was the paper’s regional editor.

Kimberly Porteous ’06S was among a team of Sydney Morning Herald reporters that won a Media Peace Award from the United Nations Association of Australia. Their multimedia project “Beyond a White Australia” took top honors in the Best Online category.

Gerard Ryle ’06 was named a finalist for two Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism, Australia’s highest media accolade. Ryle, investigations editor for the Sydney Morning Herald, was nominated in the Sports News Reporting and Business Journalism categories.

Alvin Sanoff ’75 succumbed to pancreatic cancer in May at age 65. Sanoff was formerly a managing editor of the undergraduate and graduate rankings at US News & World Report, senior vice president for communications at Maguire Associates and a project manager for Arthur Levine’s Education Schools Project at Columbia University. He was also a contributor to The Washingtonian where features editor Drew Lindsay ’06 remembers him as “a wonderful family man and an interesting fellow.”

Tim Wendel ’96 was interviewed on CNN and CNN International on August 8 regarding Barry Bonds surpassing Hank Aaron as baseball’s all-time home run king. Wendel’s latest book, “Far From Home: Latino Baseball Players in America” is due out next March from National Geographic Books.

Andrew Whitehead ’04 has been named Editor, Core News at the BBC World Service in London, following two and a half years as Director of BBC World Service Trust India. Whitehead’s book, “A Mission in Kashmir,” was published this fall by Penguin India.

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