Our Great Geniuses
Lance Williams ’87 published, with co-author Mark Fainaru-Wada, Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports. The book was excerpted in Sports Illustrated in March.
Lawrence MacDonald ’89 is director of communication and policy at the Center for Global Development, an independent think tank in Washington, D.C.
Mike Lewis ’91 finished his doctorate in media studies at Wayne State University and was appointed director of the Oakland University journalism program in Rochester, Mich.
Candy Cooper ’93 quit her newspaper job last year and has been freelancing since then, with appearances in the Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times. She’s also a contributor to an anthology of writing on stepfamilies, My Father Married Your Mother: Writers Talk About Stepparents, Stepchildren and Everyone in Between, due out in May from Norton.
Dan Ephron ’00 is the new national security correspondent for Newsweek, based in Washington, D.C. He takes the job after five years in Jerusalem as a contract writer for the magazine.
Micheline Maynard ’00 is the new Detroit bureau chief for The New York Times, covering the auto industry. Her book, The End of Detroit: How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market, published in 2003, is profiled on page 8 in this issue.
Douglas Johnson ’01 interviewed his fellow Fellow, cartoonist Milt Priggee ’01, on the Voice of America in February on the international debate over editorial cartoons. Anyone who missed it can find the replay under the “past programs” link on the VOA’s website www.voanews.com. The show aired Feb. 8.
JMiguel Wiñazki ’03 assumed directorship of the Master of Journalism program at Clarín and Columbia University in Buenos Aires. He also directs the training department at Clarín.
