The UConn Journalism Department would like to thank the many guest speakers who took the time to travel to Storrs and speak to our students during the 2012–2013 school year. They are:
- Dan Barry, columnist, New York Times
- Elissa Bass, senior regional editor, Patch.com
- Stephen Busemeyer, breaking news editor, Hartford Courant
- Jeff Cohen, reporter, WNPR Hartford
- Sean Elliott, photojournalist, The Day
- William S. Fish, Jr., First Amendment lawyer and partner at Hinkley Allen, Hartford
- Corey Fyke, regional editor, Patch.com
- Leeanne Griffin, online producer, MassLive.com
- Scot Haney, meteorologist, WFSB-TV Hartford
- Mara Lavitt, photojournalist, New Haven Register
- Jon Lender, investigative reporter, Hartford Courant
- John Long, ethics chair, National Press Photographers Association
- Edmund Mahony, investigative reporter, Hartford Courant
- Tara Maroney, Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions and Corporate Outreach, University of Bridgeport
- Richard Messina, photojournalist/designer, Hartford Courant
- Mark Mirko, photojournalist, Hartford Courant
- Ted Nesi, broadcast journalist, WPRI-TV Providence
- Neena Satija, reporter, WNPR radio & The Connecticut Mirror
- Kelly Sullivan, social media coordinator, Hartford Courant
- Jennifer Suozzo, senior producer, NBC Nightly News
- Shana Sureck, freelance photojournalist
- Tim White, broadcast journalist, WPRI-TV Providence
Those who spoke at our “Covering Newtown” event on April 19, 2013:
- Bill Leukhardt, reporter, Hartford Courant
- Lt. J. Paul Vance, CT State Police spokesperson
- John Voket, associate editor, The Newtown Bee
The members of the 2013 UConn Journalism Professional Advisory Committee:
- Steve Hull, publisher, Bethesda Magazine
- Eric Owles, senior editor, New York Times
- Dick Ahles, former VP of News and Public Affairs, WFSB-TV Hartford
- David Ushery, news anchor, WNBC-TV New York
- Julie Sprengelmeyer, state editor, Journal Inquirer
And, lastly, journalists who helped judge the 2013 Whalen Award:
- Claude Albert, former managing editor, Hartford Courant
- John Ruddy, copy desk chief, The Day
- Steve Fagin, The Day
Top photo: New York Times columnist Dan Barry talks with a student after Prof. Wayne Worcester’s Newswriting I Class in March 2013. (Photo by Marie K. Shanahan)