Alumni Notes

2012 Journalism

was hired by Hearst Television in December 2019 as a digital curator for the national news desk located at WTAE in Pittsburgh.

The team publishes and syndicates national news for more than two dozen Hearst stations across the U.S. and also handles social media posts, push alerts, live streaming and special projects for those stations. She departed print journalism with seven years of experience, the last four years as the Cambria County courthouse/government reporter at The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

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2012 Advertising/Public Relations

works as a sales associate at WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh.

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2011 Journalism

is a Washington reporter for The Information, a San Francisco-based news startup that writes exclusive stories about the tech industry. Previously she held roles at POLITICO and the BBC.

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2003 Advertising/Public Relations

was promoted to VP of media relations with the Pittsburgh Penguins. She has been with the team for 14 seasons.

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1995 Journalism

was named primary news anchor at WOWK-TV (CBS) in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia, in September 2019. He was previously primary anchor at KLFY-TV (CBS) in Lafayette, Louisiana, from 2014-2019.

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2015 Journalism

writes scripts for Fox News affiliates across the nation in New York City.

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1989 Journalism

marked her third anniversary as weekend host on SiriusXM Classic Vinyl in February 2020. Boyd's classic rock show broadcasts live across North America on SiriusXM Radio, Channel 26, and around the world on the SiriusXM App. SiriusXM has more than 33 million subscribers. Boyd broadcasts live each weekend from the studio is the heart of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Fans are invited to stop by the Rock Hall and watch her in action Saturdays and Sundays from 12-6 p.m. She can also be followed on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @KatBoydRocks.

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2000 Telecommunications

develops web systems for the Pennsylvania Department of Education to manage its needs in the area of special education.

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2010 Advertising/Public Relations

recently launched her own PR firm, Brittany Sykes PR (brittanysykespr.com) based in Los Angeles, where she specializes in everything consumer and lifestyle.

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1997 Telecommunications

has founded Car Show Life (carshowlife.net), which creates cars show displays, t-shirts and logos for car enthusiasts. The project allows him to pursue his passion for automobiles in a non-mechanical avenue. He's working alongside builders and collectors in a creative capacity. Bottegal (aka Drake Donovan) previously spent 20-plus years in radio broadcasting. He continues to offer creative services for radio and television and does some voice-over work (drakedonovan.com).

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2011 Advertising/Public Relations

serves as the event coordinator for the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University in her hometown of Ithaca, New York. She previously taught English for a year in Spain as she and her husband traveled around Europe. Before that, she spent five years as an event and tradeshow account manager for G&S Business Communications in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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2007 Advertising/Public Relations

joined S&P Global's corporate communications team as their Americas communications lead for the market intelligence division.

Note Posted: June 18, 2020