Alumni Work

Alumni Highlight: Aria Heyneman (’25)

Posted on March 4, 2026

Since graduating in May 2025, Aria Heyneman, a Journalism minor and contributing writer for the Old Gold & Black, has been putting the skills she learned in her classes at WFU to good use in her work in local journalism in her home state of Wyoming. Professor Catanoso writes: Aria graduated last spring with a journalism minor. She took sports writing and editing with me, and did very well. After returning home to Wyoming after a summer as an outdoor guide inRead More→

Class of 2025 Hope Zhu writes about refugee resettlement

Posted on June 2, 2025

A story about roadblocks for refugee resettlement in North Carolina, written by journalism minor Hope Zhu (’25), was recently published in The Assembly. To read or listen to Zhu’s article, “The Welcome That Wasn’t,” please click here.

Natalie Alms (’20) earns reocognition for her coverage of the Trump administration

Posted on April 9, 2025

Natalie Alms (’20) found herself at the forefront of covering the shakeup in our federal government this year in her beat as government tech reporter for NextGovFCW. In the past weeks, she has written about Elon Musk’s efforts at DOGE to access Social Security data, job cuts among those who run disease tracking systems at the Centers for Disease Control, IRS data and more. The Journalism Program asked Alms to reflect on this moment in her career. “When I graduatedRead More→

Alumni Highlights: Connor McNeely (’23)

Posted on October 21, 2024

Connor McNeely, a Journalism minor who graduated from WFU in 2023, recently won two NC Press awards for his work at the Greensboro News & Record. He won 3rd place for “News Enterprise Reporting” for his article, “The Greensboro Police Department is changing how they investigate suspected prostitution.” McNeely states, “The article informs the community that Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson decided to change his department’s policy to not allow any initiation of sex acts in future vice andRead More→

Alumni Highlights: Kiley Price (’19)

Posted on May 1, 2024

Kiley Price (’19) was recently hired as a reporter at Inside Climate News, a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit newsroom that provides essential reporting and analysis on climate change, energy and the environment. Along with covering longer stories, she writes the outlet’s newsletter “Today’s Climate,” which explores the most pressing environmental news each week. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Live Science, Mongabay, Scientific American and more. In 2023, Kiley earned her master’s degree in science journalism from NewRead More→

Z. Smith Reynolds Library and Journalism Program Faculty Discuss Threat of Mis/Disinformation with Alumni

Posted on April 25, 2024

Original blog post written by Hu Womack and Roz Tedford. It had been four years since we last visited Wake Washington. That visit to present and discuss mis/disinformation happened just weeks before COVID-19, and we promised not to be harbingers of disaster this time! Just to make sure, we changed our topic to “Election Mis/Disinformation: How to Spot it, why it’s Effective, and What We Can Do to Avoid It.” Twenty WFU Alumni and friends joined us on a beautifulRead More→

Journalism Program Alumna Meagan Marks (’23) Published in Triad City Beat

Posted on October 12, 2023

Meagan Marks (’23), who graduated in May, had a September cover story published in Triad City Beat about the Athenas, an all-female weightlifting group on Wake Forest’s campus. The story originated in adjunct instructor Jeremy Markovich’s magazine writing course (JOU 340) during the Spring 2023 semester, and Marks and Markovich worked together afterward to find a home for it in print. Marks, who earned a B.A. in psychology and minored in neuroscience and journalism, is currently a Post-baccalaureate Research FellowRead More→

Connor McNeely (’23) and Christa Dutton (’24) Reflect on Journalism Internship Experiences over Summer 2023

Posted on September 12, 2023

This summer, some of our Journalism students had the opportunity to intern with local journalistic media companies. Here is what two of them had to say as they reflected on their experiences: Connor McNeely (’23) “After graduating in May 2023, I accepted an internship offer with the Greensboro News & Record for this summer. For the past month I have had an opportunity to work as a breaking news reporter for the News & Record covering all kinds of storiesRead More→

Journalism Program Alumni Highlights: Julia Haines (’19)

Posted on May 31, 2023

Julia Haines (’19) is currently working as a Data Editor with U.S. News & World Report. As such, she covers a wide range of topics, including health, policy, education, foreign aid and labor. She conducts data analysis both for investigative articles and for rankings projects such as Best States, Best Countries and Healthiest Communities. Below is a message from Julia: I greatly appreciates the diligence, transparency and support that my team at U.S. News & World Report brings toRead More→

WFU Alumna and Journalism Minor Mankaprr Conteh (’17) Publishes 2nd Cover Story for Rolling Stone

Posted on May 30, 2023

Mankaprr Conteh (’17), a staff writer for Rolling Stone who minored in Journalism while studying at WFU, has published her 2nd cover story for Rolling Stone on May 22, 2023. This latest story is on Janelle Monáe, detailing the artist’s growth and development leading up to her latest album, which is set to debut later this year. To read Conteh’s full cover story, please click here.

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