Great Alumni: Communications & Media Individuals are listed only with the degree(s) they earned from the University of Minnesota.
Daryl Royster Alexander, B.A. '69, former editor of the New York Times Magazine and Essence magazine
Aaron Brown, CNN anchor and journalist
Heather Beal, M.A. '90, author and national columnist
Barbara Carlson, radio personality; former Minneapolis city council member; wrote autobiography This Broad's Life
Ray Christensen, B.A. '49, 50-year "Voice of the Gophers"; former WCCO radio personality; author of Gopher Tales
Sam Dillon, B.A. '79, New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
Hedley Donovan, B.A. '34, former editor-in-chief of Time magazine; advisor to President Jimmy Carter (deceased)
Dick Durrell, B.A. '48, creator of People magazine
John R. Finnegan Sr. , B.A. '48, M.A. '65, former editor, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Thomas Gjelten, B.A. '73, National Public Radio correspondent; author of Sarajevo Daily: A City and Its Newspaper Under Siege; 1995 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for Radio Reporting
Ron Handberg, B.A. '60, former station manager of WCCO-TV;' former co-anchor of KTCA's NewsNight Minnesota
Gareth D. Heibart, B.A. '43, former writer of popular "The Oliver Town Column" for the St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Ison, B.A. '83, reporter for the Star Tribune; 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner
Beverly Kees, B.A. '63, former editor and program director of Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center; former editor of the Fresno Bee
Jim Klobuchar, B.A. '50, former Star Tribune columnist
Dave Mona, B.A. '65, partner in Weber Shandwick public relations; WCCO radio personality; co-owner Field of Dreams stores
Dave Moore, B.A. '49, former WCCO television news anchor (deceased)
Harry Reasoner, B.A. '89 (honorary), former ABC and CBS news anchor and correspondent (deceased)
Carl Rowan, M.A. '48, former nationally syndicated columnist for Washington Post; former head of United States Information Agency (deceased)
David Royale, M.A., executive producer for "National Geographic Explorer" series
Harrison Salisbury, B.A. '30, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
April Saul, M.A. '79, 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, 1983 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award; 1991 Budapest Award in the World Press Photo Competition
Eric Sevareid, B.A. '35, former CBS news correspondent and anchor (deceased)
Otto Silha, B.A. '40, former president of Silha Associates; former publisher and chairman of the Star Tribune (deceased)

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