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 1990)

Dick Durrell, B.A. '48, creator of People magazine. (deceased 2008)

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 1998)

Michele Norris, former Emmy and Peabody Award-winning correspondent for ABC News; host of NPR's newsmagazine All Things Considered, public radio's longest-running national program

Harry Reasoner, B.A. '89 (honorary), former ABC and CBS news anchor and correspondent (deceased 1991)

Carl Rowan, M.A. '48, former nationally syndicated columnist for Washington Post; former head of United States Information Agency (deceased 2000)

David Royale, M.A., executive producer for "National Geographic Explorer" series

Harrison Salisbury, B.A. '30, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (deceased 1993)

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 1992)

Otto Silha, B.A. '40, former president of Silha Associates; former publisher and chairman of the Star Tribune (deceased 1999)