Alumni of Journalism and Media Communication at CSU

03/27/2025

Attention alumni and friends of Colorado State University's Journalism and Media Communication Department! Join us Saturday April 12 for a chance to reconnect and socialize at CSU SPUR, 4777 National Western Drive, Denver. Please use the QR code below to RSVP!

03/24/2025

The CSU Journalism and Media Communication Department seeks experienced communicators for our annual capstone reviews! Are you a media pro with over three years in TV/Video, Public Relations, Reporting and Writing, Multimedia, or Marketing and Advertising?

If so, can you join faculty and other reviewers on campus during the week of April 28th to May 2nd? Each session involves reviewing 4-5 students' media portfolios and resumes in either a morning or afternoon time slot.

Ready to share your career insights and support our graduating seniors? Contact our review team at: [email protected] Your expertise can make a difference!

10/10/2024

A nice tribute from one of our graduates. While he has to cover the Cowboys, he’s truly a Ram at heart.

03/15/2024

Congratulations, Eugene!

02/16/2024

Congratulations to Jenny Cavnar! A proud graduate of Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University. Keep paving the way for generations to come.

“The next generation of girls is going to have something to look at, that there’s lots of jobs in sports,” Jenny Cavnar tells TODAY.

03/07/2023

The CSU Journalism and Media Communication department is hosting a special event for alumni, friends, industry professionals, and students from noon to 3 p.m. on April 8 at CSU Spur, 4817 National Western Drive, in Denver.
Please join us to see old friends, create new connections and explore all that the innovative CSU Spur complex has to offer. Spur is described as laboratory, veterinary clinic, market, museum, art studio, classroom, garden, innovation center…all in one!
Event highlights:
12 p.m. Refreshments are served in Hydro Building
1 p.m. Welcome from JMC Chair Marilee Long
2 p.m. Enjoy a Screening of Hollywood’s Real Last Cowboy: The Gene McLaughlin Story, with a trick roping demonstration by the Westernaires
Learn about the Center for Science Communications and the Deliberative Journalism Project
Connect with the CSU PRSSA, SPJ, Rocky Mountain Student Media Corporation, the Science Communication Club, RamProductions, and more.
Please RSVP: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScX9JXboS2OGF.../viewform
See you at Spur!

07/19/2022

Congratulations to our JMC alums who scored big at the Heartland Emmy Awards ceremony this past weekend. We are so proud of each and every one of them!

Here is the Emmy winning list below:

Dillon Thomas (2 Emmy Awards), KCNC-TV, Denver

Willis Scott, KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs

Brynn Carman, KRDO-TV, Colorado Springs

Courtney Fromm, KDVR-TV, Denver

Quinn Salyards, KDVR-TV, Denver

Jenny Cavnar, AT&T SportsNet, Denver

Samantha (Samie) Sposato, Altitude Sports and Entertainment, Denver

Dana Hertnekey, KWTV-TV, Oklahoma City

Russell Haythorn, KMGH-TV, Denver

Pictured below from left to right: Willis Scott, Samie Sposato, Brynn Carman, Courtney Fromm and Dillon Thomas.

05/24/2022

JMC Rams in the workforce.

https://source.colostate.edu/wtok-csu-grads/?fbclid=IwAR12nqz9SU6KqKnVtk6SnkKSnemtXwfrRT6R2V_vy-OGM-Du07K9BsOoclY&fs=e&s=cl

Three CSU grads all landed at a small TV station in Mississippi for their first jobs out of college. This unique situation has given them a support system they didn't know they needed.

04/14/2022

Thanks for coming back to class, Dillon, and thank you for supporting the JMC Department.

04/14/2022

CSU Alumnus David McSwane featured this morning on MSNBC for his book about pandemic-related fraud. Very interesting to hear how he got started on the topic and how his work continued through the pandemic.

This month marks two years since the CDC started recommending masks, which triggered a frenzy to get medical-grade masks to people across the nation. ProPublica reporter, David McSwane, gives an in-depth look at how some took advantage of the desperate need for PPE.