University of Massachusetts Amherst

Collegian - WMUA - Journalism Reunion

Join us for a day of news, networking, discussions, and, of course, fun.

10:30 AM - 1 PM

Morning sign in, coffee and pastries at Memorial Hall. Open houses at the Journalism computer lab, the Collegian offices, and WMUA studio. Box lunches available at Memorial Hall.

Afternoon sessions in the Herter Hall auditoriums:

1 - 2:30 PM

Election 2004

Moderator: Professor Ralph Whitehead

Congressman Richard Neal, Massachusetts 2nd District

Ron Kaufman, longtime Republican strategist

3 - 4:30 PM

Don't Blame Us: Massachusetts Politics - Where we are, where we're heading

Moderator: Craig Sandler, president, State House News Service

Cosmos Macero, business editor for the Boston Herald

Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe columnist

Audie Cornish, reporter for WBUR

3 - 4:30 PM

Making a Living, Making a Life: Career Choices in Communications

Alumni talk about their career choices and how they've made them

Moderator: B. J. Roche, Journalism professor and former Boston Globe columnist Nan Klingener, former Miami Herald bureau chief

Marc Berman, radio executive

Others to be named later

5:30 - 9 PM

Dinner and cash bar in the Campus Center

Master of Ceremonies: Jon Hite, who needs no introduction

Keynote Address: Alex Beam, Boston Globe columnist