Alumni Stories
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Comms Advertising Grad Launches “StorySnacker” App Idea on Kickstarter
StorySnacker to Launch in Fall, Funding on Kickstarter Now Fun New App Offers “Snack-Size Stories” for Time-Crunched Parents StorySnacker is the brainchild of award-winning children’s book author Erik Slangerup. His new app is designed to give parents more chances to fit storytime into their modern, busy lives with a mobile collection of original, 60-second, “snack-size stories.” Parents on the go will be able to use their phones to read a series of quick stories to their kids—whenever a free minute pops up.
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The CFAC Highlights Prophets, Founders, Friends and Alumni as Part of the HFAC 50th Celebration
To commemorate the 50 year history of the HFAC, we have selected a few individuals we consider as prophets, founders, friends and alumni of the arts and communications who have either gone from the HFAC into a global arena or have been impacted by our students and faculty.
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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY JOURNALIST HONORED WITH PRESTIGIOUS HEARST JOURNALISM AWARD
The Hearst Journalism Awards Program announced Brigham Young University’s Jeremy Harris as a finalist and fifth place winner in the 2014-2015 television broadcast features competition.
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McKay Coppins as Mr. Buzzfeed and the ‘Mormon Wikipedia’
Most people would send a gift basket and a thank you card to Donald Trump if he invited them to stay in his mansion. BYU graduate McKay Coppins is not most people.
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BYU alumni Jeanette and Matt Bennett awarded Best Magazine
BYU communications alumni Jeanette and Matt Bennett, the creators of Utah Valley Magazine, were recently awarded the Utah Society of Professional Journalists (USPJ) award for Best Magazine.
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29 years later Rhonda Shelby still has fond memories of BYU
BYU’s Department of Communications has one of the nation’s most renowned university journalism programs. For 50 years, students have come to BYU to learn how to become professionals in the field of journalism.
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BYUtv International hires new station manager
For Daniel Souza, life has been an uphill battle with obstacles in every direction. Yet with a determination to succeed, he has overcome his life’s challenges.
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PR alumna makes waves in NYC
Chelsey Saatkamp, an alumna from the public relations emphasis in the department of communications, completed an internship at the end of her BYU career and has not looked back since being hired on with Goodman Media International located in New York City. As one of the small number of college graduates working in the same industry in which she studied, Saatkamp is as happy as ever.
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Alumnus named news director of KSL television
In 2001, Chris Moore, a graduate of BYU’s Department of Communications hit the ground running in a news career that has only snowballed into success since that point. His most recent accomplishment is being named news director for Salt Lake’s NBC affiliate, KSL.
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BYU grad becomes baking sensation after graduation
When people ask her how she started baking, she replies, “Because I had no friends.”
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