Simeon Booker, Class of 1951, was the man from Ebony and Jet magazines, which meant, in a symbolic manner, beginning in the 1950s, he was the man from Negro and black America with a press pass. Read more
North Carolina-born Doug Marlette, who won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1988 and was a member of the Class of 1981, died Tuesday morning in a single-car accident in northwest Mississippi. He was 57. Read more
Simon Wilson, editor of BBC's Middle East Bureau and member of the Class of 2008, writes in his blog how he "felt an enormous responsibility" when Alan Johnston was abducted on March 12 in Gaza City. Johnston was released after 114 days in captivity.
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Ed Chen, Class of 1985, has been elected president of the White House Correspondents' Association for the 2009-2010 term. The WHCA represents the White House press corps in its dealings with the administration on coverage-related issues. Read more
