The Department of Communication can help prepare
you for a successful future. Just ask some of our graduates.
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Kevin Anderson
Graduated in 2002.
Production manager for IBN radio Network in Metro-Atlanta.
E-mail: Kevin@ibn.org
Philip Attinger
Phil, holds a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English and History, double major (1992), and a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Communication (1999). He served as Editor in Chief of The
Chanticleer from 1998-99 and as secretary for SPJ. He wrote for
the Life & Times section
of the Gadsden
Times during the summer of 1999, after which, he moved to Florida
and worked as reporter/staffwriter for Highlands
County News-Sun, a
HarborPoint Media newspaper in Sebring,
FL,
home of the internationally known 12 Hours of Sebring auto race, part of
the American Le Mans series. Phil won first place in the Florida Press Association
Better Weekly Newspaper awards in the Humor Column category for 1999, third
place in Humor Column for 2000, and second place in Environmental Writing
for
2003. He
married on July 8, 2006, and moved to Winter Haven, FL, (home of historic Cypress
Gardens.
Since June 15, 2006, he has served as public relations director for the American
Red Cross Polk
County Chapter.
Office (863) 294-5941; Cell (863) 381-3896.
E-mail: phil@attinger.com or
pattinger@polkredcross.org.
Bill Bauman
Bill is the Chief of Video Services for the U.S. Army Safety Center at
Fort Rucker, Ala., and has worked for the government in Florida and Colorado.
His current duties expose him to new media, working with AVID Media Composers
and using video streaming on web sites. While a communication major at
JSU, Bill worked as a DJ at WLJS-92J.
E-mail:BaumanW@SAFETY-EMH1.ARMY.MIL
Kaci Smith Beatty
Kaci is currently the Director of Alumni
Affairs at Jacksonville State University. She
previously worked for the university as an alumni field
representative/admissions counselor before being promoted. She began her career
at CNN after completing her internship there and at the time she left, she was
a
chyron operator in the control room during live broadcasts. Kaci was a member
of
SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) and a DJ for WLJS-FM radio.
E-mail: kbeatty@jsu.edu
Justin Brown
Justin is a former program director at JSU's WLJS,
and Q-104, a 100,000 watt FM station in Gadsden, Ala., and is now a DJ
at one of Alabama's largest and most popular stations, Magic
96 in Birmingham.
Miranda (Bryant) Myrick
Miranda graduated
in Summer 2003 with a BA in Communication. She wants to remind others that
her last name while and undergrad was Bryant, but she has married since
then. She now works in the business management office at Anniston Army
Depot and takes graduate courses at night, seeking a Master of Public Administration
in Political Science from JSU.
E-mail: jsu2973f@jsu.edu
Chris Capps
Chris, a photographer for the Mimosa and The
Chanticleer while at JSU,
was with Crawford Communications
in Atlanta as a Network Operator for Latin
American Pay TV.
Currently employed with AOL Time Warner Turner
Broadcasting in Atlanta, GA. He is a network
operator. He works in WTBS, Cartoon Network, TCM, Boomerang, TNT, and Turner
South all networks owned and operated by Mr. Ted Turner.
Chris started in broadcasting at WZDX
TV Fox-54 in Huntsville as a control operator, then moved to WTTO/WABM
TV in Birmingham as a supervisor of master control operations.
E-mail: chris4334@aol.com
Jamie Cole
A former Editor in Chief of The Chanticleer,
Jamie is now Multimedia Designer with the new media group at Southern Progress
Corporation and Progressive Farmer magazine. He designs and maintains the
Progressive
Farmer web site, and maintains a personal
site as well. He won the John C. Turner award
and the Outstanding SPJ Graduate award his senior year at JSU, and
won an SPJ National Mark of Excellence Award along with several regional
awards for his coverage of the devastating tornado in the Goshen community
of Alabama in 1994.
E-mail: jcole@pathfinder.com
Karen Cole
While at JSU, Karen was a member of SPJ and during her senior year she
worked as a photojournalist at The Anniston Star. After graduation, Karen
worked at WTTO TV21 in Birmingham, Ala., first as a Film Assistant, then
as Promption Copywriter, Creative Services Producer and lastly as Promotion
Director. She received 14 Emmy nominations and one Emmy for work done in
the areas of Topical Promotion and Collaborative Arts-Composing. Karen
now works at WBRC Fox 6 in Birmingham
as Creative Services Producer. She is also involved with Do
Dah Day, Inc., a non-profit, all volunteer organization benefiting
homeless and injured animals.
E-mail: kcole@wbrc.com
Jocelyn Connell
Jocelyn was born in Anniston
and
received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Jacksonville State University
in
2002.
She's
proud to
say
that she
graduated
Summa
Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA. Jocelyn anchored a local cable television show and
went to WDSI in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, as a reporter. She then went north to Lansing in April
2004 reporting for
WILX and WSYM,
in addition to anchoring the WSYM weekend news.
Her proudest moment, however, was receiving an Emmy in 2006 (Article
+ photo)
for
her reporting on teens driving with cell phones. She's also enjoyed covering
stories
of national
significance such as the state funeral of late President Gerald Ford and the
capture of serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph.
When she's not working, Jocelyn loves spending time with her Italian Greyhound
she rescued, playing the piano, and learning many new things about the Tri-City
area.
E-mail: JConnell@wnem.com
Dana Williams Conley
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in
Communication from Jacksonville State in December 1996, Dana immediately went
to
work as a news producer at WHNT TV
in Huntsville. In 2000, she took a job
as a
primetime producer at WAAY TV in
Huntsville. In March 2003, she took a big step and moved back
to
Jacksonville and got married. Since then, Dana has worked as a marketing
consultant, as well as freelancing in radio, television and the magazine
industry. She currently serves as the fill-in producer at TV-24 in
Jacksonville and works as a freelance writer/editor for a new entertainment company
in Anniston
called Envizions.
Currently,
she
is
working
on
her
Masters
degree
at
JSU. Her ultimate goal is to teach communication courses at the univesity.
During her time at JSU's communication department, Dana worked as a features
writer
for The
Chanticleer, The Mimosa and as a DJ for WLJS radio.
Email: danaconley4@aol.com
Vicki Chirpe Coward
Vicki is the Community Relations Coordinator
for WXIA-TV, the NBC affiliate
in Atlanta. She completed her internship with WSB-TV in
Atlanta, and was a production assistant for the Olympic Games. Vicki also worked
at ABC
Sports, Atlanta, in 1993, and with CNN Sports in 1992. She was a member
of the JSU student chapter of SPJ.
E-mail:vcoward@wxia.gannett.com
Lantz Croft
Lantz was a two-year vice president
of SPJ and
participated in an SPJ internship with the first TV newscast produced from
its national convention. He received the Outstanding
SPJ Graduate award in 1998. Lantz also worked with TV Services while
at JSU. He completed his senior internship with WBRC
Fox 6 News in Birmingham and is now Assignment Manager there.
Lantz serves as the director of internships for the station.
E-mail: lcroft@wbrc.com Home
email: rcroft@bham.rr.com
Rich Daniel
Rich was station manager, music director,
and promotion director for
WLJS-FM
while at JSU. He was a charter member of JSU's SPJ
chapter in 1986. He is now a technical director with the Cable
News Network (CNN).
E-mail: richdaniel@mindspring.com
Tracy Morris Fairel
After her 1994 graduation, Tracy remained on campus as a JSU admissions
counselor. She later worked as Director of Public Relations and Advertising
at the Greater Rome (Georgia) Convention and Visitors
Bureau. She is now
Director of Tourism and Conventions at the Calhoun
County Chamber of Commerce.
E-mail: TracyF@calhounchamber.com
Jennifer Gaydon
Jennifer was an SPJ member and a DJ for WLJS-FM while at JSU. She was also
on the tennis team at JSU. She worked as a technical director in master
control at Cable News Network (CNN).
Jennifer now works in public relations in Atlanta.
E-mail: jgaydon@bbdoatl.com
Steve Goodman
While at JSU
from ’88-’92, Steve was member of the Rifle Shooting team. Steve
worked at WLJS 92J,
then moved on to work for WJXL
radio, WPID
radio, and WQEN
radio. Steve also worked for WJSU
TV-40. It
was there that he realized that he wanted to continue working in TV, and the
best
place to do that was in my native in New York. He worked for
News 12 Long Island,
a 24 hour news station, then transferred to News
12 New Jersey to become a full time director. Steve then moved on to the Fox
News Channel where he helped launch the network and see it become the #1
station it is today. He stayed
on as director for over ten years, working on the prime time
shows that included Your World with Neil Cavuto, Fox Report with
Sheppard Smith, Hannity and Colmes, On the Record with Greta
Van Susteren, along with many other shows and
specials. He is currently a freelance director in NYC.
Email:
swgoodman@mac.com
Jamey Graydon
Jamey started his TV career at WAAY-TV in Huntsville, Ala., and is now
a producer with the Cable News Network (CNN).
Jamey recently helped cover the 1996 Republican Convention in San Diego.
He won the Outstanding SPJ Graduate award his
senior year at JSU.
Shala Spruell Hainer
Shala was a copy editor for The Chanticleer,
and a DJ for WLJS-FM while at JSU. She has worked
as a copy editor for the Marietta
Daily Journal and the Atlanta
Business Chronicle. She is currently in charge of publications in the department
of the Municipal Association of South Carolina.
E-mail: shalahainer@yahoo.com
Tim Hanby
Tim is the Photo and TV Operations Manager at Teledyne
Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Ala. He served as photographer for
the Mimosa and The Chanticleer while at JSU. Tim also was the public service
director and a DJ at WLJS-FM. He was a member of SPJ, and served as video
lab assistant for the communication department.
E-mail: Tim.Hanby@TBE.Com
Misti Hayes
E-Mail:
PRGirl@aol.com
Heather Hardin
Heather completed her senior internship at The Golf Channel and was hired
there. She moved to Birmingham, Ala., where she was an in-house producer
for HealthSouth Corporation. She
worked at Leo Ticheli Productions in Birmingham as a line producer, and
is currently working for O2 Ideas Inc.,
a Birmingham advertising agency where she is the Broadcast Manager. Heather
began her broadcast career as the Promotions Director at WLJS-FM.
E-mail:heather@o2ideas.com
Cathy Higgins
Cathy is a features writer for
the Albany Herald in
Albany, GA, where she covers entertainment, health, and lifestyles issues.
Prior to moving to Albany, she worked for the Citizen-Free Press in Pulaski, TN, the Sand Mountain Reporter in Albertville, and the Daily
Home in Talladega. While at JSU,
Cathy served as a production assistant
for Television Services, a DJ for WLJS,
and a staff writer and assistant advertising director for The
Chanticleer. She
also maintained her membership in SPJ (Society
of Professional Journalists).
Email:
cathyhiggins51@yahoo.com
Reggie Hubbard
Reggie is using his DJ experience, from WLJS-FM,
at WZGC-FM Z93 now. He serves as a writer/co-producer there on "Blues Sunday", a blues specialty
show. He is also a reporter and technical engineer for the variety program,
"The Dunham's". Reggie completed his senior internship with WZGC-FM.
E-mail: reggiehubbard@z93.com
Roger Johnson
A former DJ and Music Director at WLJS,
Production Coordinator at CBS Television – Black
Rock Media, New York, NY 10019. He completed his internship with Late Show with David Letterman.
Email:
rajohnson@cbs.com
Melanie Jones
A former editor of The Chanticleer, Melanie
Jones is a copy editor with The Mountain Press in Sevierville, Tenn., and
is a Tennessee Press Association award winner for humor column writing.
She started her career as a reporter at The
Outlook in Alexander City,
Ala., where she won an Alabama Associated Press Award. Melanie won the John
C. Turner award and the Outstanding SPJ Graduate award her senior year
at JSU. She was also the recipient of a regional SPJ Mark of Excellence
award for a series of articles on rape.
E-mail: mjonestn@earthlink.net
Shane McGriff
A former news editor of The Chanticleer,
Shane started his career at CNN and worked with CNN
Interactive . He is currently Director of Marketing Services with Stonebridge
Technologies. Shane received the John C. Turner
award and the Outstanding SPJ Graduate award his senior year at JSU.
In October 1998, Shane was named the JSU Young Alumnus of the Year.
E-mail: smcgriff@sbti.com
Mai Martinez
Mai is a former Editor in Chief of The
Chanticleer.
She also served a two-year term as secretary for the student chapter of
SPJ. Mai received the John C. Turner Oustanding Graduate
award her senior year. After completing an internship with WBRC
Fox 6 News in Birmingham, Mai was hired as a video editor.
E-mail: Maimail2@aol.com
Jim Matthews
Jim works for Sparta, Inc. in
Huntsville, Ala., in multimedia design and development, audio/visual production
and 3d CAD modeling. Check out some of the web sites he has designed for
ZEUS
, ITS and for Peter
Applebome and his book, Dixie Rising. While at JSU, Jim was the Assistant
Station Manager for WLJS-FM, 1993-94, and Station Manager, WLJS-FM, 1994-95.
E-mail:jim@websun.com
Michelle Martin
Michelle is managing editor at Randall
Publishing in Tuscaloosa, Ala. She previously worked as a freelance
field editor in Seattle, Wash., and was the executive editor at Vulcan
Publications in Birmingham, Ala. Michelle served as the features editor
and a staff writer with The Chanticleer,
and completed her internship at Capitol Records in Los Angeles, Calif.
E-mail:mmartin@randallpub.com
Scott Mince
For the past five years Scott has worked as a sales coordinator for Concord
Technology Alliance, an electronic components sales rep firm. Scott was the News Director at WZYP-FM/WVNN-AM/WPZM-FM
in Huntsville, Alabama for four and a half years the last two of which were as
News Director .While at JSU, he was a DJ at WLJS-FM
for three years, and the student station manager from 1988-1989. He now lives in
Huntsville with his wife, Liz, and 17-month-old son, Kyle
E-mail:Scott
& Liz Mince
Amy Ledford Morgan
Amy was a member of SPJ and graduated with a
double major in communication and English. She now resides in Atlanta,
Ga., and is Marketing Operations Manager at Internet
Security Systems, a leading provider of security management solutions
for the Internet.
E-mail: amorgan@iss.net
Craig Morrison
A
former Program Director and Music Director for WLJS,
Craig now is part of the top-rated morning show Craig & Sam in the Morning" at WMEE-FM
in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Craig and his co-host, Samantha Adams, are one
of the few married couples performing a morning show in America. Craig & Sam
were hired away from KKCS-FM in
Colorado Springs, CO, after being named 2005 Best Morning Show and 2005
Station Entertainers of the Year by the Colorado Broadcaster's Association.
Craig was also Assistant PD and Music Director
at KMAG-FM in
Ft. Smith, Arkansas, after previous stints with KBTN-FM in
Joplin, Missouri KKGB-FM in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and others. He previously
did contract work for various record companies in Europe, and was a buyer
for the Starship Peppermint
chains of record stores. In 2004 he was nominated for a Radio Music
Award for Best Country Radio Personality.
Email:
craigkatcountry@hotmail.com
Miranda Myrick
Miranda is a
former staff writer for The
Chanticleer, as
well as a former senator in JSU's SGA. She earned a BA in communications with
a concentration in print journalism in 2003, as well as a Master of Public
Administration with a major in political science in 2006. Her current job is
working as a Public Affairs Specialist
in the
Public Affairs Office at
Anniston Army Depot.
Email: Miranda.myrick@us.army.mil
Tonya Morrison Parker
Tonya is a former Features Editor for The
Chanticleer and Music Director
and air personality at WLJS-FM. She is now a freelance
writer for 5 newspapers, The Baton Rouge Advocate, Lake Charles American
Press, Houston Chronicle, Lafayette (La.) Advertiser, and Alexandria (La.)
Town Talk, in addition to occasional contributions to Rolling Stone and
SonicNet. Tonya and her husband, Craig, have a news entertainment wire
service, The Star Wire.
E-mail:tpmor@centuryinter.net
Joshua Newton
Kristy Oliver
Kristy is a Production Assistant with Z-Post,
a production company in Atlanta. She previously worked at WSB-TV-2 and
WAGA-TV
Fox 5, both in Atlanta. She is also involved in freelance work at
Creativism and other production companies in the Atlanta area. Kristy was
a DJ at WLJS-FM while at JSU, and was a member of SPJ.
E-mail:kristy_oliver@hotmail.com
Carla Byram Patterson
Carla is Director of Extended Learning at Floyd College in Rome, GA. While
at JSU, Carla was a member of SPJ and received
the John C. Turner Outstanding Communication Graduate
award. She served as section editor of The
Chanticleer.
E-mail: carla_patterson@mail.fc.peachnet.edu
Jermelle "Jeh Jeh" Pruitt
Jeh Jeh was a fullback for the 1992 Div. II National Championship football
team at JSU, and also served as Sports Editor of The
Chanticleer. He is now a sports reporter and photographer for WBRC
Fox 6 News in Birmingham, Alabama.
Jeff Randolph
Jeff is currently an Associate Director with Turner
Sports. He covers live sports on TNT, TBS, Turner South and sometimes NBC.
His work includes traveling and covering NASCAR, NBA and Braves Baseball. He has
also worked on the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney on NBC and the1998 Winter
Olympic Games on TNT.
E-mail:jeff.randolph@turner.com
Shannon Stevens
Shannon does the morning drive at Magic
96 in Birmingham. She has a legion of fans and is one of the most popular
DJs in Alabama.
E-mail: robconrad@mindspring.com
Kandi Street
Kandi is a new Allstate Exclusive Agent who opened
her office on March 1, 2007 at 1930 Quintard Avenue in Anniston, Alabama.
She has been involved in the Calhoun County Community for over 24 years.
Kandi Street graduated from Jacksonville State University in 1987 with honors
with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. She has been working in the insurance
industry for over five years. Currently, she is a member of the Anniston
Kiwanis Club, the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce, the JSU Alumni Association,
and Parker Memorial Baptist Church. She has volunteered with the Knox Concert
Series, the Salvation Army, the March of Dimes, and other institutions.
Kandi is married to Rob Street from Anniston, Alabama and has six children, two
step children, and one grandchild. If you need anything, please call me at
240-7060.
E-mail: a033893@allstate.com
Jason Thompson
A former Editor in Chief of The
Chanticleer, Jason
Thompson, has served as Political Producer with washingtonpost.com since August
1999. He covered the 2000 Republican National Convention in
Philadelphia and election night at Gore headquarters in Nashville, Tenn.
He writes, packages and produces content for the Washington
Post web site.
He is now a part-time graduate student at George Washington University
seeking a master's degree in Media and Public Affairs. Previously Jason
was a producer with CNN Interactive.
He won the John C. Turner award and the Outstanding
SPJ Graduate award his senior year at JSU.
E-mail: jason.thompson@wpni.com
Ashley L. Wheeler
Ashley graduated
cum laude with special honors, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Communication
with public relations concentration in
Summer 2004. She was President of PRO while at JSU, while also receiving
the Communication department "Character
Award," as
well as the PRO "Student of the
Year" award, both in 2004. She interned at Silver Sands Stores in Destin,
FL. She moved back to Gadsden where she was hired as the Director of Sales
and Marketing for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Silver
Lakes Golf Course. Since then she has moved to Atlanta where she currently
works as Director of Sales and
Promotion
for Golf
Media Inc./FORE Georgia in Marietta, GA. Fore Georgia is an official
publicartion of the Georgia PGA.
E-mail:ashleylw04@yahoo.com
Steve Womble
Steve was a DJ for WLJS-FM for
three years. After graduation he began working as a DJ for WGAA-AM in Cedartown,
Ga. Steve
is now the News Director and Music Director at WGAA.
E-mail:SWomble@aol.com
Kim Nally Wright
A former section editor of the
Mimosa, Kim began her career at the Atlanta ad agency, Donimo & Partners
as Traffic Manager/Print Production Assistant. She is currently the Print
Production Manager for Freebairn & Company in
Atlanta. While at JSU, Kim was also a member of SPJ.
E-mail: kwright@freebairn.com
Wendy Ziesel
Wendy is a graphics artist at WDSI-TV
Fox 61 in Chattanooga, Tenn. While at JSU. Wendy was a member of SPJ and
was a staff writer for The
Chanticleer. She completed her internship
at Parenting Today at CNN.
E-mail:wendy1717@yahoo.com
