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Stephanie Craft, President Stephanie Craft is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Before earning a doctorate in communication from Stanford University, she worked as a newspaper journalist in California, Arkansas and Washington. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s degree in history from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was news editor of Student Life. Her research focuses on press practices and performance, journalism ethics and the role of journalism in a democracy. Current projects include a chapter on journalism transparency for the Handbook of Mass Media Ethics to be published by Lawrence Erlbaum in 2008 and a chapter in a 14-nation study of freedom of speech frames in coverage of the Danish cartoon controversy. Her work has appeared in a number of journals, including Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Mass Communication & Society, Communication Law & Policy, the Howard Journal of Communication, and the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. James Madore, Vice-President James T. Madore was appointed Albany Bureau Chief for Newsday in March, 2007. He is responsible for the daily newspaper’s coverage of state government and politics, and coordinates the work of bureau personnel and staff from the paper’s base on Long Island. From 1989 through 2005, Madore worked as a business reporter for the Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times, Buffalo News and Newsday, covering a variety of topics including the economy, retail, media, trade, manufacturing and labor. His stories have garnered honors from Investigative Reporters and Editors, the National Headliners Awards and New York State Associated Press Association, among others. He also has appeared on National Public Radio, MSNBC and the Fox News Channel. Madore served on the board of directors of the Society of American Business Editors & Writers and is a past president of the Columbia Journalism Alumni Association. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Washington University, where he was co-editor in chief of Student Life. He also received a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He currently serves as vice president and alumni critique coordinator of WUSMI. Laura Meckler, Secretary/Treasurer Laura Meckler is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal, based in Washington, D.C., where she covers health and social policy. She came to the Journal from The Associated Press Washington bureau, where she covered social policy and politics. Before that, she covered state government in Columbus, Ohio. She got her start covering everything from schools and cops to the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame festival at The Repository in Canton, Ohio, about 50 miles south of her hometown of Cleveland. She was a Nieman fellow at Harvard University in 2003-04, and in 1999, she won the Livingston Award for National Reporting, a prize given to journalists under age 35, for her coverage of organ donation and transplantation issues. At Washington University, she was editor in chief of Student Life. She graduated in 1990. Miguel Espinosa, Director Miguel Espinosa graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Industrial Management in 1963 and with a Masters of Business Administration in International business in 1965. He joined Continental Oil Company’s Treasury Department in 1965 following graduation, and worked in Houston and in New York before transferring to Madrid, Spain and later to London, England where he became Treasurer of Continental Oil Company Ltd. In 1972 In 1974 he returned to the United States and was located at the company’s headquarters in Stamford, CT. He returned to Houston in 1976 and in 1981 became Assistant Treasurer of Conoco Inc. As such he was the senior Treasury person in Conoco in the company’s worldwide headquarters in Houston and involved in a variety of financial activities around the world. In 1998 he was elected Treasurer of Conoco Inc. He retired from Conoco in 2001. He has been involved in many community activities. He is a past member of the Houston Public Library board having served as its Chair for three terms. He was on the Parents Council of Washington University for four years, and was on its Executive Committee. He serves on the board of Washington University Student Media Inc. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He and his wife Mary live in Houston with their two children. Ken Cooper, Director Kenneth J. Cooper, a Pulitzer Prize winner, has been a newspaper reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in government, politics and social policy, at the Washington Post, Boston Globe, Knight Ridder, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis American. In 1984, Cooper, then 28, shared a Pulitzer for special local reporting for “The Race Factor,” a Boston Globe series that examined institutional racism in Boston. He covered the nation’s capital for a dozen years, reporting on the presidential campaign of Michael Dukakis, welfare reform and health policy for the former Knight Ridder newspaper group. For the Washington Post, he covered education policy and Congress, including the "Republican revolution" that took control of Congress is 1994. He also wrote a monthly column on Washington, "Capital Scene," for Emerge magazine. From 1996 to 1999, he was the Post's correspondent for South Asia, reporting from his base in New Delhi. In his second stint at the Boston Globe, he was its National Editor from 2001 to 2005. Currently, he is a freelance magazine writer, a fellow at the Center for Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and a Fair Health Journalism Fellow with the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C. During 2007, he directed a training program for newspaper copy editors sponsored by the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and was a Fulbright Scholar at Cairo University in Egypt. Mitch Margo, Director Education Washington University (BA –1977) University of Michigan (MA Journalism -1979) Washington University (JD – 1983) Committee/Organization/Elected Offices/Etc. Chairman, St. Louis County Civil Service Commission (2001- present, chairman since 2006) Director and President – Washington University Student Media, Inc., Washington University Student Publications’ Governing Body (1999- present, President from 2003-07) President – W Club, Washington University Athletic Alumni Association, (1998-2003). Member – City of Clayton Planning and Zoning Commission and Architectural Review Board, (1998-2002). Member – Leadership St. Louis (now Focus St. Louis) Finance and Strategic Planning Committee (1994-1996). Chairman, City of Clayton Strategic Issues Committee (1994). Member (1982) and Articles Editor (1983) Washington University Law Quarterly. Certified Arbitrator and Federal Court Neutral (2005-present) Awards/Other Interests: Recipient, St. Louis Equity in Education Award (1998) Recipient, Ten Outstanding Young St. Louisans (1995) Recipient, St. Louis ACLU Volunteer Lawyer of the Year (1995) Columnist, Under Analysis, Syndicated Legal Issues Column Member, Washington University Sports Hall of Fame (Varsity Baseball 1975-77). Ellen Futterman, Director Since joining the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1982, Ellen Futterman has worked in just about every department, as a news reporter, feature writer, columnist, film critic, critic-at-large and entertainment editor. During her tenure as a writer, she has won a number of local, state and national awards, particularly for her coverage of issues that affect women and children. She currently is the paper's Daily Features Editor. Other newspaper experience includes work as a reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat in Belleville, Ill. and at the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Ms. Futterman graduated from Washington University in 1978, having majored in urban studies and sociology. She did graduate work in journalism at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In addition to her newspaper work, Ms. Futterman has taught journalism and media classes for more than 20 years at Webster University and Washington University's University College. She has been a member of the board of directors of Student Life since 2003 . Ms. Futterman lives in Olivette with her husband, Jeff Burkett, a middle school principal, and their children Jackson, 9; Jesse, 19, who attends the University of Missouri-Columbia and Megan, 21. Steve Givens, Director Steven Givens leads Washington University’s Communications team and is responsible for the planning and implementation of public affairs strategies and programs for local, national and international news initiatives for the Danforth Campus, for external electronic communications, and for internal communications including the print and electronic editions of The Record. Prior to being named to this position in January 2007, he served for nine years as assistant to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, during which time he led the steering committees for two presidential debates. A native of St. Louis, Givens is an experienced and accomplished communicator who has worked in education nearly his entire career. In addition, he is the author of five children’s books, numerous religious-education publications, and commentaries and feature articles that have appeared in local and national publications and broadcast on NPR. Givens was a consulting writer, composer and musical performer for the Emmy Award-winning documentary on the 1904 World’s Fair that aired nationally on PBS. About the board
Washington University Student Media Inc. (WUSMI) supports the publication of Student Life as an independent voice of WU students that consistently meets the highest standards of journalistic quality and integrity. The WUSMI board offers advice and guidance to staff members, serves as a resource to students interested in pursuing journalism careers, advocates for Student Life with the Washington University administration and supports the staff in legal and freedom of information matters. The board chooses the editor in chief with input from the staff and hires the general manager. As publisher, WUSMI oversees Student Life's finances, works to see that adequate resources are available and well spent, and advocates for the newspaper's independence and free expression to support a thriving campus institution and a top-quality educational experience for its staff.
 
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