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Journalism Alumni Updates

Jeff C. Stevenson

Journalism, 1981

Jeff C. Stevenson, 1981, Journalism, recently published his first book. "Fortney Road: Life, Death and Deception in a Christian Cult" is the true story of the religious group, the All Saved Freak Band.

Meg Godlewski

Journalism, 1987

Meg Godlewski, 1987 Journalism, has combined journalism talent with a passion for aviation. She is celebrating 16 years as the staff reporter for General Aviation News, a national magazine. Godlewski also supplies the Ask the CFI column for Aviation for Women magazine, an international organization. Godlewski is a frequent contributor to aviation textbooks, combining humor with science, and technique. Godlewski is anticipating the publication of her first fiction novel sometime this summer, if she can work the edits and rewrite around a busy flying schedule.

Jenni

Journalism, 1996

Jennifer Moline, 1996 Journalism, resides in Oakland, Calif., and takes public transportation to her job in San Francisco as the social media manager for Skout, a geo-location based app for meeting people. She lives with her two cats and still tries to get up to Arcata annually to bask in the redwoods and drink the local beers.

William (Bill) Huffman

Journalism, 1967

William (Bill) Huffman, 1967, Journalism, retired after 30 years as vice president of communications and governmental affairs with Farmers' Rice Cooperative, in Sacramento. Bill and his wife lived for seven years at Lake Almanor, Calif, before moving to Chico, Calif., in early 2014 for medical reasons. His education at HSU with a degree in Journalism and minors in Political Science and Public Relations provided Bill with the best academic credentials for his 45-plus years in governmental relations and communications. He received the rice industry's premier award when he was named to receive the California Rice Industry Award in 2009. The couple has four children and three grandchildren.

Julianna Marie Boggs

Journalism, 2009

Julianna Marie Boggs, 2009 Journalism, has picked up a successful career as a freelancer writing about arts and culture for The Sacramento News & Review, food and agro-politics for Edible Sacramento magazine and Sacramento Foodways, and is now researching material for a pop-science book about the history and impact of nuclear power in the world today.

Jenna Higgins

Journalism, 2000

Jenna Higgins, 2000 Journalism & Mass Communication, is the Director of Development for Bread of Life Mission in Seattle. The mother of two children, Higgins is happily married and living in Issaquah, Washington. She loves to write in her spare time and has published two event planning books.

Monica Topping

Journalism, 2009

Monica Topping, 2009 Journalism, launched the Small Town Big Art calendar project after successfully funding the project via KickStarter. The calendar profiles prominent Humboldt County artists. Topping was inspired to start the project the U.S. Census published a statistic that Humboldt County has more working artists per capita than any other county in California.

Marisa Penkauskas

Journalism, 2012

Marisa Penkauskas, 2012, Journalism & Mass Communication, is the marketing manager for Interactive Fitness, a company producing interactive stationary bikes, based in Sunnyvale, Calif.

Amanda Eldridge (Lang)

Journalism, 2001

Amanda (Lang) Eldridge, 2001 Journalism & Mass Communication, lived in four major cities since graduating. She’s now married with two children and finally settling down in Denver.

Emily Kratzer

Journalism, 1976

Emily Kratzer, 1976 Journalism, accepted a buyout offer in 2012 during a round of Gannett Company layoffs. While enjoying retirement, Kratzer now volunteers with WCTV.us, community access TV, among other things.