With a 2025 Best Reporter Emmy in Texas, Kevin is now a 58x Regional Emmy winner, 13x Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winner, 4x Best Reporter from the Headliners Foundation of Texas, recipient of multiple Best Reporter distinctions from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters, and recognized as one of the top Solo Video Journalists in the U.S. by the National Press Photographers Association.
Brooke Brower joined Johns Hopkins University as the director of an initiative on democracy reforms for the recently established School of Government and Policy. From 2023 to 2025, he was the executive producer of ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, earning four Emmy nominations and maintaining the show’s #1 position among total viewers during his tenure.
Manasi Kaushik is an MSJ’17 graduate who is a marketing professional and an actor.
She along with a fellow wildcat worked on a feature film together called ‘Early Days’. The film is about the impact of social media in the lives of young adults. The film premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Dec 2025 and has been nominated for best film debut and best screenplay at the New York Indian Film Festival, happening May 29-31 in New York. It will be screened on May 30 at 12:30 PM in Theatre 4, Village East by Angelika, New York, NY.
In February 2026, Betsy marked 20 years working for Common Sense Media, where she’s proud to help families thrive by providing them the trustworthy information they need in the digital age.
John Adam Moreau, ex-Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies, is featured in and wrote the introduction to NEWSPAPER DAYS. A MEMOIR By Fred W. Frailey, a longtime reporter at the S-T. Moreau, a Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia, is the author of RANDOLPH BOURNE. LEGEND AND REALITY, and of scholarly articles. He is an editor and writer in Mobile AL.
In February 2026, Betsy marked 20 years working for Common Sense Media, where she’s proud to help families thrive by providing them the trustworthy information they need in the digital age.
John Adam Moreau, ex-Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies, is featured in and wrote the introduction to NEWSPAPER DAYS. A MEMOIR By Fred W. Frailey, a longtime reporter at the S-T. Moreau, a Ph.D in history from the University of Virginia, is the author of RANDOLPH BOURNE. LEGEND AND REALITY, and of scholarly articles. He is an editor and writer in Mobile AL.
Jill Vanneman ’79 of Seattle has written a memoir published in June 2026 by SheWrites Press called “The Perfection Campaign A Daughter’s Search for Acceptance.” Told with biting humor, tenderness, and grit, The Perfection Campaign is part survival story, part love letter to the messy, magnificent act of becoming yourself. It’s a memoir for anyone who’s ever tried to shrink to fit someone else’s definition of “enough”—and finally decided to take up all the space they deserve.
Chris Linden of Crystal Lake, IL, was the featured speaker in the River Corridor Foundation of St. Charles’ recent lecture series. His standing-room-only presentation highlighted the antics of bootleggers and gangsters in the Fox Valley, from Aurora to the Chain O’Lakes, during the Prohibition Era. Chris is in his 11th year as Executive Editor of Northwest Quarterly Magazine.
Medill graduate Kyra Kyles and her sister, Kozi Kyles, co-produced/directed/wrote a buzzy fictional horror comedy podcast, “Home for the Holidays.” Spanning Christmas, New Year’s and Thanksgiving, this trilogy features an array of talent from across the country and the audio engineering skills of fellow Northwestern grad, Casey Baker. Fans of anthology series from “The Twilight Zone” to “The Outer Limits” to “Tales from the Crypt” (and “Hood”) can take a listen to Season 1 and then subscribe to stay on top of new releases: https://bit.ly/4qssCls Available on Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio or wherever you get your podcasts.