五名著名校友:播音员和记者
从美国国家公共电台(NPR)到体育界,名单上不乏开拓者
尼娜·托滕贝格(11届毕业生)自1975年以来一直是国家公共广播电台的法律事务记者。 她在1991年最高法院大法官提名人克拉伦斯·托马斯的确认听证会上披露了时任俄克拉荷马大学法学院教授的安妮塔·希尔对他的性骚扰指控。 Totenberg left BU prior to graduation to take a job at the 美国波士顿唱片公司。 Before joining NPR, she was Washington editor of the newsmagazine 新时代 and legal affairs correspondent for the 国家的观察者。 She is the daughter of acclaimed violinist 罗马Totenberg, a School of Music professor emeritus, who died at 101 in 2012. 上图,托滕贝格在波士顿大学2011年的毕业典礼上获得了荣誉人文博士学位。 Vernon Doucette摄
在波士顿大学大约312,000名毕业生中,有许多人在他们所选择的职业中取得了杰出的成就。 的政治家。 作家。 科学家。 神学家。 演员。 运动员。 这个夏天的每个星期,我们都会为你带来五位著名校友的照片。
本周我们的焦点是五位突破边界的广播员和记者。
Bill O’Reilly (COM’75) is a television anchor, journalist, author, and host of 奥莱利因素, which debuted on the Fox News Channel in 1996. Known for his politically conservative views and sometimes controversial statements, O’Reilly, who earned a master’s in broadcast journalism at BU, was a correspondent for CBS News and ABC News and an anchor of the syndicated show 内部版 before becoming host of his eponymous broadcast. He has written a series of best-selling historical thrillers, including 2015’s 杀死里根. 这是2009年奥莱利在传媒学院颁奖典礼上的照片。 Vernon Doucette摄
Howard Stern (CGS’74, COM’76) is one of America’s best-known radio personalities, host of the long-running 霍华德·斯特恩秀, which was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 before moving to Sirius XM 广播 in 2006. The controversial shock-jock and self-proclaimed King of All Media (he filed for a trademark for the moniker in 2006) began his career in radio as an undergrad at WTBU, where he hosted a weekly show called the 国王施麦兹百吉饼时间. 他在播出了一个名为“让主教脸红”的片段后被解雇了。 In addition to his radio show, Stern has been a frequent presence on TV, appearing as a judge on seasons 7 through 10 of the reality hit series 美国达人秀. The best-selling author of two books, 私处 and 美国小姐, Stern was inducted into the National 广播 Hall of Fame in 2012. 上图,斯特恩在2012年5月。 比尔·诺顿摄
比尔西蒙斯(COM ' 92)是一名体育专栏作家、分析师、作家和体育播音员。 After earning a master’s degree in print journalism at BU, he worked as a high school sports reporter for the 波士顿先驱报 and freelanced for the 波士顿凤凰 before launching the popular website the Boston Sports Guy. That eventually landed him a job with ESPN, where he became one of the country’s most popular sportswriters and created 30赔30, a series of documentaries about sports by different filmmakers, tied to coincide with the network’s 30th anniversary. 西蒙斯还曾担任ESPN旗下颇具影响力的体育和流行文化网站Grantland的总编辑,该网站在2015年10月关闭之前拥有一批狂热的粉丝。 He is currently the host of HBO’s new weekly talk show 任意周三 and is the author of two best sellers, 现在我可以平静地死去了 and 篮球之书:体育界人士眼中的NBA. Above, Simmons (center) with his 30赔30 coproducers Connor Schell (left) and John Dahl at the 2010 Peabody Awards ceremony. 照片由安德斯·克鲁斯伯格/皮博迪奖
Investigative reporters Sacha Pfeiffer (MET’94, SED’12), Stephen Kurkjian (CAS’66), and Michael Rezendes (CAS’78) were members of the 波士顿环球报 关注的焦点 team that won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the clergy sexual abuse scandal in Boston’s Roman Catholic archdiocese. Their groundbreaking reporting was the basis of the 2015 Academy Award–winning film 关注的焦点, with Mark Ruffalo portraying Rezendes and Rachel McAdams playing Pfeiffer. Rezendes and Pfeiffer are still at the 全球: he is an investigative reporter and political writer, and she covers nonprofits, philanthropy, and wealth. After Kurkjian retired from the 全球, he wrote a book about the notorious 1990 art theft at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 盗贼大师:波士顿黑帮谁完成了世界上最伟大的艺术抢劫. As a 全球 新濠影汇赌场er, Kurkjian won Pulitzers in 1972 and 1980 for investigative reporting. Above, Kurkjian (from left), Pfeiffer, and Rezendes at the 全球 shortly after their Pulitzer win. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky
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