Our annual summer gathering is next week:
Thur. June 17th at 7pm EDT
Please make plans to join us!
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Spotlight vital talks and conversations
Our annual gathering of alumni and students of The Michigan Daily, Michiganensian Yearbook, Gargoyle Humor Magazine, and SHEI Magazine (this year, again via Zoom) takes place on Thursday, June 17 at 7pm EDT.
Several alumni and students will be given a spotlight, including former Gargoyle artist, Daily Editorial cartoonist, graphic recorder, and illustrator extraordinaire Terry LaBan; former Daily sports staffer, now an author/filmmaker Buddy Moorehouse; attorneys and former Daily Opinion page staffers Brent McIntosh and Julie Becker; and our current Daily Editor-in-Chief Claire Hao and Summer Editor-in-Chief Calder Lewis in conversation with NYT's Deputy Editor, Publisher's Office, Rebecca Blumenstein, a former Daily EIC.
Board for Student Publications chair Pete Mooney (former Daily news reporter) will be our host for the event.
Following the featured speakers will be breakout sessions for Q&A, networking, and socializing. Free and open to alumni and students of Student Publications.
See you soon on Zoom!
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Featured Speaker Line-up for JUNE 17th:
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Garg & Daily alum: Terry LaBan |
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Former Gargoyle Humor Magazine artist and TMD editorial cartoonist Terry LaBan (UM Stamps '84) worked for 14 years in the comic book industry as an artist and writer (Fantagraphics Books, Dark Horse Comics, DC Vertigo and Disney Egmont), and his illustration work has appeared in many publications including Mad Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine and Details.
From 2001 to 2015 he and his wife Patty created the syndicated daily comic strip “Edge City.”
Terry is a graphic recorder and facilitator and his company, Breakthrough Visuals, also creates illustrations and infographics for businesses and organizations.
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Three Daily EICs in conversation |
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Rebecca Blumenstein, Claire Hao, Calder Lewis |
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Former Daily EIC Rebecca Blumenstein, now the New York Times' Deputy Editor, Publisher's Office, along with 2021 EIC Claire Hao, and Summer EIC Calder Lewis, talk about what it's like to put a paper out during a pandemic, and more.
Rebecca Blumenstein (UM LSA Class of 1997) was named Deputy Editor, Publisher’s office, of The New York Times in February 2021, to support The Times’s rapidly growing journalism operations. She previously held roles at The Wall Street Journal, including China bureau chief, overseeing the team that won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
Claire Hao is the 2021 Editor-in-Chief of The Michigan Daily and a rising senior at the University of Michigan. She was previously on the News section, where her work covering campus protests and Title IX first sparked her interest in journalism. Claire is a news intern for Bloomberg Law's corporate desk this summer, and she interned on the metro desk of the Chicago Tribune last summer.
Calder Lewis is the 2021 Summer Editor-in-Chief of The Michigan Daily and a rising senior in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. During the school year, he directs The Daily’s coverage of U-M administration, conducting monthly interviews with President Schlissel. This summer, Calder is also a media intern for CARE, a non-profit fighting global poverty.
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Opinion page staffers with divergent points of view and careers |
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Former Daily sports writer/editor and Opinion columnist Brent McIntosh ( ‘96) is an attorney and adjunct senior fellow for international economics and finance at the Council on Foreign Relations. During the Trump administration, Brent served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. Prior to that, he was a partner in the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, overseeing the firm’s cybersecurity practice.
Brent served in the Bush White House from 2006 until 2009, first as Associate Counsel to the President and then as Deputy Staff Secretary. Before that, he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Justice Department, where his work focused on national security matters. He earned his law degree from Yale.
Prior to joining the bench, Julie worked for sixteen years at the Legal Aid Society of DC. Following law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, then of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Like Brent, Julie received her law degree from Yale Law School in 1999. While the two held different views during their time at the Daily and their careers took divergent paths after law school, they have a great respect for each other. Join the conversation as they look back, forward, and at the world around them in our nation's capitol today.
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From career journalist to filmmaker and author: |
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His latest project is a true-crime Hollywood novel called "Murder of an Elvis Girl: Solving the Jenny Maxwell Case." The book, which has been featured in LA Magazine, the Detroit Free Press and on true-crime podcasts, tells of the heartbreaking Hollywood story of Jenny Maxwell, a famous actress from the '60s who was murdered in 1981 - and was Buddy's second cousin.
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Save the Date for our in-person
FALL REUNION 2021!
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With luck, our upcoming FALL REUNION 2021 can be held in person (with optional virtual participation, for those who aren't able to travel to Ann Arbor).
Please plan to join us on Friday, Sept. 17 through Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.
We've secured the Michigan Union Rogel Ballroom for an afternoon of featured alumni and students in conversations both all-encompassing and intimate, followed by a Happy Hour at Stanford Lipsey Student Publications Building, and dinner back at the ballroom with a special keynote speaker on Friday. Saturday offers a Tailgate party and block tickets to UM Football vs. Northern Illinois, with an after-party at a local watering hole. Sunday is our annual Scholarships & Awards Celebration to honor our best and brightest students, and to recognize some of the donors who have contributed to their success. |
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"Great investigative reporting!" -- UM alum and Professor Peter Honeyman, who supports The Michigan Daily Program Fund.
Whatever your reason to give, thanks for your support, which is encouraging to the students at Student Publications!
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If you prefer to send a check, please make it out to 'The University of Michigan' and, in the memo line, write the name of the fund you are donating to, then mail it to the following address:
Office of Student Publications
c/o U-M Gifts & Records,
3003 S. State Street, Suite 8000
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Send an email to let us know it's on its way, and we will watch for it. Thank you!
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