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INSIDE: Which alumni should be immortalized in bronze on campus? Page 6 COLUMN: Read Ernie Pyle’s tribute to Indiana University and Bloomington. Page 7
‘It’s just nice to do it again’
IDS alumni produce the daily miracle one more time, miss deadline By Amy Wimmer Schwarb BAJ’98
The room had no wax machine, no light table, no Linotype. No blue markup pencils, no X-Acto knives, no desk that once belonged to Ernie Pyle. But even without the traditional trappings, Room 212 of Franklin Hall — a standard IU classroom with whiteboards, a smart screen and chairs with crimson-cushioned seats — had all it needed to be a newsroom for one chilly November afternoon. What it did have: a deadline, an editorial news budget, and a small collection of former Indiana Daily Student journalists with a passion for working across generations to produce a print edition of the newspaper that feels as much like
an alma mater to them as the University does. “It’s just nice to do it again,” said Ryan Gunterman, BA’02, who volunteered to write and edit for the alumni edition. Gunterman was IDS editor-in-chief in summer 2002 and is now executive director of the Indiana High School Press Association. “It’s fun.” Fun? The afternoon and evening included discussions about the makeshift style guide the makeshift staff would follow for its single production day and stories of how staff members explained their Friday evening whereabouts to their spouses. “Do we still write it ‘I,’ period, ‘U,’ period?” asked Susan Bonnell Burns, BA’74,
who after IU went on to build a career in journalism, advertising, corporate communications and consulting. “No periods,” replied three of her forthe-day colleagues. “Oh,” Burns said. Then she thought of the college newsroom adviser who had taught her the old IDS style rule for abbreviating Indiana University: “Take that, John Stempel.” David Blumberg, BA’15, the husband of Washington Post multiplatform editor Jamie Zega, BAJ’18, texted her Friday to ask when she would be done copy-editing. “That’s a fantastic question,” Zega said. The two had been dating while Zega was IDS editor-in-chief in fall 2017. “Welcome back to the old days.”
PHOTOS BY AMY WIMMER SCHWARB
Above: Charlie Scudder, BAJ’14, and Ryan Gunterman, BS’02, discuss edits to an alumni edition story. Left: Susan Bonnell Burns, BAJ’74, recalls IDS traditions from the makeshift newsroom in Franklin Hall. Read her article on Page 2.
JAMES BROSHER | BAJ’10
A LOOK BACK AT DECADE SPENT AS IU’S PHOTOGRAPHER IDS alumnus and IU photographer James Brosher shares some of his favorite images from the past ten years in Bloomington. Read his Q&A on Pages 4-5.
Alumni honored for careers in media
7 honorees include journalists, television producer, author By Charlie Scudder BAJ’14
The Media School at Indiana University honored seven alumni at a banquet and reception on Nov. 15 with its annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. The 2025 class included journalists, strategic communicators and an award-winning television producer. Jared Solow, BA’11, is president of the Media School Alumni Board that selects the honorees. He told the IDS alumni edition that the awards serve to celebrate alumni and set an example for current and future students of the school. “They are a lot of distinguished professionals in telecommunication and journalism fields, from all walks of life,” Solow said. “Overall, there are just so many talented individuals that have come through these doors over the years. It’s important to honor them.” The awards, which celebrate alumni who have had distinguished careers and majored or took significant coursework in the Media School or its predecessors, like the School of Journalism. Here are this year’s winners.
Elizabeth Bernstein, BA’87 Bernstein has covered higher education, philanthropy, psychology, and religion for The Wall Street Journal for the past 24 years. Today, she’s a columnist who writes about social psychology. She studied journalism and English at IU.
Mike Kelley, BA’89 Kelley is a television writer, producer, and creator who has produced episodes of hit shows including NBC’s “Providence,” The CW’s “One Tree Hill,” Fox’s “The OC,” and CBS’s “Jericho.” He received a telecommunications degree from IU.
Fred Kalil, BA’04 Kalil spent 31 years as a sports broadcaster in Atlanta for WXIA-TV 11Alive News. He got his start in broadcasting at WIUS and WTTV in Bloomington. Kalil walked onto the Hoosiers football team, playing two seasons for coach Lee Corso, before leaving the team to pursue his reporting career.
Lillian R. Dunlap, MME’73 (Jacobs), PhD’92 Dunlap has built her career working in diversity training for journalists, college students and more. She’s an affiliate faculty member of the Poynter Institute, and is the CEO of communication and diversity coaching firm Communication Research Enterprises. She studied speech communications at the graduate level at IU. Holly Gooding Miller, BA’64 Miller’s career as a reporter, writer and editor has included bylines in the Anderson (Indiana) Herald, the Saturday Evening Post, Indianapolis Monthly, Reader’s Digest, Writer’s Digest, TV Guide, and Endless Vacation. She has also written textbooks about feature writing and women in the workplace.
Derek Mobley, BA’91 While studying telecommunications in Bloomington, Mobley started his long career at ESPN working for the network whenever it broadcast IU games. He has worked for the network for 34 years as a producer and director. He is currently the director of “Monday Night Football.”
Matthew Tully, BA’92 (posthumous) Tully, a longtime reporter and columnist for the Indianapolis Star, where he was known for his coverage of state and local politics. He is a member of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Tully died in 2018 from cancer. He was 49.
Here’s what’s next for the IDS
Newsroom will produce 7 papers in the spring By Ryan Gunterman BS ‘02
When the Media School released a plan to converge the Indiana Daily Student with IUSTV and WIUX more than a month ago, it claimed a “strategic reduction” of the IDS print edition will reduce the organization’s debt. And while the school announced this change will begin mere weeks after the fall semester, just how drastic the cuts would be remained in question. There is now an answer. The spring editorial staff will be responsible for seven print editions — Jan. 16, Feb. 6, Feb. 27, March 13, April 3, April 17 or 24 and May 8. The schedule also includes seven special publications such as the housing, visitor and parent survival guides as well as the freshman edition and Orienter. Barring any significant setbacks, fall 2025 will also feature seven editions. IU Student Media Director Jim Rodenbush said this is an adjustment the Daily Student staff can handle. “We had already transitioned from a 24/7 news organization that, among its different offerings, just happened to be a weekly print newspaper,” Rodenbush said. “To that end, I don’t expect any kind of noticeable change in how we go see BUDGET on page 3