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Brooke Barnett has been named the 16th President of Rollins College, effective July 1, 2025. Previously, Barnett was the provost and executive vice president at Butler University. She also previously taught at Elon University’s School of Communications. During her time at IU, she was a news director, reporter and host on WTIU. (January 2025)
Hannah Fidell is a writer, director and producer in Brooklyn, New York. She directed two episodes of Netflix's "Nobody Wants This." Her feature film, "The Long, Dumb Road," was featured at Sundance Film Festival in 2018. (October 2024)
Dan Goldblatt is the director of policy and communication at the Marion County Clerk's Office. The office oversees all elections in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was previously a media literacy instructor at Paramount Brookside, a public charter school in Indianapolis. (November 2024)
Nate Gowdy is a photographer whose work explores the intersection of social movements, cultural identity, and political spectacle. His career led him to Washington, D.C., for the infamous events of Jan. 6, 2021. Gowdy’s latest exhibit, "WITNESS: Nate Gowdy’s Lens on January 6th, 2021," at Spectrum Fine Art in Madrona, opens Jan. 9, 2025, and runs through Feb. 15.
Holly Hays has recently been named news editor for The Indianapolis Business Journal. Before starting her new role, Hays worked for the Indianapolis Star, where she won the Association of Organ Procurement Association’s Crystal Heart Award for her story, “Carmel boy thanks family of dad’s kidney donor.” Hays also worked the general assignments and breaking news beats for the Star. At IU, Hays served as editor-in-chief of both the Indiana Daily Student and the Arbutus yearbook. (January 2025)
Stephen Hofer received the Sagamore of the Wabash, an honorary award in Indiana given by the governor. Hofer is president of Aerlex Law Group in LA, and was profiled by the IU Alumni Association in a story entitled "Alum Stephen Hofer: More than an ‘Aviation Attorney to the Stars.’" He was also featured in an article in the fall 2023 edition of the IU Alumni Magazine entitled "Stories Set in Stone" which highlighted his role as the genealogical curator of the historic Dunn Family Cemetery in the center of the IU campus. (February 2024)
Bryan Moss is donating a digital archive representing his outstanding career in photojournalism - comprising roughly a half-million images - to the Harrison County Public Library, located in his hometown of Corydon. (January 2025)
Josh Sanburn is a producer for Reveal, a radio show and podcast produced by the San Francisco-based nonprofit newsroom, The Center for Investigative Reporting. Based in New York, Sanburn is developing a new show for the Reveal podcast feed. (November 2024)
Ashley Sloboda, BAJ'06 received a Higher Education Media Fellowship, which is administered by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars and funded by the ECMC Foundation. Her fellowship project, Future Focused, features 11 stories over six days in October. She was previously a senior reporter for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was selected for the Institute for Citizens & Scholars’ seventh class of Higher Education Media Fellows, a fellowship supported by the ECMC Foundation. Sloboda won third place for education reporting in the Best of Indiana Journalism Contest. The Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists presented the award during its 45th annual contest awards in late April 2024.
In 2022, Sloboda received an Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship in June for adata-driven project exploring how the national debate over how schools should approach diversity, equity and inclusion is playing out in Allen County, Indiana’s school districts, which have seen their diverse student populations grow in recent years.The project published over four Sundays beginning Oct. 30. (November 2024)
Todd Starowitz is the director of corporate and stadium communications for the NFL's Buffalo Bills. (November 2024)
