John Curley Center for Sports Journalism
Alumni
Hundreds of Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications and Penn State alumni hold positions in sports journalism and related fields. A partial list includes:
- Paul Alexander, AT&T SportsNet
- Marty Aronoff, ESPN/Fox Sports*
- Mark Ashenfelter, ESPN
- Blake Berson, CBS Sports Network
- Rob Biertempfel, The Athletic
- Hannah Biondi, DAZN
- Todd Blackledge, ESPN/ABC
- Mark Brennan, 24/7 Sports
- Cathy Bongiovi, University of Akron
- Judson Burch, ESPN*
- Jim Buzinski, Outsports*
- Paul Casella, MLB.com
- Alyson Cohen, Chicago Cubs
- Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Melanie Collins, CBS Sports/Golf Channel
- Kurt Deichert, Fox Sports Southwest
- Dustin Dopirak, The Athletic
- Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Robert Feagans, CBS Sports Digital
- Sean Fitz, 24/7 Sports
- Kalyn Flockhart, ESPN
- Kevin Foedinger, KRES/KWIX/KIRK/KTCM Radio
- Matt Fortuna, The Athletic
- Shannon Furman, NFL Films
- Deb Gelman, CBS/Creative Spark Productions*
- Pete Gergely, New York Yankees
- Morgan Giannone, NASCAR
- Amanda Gifford Lockwood, ESPN*
- Meghan Hartley, Los Angeles Rams
- Ryan Hockensmith, ESPN
- Scott Horner, Octagon*
- Pete Jensen, NHL.com
- Kimberly Jones, NFL Network
- Sheil Kapadia, The Athletic
- Emily Kaplan, ESPN*
- Tori Kimberly, Philadelphia Eagles
- Pete Kowalski, U.S. Golf Association
- Ashley Leavens, NFL Films
- Meghan Loder, Washington Redskins
- Tony Mancuso, New York Jets
- Karisa Maxwell, The Sporting News
- John McGonigal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Matt Millen, Big Ten Network
- Nate Mink, Syracuse Media Group
- Mike Missanelli, 97.5 The Fanatic
- J.B. Morris, The Athletic
- Sweeny Murti, WFAN/SNY
- Dana O’Neil, The Athletic
- Doug Nelson, Learfield IMG College
- Ali Nicastro, MLS
- Will Pakutka, New York Daily News
- Alisa Petercuskie, Kraft Sports Group
- Dan Renish, Philadelphia Phillies
- Marisol Renner, Baltimore Ravens
- Jennifer Ridgley, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Michael Robinson, BTN/NFL Network*
- Rob Roselli, Rutgers University
- Nick Rotondi, Philadelphia Eagles
- Rich Russo, Fox Sports*
- Lisa Salters, ESPN
- Linsey Shea, NBC Sports/NFL Network
- Michael Signora, NFL
- Audrey Snyder, The Athletic
- Daniel Solomon, Learfield IMG College
- Wayne Staats, Turner Sports
- Larry Tiscornia, Major League Soccer
- Brian Tripp, Penn State Athletics
- Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated/Fox Sports/MLB Network*
- Jenny Vrentas, Sports Illustrated/The MMQB
- Michael Weinreb, Author/Journalist*
- Robbie Weiss, NASCAR
- Jacob Wilkins, MSG Varsity/WFAN
- Mark Wogenrich, Allentown Morning Call
*-Member of Advisory Council