Q: Your name?
A: Christopher Richert

Q: At what school do you work?
A: Michigan State University

Q: What is your role?
A: General Manager of State News Media Group

Q: How long have you been in student media?
A: 24 years

Q: What are you most excited to work on this year at your student media organization?
A: To work with the students to explore new ways to innovate and grow our audience

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?
A: I was a producer for the Jerry Springer show and was a lead pyrotechnician for the Transformers movies filmed in Chicago.

Q: What’s something in student media you wish you could learn more about?
A: What other media independent groups are doing to continue financial sustainability

Q: What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited, and if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Costa Rica was my favorite place so far. I would love to go to Egypt.

Q: Your name?
A: Nathan Laursen

Q: At what school do you work?
A: Utah State University

Q: What is your role?
A: Director of Student Media

Q: How long have you been in student media?
A: 4 years as a student, 4 years as a vendor, 9 years as an adviser

Q: What are you most excited to work on this year at your student media organization?
A: Our media organization is growing and watching the individual departments of radio, news and our creative agency work together on projects is rewarding. We are excited to produce at least one multimedia project each month this year and continue fulfilling our mission statement.

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?
A: I’ve been hit by lightning, but did not receive any superpowers that have manifested.

Q: What’s something in student media you wish you could learn more about?
A: Programmatic advertising and Search Engine Optimization techniques are constantly changing, and I wish I had more time to learn about it and implement those techniques.

Q: What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited, and if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Visited: Hiking the Zion Narrow’s (entire 16-mile overnight from Chamberlain’s Ranch); If travel anywhere: Island hopping in the south pacific (Tuvalu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, etc) or the Moon or Antartica.

Q: Your name?
A: Julie Salter

Q: At what school do you work?
A: University of Alabama

Q: What is your role?
A: Assistant Director of Advertising

Q: How long have you been in student media?
A: 5 years

Q: What are you most excited to work on this year at your student media organization?
A: Student Life event partnerships

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?
A: I am from a small town in Tennessee just next to Jack Daniels.

Q: What’s something in student media you wish you could learn more about?
A: I am eager to always learn more about making our marketing and distribution team stronger.

Q: What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited, and if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Florence Italy — the food, the art, the wine, the gelato, the lovely people and the art … I would love another trip back but also a trip to London

Q: Your name?
A: Katherine Ross

Q: At what school do you work?
A: University of Pennsylvania

Q: What is your role?
A: Director of Sales and Marketing at The Daily Pennsylvanian

Q: How long have you been in student media?
A: 27 years

Q: What are you most excited to work on this year at your student media organization?
A: Developing our digital products including newsletters & our mobile app, DP+

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?
A: I’m originally from California

Q: What’s something in student media you wish you could learn more about?
A: I would like to become more well versed in social media!

Q: What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited, and if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Favorite place I have ever visited was the south of France. And, if I could travel anywhere it would be back to Australia. There was so much that I didn’t see the first time.

Q: Your name?
A: Sarah Scarborough

Q: At what school do you work?
A: University of South Carolina

Q: What is your role?
A: Director of Student Media

Q: How long have you been in student media?
A: 21 years

Q: What are you most excited to work on this year at your student media organization?
A: The activity and engagement we are seeing so far from our students is awesome, exceeding pre-Covid numbers and we are off to a good start revenue wise, too! All in all I am looking forward to a great year!

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?
A: I’ve seen Phish approximately 27 times and plan to keep going as long as they tour. 💃

Q: What’s something in student media you would like to learn more about?
A: I am interested to hear how people are doing revenue wise compared to pre-covid and ALSO if they are noticing more engagement with print this year. Students seem to be picking up our publications at a much higher rate than before.

Q: What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited, and if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: Favorite place would be Hawaii, the land of my birth. Where would I go? I’d love to rent an RV and drive across the country.

Q: Your name?
A: Allen Vaughan

Q: At what school do you work?
A: University of Nebraska

Q: What is your role?
A: Daily Nebraskan General Manager

Q: How long have you been in student media?
A: I’ve been in student media for 3 years

Q: What are you most excited to work on this year at your student media organization?
A: I am most excited to see what our students do on social media, particularly Instagram and TikTok

Q: What’s a fun fact about you?
A: I’m obsessed with the St. Louis Cardinals and fantasy baseball

Q: What’s something in student media you wish you could learn more about?
A: I love learning about the history of other college media programs and I love to see who has transformed their businesses into digital winners. The stories are the best and I want to know them all!

Q: What’s your favorite place you’ve ever visited, and if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?
A: The older I get, it’s more about the journey and the people I’m with. But it’s hard to top lying on a beach with a good book, a good drink(s) and some quiet. Something tropical, please!