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
- Blake Berson, CBS Sports Network
- Rob Biertempfel, The Athletic
- Todd Blackledge, NBC Sports
- Mark Brennan, 24/7 Sports
- Judson Burch, ESPN
- Jim Buzinski, Outsports/Los Angeles Times
- 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, Indianapolis Star
- Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Alex Eliasof, WWE Documentaries
- Robert Feagans, MLB.com
- Sean Fitz, Blue White Illustrated
- 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, FOX Sports
- Amanda Gifford Lockwood, ESPN
- Meghan Hartley, Angel City Football
- Ryan Hockensmith, ESPN
- Scott Horner, Octagon*
- Pete Jensen, NHL.com
- Kimberly Jones, Newsday
- Sheil Kapadia, The Athletic
- Emily Kaplan, ESPN*
- Tori Kimberly, Philadelphia Flyers
- Pete Kowalski, U.S. Golf Association
- Ashley Leavens, NFL Films
- Meghan Loder, Washington Commanders
- Tony Mancuso, New York Jets
- Karisa Maxwell, The Sporting News
- John McGonigal, PennLive.com
- Matt Millen, Big Ten Network
- Nate Mink, Syracuse Media Group
- Mike Missanelli, BetRivers
- J.B. Morris, ForWords LLC
- Sweeny Murti, Major League Baseball
- Dana O’Neil, The Athletic
- Doug Nelson, Learfield IMG College/Penn State Sports Properties
- Ali Nicastro, MLS
- Will Pakutka, New York Daily News
- Melissa Pardi, NFL
- Alisa Petercuskie, Kraft Sports Group
- Dan Renish, Philadelphia Phillies
- Marisol Renner, Baltimore Ravens
- Jennifer Ridgley, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Michael Robinson, NFL Network
- Rob Roselli, Florida Atlantic University
- Nick Rotondi, Philadelphia Eagles/NFL Films
- Rich Russo, Fox Sports
- Lisa Salters, ESPN
- Linsey Shea, NBC Sports/NFL Network
- Michael Signora, NFL
- Audrey Snyder, The Athletic
- Daniel Solomon, Jacksonville Jaguars
- Wayne Staats, Turner Sports
- Larry Tiscornia, NEP Group
- Brian Tripp, Penn State Athletics
- Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated/Fox Sports/MLB Network
- Jenny Vrentas, The New York Times
- Michael Weinreb, Author/Journalist
- Robbie Weiss, NASCAR
- Jacob Wilkins, Binghamton Rumble Ponies/Binghamton University
- Mark Wogenrich, Sports Illustrated