BYU Broadcast Journalism graduate Jeanette Lefrandt has always envisioned a career in the spotlight. As a little girl, her mother would often find Lefrandt smeared on make-up with a hairbrush in hand, doubling as a microphone, putting on quite a show for an audience of dolls…

Many people have no idea what they want to do when they grow up. Mark Sherwood was not one of those.  Fifteen years ago, when he was just starting his first job in New York City, he wrote in his journal what he wanted his career to look like over the next 30 years.  At [...]

In such a tough job market, landing that dream job or internship almost seems impossible. Every day, jobs are being lost and high executive positions are being dissolved. With such a seemingly bleak outlook on the market, students may be left thinking, “What is the point in obtaining my education?” However, there [...]

The University of South Dakota is home to 9,000 students and three professors who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Richard Jensen, a graduate of Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, accounts for one of those three professors.
“We have a branch that includes people in South Dakota, Nebraska [...]

It’s 8 a.m.  on Monday morning. Byron Elton is in his Prius while talking on his Bluetooth as he makes the eight-minute drive to work. On days when he rides his bike, it only takes him six minutes. That’s quite a change from the commute he used to make each week between his home in [...]

She has a notepad on her bed stand, a notepad in her purse and a notepad in her car. She is always ready for an idea that could ignite a public relations campaign and leave people talking.
With more than 20 years of experience working in top-level public relations, BYU graduate Sheri Davidson Smith exemplifies a [...]

Department of communications Alumni John Kinnear has spent his life sorting through mountains of misinformation to draw out kernels of hidden truth.
Most recently, his search led him to write a 500-page draft of his homeland Rhodesia-Zimbabwe’s history.
“The idea for the project developed after coming to the realization that this was a story that had never [...]

Relying on his BYU-taught public relations skills and his experience as communications manager for a multi-million dollar company, Michael A. Johanson has taken over the reins as director of communications and marketing at BYU-Hawaii.
William G. Neal, assistant to the president of BYU-Hawaii, announced that Johanson is replacing Dr. Duane C. Roberts who retired at the [...]

For many college-age students, graduation is a destination. A place to be reached beyond which few can see. For one former BYU public relations student, graduating college was one of the first steps toward many new life-changing experiences.
Jonathon Hamilton, a BYU PR graduate in 1995, said once he stepped into the professional world, his life [...]

Department of communications Alumni John Kinnear has spent his life sorting through mountains of misinformation to draw out kernels of hidden truth.
Most recently, his search led him to write a 500-page draft of his homeland Rhodesia-Zimbabwe’s history.
“The idea for the project developed after coming to the realization that this was a story that had never [...]