These are the current known alumni of the Daily Trojan, the newspaper of the University of Southern California. Exactly 2101 names are listed. Look for your old girlfriend by her maiden name, the same way you always think of her. For a list of recent changes, click here. There are also lists sorted by year, by place and by department.
Babayan, Siran
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Was working at the LA Weekly. I checked their staff list online, and she's still there, as a Calendar Assistant.
See also: Nick Divito, Nik Trendowski. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 1/21/2002
Bacchus, Brian
Staff Writer
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Bachich, Greg
Unknown
1996? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Baclayon, Jovie
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Baker, Michael
Unknown
1996? - 1996?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Baker, Richard
Photographer
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Baker, Roger
Staff Writer
1992? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Balassone, Merrill
Staff Writer
2002 - 2003
First added: 6/14/2004. Last updated: 6/14/2004
Balderrama, Oscar
Staff Writer
1998 - 2000
Nothing currently known.
First added: 6/11/2003. Last updated: 6/11/2003
Baldwin, Catherine
News Editor, Assistant Editorial Director
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Balko, Rachel
Staff Writer
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Ballantine, Molly
Staff Writer
1982? - 1982?
Molly Ballantine is an executive with Spin/Vibe, sez Jerome Castle, JCastle01-at-aol.com. But in fact, she's currently Western Director for Maxim magaine.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/10/2003
Ballard, Gabriel
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Interned for Movieline magazine. Worked as a proofreader and education writer for the Los Angeles Sentinel. Currently working in collegiate athletics as a recruitment coordinator and recruitment event planner.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 8/8/2003
Ballard, Kenneth "Ken"
Unknown
1956? - 1960?
Ballard is a country lawyer in Oakhurst (near the Yosemite south gate). He has been doing a general practice since 1972 with 6 years out to serve as a judge. He likes to hike in the forest with his dogs. When at USC he delivered the faux Daily Bruin. Business degree in 1960, law degree in 1967.
See also: Larry Lichty. First added: 2/9/2004. Last updated: 5/8/2004
Ballas, Rob
Copy Editor
1994 - 1994
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Balsamo, Lynn
News Editor
1985? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Bandhauer, Brandon
Assistant News Editor
1992 - 1992
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Banzali, Yvonne
Photographer
1997? - 1997?
Public Relations Coordinator with an emphasis on non-profits. Wish she'd left her email when she filled out the form....
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 10/1/2002
Barber, Antonia "Toni"
Staff Writer, City Editor
1995? - 1997?
Franke flips: "Toni was my roommate for three years. Last I know she was the content editor at babystyle.com, the web site endorsed by Cindy Crawford."
See also: Nick Divito, Ryan Hochgesang, Nik Trendowski, Franke Santos. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 5/6/2003
Barden, Shirley
Women's Editor
1942 - 1947
Deputy Copy Chief, TIME Magazine for the past 20 years. Still on the job. Copy Chief Cosmopolitan Magazine, until her first retirement, in 1954.
First added: 11/2/2003. Last updated: 11/2/2003
Barger, Stacy
Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Barnard, Cornell
Assistant Feature Editor
1984? - 1984?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Barnes, Susanna
See McBee, Susanna.
Barnett, Charlie
Editor
1951? - 1955?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 10/6/1999
Barr, Jeff
Staff Writer
1970 - 1971
Jeff's news: He married Julie Farr, also a USC grad.
First added: 12/8/1998. Last updated: 12/8/1998
Barrans, David
Staff Writer
1987 - 1988
Living in Arlington, Virginia. Working as an attorney for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/18/2002
Barreiro, Patricia
Copy Editor
1992 - 1993
Patricia shares with the DTLink site her current whereabouts: "Working on mind-blowing screenplay, when not building Web sites at a Santa Monica-based ad agency or wasting billable hours chatting with Nick P. Divito."
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 6/30/2002
Barron, Kamron "Kam"
Editor, City Editor, Assignment Editor, Assistant City Editor, Photographer, Staff Writer
1994 - 1998 Personal recollections
Update: Kam and Mark aren't married any more. In 2003, Kam zapped me this: "I have once again moved--fifth home in two years. I am now working as a Process Developer for a digital mapping company, Tele Atlas, up in the Silicon Valley. It's not a dotcom, so I'm feeling pretty secure here. Mark (Carpowich, my husband) is working on his doctorate and is still an Intelligence Officer for the Navy in Ridgecrest, CA." Elisa Ung is my main juice for updates now.
See also: Mark Carpowich, Elisa Ung, Ed de la Fuente. First added: 8/8/1999. Last updated: 5/9/2004
Bartikofsky, Irving
Advertising Intern
1981? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Batlay, Mueen
Viewpoint Columnist
1988 - 1988 Personal recollections
"Hey, it's Mueen himself! ... I'm working on an PhD on Education Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. I met up with Tommy Li, my editor in 1988, on a visit to LA recently. He's teaching as well, and advising his school paper! I guess the freedom that this role provides beats working for a regular paper. My wife, Rahal, and our daughter, Adeera, and I plan to move back to Pakistan in a couple of years, and work in the area of education and women's rights. Cheers!
See also: Tommy Li. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/8/2004
Batt, Edward
Photographer
1984 - 1985
An insider pronounces: A very talented photographer! Greatly enhanced DT with his photos.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/30/2003
Baxter, Martha
Photographer
1993? - 1993?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Beall, Judy
Staff Writer
1989? - 1990?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 9/18/2002
Beard, Jeff "Jeffrey"
Photographer
1996 - 1998
Currently working in the Corporate Banking Division of Citigroup. Write proposals for corp clients. Getting married Dec. 9, 2000.
See also: Denise Castanon. First added: 10/22/2000. Last updated: 10/22/2000
Beatrice, Mike
Movie critic
1991? - 1993?
Mike Beatrice was on staff briefly as a movie critic. Was also the subject of many Security Round-ups. With his SC degree firmly in hand, Mike waited tables and tended bar in Santa Monica, CA. Travelled the world working for Semester at Sea. Now lives in Venice, CA, and writes for Playboy.
See also: Liz Washburn, Robin Rauzi, Mike Carlson. First added: 3/9/2000. Last updated: 8/8/2003
Bechthold, Jeffrey
Sports Editor, Assistant Sports Editor, Staff Writer
1987 - 1990 Personal recollections
Jeff is an assistant sports information director at the University of Washington. sez he: "After graduating, I decided I actually l didn't want to be a writer, so I got an internship at the Pac-10 Conference. From there to Stanford (briefly) and the last 11 years (1991-present), I've been a media relations director in the Univ. of Washington athletic department."
See also: Scott Wolf, John Tamanaha, Paul Goldberg. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/11/2003
Beck, Alyson
Staff Writer
1996? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Beck, Bernard "Bernie"
Editor
1969 - 1973
He is the Main News Copy Desk chief at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he's worked since 1980. Stops after the DT include the Portland Oregonian (1979-1980) and the Daily News of Los Angeles (1974-1979).
See also: Mark Lane. First added: 10/6/1999. Last updated: 8/15/2004
Beckman, Rachel
Staff Writer
1997? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Bedell, Lee
Business Manager
1958? - 1959?
Preceded Michael Furtney. Nothing currently known.
See also: Michael Furtney. First added: 11/30/2004. Last updated: 11/30/2004
Bemis, Scott
Staff Writer
1995? - 1997?
Nothing currently known.
See also: Nick Divito. First added: 10/4/2001. Last updated: 10/4/2001
Bendib, Kahlil
Cartoonist
1980? - 1988? Personal recollections
Through much of the '80s, Bendib reguarly ran his pen and wit through political issues from Bovard to the White House to the Kremlin. His website shows shows that he is up to the same today. He has a new book out -- visit the Web site for more info. Submitter: Aaron Van Curen
See also: Gary Vonderlinden, Gordon Gary, Aaron Van Curen, Trisha Martinez. First added: 10/1/2000. Last updated: 9/27/2003
Bengali, Shashank
 |
Shashank Bengali
|
Staff Writer
1997 - 1998 Personal recollections
Shashank left the star and is now in grad school at Harvard, but does occasional work for knight ridder still (they sent him to China this summer and had him working at Knight Ridder's Beijing bureau and filing stories for the news service). He was a Missouri correspondent for the Kansas City Star. Here's the exact email: "I graduated in May 2001 and took the summer off. In August I started as Missouri correspondent for The Kansas City Star. I cover news and trends around the state of Missouri, which is a great job because of the mix of travel, breaking news, quirky features and issue stories. Today (Jan. 2) I saw falling snow for the first time I can remember."
See also: Elisa Ung, Nick McAuley, Tim Crockett, Dave Khalaf, Mike Cisneros, Jon Cassidy, Christine Frey. First added: 12/30/2001. Last updated: 10/17/2004
Bennett, Brad
Staff Writer
1986? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Bennett, Christina
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Bennett, Lori
Staff Photographer
1995 - 1995
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Bennett, Marc
Editorial Columnist
1991? - 1991?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/5/2002. Last updated: 7/5/2002
Bensimon, Erick
Production Staff
1982? - 1982?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 7/6/2003
Benson, Danielle
Staff Writer
1992? - 1992?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Benson, Ian
Photographer
1999? - 1999?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Benson, Troy
Illustrator
1988? - 1992?
A Santa Clara County deputy district attorney. Married the lovely Sasha Cummings on August 10, 2002. Living in CA. Was the district attorney on the "Leo the Dog" case that made national headlines. (Dog thrown into traffic case). Now aka "the doggy D.A. Interstingly, Leef Smith, alumna at the Washington Post, wrote about the story. Neat!
See also: Leef Smith. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 2/4/2003
Berard, Yamil
Staff Writer
1987? - 1988?
Yamil is working as a staff writer at the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
See also: Bryon Okada, Gary Caffey. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 5/10/2003
Berg, Corii
Assistant Feature Editor, Staff Writer
1986? - 1986?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Berg, David
Staff Writer
1985? - 1985?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Berg, Kevin
Staff Writer, Feature Columnist
1988 - 1990
Kevin is now Vice President, Legal & Financial Affairs and Associate General Counsel for Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment Inc. Although a far cry from newspapers, the writing experience did propel him to his current legal eagle status.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 4/19/2004
Berggren, Michael
Copy Editor
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Bergman, Anne
Staff Writer
1993? - 1993?
My peeps say she was at Variety, then the Hollywood Reporter (I may be getting the order wrong), then got married to a guy named Dale and had a baby named Henry [well, that's what they named it], and I think she still freelances for the LA Times, etc.
See also: Liane Bonin. First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 1/23/2004
Bergman, Robin
See Levine, Robin.
Berkowitz, Ben
Staff Writer, Senate Correspondent, Assistant City Editor, Summer City Editor, Co-assignment Editor
1997 - 1998
After screwing around with various Internet "journalism" jobs for a couple of years (in school and out), Ben joined Reuters as a reporter in July 2001, writing about video games, electronics manufacturing, and public companies based in San Diego. "And yes, I do get tons of swag. Free Dreamcast games all around." Previous gigs include: Online Journalism Review / onlinejournalism.com, Inside.com / Inside Magazine and CableWorld.
First added: 6/27/2001. Last updated: 9/30/2001
Bermudez, Esme
Staff Writer
2001 - 2003
Esme transferred to USC her junior year and quickly became a favorite of the Daily Trojan and the Annenberg School for Communication. As Kevin Pang mentioned, she wrote a moving story about the transgender community at 'SC that people still talk about today. After graduating in May 2003, Esme went to The Oregonian for a summer reporting internship. She continues at The O for its two-year minority program. If the paper's smart, it'll never let her go, says Yvonne Ngai, who added that Bermudez also accomplished a feat that most women only dream about -- capturing the heart of the dashing David (Cisneros) Ovalle.
See also: Yvonne Ngai, Kevin Pang, David Ovalle. First added: 8/18/2003. Last updated: 12/4/2003
Bernstein, Margaret
Staff Writer
1979 - 1980 Personal recollections
Sayeth Margaret: "With 23 years of newspaper experience behind me, I'm now a feature writer at The Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest daily."
First added: 11/2/2003. Last updated: 11/2/2003
Berry, Kate
City Editor, Staff Writer
1985 - 1989
Berry spent four years on the staff of the Daily Trojan. After graduating in 1989, she worked as a business reporter at the Arizona Republic. Then, she was hired by The New York Times as a new assistant in their Writing Program. After four years in New York, she returned to Los Angeles as a reporter for Investor's Business Daily. In 1996, Berry opened a bureau in Miami for Dow Jones Newswires, where some of her stories were published in the Wall Street Journal. She left Miami in 1999 to become a business reporter at the Orange County Register, where she won a Society of Business Editors and Writer's award for her coverage of the 2001 California energy crisis. Berry left the Orange County Register in 2002 and worked briefly as a reporter at the Associated Press in Los Angeles before becoming a reporter at the Los Angeles Business Journal.
See also: Vivien Chen, Alan Hoffman. First added: 11/25/1997. Last updated: 5/10/2003
Betlach, Laurie
Staff Writer
1987? - 1987?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Beyer, Jennie
Staff Writer
2000? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Bhagat, Duryan
Staff Writer, Copy Editor, Managing Editor, Chief Copy Editor
1991 - 1993
Duryan is happily married and living in New Jersey. She is currently looking for a new job in publishing and considering going back for a master's degree in education. She's worked for Disney, Scholastic and a number of magazines. She and her husband, Russel, are still super snazzy.
See also: Eddie Siegel, Sammy Buck. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 5/9/2004
Bhirud, Tejal
Viewpoint Columnist, Staff Writer
1998? - 2000?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Bicknell, Arwen
See Adams, Arwen.
Bieze, Jordana "Jori"
City Editor, News Editor, Columnist (A Sharper Focus)
1988 - 1991
In Boston? Jori is, since 1999! She's editor'n'chief for a Miller-Freeman publication, BioMechanics, he magazine for healthcare practitioners. Jori was a bridesmaid in the acclaimed Justice-Dvorak wedding party on April 5, 1998, and was living in San Francisco doing Arwen-doesn't-know-what. Jori stands out in my mind as the hands-down best News Analysis writer I knew during my four years at the Daily Trojan.
See also: Petula Dvorak, Arwen Adams, Glen Justice, Robyn Taylor. First added: 4/24/1997. Last updated: 4/18/2001
Biggs, Wes
 |
Wes Biggs
|
Editor, Columnist (Shadows for Breakfast)
1992 - 1996
Mr. Biggs used to be found on numerous occasions gazing in a stupor at the home page of the L.A. Times web site, which he did the programming for. He awoke one day and went to Lot11, where the hipsters hang out. Lot 11 was then bought by USWeb Santa Monica, AKA Dreammedia, and Wes was styling. He went to Elite, but has since moved on. Now, he teaches an introductory journalism class at USC in addition to his regular job. Wes is half of the Wes-&-Sarah married couple, bonded in late June, 1998. He played in the band Happybomb with Ryan Reed, Jordan Crane and K.T. Wiegman.
See also: Travis Smith, K.T. Wiegman, George Stankow, Ryan Reed. First added: 3/3/1996. Last updated: 10/29/2001
Bilovsky, Jennifer
Staff Artist, Cinema-TV reporter,
1996 - 1998
After graduating from the USC School of Cinema-Television, Ms. Bilovsky went to work in feature film development. She currently presides as Head of the story department at Endeavor Talent and Literary Agency.
First added: 9/15/2002. Last updated: 9/15/2002
Bine, Alan
Assistant City Editor, City Editor, Managing Editor
1960 - 1964
Alan Bine (Biné actually), who worked on the DT with Dan Smith, Sue Bernard Bryant, Hal Drake, Jim Perry, Steve Bisheff, Allan Malamud, Hazel Browning and a host of other characters, has been a publications editor promoting the continuing ed program at the University of Washington in Seattle for nearly 20 years now. After graduating in 1964, he worked as a reporter for the South Bay Daily Breeze and as an employee communications specialist for Southern California Gas Co. before moving to Seattle in 1979. In his free time, Bine writes whimsical poetry, greeting cards and songs.
See also: Dan Smith, Sue Bernard Bryant, Hal Drake, Jim Perry, Steve Bisheff, Allan Malamud, Hazel Browning. First added: 2/24/2003. Last updated: 8/17/2003
Bingham, Terri
Staff Writer
1980 - 1982 Personal recollections
Went on to become a music attorney, has represented the Jackson Family for 15 years and is currently In House Counsel for hip hop label Tha Row Records and Marion "Suge" Knight. Says Terri: "I went to night school at Southwestern, working in law firms and one stock brokerage during the day to put myself through their four year law school program. I began representing the Jackson Family very early in my career, so I guess I got lucky and always had celebrity clients. Suge Knight heard about me and hired me to work for his record company, as their attorney. I have written an authorized celebrity autobiography, and am looking for a publisher."
See also: Lisa Messersmith. First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 3/13/2003
Birenboim, Aaron
Photographer
1986 - 1989
Aaron went on to get his Master's in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech, but continued photography as a hobby. He has been working in scientific and real-time computing mostly for DoD (that's department of defense, not dungeons and dragons as I briefly thought -ed.) contractors since 1990.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 11/22/2004
Birmingham, Stephen
Editorial Columnist
1989? - 1989?
Nothing currently known.
First added: 8/18/2002. Last updated: 8/18/2002
Biscay, Hillary
Staff Writer
1999 - 1999
Nothing currently known.
First added: 7/11/2002. Last updated: 7/11/2002
Bisheff, Steve
Sports Editor
1960? - 1965?
Steve Bisheff, who was one of Dan Smith's sports co-editors works for the Orange County Register as a sports columnist.
See also: Dan Smith. First added: 2/24/2003. Last updated: 2/24/2003
Biss, Nita
Unknown
1958? - 1961?
Nita and husband, Don Anderson, live in Ojai. Both were in PR for ARCO for years. Nita is a past president of the USC Journalism Alumni Assn.
See also: Michael Furtney, Garry Short. First added: 11/30/2004. Last updated: 1/21/2005
[Previous letter: A]
[Next letter: Bl]
