Adam covering the tsunami in January 2005.
Ed with Brian Mahoney
Meredith, Adam, Sharon and Ed are recent journalism graduates. See what they are up to now.
Meredith Jorgensen '02
Meredith Jorgensen is a reporter for the NBC station in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She has been working at WGAL-TV News 8 for five years. WGAL is the number one television station in the top 50 markets according to Nielson Ratings. The station covers nearly a dozen counties in South Central Pennsylvania. News 8 produces five hours of live news a day. Meredith is the Lancaster County reporter for the 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 newscasts.
As part of the News 8 team, Meredith has reported on local stories that garnered national coverage including the Amish School House Shooting last October that killed five Amish girls. Meredith reports on everything from horse and buggy accidents to Presidential visits. She does it side by side with three other Ithaca graduates who work at WGAL; Ben Simmoneau ’04, Carrie Fairchild ’97 and Pat Principe ’76. Go Bombers!
Adam B. Ellick ’99
Adam B. Ellick is a multi-platform journalist who uses print, photo and video to tell stories around the world. He currently works as a fulltime video journalist at The New York Times, where he pioneers its foreign video coverage.
Before joining The Times, Mr. Ellick spent six years overseas running EllickNewsLink, an international freelance news service that sent him reporting through dozens of countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. His writing has been published in USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Rollingstone.com, The Jerusalem Post, and dozens of other publications. He was a Fulbright Scholar in Jakarta from 2003-2005, a Pulliam Journalism Fellow in 1999 at the Indianapolis Star, and worked as a Visiting Professor at the Russian American Journalism Institute in Russia in 2003. He also lectures at Media Bistro.
Sharon Brandman ’04
Sharon Brandman is the senior producer at KOAA-TV News First 5/30, the NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She produces the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. After graduating from Ithaca, Sharon began her producing career on the morning show at News First, and quickly moved up the ranks. She has earned a Regional Emmy award for best newscast: News First Today at 6 a.m., and Colorado Broadcaster’s Association award for best newscast: News First at 10 p.m.
Sharon is also the Executive Producer for Midknight Video Productions, an independent production company that provides exclusive video coverage for the I-25 Speedway, Southern Colorado’s only paved quarter-mile oval race track. Sharon helps shoot highlights of the races, interviews drivers and fans, and provides on-camera reports for the weekly DVDs that the company sells. Sharon is also extensively involved with the overall company direction and enjoys shouldering a vast amount of responsibility with regard to how the company is growing.
Sharon loves the diversity her two careers grant her, having the opportunity to focus equally on hard-hitting news and the exciting action of the sport of race car driving, while having a positive impact on viewers of both the newscasts and the patrons of the speedway, truly her efforts have been noticed by many and are appreciated by all.
Ed Cohen ’05
Ed Cohen is the play-by-play voice for the Manhattan Jaspers, and also hosts their basketball coaches' TV show on SNY during the season. He has also called games for MSG Network and NBA TV, anchored updates for Sirius NBA and NFL Radio and filled in as a sports anchor at WRNN-TV, which can be seen throughout the Tri-State area. This summer he is in North Carolina, calling minor league baseball for the Burlington Royals of the Appalachian League.
"I remember visiting Ithaca my senior year of high school, and during our tour of Park, the student guide said he was on the radio his first week, providing field hockey updates. I thought this was the greatest thing ever! Now, I never did any work with field hockey in my four years, but the truth is if you want to get involved right away, with whatever your interest/passion is, the opportunities are there. Any chance you get, whether its on-air, behind the scenes, writing a class paper, editing a project...make it something that will help build towards that next step. There is no such thing as a bad opportunity, especially in the Park School. But remember, enjoy the college experience, too."
