Spring 2024
A versatile voice
Bill Swartz has covered a lot of sports from some interesting locations in 45 years of broadcasting. » More ...
Broadcast journalists
Winter 2023
Heroes around every corner
Eric Johnson, a prominent news anchor and WSU alumnus, produces the heartwarming "Eric's Heroes" segments at KOMO-TV, featuring stories of kindness and goodness in the midst of distressing news, along with his enduring connection to Washington State University. » More ...
Summer 2023
Great teachers are the brick and mortar
A landmark is renamed for a Washington State College icon who bested her serious illness and left a mentoring legacy. » More ...
Winter 2022
The Wright career
A life in broadcasting has brought Mark Wright awards and fulfillment. » More ...
Fall 2022
Voices of Northwest Public Broadcasting
In celebration of 100 years of broadcasting at Washington State University, Northwest Public Broadcasting staffers discuss their work, its impact, and more.
Becoming a fully forged broadcaster
By Sueann Ramella ’00 Comm.
Program director
Reflecting back, the most defining moments of my education came from my time at Northwest Public Radio, now Northwest Public Broadcasting.
In the late 1990s, radio was live 24/7. New recruits were asked to staff the overnight shifts. I’d leave my Bookie Café job at 7:45 pm to start my overnight at NWPB. The Morning Edition host would relieve me at 4 am. Then, as now, students … » More …
Spring 2022
Cameron Limes
A graduate of the Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University connects with broadcaster Lester Holt...and secures a position at NBC. » More ...
Fall 2021
Enrique Cerna: Outtakes
Enrique Cerna (’75 Comm.), longtime broadcast journalist and now podcaster, reflects on his personal history, career, race, and podcasting.
Read more about Cerna’s latest podcast, Chino y Chicano.
Family history
“My grandfather on my dad’s side had to flee Mexico. He was a landowner during the revolution. My grandmother had twenty kids. Fifteen made it to adulthood. My father went back to Mexico, and that’s where he met my mom. I’m the youngest of five that lived. We lost one sister who died in Mexico at a year old.”
Reunions
“We have a family reunion the second Saturday of every July. We’ve … » More …
Fall 2017
Live from New York . . .
When Ana Cabrera ’04 first set foot on Washington State University’s Pullman campus in 2000, she had no idea she’d be live on national television in 17 years.
She didn’t know she’d go on to work as a weekend anchor for CNN and live in New York City. She was unaware that she’d cover major stories like riots in Ferguson, marijuana legalization, and immigration—or that her life would soon be at the 24/7 mercy of the “news gods.” And she certainly couldn’t predict that the president of the United States would call her and her fellow journalists the “enemy.”
What she did know was … » More …