Broadcasting and Journalism

Newspaper columnist

This Golden Gater editor had to leave SF State before graduating to fight in the Korean War, but it hasn't seemed to hurt his career any. He has earned three Pulitzer Prizes as well as the moniker, "The Bard of LA."

News anchor

He got his first job in broadcasting two weeks out of SF State and went on to become one of the Bay Area's best-loved TV newsmen, anchoring the evening slot at KPIX for many years.

Journalist/author

This reporter at The New York Times earned the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his investigation of the dangers of contaminated meat.

Senior adviser to the president, Knight Foundation

This journalism grad was managing editor of the Oakland Tribunewhen the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize. He went on to create and coordinate the content for the Newseum, the nation's first museum of news.

TV host

This energetic Bay Area TV personality broke into the broadcast business after telling an interviewer, "If I don't get this job, my dad's going to kill me." The two-time Emmy Award winner hosts "The Malou Show" on KTVU.

Radio personality

When DJ Carter Smith was studying radio and television broadcasting in the late 50's, TV was so new SF State didn't even own one yet. That didn't hold him back. He appeared on every television station in the Bay Area during his 50-year career.

News anchor

This broadcasting major shocked a television audience by proposing to his girlfriend live on Oakland's KTVU, where he has worked for more than a decade and currently co-anchors the evening newscasts.

Newspaper publisher/editor

In 1975 he left Vietnam for the U.S., where his first job was selling the San Francisco Examiner on a street corner. After graduating from the journalism department he established Viet Mercury, the first Vietnamese newspaper published by a U.S. media company. He is currently the publisher and editor of VTimes.

Journalist

This political science graduate was just four years out of college when he won a 2008 Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of reporters at The Washington Post that covered the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech.

Journalist/author

The reporter who broke the Tailhook sexual abuse scandal and exposed ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey's role in a Vietnam war massacre got his start in journalism editing the Golden Gater.

Film critic

Vancouver Magazine called this radio/TV grad "San Francisco's sharp-witted solo answer to Siskel and Ebert." On KRON she sports a new hat each week as she serves up show-biz scoops and film critiques. The two-time Emmy winner first worked at the station as an undergrad.

News photographer

Her photography professor, Ken Kobre, advised her to arrive early, stay late, run fast and jump high. His advice paid off. In 1997, she won a Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography.

Reporter

This journalism graduate and reporter at CBS station KPIX 5 has earned six Emmys for news, including a National Emmy for her coverage of the 2009 Oscar Grant protests and riots in Oakland.

TV host

This on-air reporter and former co-host of "49ers Total Access" is no stranger to athletic competition. She holds the sixth-place record for career points for Gator women's swimming.