Testimonials & Recommendations
 
   
  [Kate] is as hard-working and conscientious a journalist as I've ever met; she has boundless curiosity and works tirelessly in the field; she's a wonderful team player and has wide-ranging resources and contacts; and she delivers high-quality work that makes editors proud. Kate is as good a reporter as I've ever seen come through the [Berkeley Graduate] School.
 

Sandy Tolan
Veteran Radio Correspondent and Author
Professor, U.C. Berkeley Journalism School

   
Kate possesses calm professionalism, good research skills, and a great sense of curiosity and drive for accuracy... She hit the ground running and in just eight weeks delivered about 30 stories... In addition, she brought... to our newsroom a thrill for new ways of storytelling with audio slideshows... [offering] a peer-taught session for writers on how to approach audio slideshows.

Kathleen McCoy
Life Editor
Anchorage Daily News

 
  Kate was a pleasure to work with. She’s smart, competent and motivated to do good stories... Kate was reliable and well liked by staff... Kate’s personality, abilities and versatility make her a good bet for almost any assignment.
 

Sheila Toomey
Assistant City Editor
Anchorage Daily News

   
  I would place [Kate] in the top five percent of all reporting and writing students I have taught in my seven years as a professor here... hardworking, calm under deadline pressure, possessed of an intuitive understanding how to craft a news story, cheerful about editing suggestions, and a clear writer even when the subject matter us quite complex... she'll do a great job wherever she lands...
 

Cynthia Gorney
Staff Writer, New Yorker Magazine
Professor, U.C. Berkeley Journalism School

 

 
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