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| Jennifer Lerner is vice president at Fleishman-Hillard in Kansas City. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1998 with a degree in broadcast journalism. |
Dear ONA Mizzou Students,
What a fantastic moment – you’re about to embark into the next chapter in your journalism career. I vividly remember my graduation day from the MU School of Journalism 14 (!) or so years ago. Elizabeth Vargas from ABC News (also a Mizzou alum) gave the commencement address, and I was about to venture off to Nashville to begin my career as a weekend morning news producer. I was hopeful. I was idealistic. I would eventually work my way up to the ranks of Executive Producer and beyond!
Seven years later, I found myself going over to, what my newsie friends called, the ‘the dark side’.
That’s right. In 2005, I, Jennifer (Hankes) Lerner, broadcast news producer, graduate of the best J-School in the country, made a career change and became a public relations professional. (Gasp!)
