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2007
Auburn Reporter 1-24
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Most Recent Notes
David L Marshall
atlantamoi@yahoo.com
- After graduation I worked as a director for the CBS affiliate in Columbus, Ga. and then made my way to CNN Headline News in Atlanta in 1990. In 1999 I became one of the directors for live news broadcasts and have been in this position since. I also direct for CNN domestic when the need arises. I live with my wife (Ana Lucia) and child (Gabriella) near Decatur, Ga. When I was at Auburn I was music director for a couple of years at WEGL and had a blast. Radio probably would have been a more enjoyable career, but I figured television would provide more stability and so far I think I made the right choice. I did take from WEGL a willingness to be open to all kinds of music which is something I still employ today.
June 2008
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Jamie Christensen Johnston
- Master of Communication 1996
forgottencoastfilm@gmail.com
- I am a documentary filmmaker living with my husband and kids in Salt Lake City, UT. I worked for the Sundance Film Festival for three years before starting my own production company. I made a documentary film, FORGOTTEN COAST, about the rebuilding efforts and cultural changes of the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coasts in the two year aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This film will premiere at the Oxford Film Festival in Oxford, MS on February 9, 2008. The website for this film is www.forgottencoastfilm.com .
December 2007
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Christian Flathman
cflathman@georgiasouthern.edu
- Christian Flathman ('97) was recently named Director of Marketing & Communications for Georgia Southern University, a 17,000+ student research institution located in Georgia. Flathman previously served in global communications and marketing management positions at GE and Michelin including supporting NBC, GE Capital, GE Consumer Products, GE Aviation and GE Energy. He and his wife Rhonda have one daughter, Josie and live in Savannah, GA.
September 2007
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Susan Elizabeth Johnston
susan@princessbubble.com
- As seen on The TODAY Show on August 20th.
New Release, Princess Bubble, Strikes Chord with America’s 51% SINGLE WOMEN WHO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY, OUTNUMBER MARRIED WOMEN
ATLANTA, August 9, 2007—This Christmas season thousands of single belles will hang their silk stockings and say their prayers before a quick night’s sleep-then it’s off to work they go. This ever growing group of Carols, Noels, and Merrys will shop, party and cook as they celebrate the holidays with families and friends. Two successful single gals will ring in the New Year with a resolution; offering parents an updated version of the traditional fairy tale. No longer a “Damsel in Distress,” this princess travels the world, helps others, and finds “happily ever after” even before she finds her Prince!
With wisdom gleaned from their careers as single, globe-trotting flight attendants, first-time authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb have crafted a modern-day book that celebrates singleness. A contemporary fairy tale for all ages, Princess Bubble was written to reduce the overwhelming sense of failure, self-doubt, and despair that some single women face.
“Knowing how low self-esteem and depression plague many single females, we wanted to spread the message that ‘happily ever after’ can occur even before Prince Charming arrives. . . or even if he never does,” said Webb.
“We’re definitely not anti-Prince,” said Johnston (whose college nickname was “Bubbles”). “We’re not anti-family or anti-marriage, if anything we’re anti-‘Damsel in Distress.’ Our message—the single life can also be a fairy tale. The End!”
Princess Bubble stars a princess who is confused by the traditional fairy tale messages that say she must find her “prince” before she can live “happily ever after.” Princess Bubble dons her “thinking crown” to research traditional fairy tales, interviews married girlfriends, and even takes counsel from her mother, who advises her to sign up at FindYourPrince.com. With a little help from her fairy godmother (this is still a fairy tale after all), Ms. Bubble discovers that “living happily ever after” is not about finding a prince. “True happiness,” the book reveals, “is found by loving God, being kind to others, and being comfortable with who you are already!”
“We’ve had countless women all over the nation tell us they wish there had been a book like this when they were young,” said Johnston. “This is a story women can truly believe in and feel comfortable sharing with their children.”
August 2007
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