Higher Learning for us means understanding a higher purpose for the role of the reporter in society. Reporting the truth means the community is progressing toward a future with more knowledge, more resilience, greater self-sufficiency, and more compassion for the deserving. We believe many of grads exemplify these values in their work and lives.
To this end, we encourage prospective students of PC and life to read and listen to the work from a sampling of graduate superstars who contributed to The Buccaneer.
- Laura Campbell, a Costco executive in Human Development & Training who advanced from a position as a reporter for Costco Connection and Costco Today employee magazines.
- Kevin German, a full-time photographer for the Sacramento Bee and contributor to TIME and National Geographic magazines.
- Daysha Eaton, a writer/production assistant for Northwest Cable News Television and current KING-5 employee who recently interned at KPLU-FM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Tacoma.
- Kevin Jackson, an executive editor for ESPN.Com in Seattle.
- A columnist for The Daily Advance in North Carolina and has worked at newspapers in Alaska and in Detroit.
- Staci Matthes, a co-founder and publisher for a business journal on the Olympic Peninsula.
- Mark Morey, an investigative reporter at the Yakima-Herald Republic and recipient of a George Polk Journalism Award for work on a fatal wildfire.
- Daniel Silliman, an avid blogger, former reporter for the Clayton News Daily in Georgia.
- Sean Sperry, a staff photographer for the for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Montana.
Recent student editors of the award-winning Buccaneer gathered to discuss the state of journalism and social media. Graduate and Buccaneer Business Manager Boneita Smith moderated the reunion of former managing editors Viola Ware, a student of Arizona State University, Liz Wasson, a Washington State University student and Jesse Major, a Pacific Lutheran University student, former reporter of The Messenger of Fort Dodge, Iowa, and currently a reporter at the Ellensburg Daily Record.