Courtesy of Tara Gettman
Tara Thomas-Gettman
Tara Thomas-Gettman (COM’95) (left) of Waterloo, Iowa, left her TV news anchor job after nearly 20 years and entered the government, education, and tech communications field. “Enter Amanda Goodman (right), the woman who replaced me on the news desk, who suggested we start a podcast to vent about the ups and downs of the business from a female perspective,” she writes. In 2019, the two launched their podcast, Faith & Four Letter Words, and in 2023 took the show on the road as a speaking tour. The show launched a live, weekly newscast on Facebook in September 2024, which reached more than 100,000 in its first month. Tara adds that Marilyn Root, retired associate dean at BU’s College of Communication, continues to be one of her biggest supporters. Email her at taragettman@gmail.com.
From the Fall 2024 issue.