Boston University’s College of Communication has helped launch the careers of some of the world’s top film producers, journalists, media executives and talents. Below is a partial list:
- Chet Simmons (1952), first ESPN president, ABC Sports executive, NBC Sports president, USFL commissioner, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010, developed Wide World of Sports
- Jean Firstenberg (1958), President and CEO of the American Film Institute (1980–2007)
- Donald Lambro (1962), chief political correspondent of The Washington Times
- Joe Roth (1970), Chairman, Walt Disney Studios (1994–2000); Chairman, 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), founder Morgan Creek Entertainment
- David Doubilet (1970), National Geographic photographer
- Bonnie Hammer (1971), Chairman, NBCUniversal
- Lauren Shuler Donner (1971), X-Men film series franchise producer
- Carmen Fields (1973), Emmy-winning journalist, Channel 7
- Joseph Nocera (1974), Pulitzer Prize for Commentary finalist; columnist, New York Times
- Joan Vennochi (1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Boston Globe, 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
- Mark Thompson (1975), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
- Howard Stern (1976), host of The Howard Stern Show
- Ted Harbert (1977), Chairman, NBC Broadcasting, President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, and Chairman of ABC Entertainment
- Bonnie Arnold (1978), Academy Award-nominated producer of Toy Story, Tarzan, and How to Train Your Dragon
- Jim Donovan (1978), news anchor, play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports’s NFL coverage (1987–1997), radio voice of the Cleveland Browns Radio Network since 1999
- Michael Williams (1979), Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producer, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Queer Eye
- Brian Bedol (1980), creator of ESPN Classic, founder and CEO, CBS Sports Network
- Deborah Liebling (1981), Emmy Award-nominated producer, President of Production at Universal Pictures, responsible for South Park
- Kevin Burns (1981), Emmy Award-winning producer of A&E’s Biography series, Ancient Aliens, America’s Book of Secrets
- Anthony Radziwill (1982), Emmy Award-winning NBC anchor and reporter, Peabody Award for an investigation on the U.S. resurgence of Nazism
- Richard Gladstein (1983), Academy Award-nominated producer, Pulp Fiction, She’s All That, The Bourne Identity
- Scott Rosenberg (1985), writer, producer, Con Air, Gone in 60 Seconds, Beautiful Girls, High Fidelity
- Joseph Hallinan (1984), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The Indianapolis Star, 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
- Don Van Natta Jr. (1986), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at The New York Times and The Miami Herald, 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, 1999 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
- Andy Cohen (1990), Primetime Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning host, executive producer of the Real Housewives franchise
- Nancy Dubuc (1991), CEO, Vice Media, CEO and President, A+E Networks
- Tyler Hicks (1992), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
- Bill Simmons (1993), ESPN columnist, CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer, The Bill Simmons Podcast
- Hong Chau (2001), Academy Award-nominated actress, Best Supporting Actress for The Whale, starred in Netflix’s The Menu, Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, A24’s Showing Up, Ngoc Lan Tran in Downsizing, Netflix’s The Night Agent
- Nora Grossman (2005), Academy Award-nominated producer, Best Picture for The Imitation Game
- Josh Safdie (2007), director, Marty Supreme; co-director, Uncut Gems, Palme d’Or-nominee Good Time, Heaven Knows What
- Benjamin Safdie (2008), director, The Smashing Machine; co-director, Uncut Gems, Palme d’Or-nominee Good Time; actor in Licorice Pizza, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.,Oppenheimer
- Alex Cooper (2017), podcaster, Call Her Daddy
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