Cardinal Alums--Short Bios of People You Knew When

Adam Lasker is DCAA Treasurer. Adam was Editor-in-Chief, 1998-99 and Photography Editor 1995-97. He runs a law practice concentrating in election law at the Law Offices of Adam Lasker in Chicago. His grandfather Robert G. Lewis was Cardinal Editor in chief, 1942; a cub reporter is due at the Lasker household in September.

Anthony Sansone is DCAA President. Tony was Cardinal Board Vice President, 1995-97, General Manager and initiator of the Cardinal Website, 1995-97 and Production Manager, 1990-91. He is now Senior Technical Writer at EMC Corporation and is pursuing a Masters in Technical Communication from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was a founder of DCAA and, with wife Allison Hantschel, also a Cardinal alum and board member, is the major force behind DCAA’s growth and success.

Professional-to-Students Encounters

The DCAA Education Committee, under Mike Juley, has set up an ambitious program of fall seminars for the Daily Cardinal Students.

• Becca Hammer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel advertising administration will hold a 3-hour seminar on ad rep training in mid-August
• Dave Umhoefer of the Journal Sentinel newsroom staff and Pulitzer Prize winner will address the Cardinal staff recruitment meeting followed by a writing seminar on September 16
• Ellen Foley, former editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and now the president of her own media consulting firm, will hold a training session Sept. 18 focused on newsroom management
• Mark Pitsch, assistant city editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, will hold a seminar Oct. 16 on coaching, editing and ethics
• Jim Nelson, assistant business editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will hold a seminar Nov. 6 on how to write a story for online vs. the paper

 Please contact mike.juley@dailycardinal.net to volunteer to lead a seminar in the spring.

Savidge new Managing Editor

“I am amazed at the quality of the material we have in the paper,” he said. “I think we can make a consistently good newspaper into one that is consistently great.” The Cardinal regularly comes in second to the University of Minnesota student paper in regional competitions.

 In the past academic year, Nico was behind “Savidge Nation,” his sports column that won the Society of Professional Journalists’ top honors in the country. He plans to continue the column this year. A sample of his work on the 2011 major league baseball season:

There are few events that bring … emotion out in writers quite like opening day. It's the perfectly even start, the time when every team is a contender. Opening day is built around the limitless potential that comes from a mix of purity and endless optimism; the unblemished fields and spotless uniforms. It's also about unblemished teams and spotless players.

A senior majoring in Journalism, he is working as a Press Intern in the Office of the Secretary for Housing and Urban Development this summer. He finds it interesting to “be on the other side” of the journalism fence and is working on the Community Development Block Grants response team.

Nico started his career in radio and finds it ironic that one of his main interests at the Cardinal is design and layout; “it’s addictive,” he said.

When asked about his plans for post-university life, Nico said he hopes to do something involving reporting. “I enjoyed my time on the Benicia (CA) Herald covering city meetings.”