Indiana Daily Student - Distinguished Alumni

Distinguished Alumni

• The famous World War II reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle served as editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student in 1922.
• Washington journalist Robert E Thompson who served in 1958 as JFK's press secretary and covered eleven presidents as a White House Newsman served as editor-in-chief in 1949.
• Crusading editor Don Mellett served as editor-in-chief
• Golden Globe-winning TV producer and creator of Glee Ryan Murphy worked for the IDS as arts editor in the 1980s.
• Former Baltimore Sun Editor Tim Franklin served as editor-in-chief
• Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Michel du Cille was photo editor at the IDS
• Chicago Tribune editor Gerould Kern worked at the IDS
• Pulitzer Prize winning narrative journalist Thomas French was editor-in-chief in 1980