University Communications Staff
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Office of University Media Relations
Nancy Seideman
Associate Vice President
University Communications
Executive Director
University Media Relations
nancy.seideman@emory.edu
404.727.0640
404.558.9582 cell
Nancy Seideman is Associate Vice President for University Communications and Executive Director of the Office of University Media Relations. In her role, Seideman oversees university media relations, the faculty-staff newspaper, Emory Report, the university's news web site, and plays a key communications role in issues management and crisis communications. In her more than two decades at Emory, Seideman has held several managerial communications positions. Seideman and her media team members have received national and regional CASE awards for their work in strategic communications programs, media promotion and news writing. She has presented at conferences, most recently serving as faculty at the CASE 2010 Institute for Senior Communications and Marketing.
Seideman is active in Emory's nationally recognized environmental initiatives. She is former President of Friends of Emory Forest, and was appointed by Emory's president to serve on two university-wide committees to determine how to implement a comprehensive environmental policy, and to develop a management system for the university's preserve, Lullwater. She is author of a chapter on Emory's early environmental history, published in "Where Courageous Inquiry Leads: The Emerging Life of Emory University" (2010).
Before joining Emory in 1990, Seideman served as national media manager for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and worked in hospital public relations in Boston and San Francisco.
Seideman received a bachelor of arts degree in communications at Simmons College, and completed post-graduate courses in medical writing and political reporting at Boston University.
Recent Publications:
- "Lullwater and the Greening of Emory," an excerpt from "Where Courageous Inquiry Leads: The Emerging Life of Emory University" (2010)
- "Developing a Public Voice Through the Media," an article from "The Academic Exchange" (April 2011)
Elaine Justice
Associate Director
University Media Relations
elaine.justice@emory.edu
404.727.0643
404.276.8363 cell
Elaine Justice has been a media relations professional in higher education for more than two decades. As associate director of media relations at Emory University, she works with the central university and a broad range of faculty and professional schools to promote Emory's reputation and initiatives to the national media.
A graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia with an undergraduate degree in English, Justice did graduate work in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After brief stints reporting for the Daily Press in Newport News, Va., and the Greensboro News-Record and Raleigh News & Observer in North Carolina, Justice landed at her alma mater, William and Mary, serving as the director the college's news office for more than a decade.
Justice is a member of the Religion Communicators Council and the winner of numerous CASE awards, including the Gold Medal Circle of Excellence Award for Specific News and Information Programs.
Beverly Clark
Associate Director
University Media Relations
beverly.clark@emory.edu
404.712.8780
404.291.4760 cell
As associate director of University Media Relations, Clark is responsible for promoting faculty research, programs and events across the humanities, sciences and campus life. She serves as the primary media contact for campus/student life and the sciences within Emory College. Clark also manages all media relations duties for Emory's annual commencement ceremony.
Clark joined Emory in 2001 from Georgia State University, where she worked as a writer and editor for various publications. Previously, she was a news reporter for the Athens Daily News and Banner-Herald in Athens, Ga.
A native of Charleston, S.C., Clark is a graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism.
Corey Broman-Fulks
Assistant Director,
University Media Relations
corey.broman-fulks@emory.edu
404.712.5033
404.295.3341 blackberry
As the assistant director, Corey Broman-Fulks oversees video production for the media relations department. Whether it's interviews with Emory's experts or news-style promotional pieces, Broman-Fulks is the person who produces the multimedia packages. He also works with the other media relations staff to promote these videos to external media outlets. His work has appeared on the websites of CNN, USA Today and New York Times, among others.
Prior to joining Emory's staff in June 2010, Broman-Fulks worked in television in several capacities. He was a show host, anchor and producer for the Southeastern Channel, an educational station in Southeast Louisiana. He also worked as an on-air reporter and producer for WCBD-TV 2 in Charleston, S.C. He has received several awards for his work including honors from the Society of Professional Journalists and a regional Emmy nomination for his work at WCBD-TV 2.
Broman-Fulks grew up in Easley, S.C., and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina.
Jill Hennecy
Sr. Online Producer
University Media Relations
jill.hennecy@emory.edu
404.727.7020
As an online producer, Jill Hennecy manages the News & Events web site, including technical and content-related updates and provides administrative support to the media relations team.
Before joining Emory in July 2004, Hennecy was a marketing coordinator and office manager for a pre-employment screening agency in Atlanta, an English teacher in the Czech Republic and corporate communications coordinator for an insurance brokerage firm in San Francisco.
She received a bachelor's degree in mass communications from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va.
Emory Report
Kim Urquhart
Editor
Emory Report
kim.urquhart@emory.edu
404.727.9507
Kim Urquhart manages the writing, editing, photography, production and distribution of Emory Report, Emory University's faculty and staff publication. On the heels of earning the 2010 CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Award for print internal audience periodicals, Urquhart was tasked with transforming Emory Report from a weekly print newspaper to a daily online publication.
She has worked as a writer, editor and photographer for Colorado Hometown Newspapers, Medical Device Daily and Southeastern Adventures Magazine—as well as backpacking guide, tour guide and mountain bike instructor—before joining Emory's Division of Communications & Marketing in 2006. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee's journalism and public relations program.
Alejandro A. Leal
Online Producer
Emory Report
alejandro.leal@emory.edu
404.727.5546
As online producer for Emory Report, Emory University's faculty/staff publication, Alejandro A. Leal is responsible for bringing online the various stories highlighting community achievements and efforts that reflect the university's strategic vision. He is also responsible for monitoring Emory Report's social media presence, the distribution of the weekly eBulletin, and contributing to the Office of University Communication's digital content strategy. He joined the staff of Emory Report in January 2011.
Before joining Emory, Leal was the online producer for Creative Loafing, Atlanta's leading city lifestyle weekly, served as editor of Revista Elite Magazine, a community publication based in Norcross, Ga., and co-founded the baseball fan site UmpBump.com.
He received a master's degree in media studies from the New School University and graduated from Georgia State University with a bachelor's degree in print journalism and Spanish literature.
Carol Clark
Senior Science Communicator
University Communications
carol.clark@emory.edu
404.727.0501
As senior science communicator, Carol Clark developed eScienceCommons, a blog for the natural and social sciences. She produces videos and stories that aim to get Emory’s best science noticed — around campus and the world.
She previously worked at CNN.com as an online producer for breaking world news and as a special projects writer and editor. She has lived and worked as a journalist in Thailand and Singapore. Her freelance feature articles on subjects ranging from public health efforts in rural Kenya to scuba diving in Honduras have appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times, among many other publications. She was a CDC Knight Public Health Journalism Fellow in 2004.
Clark is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, dance and the outdoors.
Leslie King
Assistant Editor
Emory Report
ltking@emory.edu
404.727.4718
In addition to writing, editing and proofreading for Emory Report, Leslie King compiles the office's daily media report and assists in the distribution of news releases to the media and for www.emory.edu.
King has been a copy editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in news and business and at CNN.com and CNN Live; a writer at CNN; a proofreader with Aquent, Inc. for J. Walter Thompson and GO! Productions; and writer/editor for Vee Nelson and Associates Training and Technical Writing. She previously served as associate editor of Industrial Engineering magazine.
She has a degree in journalism from the University of Georgia.
