Birthdays for Saturday, Jan. 30
Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays to three top-notch visual journalists…
Kris Goodfellow is vice president of product management for Cyberhomes.com. A 1992 graduate of Northwestern University, Kris spent three years as a graphics reporter for the Chicago Tribune and another three as a graphics editor for the New York Times before becoming director of graphics for the Associated Press in 1999. In 2001, she signed on as information design and product manager at ESRI, overseeing the development of MapStudio. She moved to her current position three years ago.
Brian Immel is a software developer for Signature Genomics Laboratories in Spokane. A 2007 graduate of Washington State University, Brian created the College Front Page web site and worked as a freelance photographer and then as a multimedia producer for the Spokesman-Review of Spokane. He joined Signature Genomics a year ago. He also formed his own multimedia devopment firm, White Nimbus, last year.
David Sheets is sports and gaming editor and a technology columnist for the Post-Dispatch of St. Louis, Mo. A 1987 graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, David worked as a reporter in Vero Beach, Fort Pierce, Pensacola, Bradenton, Tallahassee and Sarasota in Florida before moving to St. Louis in 1998. Find his blog here.
Kris, Brian and David share a birthday with actors Christian Bale, Brett Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Thomas Richard “Dick” Martin and Gene Hackman; musicians Phil Collins and Marty Balin (of Jefferson Starship); chess master Boris Spassky; politician Richard “Dick” Cheney; president Franklin D. Roosevelt and TV business news host Louis Rukeyser.
Plus, today is Escape Day. Seriously.
Best wishes, all! Have the best birthday ever!