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Tyler Byrum

Tyler Byrum

Digital Content Specialist, Monumental Sports Network

Tyler Byrum covers the Washington Mystics, D.C.’s women’s basketball team, for Monumental Sports Network. He also provides daily written, digital, audio, video and on-air content to be used across Monumental’s various platforms. Tyler is a two-time graduate of George Mason University (B.A. 2016, M.A. 2019) and helped develop the sports broadcasting program. He is also a freelance play-by-play commentator for Mid-Atlantic area colleges and semi-professional teams. 

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Joanna Zelman

Joanna Zelman

Executive Producer, The Dodo​

Joanna Zelman has been Executive Producer at The Dodo, the world’s #1 animal brand, for 10 years. She previously worked at The Huffington Post as a front page editor and running the Green page. She’s been an Executive Producer for My Pack Life” on Discovery+, Consulting Producer for “Rescued by Roman” on Disney+, and producer for “Dodo Heroes” on Animal Planet. Favorite projects include working with First Lady Jill Biden and First Cat Willow Biden, and rescuing a skunk (without getting sprayed!)

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Junior Faculty Advisor

Abigail McDonald

ABIGAIL MACDONALD

Junior Faculty Advisor

Abigail is a rising Sophomore at the University of Arkansas, majoring in Journalism with a focus in multimedia production. She is so excited to be back at WJMC after attending during the summer of 2022. She is heavily involved in my school’s Film Society, and will be their social media director this upcoming school year. She can’t wait to help make this summer really special for the students, and to open their eyes to all of the possibilities the journalism industry can offer!

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Christian Devine

CHRISTIAN DEVINE

Director, Defense Press & Media Operations, Office of the Secretary of Defense

Colonel Devine currently serves as the Director for Defense Press Operations for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), serving as a senior military communication strategist and spokesperson for the Department of Defense.  He directs the daily coordination and release of all external communication for Department of Defense and support to national security press assigned to the Pentagon. 

 A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Colonel Devine joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1989 and later graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1996, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in International Politics.

Since 1997, Chris has served the Marine Corps as a Public Affairs Officer—spanning a wide gambit of national security and defense-related professional public relations, crisis communication, and strategic engagement assignments in the U.S. and overseas.  Over the course of over three decades of military service, he has held a variety of key organizational leadership roles directing and coaching diverse groups of professional communicators, military strategists, marketing/advertising creatives, journalists, and visual storytellers—all driving towards connecting national and international publics to the men and women of the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense.

Colonel Devine holds Master’s Degrees in Public Administration & Organizational Management from the Pennsylvania State University, the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and the Marine Corps War College in National Security Strategy. Additionally, Chris completed an Executive Certification in Strategic Marketing Management from Harvard Business School (Boston, MA