04 Broadcaster Press April 22, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com Meet Tina Arana Anderson She was able to stop at her childhood hometown, and talk to communication students at the University of South Dakota two weeks ago after traveling to South Dakota to be honored as a distinguished alumni of the journalism and mass communications department of South Dakota State University in Brookings. Tina, along with two other SDSU journalism alumni, Frank Robertson and Ted Heeren, were recognized at the department’s annual spring journalism awards banquet April 9 in Brookings. By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net Tina Arana Anderson moved with her family to Vermillion in time for her to begin second grade at Jolley Elementary School. Today, Tina, the daughter of Nelson Arana of Vermillion, and Fran Mount of Texas, lives in Mission Viejo, CA, with her husband, Kirk, is the mother of two teenage boys, and is a fitness and media specialist with a background in radio, television, voiceover, acting, online wellness, writing, consulting, and as a continuing education provider/presenter. 2400 sq ft, 5 bedroom, 2 bath MOVING - PRICE REDUCED! appliances, 125’ x 150’ lot, screened porch, beautiful landscaping, 2 blocks to school, Elk Point, $189,000. Phone: 712-259-0483. COME & GO OPEN HOUSE MAXINE ROGERS 80TH BIRTHDAY!! For the past 29 years, journalism department faculty members have voted annually to award one or more individuals the title of distinguished alumni, recognizing outstanding contributions to journalism and mass communication. She is a 1980 graduate of Vermillion High School, and got her start in journalism by helping with the yearbook and editing the school newspaper. “That was one of the reasons I thought to myself, I’m going to study journalism, because I like this. This makes sense – I like writing, I like taking pictures, I like layout and design.’” Tina’s first job was in California. 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