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Martin Fackler arrived in Beijing ing in September as a correspondent for the Associated Press. "I guess all those years of Chinese at Dartmouth finally paid off," says Martin. He also spent two years with the Associated Press in Tokyo before taking a sabbatical from journalism last year to teach mass communications and Japanese history at UC Berkeley. Martin says he considered getting a Ph.D. and pursing academia, but has decided to return to the reporting life. He'd love to hear from any other alums out East at mfackler @ap.org. Andrew Nachison is the director of The Media Center at the American Press Institute in Reston, Virginia. The institute, which "focuses exclusively on digital media and the changing landscape of the online news industry," provides training for journalists and media managers. He recently moved here to the land of politicians and the press from Bloomington, Indiana, where he was a visiting professor at the Indiana University School of Journalism. Andrew's wife, Jenny Holah, is a plant ecologist and they have a son Eli, who is almost 2. Before assuming his new post, Andrew founded the management consulting firm Nach Media and worked as a freelance writer specializing in the environment and technology. Classmates can get in touch at andrew@nach.com.

Jilann Spitzmiller and Hank Rogerson debuted their documentary film, Homeland, at the Taos Talking Picture Festival in April. The film centers around the lives of three families on the Sioux Pine Ridge Reservation and their attempts to escape poverty. It's the first major effort from Jilann and Hank's production company Philomath. They currently live in Los Angeles, but Jilann told the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper that "the inspiration for it came in Santa Fe. Because of our experiences living next to the pueblos and being educated in other cultures, we had an about-right turn. I don't think we could have made the film otherwise."

Geoff Boyd is now the chief financial officer at Eschelon Telecom, which is a local exchange carrier located throughout the western United States. He and his wife, Valerie, moved from Oklahoma to Minneapolis for the job. Geoff says they love their new home but they haven't yet braved a Minnesota winter and hope it won't be too much colder than Hanover in February. They have a son Kirk, who is 2, and were expecting the arrival of his little sister, their second child, in October. Geoff also reports that Libby Carrier, who lives in their neighborhood, throws great cocktail parties and is engaged to be married.

Gina Gualtieri went back to high school in June, this time, as the keynote speaker at Billerica High's graduation, her alma mater in Massachusetts. She advised the class of 2000 to keep a steady outlook on life. "Remember," she said, "some days you feel like the dog, other days you feel like the fire hydrant." She also challenged the students to "respect those people who are different than you—they can open doors for you. Put yourself in uncomfortable situations."

Zach Levine, fresh from his previously described Montana fly-fishing adventure, reports that Timothy Light is doing his general surgery residency at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. He also ran into Katherine Ellsworth, who is busy traveling the world with her husband, Peter, whose military career is responsible for some of the travel. Among their destinations are Italy and southeast Asia. When not globetrotting, they live in Alexandria, Virginia, where Katherine is a landscape architect.

Finally, Scott Sims tied the knot in Princeton, New Jersey, in August, reports The New YorkTimes. He married Melinda Hough, an'associate at a law firm in Houston and a Princeton graduate. Scott is the director of strategy at Agillion, a company in Austin, Texas, that provides Web-based software to businesses.

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