Jen Nycz-Conner felt like she applied to every college in the Big East (RIP) before falling in love with the communications program at Syracuse. Once on campus, she found a fellow freshman with a map. She and Steve Donovan went to the radio station, met B.B. Good, and the rest is history.
Living above the station in Watson as a sophomore, Jen got more involved with the station, and soon became VP of Operations as she and her 1995 classmates ran WJPZ. Actually, she wasn't technically Class of 1995 - as she explains.
She also talks about many of the friendships she's formed through the alumni association, with WJPZ family members she didn't go to school with.
During school, she secured internships with Jim Henson productions and HBO Sports, the latter of which led to work after graduation. And this included some entry level "pay your dues" jobs.
Soon, her husband Chris was in DC, and Jen was in New York. Something had to give, and she found a job working with the ProServ agency in Arlington, Virigina.
Through mergers, acquisitions, and a changing economy, Jen's next stop was Women in Film and Video in DC. This nonprofit work connected her with the Washington Business Journal, where she'd work for nearly a decade and a half, including time on air on legendary DC Radio station WTOP.
After the job at Washington Business Journal, Jen had a few different career paths in mind. When her current job at Hilton came up, it checked all of her boxes.
Through her one-of-a-kind career, Jen talks throughout today's epsiode about the lessons learned at WJPZ, and how they've served her well.
The WJPZ at 50 Podcast Series is produced by Jon Gay, Class of 2002, and his podcast production agency, JAG in Detroit Podcasts.
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