Brandeis Magazine

Yaron Dori was elected president of the Federal Communications Bar Association. He is a communications and privacy lawyer in the Washington, D.C., office of Covington & Burling, where he co-chairs the communications and media practice group. Stacey Ballis writes, “I am still flush with the success of my last novel, ‘Good Enough to Eat,’ and am currently finishing my sixth novel, ‘Bread & Butter,’ which will be released in July 2012. I continue to appear on local television, blog about life and food, and write and consult on a freelance basis. I am thrilled to announce my recent marriage to Bill Thurmond, an Internet media consultant. We are happily nesting in Chicago. You can find me on Twitter.” Evan Berland was promoted to deputy editor of the East region for the Associated Press, charged with helping to oversee U.S. news coverage from Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey north to Maine. He had served as news editor for the Carolinas for the news cooperative. Evan also worked for the AP in Trenton, N.J., and Hartford, Conn. He started his career as a reporter for the Middlesex News in Framingham, Mass.