Alumna and current grad student wed during Hurricane Irene

USC Annenberg alumna Lauren Whaley (M.A. Specialized Journalism 2010) and Jake De Grazia (M.A. Specialized Journalism 2012) recently married in New York in the midst of Hurricane Irene. Currently a multimedia reporter for the California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting in Alhambra, Calif., Whaley wrote an article titled “A Wedding Crasher named Irene,” which appeared in the Sept. 4 edition of the New York Times.

“We all ran through the pouring rain, jumping puddles across the farm,” wrote Whaley, "soaking-wet aunts, uncles, cousins and friends were dancing, singing and scavenging the heirloom tomatoes, homemade organic mozzarella and rum punch left over from the postceremony cocktail hour.”

A Wedding Crasher named Irene