Gerri Willis, television news journalist; host of The Willis Report on Fox Business Network; formerly with CNN hosting Your Bottom Line and as the senior financial correspondent of SmartMoney
Kathryn Craft, author of literary fiction and contemporary women's fiction
Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner; first African-American U.S. Poet Laureate; Consultant to the Library of Congress; 2012 recipient, Presidential National Medal of Arts Award
Eric Ehrmann, columnist, sports and global affairs, Huffington Post, LePost-LeMonde, pioneer contributor to Rolling Stone in 1968, member of PEN (dropped out 1968)
Wil Haygood, Washington Post writer; author of A Butler Well Served by This Election, inspiration for the movie The Butler, Two on the River, King of Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and The Haygoods of Columbus: A Love Story
Whitelaw Reid, editor-in-chief, New York Tribune; US vice presidential candidate with President Benjamin Harrison (the only time in US history that presidential and vice presidential candidates were alumni of the same university)
Michael Bramos, professional basketball player; joined the Spanish ACB League club Gran Canaria in 2010[70]
Wayne Embry (1958), senior advisor and former general manager, NBAToronto Raptors; former NBA player and NBA executive with the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers, and was the first African American NBA general manager and team president; two-time basketball All-American at Miami[71]
Phil Lumpkin (1981), player, NBA Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns, later became a successful high school basketball coach in Washington State[76]
Matt Lynch (Master's, 2015), as of 2024 the only out head coach in men's college basketball[77]
John Pont (1952), head football coach, Miami University, Yale University, Indiana University, Northwestern University; national Coach of the Year; led Indiana to Big Ten title and Rose Bowl[105]
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