Romenesko

Boston.com
Mark Oppenheimer suggests alumni mag editors have interns make lists of alums who've never sent in notes, "then set them loose on free government databases, the websites of small town newspapers and, of course, Google. Provide phones to make calls. Then report what they find out: who's living off the grid in Idaho and who's living on her parents' sofa; who's chasing good surf around the world; not just who's married but who's divorced, and not just who's had kids but who's childless."