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Cheryl Whitlow Thompson (BS ’82, LAS; MS ’84, journalism) will be the first to tell you journalism is not just a job to her—it’s who she is.
Digging deep to uncover truths, holding those in power accountable, and asking the tough questions comes naturally to the investigative correspondent and… Read More
Journalism News
We CU Community Engaged Scholars and the Humanities Research Institute at Illinois selected Courtney Dillon, a senior earning a dual degree in journalism and in sociology, as one of five Humanities in Action scholars to work with community partners throughout the Fall 2024 semester.
The… Read More
College News
Chaz Ebert and the University of Illinois College of Media announce that the opening night film of the 2025 Roger Ebert’s Film Festival will be a new 70mm print of the Western classic The Searchers (1956), starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood. The four-day festival, named for famed film critic… Read More
Advertising News
As part of the College of Media’s three-part webinar series this fall, “Bridging Divides: Conversations on Media and Disagreement,” faculty from the Departments of Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema Studies led Q&As to explore how productive discussions occur across lines of… Read More
Media & Cinema Studies News
As part of the College of Media’s three-part webinar series this fall, “Bridging Divides: Conversations on Media and Disagreement,” faculty from the Departments of Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema Studies led Q&As to explore how productive discussions occur across lines of… Read More
Journalism News
As part of the College of Media’s three-part webinar series this fall, “Bridging Divides: Conversations on Media and Disagreement,” faculty from the Departments of Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema Studies led Q&As to explore how productive discussions occur across lines of… Read More
College News
Each fall, the Roger Ebert Fellows program selects three College of Media undergraduate students to complete a yearlong fellowship that immerses students into the film industry and provides them with opportunities to sharpen their critical writing skills and engage with the film community.
The… Read More
College News
College of Media faculty, staff, and students can see notable changes at Gregory Hall after several major remodeling projects that began in May 2024 have been completed or are scheduled to wrap up this fall semester.
Thanks to a sizeable investment from campus, the college has been able to… Read More
Journalism News
At its first event of the 2024-25 school year, the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists hosted “Black on Black Commentary,” where students discussed popular topics involving the Black community in the media, such as election coverage of Vice President Kamala Harris… Read More
College News
Chuck Todd, NBC News’ chief political analyst and former moderator of the network’s flagship Sunday public affairs program Meet the Press, will be on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus for a conversation about the presidential election results on Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 5-6 p.m.
Todd… Read More
Journalism News
Kate McQueen (BA ’02, LAS; MS ’17, journalism) has been named the winner of the 2024 Henry Fuhrmann Mentor Award by ACES: The Society for Editing and the Asian American Journalists Association-Los Angeles.
McQueen, editorial director of the Pollen Initiative, was honored for her work with new and… Read More
Journalism News
Melita Garza, associate professor and Tom and June Netzel Sleeman Scholar in Business Journalism, is a journalism historian who studies news as an agent of democracy. University of Illinois News Bureau editor Lois Yoksoulian discussed the history and future of presidential endorsements with Garza… Read More
Journalism News
Sal Nudo (MS '16, journalism) has published a guidebook, Champaign-Urbana Greater than a Tourist, which contains advice on places to eat and visit in C-U and information about the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The book is part of CZYK Publishing’s Greater than a Tourist series.
The 50… Read More
Journalism News
Mark S. Grochocinski (BS ’77, journalism) has published his first book: Out of the Corner of the Eye: Averted Visions of Jack the Ripper.
Grochocinski offers an oblique, subtle, and nuanced view of Jack the Ripper and his crimes via a series of vignettes—its focus is on his time in place, not his… Read More
College News
Illinois Public Media’s Prairie Fire nominated for seven Emmys
UPDATE 10/29/2024:
WILL-TV’s Prairie Fire won four Mid-America Emmy Awards, including Best Magazine Program, for its first season. The show also won in the following categories:
Arts/Entertainment, Short Form: “Preston Jackson." A… Read More
College News
Congratulations to these College of Media students who received campus and college awards and honors, and scholarships and fellowships that were made possible thanks to our donors.
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & FELLOWSHIPS
Anthony J. Petullo Endowment in Design and Advertising Fund
This… Read More
Journalism News
As the son of first-generation immigrant parents from Mexico, Emilio Reyes sometimes found it difficult fitting in while growing up in rural Indiana.
It wasn’t until he came to the University of Illinois to study journalism that he says he began to really embrace his Hispanic heritage.
“I [… Read More
Journalism News
In March 1951, Andrew Ivy—at the time, one of the most renowned scientists and medical ethicists in the U.S.—held a press conference in Chicago to announce Krebiozen, a recently discovered wonder drug that Ivy said could dramatically help cancer patients. The announcement created a frenzy among… Read More
College News
How are we teaching students, and the broader community, to disagree? It’s a question the College of Media hopes to address in a new three-part series, “Bridging Divides: Conversations on Media and Disagreement.”
Faculty from the Departments of Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema… Read More
Journalism News
Cheryl W. Thompson (BS ’82, LAS; MS ’84, journalism), investigative correspondent and senior editor at NPR, and associate professor at George Washington University, will receive the 2024 Washington Association of Black Journalists Legacy Award.
This award recognizes a current or retired journalist… Read More