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In an article titled “From Punitive Pedagogies to Liberated Learning: Employing critical pedagogies to further social justice,” Janell Hobson gives special mention to Jay Rosenstein’s documentary “In Whose Honor?” The article was published in the November-December issue of Academe, a publication of… Read More
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#GivingTuesday is the perfect time to give thanks to our alumni and friends who make a difference in the lives of students at Illinois. The College of Media has already awarded scholarship assistance to 109 students this academic year. Scholarship gifts impact our ability to recruit and retain… Read More
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Richard Helton is now one of the top news anchors in the second-largest U.S. city. Find out how this farm kid from Illinois used his rural roots and experience with the RFD Radio Network to make it through The Windy City to the City of Angels.
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Three students from the College of Media were named to the American Advertising Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Students Class of 2017. Honorees include Jamison McDermott, Alex Studer and Jalilah Sultan.The AAF’s Most Promising Multicultural Students program connects the advertising… Read More
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We're thinking about Brett Lerner this month and celebrating the first Brett Lerner Memorial Scholarship recipient, Walker Post.A junior majoring in journalism, Post was a natural fit to be awarded the Brett Lerner Memorial Scholarship. He came to the University with a passion for journalism and… Read More
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Passes for the 19th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” coming April 19-23, 2017, will go on sale Nov. 1.The passes cover all 12 or more screenings during the five-day event at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign. Related talks and panel discussions will be held at the Hyatt Place… Read More
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Isabel Molina-Guzmán, MACS professors and author of “Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media,” was quoted in a New York Times article “Declaring ‘That’s Me,’ and Empowering Latinas.”
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When it comes to the phrase “film festival,” students in Champaign-Urbana may first think of the Roger Ebert Film Festival, held every year at the Virginia Theatre in April. However, the Midwest supports hundreds of film festivals, small and large.Last weekend, the University of Illinois’ 2016-17… Read More
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Illinois Newsroom—the statewide, seven-station journalism collaborative, spearheaded by Illinois Public Media and funded through a $715,000 grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) as well as support from the public media partner newsrooms—launches with the appointment of a new… Read More
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Marlah Bonner-McDuffie, associate dean for advancement, has been named 2016 Boss of the Year by The Secretariat.The award was first presented in 1990. Recipients are selected based on blind nominations from active Secretariat members. McDuffie was nominated by Colleen Hammel, office administrator… Read More
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David E. McCraw, a 1976 U. of I. journalism graduate from Monticello, Illinois, got some unexpected online attention last week in his role as a vice president and assistant general counsel for The New York Times. The focus of that attention: McCraw’s response to an open letter from Donald Trump’s… Read More
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Come and listen to a lively conversation between Masha Gessen, the Russian and American journalist, author and activist, and Christopher Benson, professor of Journalism and African American Studies at Illinois. The two will talk about the changing environment of journalism today; the ways that… Read More
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MACS professor Jay Rosenstein was interviewed for an article in the Decatur Herald and Review and the Quad City Times about “Madigan: Power, Privilege, Politics,” a new documentary about Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan.
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Mobile and social media best practices from journalists and other industries are the focus of the MobileMe&You2 Conference, held simultaneously in Chicago and San Francisco on Friday, Oct. 28. The conference continues Saturday, Oct. 29, in Chicago only. Co-sponsored by the Knight Chair in… Read More
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Leon Dash, professor of journalism in the College of Media, was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Founders Hall of Fame on August 5 during the 2016 NABJ national convention.Dash, along with 43 other journalists, founded NABJ in 1975, in part to address the lack of black… Read More
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Corinne Ruff, a 2015 alumna of the University of Illinois College of Media, has won the 2016 David W. Miller Award for Young Journalists, which The Chronicle confers on one of its interns from the preceding year.The award, which carries a $3,000 prize, is based on three articles submitted by each… Read More
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College of Media students received a 2016 Crystal Pillar Award for best college newscast in the Mid-America region. The Crystal Pillar is NATAS’ highest award for high school and college student television productions.Read the story here.
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By Ros Dumlao“Why are you stressed? Don’t be stressed. You’re at the Paralympic Games!”
I needed that reality check.
I was sitting at a Wi-Fi haven in the Athletes’ Village, typing a story under deadline. My co-worker was sitting across from me, talking, talking, talking.
I snapped back: “I know.”… Read More
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The College of Media is hosting a free film screening of "Voices of Stagg" on Nov. 1 at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the film begins at 7:30. A panel discussion will follow."Voices of Stagg" is a documentary about how one high school turned a tragedy into a lesson… Read More
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Courtney Klemm Westlake '06 JOURN, has published her first book, "A Different Beautiful."When Westlake’s family was given the shocking news that their daughter, Brenna, was born in 2011 with a severe, life-threatening skin disorder, they began to discover a new and different kind of beautiful in… Read More