Profiles

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Nathalie Murillo is a Class of 2024 journalism major. What sparked your interest in pursuing a Journalism major at Illinois? As a transfer student from a smaller institution that only offered a communication major, I felt limited in terms of… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Francesca Dumitrescu is a Class of 2025 media and cinema studies major. What made you want to major in media and cinema studies? What's your favorite thing about the major? Coming from a STEM high school, I realized STEM was not particularly my… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! William Hohe, Class of 2025, is pursuing a dual degree in advertising and photography. What made you want to major in advertising? What's your favorite thing about the major?  I chose to major in advertising as a way to complement my studies in… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media alumni. Isabel Morales (BS '13, journalism) is the media relations manager at The Nature Conservancy. Morales also participated in a Media Career Night alumni panel on "Nonprofits" in Spring 2022. Watch a recording of the session here.   Why did you major… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Enji Erdenekhuyag is a Class of 2024 journalism major.  What excited you the most about majoring in journalism?  I did yearbook in high school, and I really enjoyed interviewing people because I like having conversations and getting to know… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media faculty. Josh Heuman is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies and the Department of Journalism. He received the 2022 College of Media Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Specialized Faculty Member. … Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media alumni. Steven Pratten (BS ’15, media and cinema studies) is a senior digital media manager at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Pratten also participated in a Media Career Night alumni panel on "Digital… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Danielle Rowaiye is a Class of 2024 advertising major.  How did you get interested in majoring in advertising?  Growing up, I was always aware that I was a creative person, but not necessarily in the sense that I was the best painter or drawer. I… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Andrew Stover is a Class of 2023 media and cinema studies major. What made you want to major in media and cinema studies?   Since 2016 I have been very interested in the criticism of film and of the media. This has led me down a path of writing… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media alumni. Grace Chen (MS ’10 advertising) is a product manager at Meta.  When did you know that you wanted to study advertising? As a child, I remember being very fascinated with old catalog ads. Throughout my childhood, a lot of advertising consisted of… Read More