Projects

In JOUR 460: Extended Realities and Immersive Technologies, a new journalism course that launched last fall taught by Assistant Professor Christopher Ball, students learned how new technologies can help solve real-world problems, as well as entertain others. Below are some of the student projects… Read More

In Fall 2019, students in MACS 496: Advanced Media Practicum, taught by Assistant Professor Derek Long in collaboration with Illinois Public Media, worked in teams to create three 10-minute opinionated documentaries (op-docs), which you can watch below. The students created a production collective… Read More

Students in MACS 323: Cinematography & Sound Design, taught by media and cinema studies lecturer Victor Font, created this video for Thanksgiving. In it, they imagine what series of events led up to the famous Normal Rockwell painting Freedom from Want (see below).  Through making this video,… Read More

This spring, students in JOUR 500 and JOUR 490 researched and wrote an in-depth report on grade inflation at the University of Illinois, analyzing 13 years of grading data. The work by journalism graduate students Ramiro Ferrando, Pramod Acharya, and Logan Hanson, and journalism senior Chantal… Read More

Do you know a high schooler with an interest in sports or entertainment media? Sign them up for the College of Media's 360° Sports and Entertainment Camp (July 14-19, 2019) where they'll get hands-on experience from every angle. Limited spots remain; register by June 5. Check out this year's… Read More

On April 13, the Institute of Communications Research (ICR) hosted the Big 10 Graduate Student Conference, a one-day event where graduate students from Big 10-area universities present their research on media and communication. This year’s event featured 25 presentations from students representing… Read More

Kat Tian, a PhD student at the Institute of Communications Research (ICR), has accepted a data science internship at IBM's New York office this summer. The position involves intensive hands-on-experience with data analysis across a variety of business cases. Senior data science interns will deploy… Read More

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2019 Illinifest student film festival, which is produced, programmed, and curated by University of Illinois students. The fest welcomes student productions in any form: Short narratives, documentary, experimental films, video essays, and animation are all… Read More

The College of Media's 2019 Ebert Fellows (announced here)—Eunice Alpasan (journalism), Pari Apostolakos (journalism), and Curtis Cook (media and cinema studies major)—convened at Chicago Public Radio and WBEZ-FM in January to record a podcast review of Alfonso Cuaron's film Roma. They worked with … Read More

From educational workshops to renovated lab spaces, new initiatives at the College of Media are facilitating more research and creative endeavor opportunities. Michelle Nelson, associate dean for research and creative endeavor, has been strengthening the research culture for faculty members and… Read More