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Homecoming Events
The College of Media is hosting two events for Homecoming. Join us! Comeback Guest Reception Honoring Jim Sparks Friday, Oct. 23 ● 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Dommermuth Conference Room Student Services Center, Gregory Hall   Parade Watch Party to Celebrate Grand Marshal Bill Geist and Comeback Guest Jim Sparks Friday, Oct. 23 ● 5:30 p.m. West side of Gregory Hall on the Homecoming Parade Route  
Ebertfest
Ebert Film Festival passes go on sale Nov. 2
Film fans who want the whole experience of the 18th annual Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, or “Ebertfest,” can purchase festival passes starting Nov. 2. The passes cover all 12 or more screenings during the five-day event, coming April 13-17 at the Virginia Theatrein Champaign, Ill. Related talks and panel discussions will be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read the full story...
Jay Rosenstein
Rosenstein documentary receives mention
MACS Professor Jay Rosentein and his groundbreaking documentary "IN Whose Honor?" are part of a new article listing "5 Amazing Indigenous Women to Celebrate instead of Christopher Columbus."  One of the women selected, University of Illinois alumnus Charlene Teters, is the central character in Prof. Rosenstein's film. Find information about Rosenstein's other productions...
Brant Houston
Global Conference, Global Network
By David E. Kaplan Enjoying a glass of wine at his modest home in Aarhus, Denmark, Nils Mulvad and guest Brant Houston were celebrating the latest gathering of reporters they had brought together. It was the spring of 2000, and they had just hosted nearly a hundred journalists to talk about investigative techniques, with special focus on the fast-growing field of computer-assisted reporting (CAR). Houston had pioneered CAR back home in Missouri, where he ran Investigative Reporters and Editors...
Leon Dash
Active Aging: Journalism prof 'enjoying what I'm doing'
Leon Dash. Even his name implies there's no slowing down for this guy. Read The News-Gazette story.

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