June 24, 2024 | Liz Shallenberger, UX Designer A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholar who studies how authenticity and aesthetics intersect with branding found that interracial couples featured in advertisements enhanced brand outcomes relative to white couples, but also decreased brand outcomes relative to Black, Hispanic and Asian couples. The […]
Author: Elizabeth C Shallenberger
Alumna Cheryl Whitlow Thompson makes lasting impact with career as renowned multimedia journalist
December 12, 2024 | Kelly Youngblood 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 senior editor […]
Alexandre Gonçalves
Assistant Professor of Journalism Education Background Alexandre Gonçalves studies the role of social media in the rise of new social movements. He is also interested in the use of computational methods to understand media ecosystems. During his doctorate, he was involved in projects at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Brown Institute for […]
There are lessons to learn from the news ghosts of journalism’s past
October 27, 2024 | Chicago Tribune As a female journalist of color with 22 years in the industry and now a professor of journalism, I believe that obliviousness to journalism’s trailblazers—both their errors and biases and their accomplishments and innovations—leaves the media professional in a state of historical amnesia. Melita Garza, Associate Professor and Tom […]
Blue tongues and an exposed brain: How ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ visual effects went back to basics
September 12, 2024 | Los Angeles Times They were, to the industry, a kind of proof of concept that both aesthetically they can be successful, and also they could be marketed as an attraction, ‘Come see what the movies do now.’ Julie Turnock, Professor of Media and Cinema Studies Digital effects in films have existed […]
MACS alum Jordyn Poulter named to 2024 U.S. Women’s Volleyball Olympic roster
Former Illinois setter Jordyn Poulter (BS ’18, MACS) was named to the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer. The All-American setter is one of 12 selected for the roster. Poulter, who was chosen as Best Setter at the COVID-delayed 2021 Tokyo Olympics, helped the U.S. earn its […]
Melita Garza wins 2024 essay contest sponsored by ‘Journalism History’
Melita Garza, associate professor and Tom and June Netzel Sleeman Scholar in Business Journalism, won the 2024 essay contest sponsored by AEJMC’s Journalism History. The competition in Journalism History, the academic journal of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s history division, first began in 2018 and has featured essays around specific themes. This […]
Advertising alum Armando Sanchez-Monsivais named to Creative Ladder 2024 Cannes Lion Cohort
Armando Sanchez-Monsivais (BS ’19, advertising), ad product specialist at Twitch and a member of the James Webb Young Advisory Board in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, was named to the Creative Ladder 2024 Cannes Lion Cohort. Sanchez-Monsivais is one of six creatives chosen to receive an all-expenses-paid trip to the prestigious Cannes Lions […]
Advertising alumna Amy Restko named a Clio Health Innovator
Amy Restko (BA ’13, LAS; MS ’14, advertising), planning director at Chicago advertising agency AbelsonTaylor Group, has been selected as one of 20 Clio Health Innovators. The 2024 honorees, recognized as top talents from around the globe, will be celebrated at the Clio Health Awards on June 12. The Clios were founded in 1959 to […]
Q&A with Rosie Powers
Get to know some of our College of Media alumni. Rosie Powers (BS ‘12, journalism) is a self-employed consultant. Powers also participated in a Media Career Night alumni panel on “Nonprofits” in Spring 2022. Watch a recording of the session here. How did the College of Media prepare you for your future?The college had great […]