March 1, 2022 | Vivian La, Communications Intern Sarah Min (BS ’93, journalism) has always wanted to have a public service chapter of her life. After an extensive career as a media executive, Min now focuses on advocating for people of color and women through nonprofit and political work. In December, Min was appointed to […]
February 15, 2022 Advertising alum Patrick Burke (BS ’95), executive creative director of the Chicago-based ad agency Highdive, has once again topped the charts with award-winning Super Bowl ads. His team created both the Rocket Mortgage commercial and the Lay’s potato chip commercial, earning the #1 and #6 spots on the USA Today Super Bowl Ad […]
Sandy Murillo (BS ’12, journalism) produces and hosts “The Disability Minute,” a weekly segment that debuted on Chicago’s WBBM Newsradio in August 2021. “This is an exciting venture that helps us spread awareness about disabilities to an even wider audience,” Murillo said. “Best of all, the segment is produced entirely by people with disabilities.” Murillo is an associate […]
Sarah Min (BS ’93, journalism) has been appointed by President Biden as one of the commissioners to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. The Commission will advise the President on ways the public, private, and non-profit sectors can work together to advance equity and opportunity for every Asian American, Native […]
Alison Marcotte (BS ’15, journalism) will have her first children’s picture book, Seeking Best Friend, published on January 25, 2022, by Beaming Books. “After graduating, I continued to pursue my passion for storytelling and started a career as a children’s book author,” Marcotte said. “The College of Media was instrumental in developing my writing style and voice […]
Jack Klues (BS ’77, advertising) remembers reading a book by Marshall McLuhan in his high school mass communications class where he learned “the medium is the message.” This sparked his life-long interest in advertising. He was “completely fascinated” by the power of newspapers, television, and broadcast on society and consumer habits. In a time […]
Journalism alumni Johnathan Hettinger (BS ’15) and Pam Dempsey (MS ’09), and Professor Brant Houston, Knight Chair of Investigative Reporting in the Department of Journalism, were part of a Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting team that won first place in a national environmental journalism contest for investigative reporting by a small newsroom. First place for the Society […]
Dani Jackson (BS ’06, advertising), VP of influencer and multicultural marketing at Edelman, received a “Rockstar” award from ADCOLOR, which champions diversity and inclusion in creative industries. The “Rockstar” designation goes to someone who, whether through their primary role or extracurricular activities, shows brilliance as a leader and visionary in the industry, has a positive track record, and the […]
Tina Lowrey (MS ’89, advertising; PhD ’92, ICR) has been elected president-elect of the Association for Consumer Research, effective January 1, 2022. Lowrey is a professor of marketing at HEC Paris. Her main research interests include children’s consumer behavior, materialism, the application of psycholinguistic theory to marketing communications, and gift-giving and ritualistic consumption. As the president-elect of ACR, Lowrey […]
Kristen Schorsch (BS ’03, journalism) recently published a series of digital and audio stories she completed thanks to a fellowship with the Association of Health Care Journalists, with support from the Commonwealth Fund. The series explores the near death of Mercy Hospital, the oldest chartered hospital in Chicago, and the toll it took on the […]