May 31, 2022 | Vivian La, Communications Intern Taylor Rooks (BS ’14, journalism), sports journalist and broadcaster at Bleacher Report, is known in the field of sports journalism for her interviewing skills and for her ability to connect with athletes. She was recently nominated for a 2022 Sports Emmy Award for “Outstanding Personality/Emerging On-Air Talent.” […]
May 31, 2022 | Vivian La, Communications Intern (Jack and Beth Klues.) Jack Klues (BS ’77, advertising), who has led some of the largest media companies over his 35-year career, has been selected to receive the 2022 College of Media Distinguished Alumni Award. The award honors an alum whose career accomplishments and engagement with the […]
While meeting with the family of a former battery recycling plant manager whose son had lead poisoning, a Pulitzer Prize-winning story crystallized for Eli Murray (BS ’15, journalism), investigative reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. The family had been suffering because their son was born with a lead level that creeped higher each year. […]
April 8, 2022 | Holly Rushakoff Two faculty from the College of Media have been appointed by Dean Tracy Sulkin to associate dean positions starting August 16. Announced in January, Stephanie Craft, currently professor and head of the Department of Journalism, will serve as the College of Media’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Announced in […]
April 4, 2022 | Vivian La, Communications Intern Alumnus Stephen Feder with BB-8 in the Lucasfilm Offices at the Walt Disney Studios. Stephen Feder (BS ’02, media studies) believes that with a little persistence and dedication to the things they love to learn about, students can accomplish anything. “I think if people can harness that, […]
February 21, 2022 | Holly Rushakoff The College of Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is excited to announce that the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies will officially launch this year, with programming to begin in Fall 2022. Thanks to gifts totaling more than $5 million from a collection of donors—inspired by a […]
February 7, 2022 | Holly Rushakoff The College of Media has received an estate gift of just over $1 million to create the Mark L. Brandt Public Engagement Fellows program for undergraduates. Because of the profound impact that the University of Illinois had on the trajectory of Brandt’s life, his dear friend, fellow Illini, and […]
November 2, 2021 | Holly Rushakoff As part of a commitment to provide internship opportunities for first generation students and students from underrepresented populations, the College of Media launched the New Voices Internship Program this fall. Interns in the program will gain a variety of media-related skills through in-house projects and career development workshops. The […]
October 6, 2021 | Da Yeon Eom, Communications and Marketing Intern An idea long in the making—a Media Technology Center for students in the College of Media—will finally come to life in the basement of Gregory Hall during the 2022-2023 academic year. The center was made possible by a generous $50,000 gift from Jim […]
October 6, 2021 | Da Yeon Eom, Communications and Marketing Intern When Dan Balz (BS ’68, MS ’72, journalism) arrived at the University of Illinois, he had no idea that he would choose journalism as his lifelong profession. His older brother, the late Doug Balz, who was also a journalism alumnus, had recommended that he […]