October 1, 2024 How are we teaching students, and the broader community, to disagree? It’s a question the College of Media hopes to address in a new three-part series, “Bridging Divides: Conversations on Media and Disagreement.” Update 11/13/24: Read excerpts from the Q&As: Faculty from the Departments of Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema Studies […]
Thomas Winski (MS ’75, journalism) was selected to receive the 2024 Illinois Journalism Education Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Winski accepted the award on September 20 at the annual IJEA conference at Illinois State University. Each year, the IJEA seeks to honor retired individuals for a lifetime of dedication to scholastic journalism. Winski was an assistant professor of […]
Cheryl W. Thompson (BS ’82, LAS; MS ’84, journalism), investigative correspondent and senior editor at NPR, and associate professor at George Washington University, will receive the 2024 Washington Association of Black Journalists Legacy Award. This award recognizes a current or retired journalist or journalism educator in the Washington, D.C., area who has broken barriers and/or provided distinguished […]
10/18/20242 p.m.Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, UrbanaOr join us via Zoom The 2024 Roger Ebert Lecture and Screening will be held October 17-18 in the Knight Auditorium of Spurlock Museum. Join us in person or via Zoom for the Roger Ebert Lecture “Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy: How Kartemquin’s Storytelling Works for Stronger Publics,” presented by Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor of […]
September 17, 2024 With their latest $2.5 million donation, Richard and Leslie Frank increased their historic gift to the College of Media to upgrade classrooms on the lower level of Gregory Hall. The new funding will enable a substantial renovation of the lower level of Gregory Hall, with the creation of a new hybrid, flexible, […]
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 […]
Mike Carpenter (BS ’09, journalism) has written a book about the last 30+ years of Illinois basketball, The 200 Level: An Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Fan’s Journey, which will be released on October 3. The book is a mix of personal narrative and sports journalism, charting the ups and downs of the program while reflecting on Carpenter’s own personal […]
September 4, 2024 Congratulations to all the College of Media faculty and teaching assistants who were ranked as excellent by their students! This list is based on Instructor and Course Evaluation System questionnaire forms completed by students during the Spring 2024 semester. Only those instructors who distributed ICES forms at least once during this time period […]
August 26, 2024 The Institute of Communications Research is excited to announce our newest cohort! Please learn more about the students’ research interests below and join us in welcoming them to the University of Illinois College of Media community this fall. For more information, see full ICR student profiles. Haochen Ji earned her master’s degree in communication from Northwestern […]
August 23, 2024 This fall, seven faculty in the College of Media have been promoted, two faculty have taken on new leadership roles, and three new faculty have been hired. In the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, promotions include Chang-Dae Ham to full professor, Leona Su to associate professor with indefinite tenure, and Dionne Clifton and Marisa Peacock to senior lecturers. Two […]