In JOUR 460: Extended Realities and Immersive Technologies, a new journalism course that launched last fall taught by Assistant Professor Christopher Ball, students learned how new technologies can help solve real-world problems, as well as entertain others. Below are some of the student projects that were developed in that class. Learn more in a feature story about the […]
A new book by Nikki Usher, associate professor of journalism, examines the market failure of local newspapers in the context of larger U.S. problems such as rising social inequality, geographic polarization, and political discord. In News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism, Usher posits that newspapers are becoming more focused on serving […]
The Institute of Communications Research is excited to announce our newest cohort! Please learn more about their research interests in their profiles below and join us in welcoming them to the University of Illinois College of Media community this fall. Tingyu Chen received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and her master’s degree in communication at […]
Updated June 23, 2021: Congratulations to Tim Schwab (MS ’06, journalism) for winning the Deadline Club Award from the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists! Schwab also recently landed a book deal with Metropolitan Books (Henry Holt) to publish The Good Billionaire. “All of this work relates to an ongoing reporting project […]
Congratulations to all of 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 (ICES) questionnaire forms completed by students during the Fall 2020 semester and Winter 2020-2021. Only those instructors who distributed ICES forms at least once during this time […]
Ewa Maslowska, an assistant professor in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, was selected to receive the Provost’s Initiative on Teaching Advancement Grant. The grant enables recipients to design, implement, and assess instructional and pedagogical innovation that has a high probability of enhancing education at the University of Illinois. “I am just very honored […]
Thomas Benjamin Littlewood, who served as head of the Department of Journalism from 1977 to 1987 and retired as professor emeritus in 1996, died on June 6. He was 92 years old. “He was a powerful leader for our department in the 1980s,” recalled Professor Brian Johnson. Littlewood had a high-profile career as a journalist at the Chicago Sun-Times from […]
Steve Hall, a senior lecturer in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, received the 2021 Barton A. Cummings Gold Medal Award with a unanimous vote from the American Advertising Federation. The award recognizes distinguished individuals for their service to advertising through volunteer work with the AAF, and this is the first time that it […]
Lynn Schreiber Price (BS ’77, advertising) was recognized for her exceptional leadership, distinguished work, and a deep commitment to improving child welfare. She was named a 2021 Re-Envisioning Foster Care in America (REFCA) Champion. Price is the founder of Camp To Belong in Littleton, Massachusetts, which reunites siblings separated by foster care, offering summer camps and year-round programs designed […]
Karen Hawkins (BS ’97, journalism) has won a 2021 Studs Terkel Community Media Award for her work as co-editor in chief of the Chicago Reader and founder of feminist media company Rebellious Magazine. The Studs Terkel Award is given by Public Narrative to Chicago reporters, editors, producers, videographers, and photographers who exemplify the values of Terkel’s journalism by taking […]