Sierra Reed, a junior in advertising, first joined TikTok in August 2019 for fun. Little did she know she’d go viral doing modern twists on Romeo and Juliet, and eventually become an influencer on the video-based social media platform. She first started gaining a following in November 2019. She posted a video and went […]
Anita Say Chan, associate professor in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies and at the iSchool, will share her expertise with campus as the Provost Fellow for International Affairs and Global Strategies for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Provost Fellows Program provides selected Illinois faculty with academic leadership experience in key campus administrative roles. […]
Investigative correspondent Cheryl W. Thompson (MS ’84, journalism) will lead NPR’s Station Investigations Team, a new investigative unit that will work with regional newsrooms and topic teams to support local journalism. The team is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Thompson is an award-winning investigative reporter and 22-year veteran of The Washington Post. She is also president […]
As an editor, Doug Balz (BS ’66, MS ’68, journalism) knew how to get the best from writers. In 1980, he advised one journalist stalled while writing, “When in doubt, put the reader on the road. Learn from the best. If the journey motif was good enough for Homer….” That encouragement proved valuable to Madeleine […]
David Schulman (MS ’95, journalism) was an audio producer and sound designer for a new podcast audio drama for ages 9 and up called Live from Mount Olympus. The podcast, launching February 2, features Tony-winning actor André De Shields (Hadestown, The Wiz, Ratatouille The Musical) as Hermes, along with other members of the Tony-winning TEAM that did Hadestown, in a contemporary retelling of the Greek myth of […]
In MACS 370: Cinematography and Sound Design, students had to build a strategy, a production plan, and a shooting plan for a movie that they write at the beginning of the semester, which is based on a famous painting. “They have to imagine a story that could happen, ending in that specific frame (of the painting), and develop […]
In the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising capstone course, taught by senior lecturer Shachar Meron, students form mini advertising agencies and create real-world campaigns for campus and community groups. Students learn how different disciplines work together—including account direction, research, strategy, media, and creative—to better understand the why, how, and what of advertising. Below are […]
In the advanced, interdisciplinary course ADV 492: Technology and Advertising Campaigns (cross-listed with CS 468), students from across majors—including advertising, computer science, and computer science + advertising—create team-based research projects to investigate and find solutions to a real-world problem in digital advertising and marketing. In Spring 2020, the project theme was “protecting consumer privacy in digital advertising.” […]
ADV 498: The Sandage Project is our Advertising program’s capstone course, taught by senior lecturer Shachar Meron. The course is designed as an accelerated eight-week boot camp: seniors break into teams and create start-to-finish campaigns for local nonprofits and educational organizations. Students learn how different disciplines work together—including account direction, research, strategy, media, and creative—to better […]
January 11, 2021 | Holly Rushakoff James W. Carey Fund for Faculty Excellence will support outstanding faculty in the Institute of Communications Research An internationally recognized scholar in communications research, James W. Carey (1934-2006) earned two advanced degrees at the University of Illinois and then dedicated nearly half of his life as an academic leader […]