Angie Leventis Lourgos (BS ’03, journalism) has published a new book, Life-Altering: Abortion Stories from the Midwest, with the University of Missouri Press. Based on pieces that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune, each chapter imparts one person’s experience with abortion. By looking at myriad factors that influence the decision to abort a pregnancy—whether socio-economic, religious, […]
November 16, 2023 | Holly Rushakoff The late comedy legend brothers Arte Johnson (BS ’49, radio journalism) and Coslough Johnson (BS ’52, radio journalism) made sure to invest in the future of media by preserving part of its past. (Gisela and Arte Johnson by Michael P. Maron Photography.) Both have donated artifacts to the University […]
November 9, 2023 Show off your University of Illinois and college pride with branded apparel items featuring the College of Media, Advertising, Journalism, Media & Cinema Studies, and the Institute of Communications Research. From November 9 through December 4, a College of Media apparel shop will be open with items to purchase including branded sweatshirts, ball caps, T-shirts, […]
November 9, 2024 | Vivian La, Communications Intern Three College of Media undergraduate students were chosen for this year’s Roger Ebert Fellows program, named after the late Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic and University of Illinois journalism alumnus Roger Ebert. The fellows will work closely with Michael Phillips, film critic at the Chicago Tribune, to hone […]
Erika Hayasaki (BS ’01, journalism), a writer and associate professor of literary journalism at the University of California in Irvine, won a silver Nautilus Book Award in Journalism and Investigative Reporting for her 2022 nonfiction novel Somewhere Sisters: A Story of Adoption, Identity and the Meaning of Family. Hayasaki’s book, which was also named one […]
October 11, 2023 Updated May 6, 2024 Congratulations to these College of Media students who received campus and college awards and honors, and scholarships and fellowships that were made possible thanks to our donors. HONORS Bronze Tablet Inscription on the Bronze Tablets in the Main Library recognizes students ranking in the top three percent of their graduating […]
Author Catherine Adel West (BS ’02, MS ’04, journalism), whose most recent novel, The Two Lives of Sara, was selected as the Arlington Heights Memorial Library’s 10th annual One Book, One Village community read, will share the story behind her book at “An Evening with Catherine Adel West” at Forest View Auditorium in Arlington Heights […]
Updated October 11: “Unsettled: An African American Reflection on The Potawatomi Trail of Death,” an interactive performance co-presented by Nicole Anderson Cobb (MS ’16, journalism) in April 2023 at Allerton Park, was featured in The Christian Science Monitor. The article, “Indigenous People’s Day: What the Potawatomi Taught Me,” explores Anderson Cobb’s collaborative presentation with Latrelle […]
October 2, 2023 Join us for a tour of the recently renovated Richmond Studio, featuring the brand-new Richard and Leslie Frank Newsroom; remarks by Provost John Coleman, Dean Tracy Sulkin, and Richard and Leslie Frank; a ribbon-cutting ceremony; and cake. Learn more about the renovation.
September 21, 2023 Update 11/9/2023: Watch the recording of “A Conversation with Brian Williams.” Brian Williams, former anchor of MSNBC’s The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, will be on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus for a conversation about the evolution of broadcast news in America on Monday, October 23, 7-8 p.m. This event […]