UIUC College of Media
The College of Media is a college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. The college name changed from College of Communications to the College of Media in 2008.
The College of Media offers Bachelor of Science degrees in Journalism (Broadcast or News-Editorial), Advertising, Media and Cinema Studies, and (jointly with the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Agricultural Communications. Graduate degrees are offered with Master of Science degrees in Journalism and Advertising. A Doctor in Philosophy in Communications and Media is also available.
The U of I College of Media is currently among the top three most selective colleges at the University of Illinois along with the UIUC College of Engineering and the UIUC College of Business with the median 50% of incoming freshman scoring between a 27-32 on the ACT.
Facilities
The College of Media is primarily housed in Gregory Hall. The Richmond Journalism Teaching Studio is also used for broadcast classes. A degree from the College of Media stresses a strong liberal arts background so students typically take many different classes in different areas of campus such as Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Natural Science, and History.
College units
Campus Opportunities
The University of Illinois offers students opportunities to get a real sense of working in journalism while in school. The Urbana-Champaign area has Illini Media, which features the Daily Illini, WPGU Radio, the Illio Yearbook, Buzz, www.the217.com, and the Technograph, an engineering magazine that comes out four times a year. Richmond Studio also host UI-7 and WILL.
Television Stations
- 12 WILL, PBS
- UI-7, Cable-TV Service
Radio stations
Faculty and Staff
Department of Journalism
- Katie Abrams, Visiting Assistant Professor
- Chris Benson, Associate Professor and Associate Dean
- Nancy Benson, Associate Professor
- William Berry, Associate Professor
- Ravi Bhatia, Interim Director of Broadcast Journalism Resources
- Leon Dash, Swanlund Chair Professor
- Matt Ehrlich, Professor
- Jennifer Follis, Lecturer
- Walt Harrington, Professor
- Lynn Holley, Assistant Professor and Academic Programs Coordinator
- Brant Houston, Knight Chair Professor in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting
- Brian Johnson, Professor
- Robin Kaler, Adjunct Lecturer
- Jean McDonald, Visiting Lecturer
- Rich Martin, Associate Professor and Head
- Eric K. Meyer, Associate Professor
- John Paul, Lecturer
- Jay Rosenstein, Associate Professor
- Bob Siebrecht, Teaching Associate and Interim Director of Program in Agricultural Communications
- Mira Sotirovic, Associate Professor
- Lex Tate, Visiting Lecturer
- Sheri Chambers, Office Support Specialist
Department of Advertising
- Katie Abrams, Visiting Assistant Professor
- William Berry, Associate Professor and Acting Head
- Jason Chambers, Associate Professor and Associate Head
- Rhiannon Clifton, Program Director
- Brittany Duff, Assistant Professor
- Steve Hall, Lecturer and Director of Career Services
- Chang Dae Ham, Lecturer
- Michelle R. Nelson, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
- Cele Otnes, Professor
- Peter Sheldon, Lecturer
- Jan Slater, Professor and Interim Dean
- Patrick Vargas, Associate Professor
- Janette Bradley Wright, Office Administrator
Department of Media and Cinema Studies
- Anita Chan, Assistant Professor
- C.L. Cole, Professor
- Norman Denzin, Professor
- Fernando Elichirigoity, Associate Professor
- Ivy Glennon, Assistant Professor
- James Hay, Professor
- Ronald Jackson, Professor
- Lilya Kaganovsky, Associate Professor
- Cameron McCarthy, Professor
- Isabel Molina, Associate Professor
- Lisa Nakamura, Professor
- John Nerone, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
- Kent Ono, Professor
- Sarah Projansky, Associate Professor and Associate Head
- Ann Reisner, Associate Professor
- Christian Sandvig, Associate Professor
- Julie Turnock, Assistant Professor
- Angharad N. Valdivia, Professor and Head
- M. Denise Davis, Office Support Specialist
College Administration
- Jan Slater, Interim Dean
- Chris Benson, Associate Dean
- Michelle Wellens, Assistant Dean for Advancement
- Mary Susan Britt, Associate Director for Advancement
- Megan Tucker Zwilling, Director of Student Services
- Merissa Jones, Adviser
- Heather Zike, Adviser
- Robert D. Kessler, Director of Finance and Resource Planning
- David L. Ivy, Account Technician
- Greg Zike, Network Support Specialist
- Cindy L. Curtis, Administrative Aide
- Tara L. Derossett, Office Administrator
- Nickie Dalton, Office Administrator
- Michele Andrews, Office Manager
- Kalee J. Ackerman, Office Support Associate
- Susan Weiss, Office Support Specialist
WILL
- Mark Leonard, General Manager
- Elizabeth Weathers, Administrative Secretary, Division of Broadcasting
- Kate Dobrovolny, Station Manager
- Jay Pearce, Director of Created Content
- Jake Schumacher, Director of Programming (WILL-AM and WILL-FM)
- Jack Brighton, Director of Internet Development, WILL
Notable alumni
Students and alumi have worked for the Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, WGN-TV, Fox TV, Universal Pictures, the Chicago Tribune,the Chicago Sun-Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Rolling Stone Magazine, CNN, WBBM-TV CBS 2 Chicago, the Champaign News-Gazette, the Associated Press, NBC 5 Chicago, WCIA, WPGU, Illini Media, UI-7, the Big Ten Network, the Chicago Rush, the Chicago Bandits, the Chicago Sky, the Chicago Wolves, the Chicago Storm, the Chicago Slaughter, the Chicago Shamrox, the Northwest Herald, KISS-FM, ESPN Rise (Magazine), and KMOV CBS St. Louis, the NFL Network, and WGN Radio 720.
Pulitzer Prize winners
- Barry Bearak, M.S. 1974 — International Reporting, 2002
- Michael Colgrass, B.A. 1956 — Music, 1978
- George Crumb, M.A. 1952 — Music, 1968
- Carl Van Doren, B.A. 1907 — Biography, 1939
- Mark Van Doren, B.A. 1914 — Poetry, 1940
- Roger Ebert, B.S. 1964 — Criticism, 1975
- David Herbert Donald, M.A. 1942, Ph.D. 1946 — Biography, 1961 and 1988
- Paul Ingrassia, B.S. 1972 — Beat Reporting, 1993
- Allan Nevins, B.A. 1912, M.A. 1913 — Biography, 1933 and 1937
- James Reston, B.S. 1932 — National Reporting, 1945 and 1957
- Robert Lewis Taylor, B.A. 1933 — Fiction, 1959
- George F. Will, B.A. 1933 — Commentary, 1977
Broadcasting and Journalism
- Roger Ebert, movie critic/author, B.S. 1964
- Will Leitch, sports writer/author. Leitch is the author of three books, including God Save the Fan, a book of essays. He is an editor of Deadspin.
- Paul Ingrassia, journalist, 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner, M.S. 1972
- Rick Kaplan, journalist, has worked for CNN, ABC, MSNBC, and has won 34 Emmys
- Donald Heimburger, European Traveler/Heimburger House Publishing Company
- Adam Musto, Illinois Young Author winner, Fighting Illini men's basketball
- John Foreman, The News-Gazette Publisher
- Robin Baumgarten, WGN-TV 9 Anchor
- Ash-har Quraishi, Chief Investigative Reporter KCTV, Bureau Chief, CNNPakistan
- Jill Carlson, Fox WFLD 32 Chicago Sports Anchor/Reporter
- Rob Elgas, NBC 5 Chicago Anchor
- Ryan Baker, CBS 2 Chicago Sports Anchor, B.S. 1991
- Jennifer Roscoe, WCIA 3 Anchor
- Steve Bardo, Big Ten Network Announcer
- Alex Perez, NBC 5 Chicago Reporter
- Christina Peluso, Fox WFLD Chicago 32 Writer
- Eric Olson, Northwest Herald Sports Editor
- Andy Miller, WCIA 3 News Director
- Amber Jenne, WCIA 3 Reporter/Anchor, M.S. Class of 2005
Media
Reporting and Journalism
- Dan Balz, B.A. 1968, M.A. 1972 - Washington Post national political reporter and editor; author
- Chris Britt - Editorial cartoonist
- John Chancellor, — Political analyst and newscaster for NBC Nightly News
- Roger Ebert, B.S. 1964 — Film critic
- Bill Geist, 1968 — CBS News correspondent
- Robert Goralski, 1949 - NBC News correspondent
- Bob Grant — Radio talk show personality.
- Herb Keinon - Columnist and journalist for The Jerusalem Post
- Frederick C Klein, B.A. 1959 — sportswriter Wall Street Journal' and author
- Carol Marin, A.B. 1970 — Former news anchor, 60 Minutes correspondent, and Illinois Journalist of the Year (1988)
- Robert Novak, B.A. 1952 — Political commentator and columnist
- Ian Punnett, — Radio talk show personality, and Saturday night host of Coast to Coast AM
- B. Mitchel Reed, B.S., M.A. — Popular radio personality in Los Angeles and New York
- Dan Savage, advice columnist (Savage Love) and theater director
- Gene Shalit, 1949 — Film critic
- Douglas Wilson — Television personality/designer
- B.Peter Bolek 2005 Daily Southtown
Literature
- Nelson Algren, B.S. 1931 — Author of 1950 National Book Award-winning The Man With the Golden Arm
- Ann Bannon, B.A. 1955 - Pulp fiction author of "The Beebo Brinker Chronicles"
- Dee Brown, M.S. 1951 — Author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- John F. Callahan, M.A., Ph.D. — literary executor for Ralph Ellison
- Iris Chang, B.A. 1989 — Author of The Rape of Nanking
- Dave Eggers, attended 1980s and 90s, B.S. 2002 — Author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Stanley Elkin, B.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1961 — National Book Critics Circle Award winner for George Mills in 1982 and for Mrs. Ted Bliss in 1995
- Lee Falk, 1932 — Creator of The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician
- Irene Hunt, B.A. 1939 — Newbery Medal winning author of Up a Road Slowly
- Richard Powers, M.A. 1979 — Novelist and writer
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