College of Media at Illinois

09/18/2026

Season 4 of Illinois Public Media's Prairie Fire - PBS, which premiered yesterday, celebrated the 100th anniversary of Route 66 and the role of the state of Illinois in the highway’s iconic history.

Explore some of the interesting places and people along the Illinois portion of Route 66, including a stop at the American Giants museum in Atlanta, Illinois.

🔶 Watch the episode on YouTube: https://buff.ly/C86LB28
🔷 Learn more about "Prairie Fire": https://buff.ly/Xa4tuls

"Prairie Fire" airs on WILL-TV every third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m., and is available on YouTube and the PBS App.

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

09/17/2026

The Department of Journalism held a special celebration for the investiture of Stephanie Craft as the Karin and Folke Dovring Professor in Journalism and Democratic Society on Thursday, Sept. 10, in Campbell Hall.

Craft, associate dean for academic and faculty affairs, was recognized for her exemplary career as a journalist and educator, and also for her extensive research addressing news literacy.

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The Department of Journalism held a special celebration for the Investiture of Stephanie Craft as the Karin and Folke Dovring Professor in Journalism and Democratic Society on Thursday, September 10, in Campbell Hall. A reception followed the ceremony, which featured brief remarks by Jeffrey Magee,....

09/16/2026

The Institute of Communications Research welcomes five PhD students in their newest cohort. Their research interests span film criticism, human-AI interaction and collaboration, cultural shifts in contemporary pop culture, artificial intelligence in advertising, and more.

See full student profiles: https://buff.ly/KAzKPsp

09/15/2026

The second year of the Dual Credit @ Illinois initiative, which provides students across 21 Illinois high schools access to popular 100-level courses—at minimal to no cost to those students—includes MACS 100: Introduction to Popular TV and Movies, taught by Jonathan Knipp, senior lecturer of media and cinema studies.

“I’m deeply honored that MACS 100 is reaching outside of campus to engage high school students,” said Knipp. “The most important part of my participation is the possibility of making a college education more compelling and exciting, as students learn that even popular forms of mass media belong in the classroom where they can discover meaning and substance in the things they watch.”

Read more: https://buff.ly/w4UROJL

Illinois announces partnerships with 21 high schools in the state for the university’s dual-credit initiative September 3, 2026 10:42 am by Thomas Bruch Announcements Campus News Share on Facebook Share on X Share via email View Images CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — More than 20 high schools stretching acros...

09/14/2026

📣 Don't forget to register to attend the 2026 Sandage Symposium: Advancing Advertising Together this Friday, Sept. 18, at the Illini Union.

📣 Advertising students: TODAY is the deadline to submit your projects to share with professionals and peers at the Sandage Symposium Student Showcase!

🔶 Register to attend in person: https://buff.ly/jwWbaGB
🔷 Watch the livestream: https://buff.ly/HEret4J
🔶 More info: https://buff.ly/TfZBBG7

Presented by the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising.

09/11/2026

Local high school students who want to explore the worlds of podcasting, audio storytelling, video production, documentary, and social media content—all while learning how media shapes our communities and our democracy—are invited to join the Content Creation Lab UIUC, an open, hands-on media lab held at Illinois Public Media.

Fall workshops will be held on Sept. 26, Oct. 3 and 10, and Nov. 7, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. There is no cost for participation, but attendees must register for each session; space is limited.

Watch a video about the Content Creation Lab: https://buff.ly/egKWXYI

Learn more: https://buff.ly/PKQ3EUv

Register here: https://buff.ly/wv07t4b

The Content Creation Lab, which launched in Spring 2026, is an open...

09/10/2026

Students are invited to visit Media Career Services on Monday, Sept. 14, in 18 Gregory Hall, for Rapid Resume Review. Media professionals will be available to review student resumes on a first-come, first-served basis. Drop-in hours are from 1:30-3:30 p.m.

🔸🔹 Please be sure to bring a printed copy of your resume.

09/09/2026

Students are invited to learn more about on-air reporting with William La Jeunesse, FOX News senior national correspondent, on Friday, Sept. 11, from 12-2 p.m., at Frank Newsroom at Richmond Studio.

Since La Jeunesse joined FOX News in 1998, he has covered numerous disasters including hurricanes, floods, fires, typhoons, mudslides, and volcanos. He’s also held assignments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Mexico, Central America, London, and Thailand.

Lunch will be provided; please RSVP to Colleen King, clinical associate professor of journalism and director of the Frank Center, at [email protected].

09/08/2026

Celebrate the launch of “Quinceañeras: Latinidades and Girlhood in Popular Culture” (University of Illinois Press), co-edited by two alumni and an emerita professor from the Institute of Communications Research, on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 4:30-6 p.m., at Spurlock Museum.

Join in the conversation with Jillian M. Báez (PhD ’09, communications and media, ICR), Diana Leon-Boys (PhD ’20, communications and media, ICR), and Institute of Communications Research Professor Emerita Angharad N. Valdivia (PhD ’91, communications and media, ICR), who edited the collection that draws on the expanding field of girlhood studies to examine the increasing visibility of the event and the figure of the quinceañera herself in pop culture.

Professor Isabel-Molina Guzmán, who has an appointment with the Institute of Communications Research, will be moderating. Books will be available at this event for purchase and signing.

09/04/2026

Students are invited to Media Career Night: Careers in Sports Media, held via Zoom, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 7-8 p.m.

Alumni panelists include:

🔶🔷 Alex Aguilera (BS ’20, journalism)
Live Content Creator at Marquee Sports Network

🔶🔷 Gabby Hajduk (BS ’22, journalism)
Sports Writer at Chicago Bears

🔶🔷 Joe Longo (BS ‘21, advertising)
Assistant Director, Branding at Big Ten Conference

Register: https://buff.ly/dZ01rpd