October 20, 2026 Describe your areas of research interest. I study emerging technologies, data and quantification, and persuasion in strategic communication. My research follows two main lines: emerging technologies, focusing on generative AI (GenAI), especially AI-generated summaries, and it also examines the social impact of data and quantification, focusing on numbers in persuasion. My recent […]
October 9, 2026 | The Dallas Morning News Generative AI is playing a bigger role in political campaigns than ever, particularly among Republicans at the top of the Texas ballot, who have used it to attack their opponents. Their Democratic rivals largely have steered clear. Candidates now have an easy way to insert challengers into […]
October 7, 2026 Keynote: “Advertising as the Invited Guest Who Took Over the Party” Judy Ungar Franks, former agency executive, professor at Northwestern University Medill School, and author of Media: From Chaos to Clarity and Back Again, was the keynote speaker at this year’s symposium. Her address “Advertising as the Invited Guest Who Took Over […]
October 1, 2026 “Acts of Love: Black Performance and the Kiss That Changed Film History” will be given by Allyson Nadia Field, professor and chair of the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago. This event is free and open to the public and is presented by the Roger Ebert Center for […]
September 30, 2026 About the Media Expert Shedding light on some of the most exciting new technologies is Christopher Ball, associate professor in the Department of Journalism with an appointment in the Institute of Communications Research. An AR and VR expert, Ball teaches courses including JOUR 430: Augmented and Virtual Reality, which examines the importance […]
September 29, 2026 | Kelly Youngblood Four students, who work on the UI7 Newsroom’s hockey production team, got a behind-the-scenes look at live television production during a visit with the crew behind Chicago Cubs broadcasts on September 13. Kenneth Erdey, technical coordinator for broadcast operations in the Department of Journalism, said opportunities like these are […]
September 22, 2026 This event is free and open to the public and is presented by the Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media at the College of Media. Attendees can join this event in person at the Spurlock Museum in Urbana or register to join via Zoom. Hear from renowned journalism alumni […]
September 21, 2026 The College of Media funded renovation projects that significantly upgraded Rooms 123, 231, and 336. The improvements create more welcoming, functional, and accessible spaces to support instruction, meetings, events, and collaboration across the college. In addition, all building card access locks were upgraded with new proximity readers, improving security and building access, […]
September 18, 2026 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. AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & FELLOWSHIPS A-Mark College Journalism Scholarship A-Mark Journalism Master’s Scholarship American Advertising Federation Most Promising Students Anthony J. Petullo Endowment in Design and Advertising […]
September 16, 2026 Tate has covered Fighting Illini athletics since 1966, when he became a sportswriter, sports editor, and columnist for the The News-Gazette in Champaign. Although he’s been technically retired for nearly three decades, Tate continues to work for the paper as a contract writer. Tate also has a considerable radio broadcast career related […]