UIUC College of Media - Notable Alumni

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
  • 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

  • Robert "Buck" Brown - Playboy cartoonist, creator of the libinous "Granny" character, and whose drawings also regularly addressed racial equality issues
  • Dianne Chandler — Playboy Playmate of the Month, 1966
  • Erika Harold — Miss America 2003
  • Judith Ford (Judi Nash), B.S. — Miss America 1969
  • Hugh Hefner, B.A. 1949 — Founder of Playboy magazine
  • Nicole Hollander, B.A. 1960 — Syndicated cartoonist of Sylvia
  • Henry Petroski, Ph.D. 1968 — Civil engineer and writer
  • Irna Phillips, 1923 — Creator of the soap opera

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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