Frank Center Student Lunch with Journalism Alum Lauren Scafidi
Feb 20, 2026 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Frank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, Urbana
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- College of Media, Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media
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- Colleen King
- cck@illinois.edu
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Students are invited to a lunch with alum and Emmy-award winner Lauren Scafidi (BS ’19, journalism), anchor and reporter at 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado. During her time at U of I Scafidi served as president of the Society of Professional Journalists, helped start the University's first morning show Good Morning Illini, hosted a radio show on WPGU-FM, and wrote for The Daily Illini.
Lunch will be provided; please RSVP to Colleen King, clinical assistant professor of journalism and director of the Frank Center, at cck@illinois.edu.
Presented by the Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media.