Online Student Workshop with TV Anchor Jeff Butera: Television Newswriting Tips
Feb 5, 2026 5:00 pm
- Sponsor
- College of Media, Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media
- Contact
- Colleen King
- cck@illinois.edu
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- Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media Events, College of Media
Students are invited to an online workshop to learn more about television newswriting with Jeff Butera, author of Write Like You Talk: A Guide to Broadcast Newswriting. Butera is a 12-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who has reported for stations across the country. He is currently a weekday news anchor at Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa Bay, Florida.
For Zoom link, RSVP to Colleen King, clinical assistant professor of journalism and director of the Frank Center, at cck@illinois.edu.