College of Media Events Calendar
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In its second year, the Chaz & Roger Ebert Symposium brings together notable academics, journalists, and media experts for critical discussions on diversity in media. The event, titled "Creating an Inclusive Media and Cinema Ecosystem," will feature panel discussions on diversity in film, diversity in journalism, and diversity in advertising and communication.
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Dr. Nair's doctoral work on Indian newspaper industry was one of the pioneering efforts in this direction. She is currently engaged in a study of the women film workers collective in the south Indian cinema with a view to explore the challenges of crafting feminist politics in a misogynistic cultural production sphere, and in an era of post-feminism.
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Half gift day from President/Chancellor (a.m.), half excused day (p.m.)
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Catherine Grant (https://catherinegrant.org/), professor of digital media and screen studies at Birkbeck, University of London, will discuss some of her videographic approaches to intertextuality, the processes of making and seeing, and experimental audiovisual works (with a focus on her 2019 video essay "The Haunting of The Headless Woman").
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The Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising at Illinois—the first advertising program in the country—is bringing together advertising agencies, tech firms, and educators to collaborate on envisioning the future of advertising education, research, and recruitment.
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The Illinifest Student Film Festival will now be a streaming event on Saturday, May 2! All University of Illinois undergraduate students are welcome to submit a video by Friday, April 24, for consideration.
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Join us for a livestream of this year's Illinifest Student Film Festival to celebrate student filmmaking and creativity in extraordinary, uncertain times. The program will feature short films, home movies made during quarantine, and TikTok videos, all produced by University of Illinois students!
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Blackness has been (and continues to be) under attack globally, but particularly within our country. As colleges and universities across America begin to grapple with some of the wider ranging and material effects of racism, particularly anti-Blackness, three scholars will hold a joint book talk to chart cultural histories of Blackness through law, politics, and media.
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This fall, the College of Media presents the Ebert Symposium Series with three virtual panel discussions. Join us online via the Ebertfest YouTube channel or Facebook page. The first panel will address "The Movie Industry in a Time of Change," moderated by Ebertfest co-founder Chaz Ebert and Ebertfest director Nate Kohn.
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This fall, the College of Media presents the Ebert Symposium Series with three virtual panel discussions broadcast via the Ebertfest YouTube channel and Facebook page. The second panel will address "Documentary Film and Social Change," moderated by College of Media faculty members Jay Rosenstein, Alison Davis, and Angela Aguayo.
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This fall, the College of Media presents the Ebert Symposium Series with three virtual panel discussions broadcast via the Ebertfest YouTube channel and Facebook page. The third panel will address "Representation in Media," moderated by College of Media faculty members Angharad Valdivia and Jason Chambers.
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Half gift day from President/Chancellor (a.m.), half excused day (p.m.)
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Join a panel of College of Media alumni to learn about their careers in sports media and how they got from the University of Illinois to where they are now. Students will need to register in order to participate. Come prepared with questions to learn and connect with these alumni.
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Join us for the kick-off event celebrating the Richard and Leslie Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media! Leslie Frank, an Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist, hosts a conversation about media leadership and innovation with Peter Alexander, chief White House correspondent for NBC News, and Judy Hsu, ABC 7 Chicago anchor and journalism alumna.
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Join us for a celebration of student filmmaking and creativity! Watch a program of short movies, home videos, and TikToks from University of Illinois undergraduate students, filmmaking clubs, and production classes.
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All undergrads, filmmaking clubs, and production classes are invited to submit to the annual UIUC Student Film Festival. Submit short films of any genre (comedy, drama, music, dance, documentary, experimental, animation, video essay) and TikTok videos. Awards will be given for favorite film, TikTok, and social justice themed. Selected films will be screened at the fest.
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Illinois Public Media will host a virtual event with Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour. The event is part of IPM's 100th anniversary celebration and part of their Women’s History Month programming. Brian Mackey, host of The 21st, will interview Woodruff about her career in journalism and how the news has changed in our digital world.
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University of Illinois alumnus Eli Murray (BS ’15, journalism), investigative reporter at the Tampa Bay Times, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting. Join us in person or via Zoom for a Q&A about Murray's investigative reporting career and the Illinois experiences that helped shape him.
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Four of the country's top political journalists will give a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to cover politics in 2022. The panelists will weigh in on the upcoming midterm elections and potentials national outcomes, from the fate of of President Joe Biden to the control of Congress, and more.
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This talk will examine the political implications of the idea of information for poverty alleviation. Presented by Janaki Srinivasan, Associate Professor, International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India.
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Join us for the official launch of the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies, including opening remarks by Chaz Ebert, a video message from Martin Scorsese, the inaugural Roger Ebert Lecture, and a film screening.
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Please join the Institute of Communications Research for a virtual information session about the doctoral program in Communications & Media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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On the eve of Georgia's Election Day, University of Illinois Media alum Dan Balz (BS ’68, MS ’72, journalism), chief correspondent at The Washington Post, will discuss the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic incumbent Senator Raphael G. Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, with Colleen King, director of the Frank Center.
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Half gift day from President/Chancellor (a.m.), half excused day (p.m.)