Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media Events, College of Media

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  • Online Student Workshop with TV Anchor Jeff Butera: Television Newswriting Tips

    5:00 pm    2/5/2026

    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.

  • Frank Center Student Workshop: In-Studio Anchoring Tips with Alum Lauren Scafidi

    5:00 pm    2/19/2026
    Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, Urbana

    Students are invited to a workshop on in-studio anchoring tips with alum and Emmy-award winner Lauren Scafidi (BS ’19, journalism), anchor and reporter at 9NEWS in Denver, Colorado.

  • Frank Center Student Workshop: Q&A with Alum Joe Sargis

    12:00 - 1:30 pm    2/27/2026
    Frank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, Urbana

    Learn more about the career journey of Joe Sargis (BS ’13, journalism) and his time at Fox News as a senior producer. During his time at U of I he was an on-air personality at WPGU-FM, an active member at UI7 News, and a Student U broadcaster for the Big Ten Network. Sargis worked at WCIU-TV in Chicago as a production assistant, associate producer, and then line producer.