On campus
Above, chilled Journalism 2950 students Stacey Catterson, Cathryn Moran and
Avery Drake, work on their portrait as well as blur, pan and freeze
photographs across the street from the Tarble Art Center Wednesday,
Jan. 25, 2012. Below, Professor Brian Poulter teaches elements of the camera
and basic photography skills in the atrium of Buzzard Hall during his
Introduction to Visual Communication. This class is part of the core
curriculum in the department. Photos by Megan Johnson
Dann Gire named 'Alumnus of the Year'
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| Dann Gire pictured on the cover of the Daily Herald's entertainment section. Photo courtesy The Daily Herald |
Dann Gire, long-time film critic for the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill., will be
honoredFriday, Oct. 21, as the 2011 Journalism Department Alumnus of the Year.
“Dann has established himself as one of the premier journalists in the Midwest and has been a great supporter of our program over the years,” stated department chair James Tidwell. “Any time we call on him to speak at an event on campus or in other parts of the state, Dann always says ‘yes.’ He’s a heck of a speaker and a great film critic.”
Gire is a featured speaker each year at the Embarras Valley Film Festival sponsored by EIU.
Gire will be honored at a noon luncheon Oct. 21. Tidwell said Gire also will be a guest speaker in several journalism classes the day before. See the full story here.
Journalism graduate focuses online
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| David Putney gives the keynote address at the Illinois Community College Journalism Association Conference at EIU Sept. 22. |
The Journalism Department’s latest visiting professional spoke to several classes and met with staffs of the Warbler and The Daily Eastern News during his time on campus Sept. 20-22.
The visit by David Putney, senior web producer for PilotOnline, the website for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., was funded through the Fox-Thornburgh Visiting Professionals Program established in 2007 by 1971 EIU graduate Richard Fox, a retired hospital public relations and marketing director, to honor Dr. Daniel Thornburgh, the founding chairman of the department who died in 2011. Putney is the 12th journalist/public relations practitioner to visit campus since the program started in 2007.
CMA honors department chair,
DEN adviser at annual convention
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Two Eastern Illinois University journalism professors will be honored at the 90thAnnual National College Media Convention in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 26-30. James Tidwell, chair of the department, will be inducted into the College Media Advisers Hall of Fame, and Lola Burnham, editorial adviser to The Daily Eastern News, will receive a four-year college newspaper Honor Roll Adviser Award from the organization. The Honor Roll award is presented to a CMA member who has fewer than fives years’ experience in college media advising and has provided distinguished service to his or her students and profession. Burnham, an assistant professor of journalism, has been the editorial adviser to The Daily Eastern News since fall 2008. One nomination letter stated that Burnham deserved the award “because of her work with CMA, her strong advising and her commitment to college media development in the state.” The letter also noted, “As an adviser, Lola practices her duties using the CMA Code of Ethics. She critiques the paper after it comes out, and she works with the staff to provide training, leadership and mentorship.” |
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About the Department
Established in 1975, the Eastern Illinois University Department of Journalism offers a bachelor of arts degree, that effectively integrates professional training with a liberal arts education to provide flexibility, breadth and depth of educational experience. Eastern's Journalism Department has been nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) since 1982. Only 112 journalism programs in the nation are accredited.
Nothing beats practical experience, and Eastern's Student Publications and Radio-TV center get students started early with experience that sets them on the path toward careers in journalism and public relations.
- Careers in Journalism
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Radio and Television
- Public Relations
- Photojournalism
- Advertising
- New and Emerging Media Technologies
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Homecoming North set
Feb. 18 in Chicago
Join fellow journalism alumni and friends at the department's annual Homecoming North get-together Saturday, Feb. 18, from 8–11 p.m. at Kincade's Bar and Grill, second-floor game room, in Chicago.
The event features unlimited appetizers and a complimentary beer/wine bar, courtesy of the department.
James Tidwell, journalism department chair, and PJ Thompson, '03 EIU Alumni Association, will be attending, as well as other J-department faculty. Please join us! RSVP by Feb. 16 by calling 1-800-ALUM-EIU or emailing alumeiu@eiu.edu.
Kincade's Bar and Grill is located at 950 W. Armitage Ave. in Chicago.
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reaccreditation
A four-person on-site evaluation team representing the Accrediting Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has recommended that the EIU Journalism Department be reaccredited.
During the campus visit Oct. 9-12, the evaluation team inspected facilities and equipment, visited classes, met with faculty members, students, administrators and representatives from other university departments. Read the full story here.
Annette J. Samuels
Annette J. Samuels, the first African American woman to serve as a spokesperson in President Jimmy Carter's Administration, died on Monday, September 26, 2011, in Camas, Wash.,at age 76.
She was the spokesperson for former District of Columbia mayor, Marion Barry; the first fashion editor for Essence Magazine; associate journalism professor at Eastern Illinois University.
Annette is survived by children Linda, Michael, Melvin Samuels of New York City and Douglas Samuels of Camas, Washington, ten grand-children, five great-grand children and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the Annette J Samuels Journalism Scholarship c/o the Journalism Department at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston IL 61920. Services were held Oct. 6 at Unity Funeral Chapel, New York, N.Y.
Courtesy The Washington Post on October 4, 2011
Dr. Dan Thornburgh
Dr. Daniel Thornburgh, founder of the EIU Journalism Department and its first chair, died Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, at the age of 80. For more information on Dr. Thornburgh, jump to our "Remembering DT" page.
