University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Sean Long

Corporate director of programming, Weigel Broadcasting

2-time Emmy-winning Illini Media Hall of Famer

Saira Anwer

​Two-time Emmy-nominated reporter

WPLG-TV, Miami

Toccara Castleman

Senior editor/writer, Syfy.com and USANetwork.com

NBC Universal

Carol Marin

Peabody Award-winning Chicago broadcast journalist

1997 Chicago Illini of Year

Jay Rosenstein

Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker

UI Professor, Media and Cinema Studies

Ross Cavitt

Former Emmy-winning Atlanta TV reporter

Cobb (Ga,) County communications director

Cecilia Araya Mohr

Data & analytics director

FTI Consulting, LA

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Amber (Jenne) Hankins

Emmy-nominated co-host

WISH-TV’s 'Indy Style'

Laura Hettiger

TV anchor, host, reporter

KMOV, St. Louis

Drew Griffin

Peabody-winning reporter

Died in December 2022 at age 60

John Schippman

Director of studio content

NBC Sports Chicago

Cris Graves

Producer/writer

Primetime Emmy winner

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Ted Land

Emmy-winning journalist

KING-TV, Seattle

Dena Craig

Emmy-winning TV producer

Formerly of Sony, TV One

Norm Berns

Producer, director

ProStar Media

Ash-har Quraishi

TV news reporter

NBC Chicago

Bill Schultz

Emmy-winning animator

CEO, Home Plate E'tainment

Reggie Brown

Barack Obama impersonator

Comedian, speaker

Steve Osunsami

Emmy-winning correspondent

ABC News

Felicia Wong

Emmy-winning director

Showtime Networks

Bob Epstein

NBC News executive

Emmy, Peabody winner

Michael Colgrass

Award-winning composer

Pulitzer '78, Emmy ’82

John Thibodeaux

Comedy writer

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

Roger Young

Emmy-winning director

Did ‘Magnum P.I.’ pilot