University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Amber (Jenne) Hankins

Emmy-nominated co-host

WISH-TV’s 'Indy Style'

Saira Anwer

​Two-time Emmy-nominated reporter

WPLG-TV, Miami

Norm Berns

Producer, director

ProStar Media

Reggie Brown

Barack Obama impersonator

Comedian, speaker

Toccara Castleman

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

NBC Universal

Ross Cavitt

Former Emmy-winning Atlanta TV reporter

Cobb (Ga,) County communications director

Adam Hecktman

Microsoft director

Technology/civic innovation

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Michael Colgrass

Award-winning composer

Pulitzer '78, Emmy ’82

Dena Craig

Emmy-winning TV producer

Formerly of Sony, TV One

Bob Epstein

NBC News executive

Emmy, Peabody winner

Bill Geist

Author, columnist, humorist

Won Emmys in 1992, 2005

Cris Graves

Producer/writer

Primetime Emmy winner

Karyn Greer

Investigative reporter

CBS 46, Atlanta

Drew Griffin

Peabody-winning reporter

Died in December 2022 at age 60

Laura Hettiger

TV anchor, host, reporter

KMOV, St. Louis

Rick Kaplan

TV executive

Ex-president, CNN, MSNBC

Ted Land

Emmy-winning journalist

KING-TV, Seattle

Carol Marin

Peabody Award-winning Chicago broadcast journalist

1997 Chicago Illini of Year

Steve Osunsami

Emmy-winning correspondent

ABC News

Ash-har Quraishi

TV news reporter

NBC Chicago

Misha Rezvi

Emmy/Outstanding research

PBS' ‘Outlawed in Pakistan'

Jay Rosenstein

Peabody and Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker

UI Professor, Media and Cinema Studies

John Schippman

Director of studio content

NBC Sports Chicago

Bill Schultz

Emmy-winning animator

CEO, Home Plate E'tainment

John Thibodeaux

Comedy writer

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’