University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Kyung Lah

National correspondent

CNN

Rick Kaplan

TV executive

Ex-president, CNN, MSNBC

Rini Krishnan

Operations director

Fischler Hockey Service

Leonora Anton

Pulitzer-winning reporter

Tampa Bay Times

Dan Balz

Chief correspondent

The Washington Post

Craig Cohen

WILL host, 1995-2002

Houston Public Media

Jamie Escoto

Fox executive

VP, film/TV/sports

Michael Kelly

Media executive

Ex-Weather Channel CEO

Brad Pavone

Executive producer, OWN

On Team Oprah since ’05

Ken Paulson

Journalist

Former USA Today editor

Bill Geist

Author, columnist, humorist

Won Emmys in 1992, 2005

Paul Ingrassia

Shared 1993 Pulitzer for beat reporting

Died in 2019 at age 69

Robert Johnson

Billionaire businessman

BET founder

Dave Cullen

Author

Wrote best-seller 'Columbine'