Frank Center for Leadership and Innovation in Media Events, College of Media
Thursday, October 9, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pmFrank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, UrbanaStudents are invited to join this Frank Center “Lunch and Learn” with Gus Johnson, lead college football and basketball play-by-play announcer at FOX Sports. Andrew Burkey, student host of Illini Sports Night, will also lead a Q&A.
Friday, October 10, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pmFrank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, UrbanaStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about sports reporting with alum David Campbell (BS '87, journalism), sports manager at cleveland.com.
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pm231 Gregory HallStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about investigative reporting and editing from Cheryl Whitlow Thompson (BS '82, LAS; MS '84, journalism), NPR investigative correspondent and senior editor.
Monday, October 20, 2025
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12:00 - 1:00 pm336 Gregory HallStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about investigative journalism with María Inés Zamudio (BS '07, journalism), award-winning investigative journalist from the Invisible Institute, a nonprofit journalism production company in Chicago.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
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5:30 - 6:30 pmStudents are invited to join an online Q&A with Todd Mokhtari, president and general manager of Telemundo 52/KVEA and NBC 4 Southern California/KNBC, NBCUniversal's local television stations that serve English and Spanish-speaking audiences in the Los Angeles designated marketing area.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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12:00 - 1:30 pmFrank Newsroom at Richmond Studio, 1110 W. Main, UrbanaStudents are invited to join this Frank Center Student Workshop to learn more about being a news correspondent from alum Maggie Vespa (BS '10, journalism), NBC News Correspondent based in Chicago.