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Submit News [+]Larry Doyle wins Thurber Prize
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-10-08 09:03:57Larry Doyle, a former TV writer-producer for "The Simpsons," was named the winner Monday of this year's Thurber Prize for American Humor. He was cited for the novel "I Love You, Beth Cooper." Read More >>
Tribute to Ponz in Gil Thorp comic strip
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-09-04 12:09:21Jeff Ponczak was a fan of the Gil Thorp comic strip and he was recently added into the strip as a new character.
Here is the link:
Click here to see Gil Thorp comic strip
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Emma Johnson MSN Money column launches
Posted by: Emma Johnson on 2008-07-18 15:35:49Emma Johnson's multimedia personal finance column recently launched on MSN Money. The series focuses on people in their 20s and 30s, and includes video, audio, graphic and text elements. Read More >>
proudly introducing... jean lachat photography
Posted by: Jean Lachat on 2008-07-17 22:48:52I happily launched my own home-based photo studio this summer, specializing in documentary portraiture and pretty much anything that is not immoral or illegal! (or at least not that much!) Read More >>
Reporting Contest for College Students and Professionals!
Posted by: Adriana Colindres on 2008-07-17 22:13:52Journalism organization Capitolbeat has separate reporting contests for college students and for professionals, as well as a conference open to all. Contest deadline is Aug. 1 for professionals and Sept. 10 for college students. Read More >>
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Suzanne Callighan Wagner, Bill Luthy, Mike Meinhardt, Elizabeth Raischel, Evangeline Politis, Regina Lee, Stacey Keefe, Joe Hubbard, Greta Weiner, Wanda Whitsitt,Most recent donors:
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Roger EbertDaily Illini, WPGU: 1961-64; editor in chief, 1963-64.University of Illinios: Bachelor of Science in journalism, 1964. Inducted: 2006 |
Urbana native Roger Ebert's Pulitzer Prize-winning career began at the age of 15 when he wrote sports for the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. By his mid-20s the Chicago Sun Times hired him, making him a film critic just six months later. Ebert's zeal for and knowledge of film earned him a 1975 Pulitzer Prize for film criticism, and his work as a critic - in print and television - has made him an American icon.
Ebert's Sun Times column is syndicated in more than 200 newspapers and his weekly film review program, "Ebert & Roeper" appears on more than 200 stations. Ebert partnered with the late Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel to pioneer his first television program, which began in 1974. Siskel and Ebert were widely known for their thumbs-up and thumbs-down movie rankings. He also hosts the live pre- and post-Academy Award broadcast for KABC-TV and is the co-host of the Cannes Film Festival awards on the Independent Film Channel. Author of 15 books, Ebert's 2002 The Great Movies was a best-seller.
Ebert also works with college students, lecturing at the University of Chicago Fine Arts Program. He is an adjunct professor of cinema and media studies at the University of Illinois. He is known for conducting shot-by-shot film analyses at universities, film institutes and select film festivals.
In 1999, he launched his annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, presented each April in Champaign-Urbana. Ebert and his wife, Chaz, personally welcome festival-goers, who are treated to Ebert's post-film interviews with directors, producers and stars. Ebert earned his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.
Ebert's Sun Times column is syndicated in more than 200 newspapers and his weekly film review program, "Ebert & Roeper" appears on more than 200 stations. Ebert partnered with the late Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel to pioneer his first television program, which began in 1974. Siskel and Ebert were widely known for their thumbs-up and thumbs-down movie rankings. He also hosts the live pre- and post-Academy Award broadcast for KABC-TV and is the co-host of the Cannes Film Festival awards on the Independent Film Channel. Author of 15 books, Ebert's 2002 The Great Movies was a best-seller.
Ebert also works with college students, lecturing at the University of Chicago Fine Arts Program. He is an adjunct professor of cinema and media studies at the University of Illinois. He is known for conducting shot-by-shot film analyses at universities, film institutes and select film festivals.
In 1999, he launched his annual Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, presented each April in Champaign-Urbana. Ebert and his wife, Chaz, personally welcome festival-goers, who are treated to Ebert's post-film interviews with directors, producers and stars. Ebert earned his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.