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Submit News [+]UI and DI alumnus Robert Novak dies
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2009-08-18 16:32:48We've had several alums contact us to tell us about Robert Novak's death earlier today. Mr. Novak was inducted into the Illini Media Hall of Fame in the fall of 2007 and came back to Champaign for the celebration.
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Meyerson back to radio
Posted by: Charlie Meyerson on 2009-08-14 18:45:42Charlie Meyerson named WGN Radio news director Read More >>
Phil Strang Art Exhibits
Posted by: Phil Strang Art Exhibits on 2009-08-14 16:25:02Phil Strang (Class of 72) WPGU asst MD (68-69) and MG (69-70) has two exhibits of original art in the near future Read More >>
Dave Cullen publishes NY Times bestseller
Posted by: Dave Cullen on 2009-08-12 16:31:25Dave Cullen's book COLUMBINE spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list this spring and summer. It peaked at #3. Read More >>
Jodi Glenn Fox Elected Chair of Sonic Foundry User Group
Posted by: Jodi Fox on 2009-07-06 09:17:28Jodi Glenn Fox (DI 1989-92) was elected chairperson of the international user group for Sonic Foundry's Mediasite, a multimedia capture solution used to provide live and on-demand streaming of lectures, presentations, and other materials. Read More >>
Most recent new members:
Tom Wuellner, Ron Tripp, Robert Hrabak, Marjorie Morrison, Nick Jones, Melissa Silverberg, Jorie Johnson, Megan Herboth, Matthew Brandabur, Christina Campos,Most recent donors:
Matt & Kate Pokarney Brickman, Anonymous, Adriana Colindres, Doug Lee, Robin and Chris Kaler, Channing Brown, Peter A. Weitzel, Adrienne Leffler, Mona Blaber, Marty Jencius,Illini Media Hall of Fame - 2009
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Richard SubletteIllini Media: Advertising director, 1966-70, Publisher and GM, 1970-81Inducted: 2009 |
Richard Sublette didn’t just make a four-decade career out of student media, he made a career out of helping students achieve their goals and reach further than they imagined possible. His first job in student media began at Illini Media, where he worked for nearly 15 years, rising from director of advertising to publisher and general manager from 1970-81.
Sublette received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University in journalism and broadcast communications in the late 1950s and early ’60s. He worked at the Urbana Courier and WCHU-TV 33 before joining Illini Media in 1966. In 1981, Sublette left Illini Media but continued his dedication to student media as publisher for The Daily Bruin at the University of California-Los Angeles and general manager of the Florida State University student media.
He was a co-founder of College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, vice president of the National Council of College Publications Advisers and president of College Media Advisers.
Changes in technology and the industry were some of the biggest challenges of Sublette’s years at Illini Media. He modernized the operations by moving from letterpress to offset printing, making The Daily Illini one of the first daily newspaper in the state to go offset. He also contracted Rantoul Press to do typesetting for the paper and oversaw the move of the WPGU transmitter from the roof of an Urbana residence hall to the top of the tallest structure in the county. Working out of Illini Hall, Sublette’s time at Illini Media saw the introduction of stand-alone computers, a file server and the addition of fax and copy machines to the newsroom.
Although technological changes have made Sublette’s life and career in journalism exciting and interesting, he is still committed to the fundamentals of the job. “Since my introduction to journalism in Gregory Hall and Illini Hall more than 50 years ago, I appreciate more than ever basic journalism news reporting and ethics,” Sublette said. “A free society must have basic coverage of news and opinion. And that is what Illini Media is all about.”
Sublette received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University in journalism and broadcast communications in the late 1950s and early ’60s. He worked at the Urbana Courier and WCHU-TV 33 before joining Illini Media in 1966. In 1981, Sublette left Illini Media but continued his dedication to student media as publisher for The Daily Bruin at the University of California-Los Angeles and general manager of the Florida State University student media.
He was a co-founder of College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers, vice president of the National Council of College Publications Advisers and president of College Media Advisers.
Changes in technology and the industry were some of the biggest challenges of Sublette’s years at Illini Media. He modernized the operations by moving from letterpress to offset printing, making The Daily Illini one of the first daily newspaper in the state to go offset. He also contracted Rantoul Press to do typesetting for the paper and oversaw the move of the WPGU transmitter from the roof of an Urbana residence hall to the top of the tallest structure in the county. Working out of Illini Hall, Sublette’s time at Illini Media saw the introduction of stand-alone computers, a file server and the addition of fax and copy machines to the newsroom.
Although technological changes have made Sublette’s life and career in journalism exciting and interesting, he is still committed to the fundamentals of the job. “Since my introduction to journalism in Gregory Hall and Illini Hall more than 50 years ago, I appreciate more than ever basic journalism news reporting and ethics,” Sublette said. “A free society must have basic coverage of news and opinion. And that is what Illini Media is all about.”