A newsletter for the
Photo Journalism/Student Publications
alumni of Eastern Illinois University
Vol. 34 No. 1
Bootcamp
Visiting photographer Dan Powers of the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel shows Eastern student Nora Maberry how to manipu-
late settings on a digital camera during the 24-hour photo proj-
ect 鈥淎 Day in the Life of Charleston,鈥? conducted out in April.
PHOTO BY BRIAN POULTER See page 3
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Page 4 Self named best news anchor Charleston, IL 61920
Page 5 DEN hits the Net and radio
Page 6 Internships, new labs
Journalism Department
Page 7 Class Notes 600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920-3099
Page 8 Seymour Open a success
PAGE 2 EASTERN ALUMNI NEWS/-30- FALL 2005
J-Dept. has SUPPORTING SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM
loyal alumni
I鈥檝e always known we have
a loyal alumni base, but that
NOTES FROM
fact really came home to me
THE CHAIR
recently when I received a list
of 鈥淐ollege of Arts and
JAMES TIDWELL
Humanities Charitable Gift
PROFESSOR AND ACTING
CHAIR, DEPARTMENT
Revenue, FY2000 to FY2005.鈥?
OF JOURNALISM
The revenue was broken
down among the nine aca- The Accrediting Council on
demic departments in the col- Education in Journalism and
lege. Journalism topped the Mass Communications (ACE-
list for five of the years and JMC) is a voluntary agency
was second in the other year. that strives to stimulate and
In most of those years encourage sound educational
Journalism鈥檚 charitable gift programs in these fields.
revenue was two or three Accreditation ensures the
times more than any other continued improvement in the
department with the excep- quality of instruction in jour-
Michelle Mueller, who graduated in 1988, is now the city editor of the Pekin Daily Times. She represented her newspa-
tion of Music. For example, nalism that inclues self-study
per at the Illinois Journalism Education Association banquet honoring the high school Journalist of the Year and the All-
Journalism鈥檚 revenue for at six-year intervals.
State Journalism Team, as the JOY and one of the All-State team were from Peoria.
FY05 was $45,301. Music鈥檚 Further, accreditation pro-
James Tidwell was master of ceremonies at the banquet, held June 11 in Springfield, and co-sponsored by the Illinois
Press Association. It was one of his final acts as IJEA executive secretary, a position he has held since the group's incep-
revenue was $40,565. The vides administrators and fac- tion in 1988. He will remain active with scholastic journalism in the state, as an ex-officio member of IJEA and as the final-
third place department came ulty with the stimulation that
round coordinator of the state high school journalism contest sponsored by the Illinois High School Association. The
in at $21,456. Fourth place comes from exchanging
event will be April 29, 2006, at Eastern.
was $14,326. viewpoints with persons out-
Heather Tanner, a former graduate assistant in the department of journalism, is a publications adviser at Champaign
The faculty, staff and stu- side their own institutions
Central High School and IJEA vice president.
dents of Journalism, Student and outside the academy. The
Publications, WEIU, the accreditation process pro-
Eastern News wins state, national awards
Agency, and Pounce Online vides a forum for hearing and
appreciate the willingness of acting on complaints by stu-
alumni to donate money to dents, faculty, and the public. The Daily Eastern News and Diverse publi- John David Reed, who helped establish the
help us educate a new genera- Besides the self-study, the cations brought home several awards at the ICPA in 1982, had the general excellence
tion of journalists and PR pro- other major step in the accred- February Illinois College Press Association award named in his honor.
fessionals. In addition many iting process is a site visit by a awards banquet in Chicago. The most coveted award at the banquet was named
of you have given of your team of academics and pro- The DEN claimed 21 awards, including four after Reed, who is retiring from the organization.
time to speak to classes and fessionals, set for Oct. 16-19. first place accolades, while Diverse received
DEN print, website earns national honor
student organizations or to Before the members of the four awards in the non-dailies above 4,000 cir-
answer questions via tele- five-person team arrive on culation category. The Daily Eastern News鈥檚 print editions and
phone or e-mail from students campus, they will have Stephen Haas, a sophomore journalism major, its website was selected as a finalist for an
doing class papers or projects. already read and analyzed was recognized 12 times ; 11 for photography and Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker that is
The Journalism the self-study. They will visit one for thedailyeasternnews.com Web site. Haas bestowed upon the top college newspapers in
Department has a reputation with students, faculty, admin- received first place honors for feature photography. the nation. This is the second successive year that
on campus as having a loyal istration and staff, and review Other first place winners include The DEN staff the DEN鈥檚 online edition was nominated. Matt
alumni base. That reputation course syllabi and student for the eight-page Blair Hall fire special edition; Williams and Matt Meinheit were editors in
is based upon hard data and transcripts. Matt Williams, a senior journalism major, and chief of the print edition last year while Stephen
is richly deserved. The EIU Journalism Michael Schroeder, a senior history education Haas was the editor of the online edition.
The long list of distin- Department and the other major, won the news story category for the Blair
Sampier wins writing award
guished alumni who have programs in the 2005-06 fire; and David Thill, a sophomore journalism
graduated with degrees in accreditation cycle will be major, placed first in the editorial cartoon category. Kevin Sampier won 8th place in Spot News
journalism and/or have evaluated on nine standards: The ICPA competition featured 37 different stu- Writing in the national Hearst Journalism Awards
worked with various student 鈥? Mission, Governance dent publications in the state with separate Program. He received $500 for a story that
media on campus was front and Administration awards for dailies and two for non-dailies. detailed how an EIU band members was alleged-
and center in my conscious- 鈥urriculum& Instruction Also, former professor and DEN adviser ly raped during a football trip to Tennessee.
ness this summer as I coordi- 鈥iversity& Inclusiveness
nated the production of a 鈥ull-Time and Part-Time
detailed self-study of the Faculty
2005 Journalism scholarship winners
Journalism Department. 鈥? Scholarship: Research,
This self-study was produced Creative & Professional
More than 15 scholarships carrying cash awards were presented at the
as the first step in our efforts to Activity
Journalism/Student Media Banquet at the end of the spring semester. The selection begins
gain a six-year re-accreditation 鈥? Student Services
in February as faculty in the Department of Journalism nominate students for awards.
from the Accrediting Council on 鈥? Resources, Facilities and
Incoming freshmen and transfer students may be nominated by a high school journalism
Education in Journalism and Equipment
teacher or adviser or a journalism instructor or adviser at the college currently attended.
Mass Communication (ACE- 鈥? Professional and Public
JMC). EIU Journalism was first Service The Broadcast Journalism Scholarship-Kate Henderson, Whitney Self
accredited in 1982, and re-accred- 鈥? Assessment of Learning The James C. Copley Foundation Freshman Award 鈥? Eugenia Jefferson
ited in 1988, 1994 and 2000. Outcomes The James C. Copley Foundation Sophomore Award 鈥? Nicole Nicolas
As of 2005-06, ACEJMC Before team members leave The James C. Copley Foundation Minority Student Award 鈥? Derrick L. Johnson II
accredits 107 programs at U.S. Oct. 19 they will present a The Richard H. Icen Fourth Estate Award 鈥? Matt Williams
colleges and universities and one preliminary report to the The Journal-Gazette/Times-Courier Scholarship 鈥? Lauren Moore
at a university outside the coun- provost outlining their rec-
The Mary Kelly-Durkin Agency Scholarship 鈥? Jessica Caudle
try. Four other Illinois programs ommendation.
The Curtis MacDougall Newspaper Journalism Award 鈥? Amy Simpson
are accredited: Northwestern Another critical department
The Terry McCullough Memorial Community Press Scholarship 鈥? Hillary Settle
University; Southern Illinois activity taking place in 2005-
The Hal Middlesworth Scholarship 鈥? Laura Griffith
University, Carbondale; 06 is a national search for two
The Bruce Allen White Montgomery Memorial Scholarship for Graphics/Journalism 鈥?
Southern Illinois University, tenure-track faculty mem- Hillary Settle
Edwardsville; and the University bers.
The John David Reed Journalism Scholarship 鈥? Jake N. Bough and Cynthia Nicole Tanney
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Anyone who has an inter-
The Jim, Tom and Robin Roberts Scholarship 鈥? Angelita Faller
As noted in ACEJMC publi- est in applying or who has a
The Eric Schuster Scholarship 鈥? Kari Kelly
cations, 鈥淛ournalism and potential candidate for the
The Gene Seymour Memorial Sports Journalism Scholarship 鈥? Dan Renick
mass communications are positions, should contact me
vital forces in democratic soci- at cfjat@eiu.edu or phone me
The James A. Saunders Scholarship 鈥? Timothy W. Martin
eties, and sound intellectual at 217-581-7118. Additional
The Thornburgh Journalism Scholar Fund - Shawanda Noland
training and competence are information on the openings
The Errett and Marie Warner / Daniel E. Thornburgh Presidential Scholarship 鈥?
essential for those who can be found at
Kate Henderson and Whitney Self
engage in them. http://www.eiu.edu/~jou The Benjamin Weir-Eugene Waffle Scholarship 鈥揈rin Marie Miller
All in a day鈥檚 work for Charleston
shoot, but I couldn鈥檛 get into in-
depth conversations with him,鈥? he
Student journalists
said. The photo of the store owner
collaborate to
trimming the hair of a young boy
graced the cover of the section.
expose the local
鈥淵ou just have techniques to get
people to trust you,鈥? Poulter said.
daily grind and
鈥淭hat鈥檚 kind of hard to teach in
the classroom.鈥?
learn a few tricks
鈥淲hat the students were really
learning was how to wait for
along the way
moments,鈥? Hoffman said.
鈥淓very person has an interest-
BY HOLLY HENSCHEN
ing story to tell and if you wait
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
long enough, you can find a good
Daniel Williams began April image. Good photo journalists
21 at 3 a.m. snapping photos in capture those moments that slip
the County Market bakery. The between the cracks.鈥?
DEN photographer captured what The sleep-deprived Hoffman,
happens when it鈥檚 time to make Powers and DEN photo editors
the donuts. Haas and Josh Reeley helped pho-
鈥淚 just basically went in and tographers edit their shots as they
made friends with (the baker),鈥? came in.
Williams said. In the course of 10 鈥淚t was like chaos,鈥? Williams
photos, he learned about his sub- said. 鈥淚t was the first time I鈥檇 ever
ject and her daily routine. really spent my whole day in the
Williams ran back to the news- newsroom.鈥?
room, uplaoded his photos and More than 300 photos were whit-
waited for his next shot. tled down to the 24 that were pub-
From midnight to 11:59 p.m., 20 lished.
Eastern photographers took shots The experience left Haas with a
every hour on the hour to capture stronger grip on planning and
the lives of Charleston at work. helping staffers understand the
With the help of visiting profes- purpose of their shots.
sionals, students compiled 鈥淎 Day 鈥漈he little details that I didn鈥檛
in the Life of Charleston,鈥? an 11- think about really made it turn out
page special section depicting the in the end,鈥? Haas said.
job of a local worker every hour. 鈥淚 feel like I could go tackle a
鈥淲e wanted to show people project now.鈥?
doing things that you might not Poulter saw improvement in his
think about,鈥? said then-photo edi- photo students after the project.
tor Stephen Haas. 鈥淭he camera is just a tool; it鈥檚 as
(Clockwise from above) Snaphots from the
Subjects covered the spectrum good or as bad as the person that
photo project include a local farmer in the field,
of the labor force, including local picks it up,鈥? Poulter said. 鈥淭hey
the owner of Aaron鈥檚 Haircare and a young
police, a blacksmith, a jeweler, a learned that passion makes up for
client, a building service worker in Buzzard
pizza delivery man, a veterinari-
Hall, a veterinarian and canine friend at a local
lack of sleep.鈥?
an, local store owners and build-
animal shelter, and tired DEN photographers
Students weren鈥檛 the only ones
Stephen Haas, Matt Wills and Josh Reeley join
ing service workers. who benefitted from the project.
Mark Hoffman, a photographer
forces midway through process of the project.
Poulter said he picked up on
at the Milwaukee JournalSentinel Appleton and Hoffman鈥檚 coaching
for 13 years, and Dan Powers of methods as they interacted with
the Appleton Post-Crescent, students. The professionals rein-
instructed the staff, accompanied forced what Poulter had taught
them to shoots and assisted in the them in class.
editing process. Though three hours of sleep in a
Journalism professor Brian 24 hours 鈥渨as a little brutal,鈥?
Poulter initiated the project in Hoffman said, students鈥? excite-
class by assigning students to ment about photojournalism
research five possible photos. served as an energy drink.
鈥淧lanning is the difference 鈥淚 had mentors in college,鈥? he
between decent journalism and phe- said. 鈥淚 still look to them periodi-
nomenal journalism,鈥? Poulter said. cally for unbiased career advice.
As the preparation material- The only way I can pay it back to
ized, students saw the technical, them is to pass it on.鈥?
social and organizational aspects Poulter plans to continue with sim-
of photojournalism at work. ilar photo projects in two year cycles.
Maberry was calmed by the 鈥淲e tried to help students
Nora Maberry, currently an The project was even dubbed
professionals鈥? quick fixes for her appreciate the importance of the
English grad student and editor of 鈥淧hoto Bootcamp鈥? as the center-
photography snags. marriage of words and photos
Pounce Online, saw her abilities piece of the Eastern Web page
鈥淚t put me at ease with my and how that can influence the
improve in the process. over the summer.
insecurities,鈥? she said. 鈥淭hey told readers,鈥? Hoffman said.
鈥淚 was afraid and overwhelmed,鈥? 鈥淚t was very well-received by
me to take more photos and take During his second shot at
Maberry said. 鈥淚 was just starting the larger university community,鈥?
three steps closer.鈥? Aaron鈥檚 Hair Care, Williams felt
out, and I didn鈥檛 think my pictures Poulter said.
Hoffman and Powers accom- invasive due of lack of interaction
were turning out very well.鈥? The 24-hour photo project and
panied and instructed student with the subject. The store owner
At local shop Bike and Hike, more can be found at
photographers of all skill levels was in a rush, Williams said, and
Poulter and Powers perched www.eiu.edu/~den/digitalden/
and gave advice on everything the independence was a challenge.
Maberry on a high ladder to get a
from camera settings to careers. 鈥淚 had plenty of people to
shot of bicycles hanging from racks.
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Alumnus
honored
for work
BY BRIAN POULTER
PROFESSOR JOURNALISM
OF
2001 journalism graduate Luke Ryan,
director of development for New Line
Cinema, will receive the Outstanding
Young Alumnus Award from the EIU
Alumni Association Oct. 15.
First presented in 1988, the Outstanding
Young Alumna/us is presented to an alum-
na/us who has graduated from Eastern
within the last five years and who has
excelled in a new career
and/or public service.
After moving to
Hollywood soon after
graduation, he was hired
by New Line Cinema as a
script reader/story ana-
lyst. In this job he evalu-
ated scripts and other Luke Ryan
source material submitted
EIU Journalism student Whitney Self broadcasts the nightly news in a blazer and hidden sweatpants. Self won Best Television News Anchor of the to the studio and recommend those that
were worthy to be considered for pro-
duction.
Year from the Broadcast Education Association in Spring 2005.
His critical eye and the quality of his
recommendations soon garnered the
WEIU-TV鈥檚 Self named attention of his superiors, and in August
2002 New Line CEO Bob Shaye and
President of Production Toby Emmerich
promoted him to the executive level of
best news anchor in nation story editor. In this position Luke was in
charge of the reading staff and also
began to work as a creative executive for
the studio, overseeing the development
Self received her award April 21 of the camera, depending on the
mood of each separate story. When and production of scripts purchased by
when she, Runyon and six other
BY LAURA GRIFFITH
New Line.
broadcast students attended the BEA she鈥檚 reporting about something
VERGE EDITOR
Luke鈥檚 first film for the studio, cult
Five seconds to air time, Whitney conference in Las Vegas from April happy she likes to sound happy, so
she imagines her brother, she said. comedy hit 鈥淗arold and Kumar Go To
Self wraps up the conversation she 21-24.
White Castle,鈥? debuted in theaters in
is having with her co-workers 鈥?(When I found out) I was com- Self isn鈥檛 just an anchor on
News Watch. She also reports sto- July of 2004. Luke was credited as exec-
about her dog and looks into the pletely surprised and in shock,鈥?
utive producer on the film. He has also
camera. Self said. ries from the field. The reporting
worked as associate producer on the
News Watch is seconds away She said she owes it all to WEIU- aspect of her job has enabled her
2005 release 鈥淜ing鈥檚 Ransom,鈥? and is
from broadcasting to 12 counties in TV. 鈥淓very day I do something dif- to do things most regular people
currently executive producer of the film
East Central Illinois, but she鈥檚 not ferent,鈥? Self said. never have a chance to do, like
鈥淢artian Child鈥? starring John Cusack,
worried because after two years in She spends 15 to 20 hours in the attend Paul Simon鈥檚 funeral, see
Joan Cusack, Sophie Okonedo and
front of the camera and three years newsroom every week. former vice-presidential candi-
date John Edwards and interview Amanda Peet, and directed by Menno
in broadcasting, she鈥檚 used to the Just before Self goes on the air,
Meyjes.
routine. she sits up straight and puts on a country music stars, she said.
Since being named story editor in 2002,
Self, a junior journalism major straight face. She also helps new students
learn the ropes around the station, Luke has been promoted twice and holds
from Mattoon, was recently award- Looking confident in her gray
and is the president of the Student the title of director of development at the
ed first place in the country for jacket and red-collared shirt, she
studio. He has over 30 films that he is over-
Best Television News Anchoring at wants to look as professional as Illinois News Broadcasters
seeing in various stages of development
the Broadcast Education possible. Association on campus.
and production for New Line.
Association鈥檚 annual student No one except the people in the Self said she has always wanted
Among those projects is Luke鈥檚 first
awards. studio know that she鈥檚 wearing to get into broadcasting, and she鈥檚
screenplay Humbuggin鈥?, which he began
鈥淪he is one of a team of (35) black sweatpants with white been working hard to make her
writing while at EIU. New Line bought the
standouts,鈥? said Kelly Runyon, stripes. She likes to be as comfort- dream come true.
鈥淪he started day one as a fresh- script from him in May 2004 and the pro-
news director at WEIU-TV. 鈥淲e able as possible, she said.
man,鈥? Runyon said. 鈥淪he came to ject is in development at New Line with
have wonderful students that work Behind the news desk and
Noah Emmerich and EIU alum Craig
in news.鈥? behind the cameras, papers are me and said 鈥業 don鈥檛 have experi-
Titley producing.
Schools from coast-to-coast sent spread out all over the floor. ence but news is what I want to
In addition to his work as a writer and his
179 taped entries separated into dif- The anchors report stories cover- do.鈥? I鈥檝e been her news mentor
for the three years that she鈥檚 been responsibilities at New Line, Luke is a
ferent categories such as newscast ing a 12-county area. During com-
teacher at both the undergraduate and
composition, hard news reporting, mercial breaks and taped stories a student here.鈥?
graduate levels at UCLA.
feature news reporting, sports from the field, the anchors go back Self said Runyon is like a second
Luke has also volunteered his time with
reporting and news, weather and to chatting about their everyday mom, and her co-workers are life-
the CreateNow organization, teaching cre-
sports anchoring, and were lives and about the stories they are long friends.
ative writing to institutionalized teens, and
reviewed by 12 stations in eight reporting. When a mistake is 鈥淚 spend more time in the TV
has also given seminars at Cal State-Channel
states, Runyon said. made, the co-anchors are there for station than I do in my apart-
Islands, with Screenwriters Online, and was
Finalists were then chosen and one another, telling each other, ment,鈥? she said, explaining that
she鈥檚 only really in her apartment a featured speaker at the Willamette Writers
sent to five news stations in five dif- 鈥淒on鈥檛 worry about it.鈥?
to sleep and to get ready for work Conference in Portland, Ore., in August.
ferent states to be narrowed down to Self tries to imagine different
one winner per category, she said. audiences when speaking in front or class.
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Daily Eastern News photo
DEN Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Chiariello, Associate News Editor Amy Simpson and Student Body President Ryan Berger discuss Eastern on the bi-weekly radio show Campus Issues and Perspectives, a
joint effort of The Daily Eastern News and WEIU FM. Sports Issues is another show on WEIU - FM in which DEN staffers take part on a weekly basis.
DEN expands to radio, Internet Salem, N.C., and Jeff Phelps, from the Peoria-based
band The Bugs.
BY NORA MABERRY
Pounce Online and the Daily Eastern News are one of
POUNCE EDITOR
the first college publications in the country to feature pod-
The Daily Eastern News has expanded the way casts.
in which it provides news by creating a weekly
radio show produced at WEIU-FM88.9. Blogs
The DEN and Pounce Online have also intro- Both online sites now also offer blogs, short for
duced new features, like podcasts, that puts them Weblogs, that are essentially online journals or
at the forefront of online college publications. columns that writers update frequently.
The DEN started producing its 30-minute The DEN features sports blogs, where DEN
weekly news shows the second week of fall sports writers can comment on Eastern sports
classes. instead of just report on them.
Jennifer Chiariello, the editor in chief of the Pounce Online features five bloggers who
DEN, serve as co-host with WEIU-FM news direc- discuss a variety of subjects including music
tor Dave Carter. DEN editors and reporters inter- to fitness to weird and outrageous news.
The Daily Eastern News Online now fea-
view news sources on the air while the co-hosts
tures sports and news podcasts. The sports
discuss issues related to these campus stories. The Interactive slide shows
podcasts feature writers for the Daily Eastern
news show, titled 鈥淐ampus Issues and Attitudes,鈥? Using photographs, audio and a Flash program
News and WEIU discussing Eastern sports.
runs from 6:30-7 p.m. every two weeks. the DEN and Pounce online produce an
The news podcasts feature DEN editors dis-
A sports news show, led by DEN sports edi- Interactive slide show as well.
cussing campus issues such as Paws for the
tor Dan Renick, runs every other week in the The Daily Eastern News Online and Pounce
Cause and meal plan reform.
same time slot. Former Verge editor Ben Online both have a wide variety of interactive
"As far as I know The Daily Eastern News and
Turner serves as co-host. Turner was recently content.
Pounce Online are the first student publication
hired as assistant sports information director at The DEN Web site features interactive slide
offering regular Podcast in the nation," said Brian
Eastern. shows from Boys Premier State, the Warped
Poulter, adviser to online editions. "This gives our
"I am very pleased with the quality of the Tour and the DEN鈥檚 24-hour photo project.
students a leg-up as they becoming acquainted
shows, and the guests," said WEIU-FM program Pounce Online features a slideshow about a
with the advantages and weaknesses of this pub-
director Jeff Owen. "The initial shows have sur- local blacksmith, women鈥檚 rugby and the Coles
lishing format. I think we are continuing our tra-
passed what Iwas expecting. I hope we started a County Fair.
dition of being an innovative journalism program
new and mutually beneficial relationship."
that is will to try new things. As a result I think
You can listen to these shows by going to the This week in photos
we are serving both our students and audience
DEN鈥檚 Web site at This year, the DEN is also putting the spot-
better and better.鈥?
www.thedailyeasternnews.com. light on the photographers and their best pho-
Pounce Online features podcast interviews with
Podcasts are an audio show that focuses on tos of the week.
interesting people from all over the country. So far this
music or news. Listeners can listen to the files Using an automated flash photo gallery, the
year, Pounce has interviewed Luke Ryan, director of
individually through the Internet or better yet DEN will showcase their photo staff鈥檚 best
development at New Line Cinema, Andrew Rodgers,
subscribe to them and automatically download work. The gallery displays photos along with
director of the River Run film festival in Winston
them to an mp3 player. captions.
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J-lab
Gr e e n
updated
named with Macs
alum BY DOUG LAWHEAD
JOURNALISM INSTRUCTOR
Journalism students
of year returned to campus this
fall to find new Macintosh
computers in one lab, and
BY HOLLY HENSCHEN
a new, third department
GRADUATE ASSISTANT
computer lab scheduled to
May 1986 graduate Lisa open spring semester.
Green has been chosen as The department鈥檚
the 2005 Alum of the Year graphics lab, in Buzzard
by the Eastern Journalism Hall Room 2434, is now
Department. equipped with 19 new
Herald&Review photo by Lindsey Schick
Green worked at the Macintosh G5 computers.
Ashley Reuff and Holly Henschen collaborated on a review of Lollapalooza in late July as they worked as interns at the
Rockford Register Star for 14
Decatur Herald & Review.
Each Mac has dual 2-GHz
years, reporting and editing processors, one gigabyte
for the city desk and in the
Summer of experience of RAM, a Radeon 9600
business news deptartment. graphics card, DVD burn-
She is currently business edi- er and an Apple 20-inch
Internships provide
tor at the Ft. Wayne Indiana flat panel display.
Martin built his resume by working for
valuable time in the field
Journal Gazette. Like all journalism com-
student publications and speaking to
Green has donated time puter labs, the graphics lab
countless recruiters.
and energy to the high school is a teaching lab.
鈥淭im is a master at networking and get-
journalism camp held each Photojournalism, visual
ting to know the top recruits in the busi-
summer at Eastern. communications, and
ness,鈥? said John Ryan, director of student
BY CHRIS SOBUT AND ANGIE FALLER
鈥淪he demonstrated her dedi- design classes are all
publications.
Tim Martin knew what path he wanted
cation,鈥? said John David Reed. taught in the graphics lab.
Wagoner, a senior journalism major,
to follow when he chose to attend Eastern
鈥淛ournalism is all about service In addition, it is open three
spent her summer trav-
鈥? he came for the expe-
and one of the ways you offer nights a week for student
eling to golf tourna-
rience at The Daily
service is to give back. use.
ments in cities such as
Eastern News.
鈥淟isa remembered when she
2005 Summer Internships
The new computers are
Atlanta, Phoenix, Hilton
He had already
came from and remembered that funded by the Academic
Head, S.C., San
worked as editor of his
other journalists reached out to her
N Julie Bourque/Daily Herald
Technology Advisory
Antonio, and Orlando,
high school paper.
when she was young and she was Committee. ATAC admin-
Fla., for the AJGA, a
鈥淔rom the very first
N Nicole DeToye/Charleston Times-Courier
willing to do that, as well,鈥? he said. isters funds collected by
nonprofit organization
day I arrived on cam-
Green said she was sur- the student academic tech-
with a membership of
N Angie Faller/A New Leaf
pus, I already had a
prised and humbled upon nology fee. This fee allows
over 5,000 junior golfers
story assignment,鈥? said
learning about her selection
N Brian Gartlan/Star Newspapers
departments with ATAC-
from all 50 states and 30
Martin, a senior journal- N Laura Griffith/Rock Island Argus
as Alum of the Year. funded labs to upgrade
foreign countries.
ism major.
鈥淐ertainly there have been computers every four
鈥淚 was really excited,鈥?
Over the next few
hundreds of people who have years. Most departments
Wagoner said. 鈥淚 was
years, Martin served as
N Stephen Haas/Northwest Herald
gone through the Journalism that have an ATAC lab
N Holly Henschen/Decatur Herald & Review excited about the travel
reporter, activities edi-
program and had various have only one lab.
opportunities. They
tor, and campus
accomplishments or ways of Journalism and mathemat-
told me it would be a
reporter. Those experi-
giving back,鈥? she said. 鈥淚
N Megan Jurinek/Star Newspapers
ics each have two ATAC
lot of hard work, but it
ences led to summer
don鈥檛 feel that anything I鈥檝e labs.
sounded great.鈥?
internships at the
done has been that extreme.鈥?
N Kyle Mayhugh/Robinson Daily News
In addition to the new
Wagoner, who played
Kankakee Daily Journal, N Tim Martin/Wall Street Journal
While an undergrad at computers, the Graphics
golf for four years in
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eastern, Green worked for the Lab is equipped with a
high school, physically
and the Wall Street
Warbler for years, as well as 鈥渟mart classroom鈥? podi-
set up the tournaments,
N Matt McCarthy/Beverly Review
Journal.
the minority publication. She um, which consists of a
updated the Web site
鈥淚 felt like a rookie
was also the opinion page edi-
N Matt Meinheit/Daily Southtown
podium desk holding one
every few minutes and
being called up into the N Erin Miller/Northwest Herald
tor during her last semester. of the G5 Macs and video
wrote the press releases.
majors,鈥? Martin said. 鈥淚t
鈥淎s a student she was and sound systems that
鈥淚 enjoyed the oppor-
was good to see how
very bright, personable, are all connected to a ceil-
tunity to meet up with
work was done at such
N Nicole Nicolas/Oswego Ledger-Sentinel
thorough, excellent journ- ing-mounted LCD projec-
other intern teams each
an elite level.鈥?
lism, good writer, as her tion system. A document
week, but it was hard
N Dan Renick/Pekin Daily Times
Martin was among
subsequent career has camera is also on the podi-
living out of a suitcase
the more than 20
demonstrated,鈥? Reed said.
N Ashley Rueff/Decatur Herald & Review
um. This allows instruc-
for three months.鈥?
Eastern students who
Green said her experi- tors to project documents
Wagoner is currently
worked as interns this
ence with the Journalism
N Aaron Seidlitz/Rock Island Argus
through the ceiling-
the sports information
past summer.
Department instilled solid mounted system.
intern at Lake Land
Eastern students
N Amy Simpson/Effingham Daily News
work practices that have The computers that were
College and the director
served as editors,
benefitted her career. in the graphics lab were
of the Agency, Eastern
N Sara Wagoner/PGA Times of Munster
reporters, public rela-
鈥淭here was an emphasis moved next door to the
Illinois University鈥檚 stu-
tions specialists and
on accuracy and ethics,鈥? she
N Dustin White/Effingham Daily News
department鈥檚 writing lab,
dent-run public rela-
news producers.
said. 鈥淕etting the actual the second department
tions firm.
Daily Eastern News
N Dan Williams/Charleston Times-Courier
hands-on experience and ATAC lab. Now in their
鈥淚 learned to have a
editor in chief Jennifer
practice before you graduate fourth and 鈥渇inal鈥? year of
lot more patience with
N Dan Woike/The Times of Munster
Chiariello reported for
can make a significal diff in service, these Macs are
myself and others,鈥?
Dow Jones News
how prepared you are to scheduled for ATAC
Wagoner said. 鈥淚 learned what a long day
Service, and Sara Wagoner served as a
enter the workplace.鈥? replacement during the
really consists of.
communications intern for the American
She was honored at a summer of 2006.
Junior Golf Association.
banquet on Oct. 14.
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Sterling area. Rich was an Illinois Ransom,鈥? and is currently It is his third job in five
editor at the Times at Munster, Ind. executive producer of the film months. He might keep this
Class Notes 鈥淢artian Child,鈥? starring John one for more than three. He
John Ferak is now a poppa. Cusack, Joan Cusack, Sophie enjoys impersonating EIU
He and wife, Andrea, had a Okonedo, and Amanda Peet journalism profs with his co-
baby girl, Libby (Elizabeth and directed by Menno workers and fellow alums Al
tion with Australian
Kathleen), in January. John Meyjes. He currently is over- Lagattolla and Barry Bottino.
1974
Universities, Dobie says.
continues to report for the seeing the development of He can be reached at
Dan Gire, film critic for the Daily Omaha World-Herald. more than 30 films. Luke also nbloomquist@nwherald.com.
1988
Herald in Arlington Heights, teaches at UCLA.
was one of the keynote presen- Jean (Wright) Medina continues Rob Manker has moved his Shauna Gustafson is STILL in
ters Sept. 23 at the Embarras to direct media relations for the editing act from the Daily Geneva White continues to law school, and working for a
River Film Festival, which Friendly Skies of United Airlines, Herald to the Chicago Tribune. cover municipal beats for the firm downtown. Still trying to fig-
began what organizers hope is where she has learned more Other Manker news is Rob Northwest Herald, where she ure out a way to get back to
a long run in Charleston. Dan about pensions and bankruptcy and Katie are expecting again. also writes a column on dating. journalism and pay off the
introduced the film 鈥淲ar of the law than she ever thought possi- If the doctors are correct, In her spare time she freelances loans. email -
Worlds.鈥? He also spoke with ble. Drop her a line at jean.medi- brother James will be getting a for Chicago Life Magazine. shauna_gustafson@yahoo.com
students from John Ryan's na@united.com. Willy Medina baby sister about Feb. 1.
2001
Reporting on the Arts Class. (鈥?88) enjoyed catching up with his Michelle Jones is copy
1996
favorite professors, Reed and editor/designer of the features
Heather Cygan is working as
1978 Ryan, at Homecoming North in section at The Herald News,
Heidi Keibler and Tom the features copy editor at The
February. and recently became engaged.
Leesa Willis has accepted a Stevens were expecting a Times of Northwest Indiana.
position with the Montgomery daughter in September.
1990 Jessica Personette is working
County public schools in the Lauren Kraft is working on a mas-
1997
at the Northwest Herald in
Office of Long Range Planning Dave Brummer is back in Illinois ter's degree at Indiana University.
Crystal Lake as a reporter.
and Capital Improvements. and living in Chicago. His wife, Dan Fields recently reported Email her at
Mary, took a job last spring with Sean Stangland is still on the
some engaging news. Dan is j_personette@hotmail.com
the Chicago Tribune. night copy desk at the Daily
engaged to Erin Hill, whom he
1982 Herald and sometimes writes
met a year ago when he took Ron White is now associate
Mike Fitzgerald is an assistant film reviews for
over as editor at the Sanford
Jim Woodcock has left his posi- editor for the New Smyrna
state's attorney in Will County. blogchicago.com. He eagerly
(N.C.) Herald. Erin is regional
tion as vice president of mar- Beach (Fla.) News-Observer.
awaits exciting news in the
director of LasikPlus in Raleigh.
keting and public relations of His new address is Ron
Matthew Maynard (E. Matthew Northwest suburbs and his
Now Dan is trying to make Erin
the St. Louis Blues. He has White, 755 Morrissey Drive,
at one time) was disillusioned next trip to Las Vegas.
a Cubs fan. The couple has not
joined Fleishman-Hillard Sports Apt. 9116, Orange City, Fla.
by journalism sooner than set a wedding date yet.
Business as senior vice presi-
2002
32763.
most so naturally he started
dent and director of FH's 80
cooking to ease his pain. He is
2004
offices worldwide. The new firm Andrew Rodgers has signed Katherine Mitchell Bish had
now executive chef for Neiman
will offer a range of services on to be director of Riverrun her first photo on the front
Marcus Michigan Avenue. Amee Bohrer continues to
from marketing, communica- International Film Festival in page of the St. Louis Post-
write features for the Journal
tions and counseling in broad- Winston-Salem, N.C. He will Dispatch on Feb. 18 on a fea-
Ali Dashti is living in Scotland, Standard at Freeport.
cast rights, sports facility opera- ultimately teach a class with ture on Iwo Jima. Katherine
where he and his wife are
tions, sponsorship, the festival's partner, the North has had 377 photos published
working on advanced degrees. Jamie Fetty left the Tribune-
advertising and more. Carolina School of the Arts. in the Post-Dispatch since she
Ali is working on a Ph.D. in Star in Terre Haute and
moved to St. Louis and began
1983
film and media studies at moved to Rock Island, where
Travis and Joy Spencer now free-lancing there. Her work
Stirling University, Glasgow. last we heard she was doing
have two boys. Joy gave birth appears regularly in St. Louis
David Kidwell, formerly with the His wife is working on a mas- temp work while looking for a
to Riley Graham Spencer on Magazine and in
Miami Herald, has joined the ter鈥檚 degree in nutrition. Ali, better job.
June 23. He joins older broth- Saucemagazine.com. Her
staff of the Chicago Tribune. who taught for 10 years in his er Dakota in the Spencer Web page is
native Kuwait, can be reached Matt Rennels is working in a
1984
household. Travis is a youth KatherineBish.com. Her hus-
at 2/1 63 Ferry Road, welding shop and stringing for
minister at the First Assembly band, Aaron, continues as
Glasgow G3 8QR, Scotland the Ashland City Times near
Meta Minton, editor at the of God Church in Mattoon. chief tech operator at Talisen
UK or at Nashville. Matt moved to
Southern Illinoisian in Technologies.
1998
dashtialy@yahoo.com . Nashville after graduation and
Carbondale, ran this summer in
had an internship at the Daily
Gov. Rod Blagojevich铆s River to Christine Demma is the assis-
1991 Chuck Burke has joined the News-Journal in Murfreesboro,
River Relay Team. Also on the tant regional editor of The
Chicago Tribune as a graphics artist. where he now lives. You can
team was Linda Fraembi's, 鈥?83 Dave Lindquist continues as Herald News in Joliet and The
contact Matt at 603 E.
husband, Mike Matulis. The pop music critic at the Lincoln-Way Sun.
Drew Granger continues to Northfield Blvd., Apt. Q3,
team covered the 80-mile dis- Indianapolis Star. Dan was live in Heidelberg, Germany. Murfreesboro, Tenn. 37130,
tance in 10 hours 25 minutes. back on campus in September Matt Neistein has been pro-
matt_rennels@yahoo.com .
to talk with J.R.鈥檚 Reporting moted to editorial page editor
1985
Katie Vana and Rob Manker
on the Arts course. at the Post-Crescent in
2005
are expecting again. Katie is
Appleton, Wis.
Brian Ormiston is director of due Feb. 1. Brother James will
1995 Jason Blasco has taken a
sales and marketing at get a baby sister, if the doc-
Joseph Ryan is reporting on sports writing job at the Lake
Labelblank Corp. in University Ryan and Kelly Giusti are the tor's predictions are correct.
the city staff for the Daily Sun Leader in Camdenton,
Park. A DEN photo editor in proud parents of a daughter, Molly.
Herald. He can be reached at Mo.
college, Brian said he really Jason Winders got married
jryan@dailyherald.com.
enjoyed seeing the DEN鈥檚 "All Tony Nasella has moved to Aug. 20 in London, Ontario.
April McLaren has joined the
in a Day's Work" photo section Greenville, S.C., where,
1999
Lucy Buidosik, a Warbler and staff of the Clinton Daily
this spring. according to his last report,
Daily Eastern News photogra- Journal as a reporter.
was trying to land a job at a Justin Kmitch is engaged to pher, is putting her college
Ken Dickson is living in Pekin, paper near there. Well, Tony, be married. Justin reports he experience to work for her at Carly Mullady is substitute
selling cars. He reports he left did you get the job? proposed to Jen Engel Aug. Jordan High School in Los teaching and stringing for the
journalism in 2000 and sold
17 on the peak of Mt. Angeles. Lucy is teaching U.S. Star at Tinley Park.
cars in the Washington, D.C., David Putney is in his fifth year Haleakala, the highest peak in history and journalism courses
area for four years, but moved at The Virginian Pilot in Norfolk. Maui, and she accepted. No and advising a student news- Holly Myers is designing pages,
back to Illinois about 16 He lives just a few blocks from date has been set yet. Jen is paper in Watts. Lucy moved to among other duties, at the
months ago. another Eastern J-school alum, a legal assistant at the California to pursue a law Rock River Times, Rockford.
Patty Culhane (鈥?94). He is an
1986
Chicago Mercantile Exchange. degree but ended up at Cal
illustrator and designer and an
State at Sacramento, where Joaquin Ochoa, is a copy edi-
2000
occasional writer. He reports: 'l
Sheila Billerbeck was named she got her teaching certifi- tor/designer the Daily Herald,
do a lot of section fronts and
saleswoman of the year for cate. You can contact Lacy at Arlington Heights.
Luke Ryan is director of devel-
some special projects. His e-
2004 for U.S. Foodservice, Las lace2b@aol.com or be snail
opment at New Line Cinema.
mail is:
Vegas division. Kudos, Sheila. mail at 3339 Mentone Ave., Jennifer Periyam is interning
He has been with New Line
david@davidputney.com and
#4, Los Angeles, Calif. 90034, with the Peoria Journal Star.
since graduation, first as script
his Web site is www.davidput-
Dobie Holland is teaching 310-204-3080.
reader and then story editor.
ney.com. His address is 534
English at AIT Academy in Kevin Sampier is a correspon-
He served as executive direc-
Washington Park A6, Norfolk,
2003
downtown Singapore. dent for the Peoria Journal Star.
tor for cult comedy hit 鈥淗arold
Va. 23517.
Academy students then study
and Kumar Go To White Nate Bloomquist has joined
business, IT and tourism. They Matt Williams is reporting for
Castle.鈥? He has also worked
Rich Bird has been named man- the Eastern contingent at the
can also get the News-Gazette at
as associate producer on the
aging editor of the Sauk Valley Northwest Herald in Crystal
bachelor鈥檚 degrees and mas- Champaign.
2005 release 鈥淜ing's
News, which covers the Dixon- Lake as a sports copy editor.
ter鈥檚 degrees through an affilia-
Page 7/ 鈥?30鈥? / Fall 2005
PAGE 8 EASTERN ALUMNI NEW/-30- FALL 2005
Hacking away for a purpose
BY JOE GISONDI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Gene Seymour loved covering
sports in Chicago. And Chicago read-
ers and athletes equally loved reading
his work.
As a sports columnist for Copley
News Service, Seymour had a reputa-
tion as a knowledgeable and fair-
handed reporter.
When he died at age 43, journalists
and athletes alike mourned. Carlton
Fisk attended the service and Michael
Jordan sent flowers.
And family and colleagues
mourned the premature loss of such a
terrific man and reporter.
Seymour, who died of Marfan
Josh Harbeck watches teammate David Pump line up a putt. Syndrome, started his illustrious
career for the Daily Eastern News,
where he served as both a sports edi-
tor and editor in chief. He recruited a large staff to write
for a paper in transition from a weekly to a daily college
publication.
鈥淗e was a great sports editor; he always made sure
writers got assignments,鈥? said John Ryan, the DEN鈥檚 edi-
tor in 1975. 鈥淧eople loved writing for him. He was gre-
garious, outgoing. He got along with everybody and
was always well thought of.鈥?
Gene鈥檚 legacy lives on at Eastern thanks to a scholar-
ship named in his honor. More than 30 alumni and facul-
ty participated in the second Gene Seymour Open in
July to raise money for a scholarship awarded to a top
sports reporter on the Daily Eastern News. The tourna-
ment raised $4,100, an increase of $600 from the year Dave Reed reacts to a missed putt.
before. The fund now stands at nearly $17,000.
鈥淚f we could get it over $20,000, that would keep the scholarship alive, probably forever,鈥?
said Ryan, now the director of student publications at Eastern.
鈥淚t indicates that we have a lot of alums that care a lot about the department,鈥? said David
Reed, who helped create the benefit tournament with Ryan. 鈥淭hey go to a lot of trouble to
come and donate a lot of money to the scholarship fund. We have a lot of friends around
the community that are willing to support us鈥?
The third annual tournament is set for late July 2006. Information will be listed on the jour-
nalism Web site. Contact John Ryan at cfjmr1@eiu.edu to get more information on the event.
Kathy Ryan watches a putt.
All Photos by Brian Poulter
Golfers prepare for the start of the 18-hole best-ball evant at Bent Tree Golf Course.
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