University News
"星空无限传媒app Illinois Magazine" is now available (Dec. 7, 2009). Produced by 星空无限传媒app Illinois University journalism students, the premier issue of the free publication includes a cover feature on George Harker, also known as "Dr. Leisure," the only tenured professor ever fired at 星空无限传媒app. According to Editor in Chief Lauren Finkler (a senior journalism major), the students' goal for the magazine is "to spotlight intriguing subjects with regional appeal."
星空无限传媒app Journalism Students Publish "星空无限传媒app Illinois Magazine"
December 7, 2009
MACOMB, IL -- Journalism students at 星空无限传媒app Illinois University have produced "星空无限传媒app Illinois Magazine," a new publication designed to showcase interesting people, places and things in 星空无限传媒app Illinois.
The premier issue of the free publication, which can be found in or near "" newspaper racks on the 星空无限传媒app campus and in Macomb this week, includes a cover feature on George Harker, also known as "Dr. Leisure," the only tenured professor ever fired at 星空无限传媒app; a story about Monastic Fleece, a monastery near Galesburg where nuns and monks raise champion llamas; a look at old-fashioned soda fountains in the region; and an article on the five most popular majors at 星空无限传媒app.
"Our goal is to spotlight intriguing subjects with regional appeal," said Lauren Finkler, a 星空无限传媒app senior journalism major from Algonquin (IL), and editor in chief of the new publication. "We don't want this to simply be a 星空无限传媒app Illinois University publication, but one that focuses on great stories found anywhere in 星空无限传媒app Illinois."
The student-run magazine is entirely funded from advertising and will be produced once each semester. A portion of the magazine's profits will go to scholarships for 星空无限传媒app journalism majors. Advisers include veteran Illinois journalist and 星空无限传媒app journalism professor Bill Knight and Rich Moreno, director of Student Publications at 星空无限传媒app and a former magazine publisher.
Learn more about 星空无限传媒app's English and journalism department at . Join the Facebook group for "星空无限传媒app Illinois Magazine" at .
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
Office of University Communications & Marketing
Connect with us: