Training the Storytellers of Tomorrow

Journalism student Carly Gist has been accepted into the prestigious RIAS Berlin Commission program, which selects only 15 students nationwide. This fully-funded, three-week summer program offers an incredible opportunity to explore international journalism and media in Berlin.

The Journalism program supported five Daily Egyptian students in traveling 800 miles to cover President Trump’s indoor inauguration. This hands-on opportunity allowed students to gain real-world reporting experience while covering a historic event. Read about the experience here. 

The Daily Egyptian staff returned from the Illinois College Press Association conference with 28 awards, marking a strong showing against colleges across the state. The team secured second place in both Print and Web General Excellence, improving from last year, and earned a second-place sweepstakes award for medium schools.

With four first-place awards, including recognition for front-page layout, photo essays, headline writing, and sports columns, along with numerous second and third-place finishes, the staff’s dedication to quality journalism was on full display.

A journalism lighting class taught in the fall 2024 semester by Jan Thompson, director, School of Journalism and Advertising, earned an award of excellence in the student film and video narrative competition at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) Festival of Media Arts. The students’ entry, “The Lovers: The Lovers Staff,” is an interpretation of Belgian artist René Magritte’s painting “The Lovers.” The BEA competition had 2,285 entries, representing over 300 colleges, universities and two-year colleges in such categories as audio, documentary, film and video, interactive multimedia, news, scriptwriting and sports.