2023 Illini Media Hall of Fame

Erika Rosenberg is the president and CEO of the Center for Governmental Research in Rochester, New York. At the University of Illinois, she worked at the Daily Illini as a writer, editor and eventually editor-in-chief.

WPGU News Correspondent Nathalie Murillo sits with Rosenberg to discuss her time at the Illini Media Company at the University of Illinois and her life since.

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Ed Epstein has worked at several major news outlets in his career, including the Chicago Sun-Times, the Dow Jones News Service, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Asian Wall Street Journal, Argus Media and Congressional Quarterly. He worked at the Daily Illini as an editor and reporter and graduated in 1974.

WPGU News Correspondent Ashley Gilbert sits with Epstein to discuss his time at the University of Illinois and his career after.

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Ryan Suffern is a documentarian. He has worked as an assistant to Steven Spielberg as well as helped film four Spielberg movies. In 2006, he began his own production company called Suckatash Productions. He has also written a feature screenplay for DreamWorks, produced two award-winning documentary features and produced and directed music videos. Suffern was the photo editor for the Daily Illini in 1998.

WPGU News Correspondent Daniel Villarreal sits with Ryan Suffern to talk about his time with Illini Media Company at the University of Illinois and his career after.

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Jim Grimes is an instructor in broadcasting and media for colleges around the state and is on the board of directors for the Illinois Broadcasters Association. Previously, he has worked with many local commercial radio stations in both Champaign-Urbana and Springfield. In 1971, he joined the National Guard as a major public affairs officer, which led to him working at the Pentagon in 2000. Grimes worked at WPGU during his time in college in the late 60s and early 70s.

WPGU News Correspondent Bekah Douglas sits with Grims to discuss his time at the University of Illinois and his career afterwards.

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Dave Cullen is a full-time writer of mostly books and some TV. He writes longform narrative nonfiction and is nearly finished with a book about two gay soldiers for HarperCollins. Cullen worked for three and a half years at the Daily Illini as a writer and editor.

WPGU News Correspondent Tara Mobasher sits with Cullen to talk about his time at the University of Illinois and his life after.

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Wendy Rice Winer is a middle school language arts teacher in Morton Grove, Illinois. She formerly hosted the show Saturday Morning Flashback at Chicago radio station WXRT. During her time at the University of Illinois in the late 1970s, Winer worked in several roles at WPGU, including program director.

WPGU News Correspondent Owen Henderson sits down with Winer to discuss her time at Illini Media Company and her career since then.

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