From world-renowned print and broadcast journalists to politicians and pundits, authors and scholars, award-winning marketing executives, and business and industry leaders, The Media School brings the world to our students in Bloomington.
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones discussed public education, the role of a journalist, and her award-winning 1619 Project in a public Q&A.
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Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°” and a correspondent for “60 Minutes,” spoke in 2019.
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"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley gave the keynote address for the launch of the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism in 2019.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning White House correspondent Maggie Haberman gave a lecture when she received the Hamilton Public Service Fellowship in 2019.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley spoke in a virtual conversation moderated by PBS “NewsHour” managing editor Judy Woodruff in 2020.
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Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, BS’81, and Fox Sports president Eric Shanks, '94, spoke during Sports Media Week in 2016.
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Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke in 2015 as part of The Media School's Speaker Series.
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Fox Sports broadcaster Joe Buck received an honorary doctorate and gave remarks at the 2016 dedication of Franklin Hall.
"We Need to Talk," a monthly sports talk show featuring a rotating cast of women hosts, filmed an episode in the Beckley Studio in 2020, with students serving as members of the crew and live audience.
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Thirty Punjabi filmmakers spent three weeks taking filmmaking courses at The Media School in 2017 through a U.S. Department of State program.
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