SIU School of Journalism and Advertising

04/25/2024

Shout out to SoJA instructor Benjy Jeffords and the students of Saluki Sportsview. We just reinvigorated our broadcast journalism sequence this past fall and have picked up two awards from INBA, including Outstanding Sports Television Program!

04/24/2024

The School of Journalism and Advertising is mourning Professor Scott McClurg, who is being remembered as compassionate and heroic.

Southern Illinois University tenure professor Scott McClurg died Saturday after a long struggle with brain cancer. “Scott was a very good person. Very nice and considerate. Always positive and encouraging. His long fight with his illness was heroic. He will be dearly missed,” said D**g Han, an a...

04/08/2024

04/05/2024

SIU alum Lee Millner is being honored by the llinois Legislative Correspondents Association on April 10 at the statehouse in Springfield.

10/19/2023

Students taking a class on producing a sports talk show had some fun getting in practice for unscripted interviews. See how Sam loses it when interviewing Dom, playacting as guest artist "Justin Bieber."

07/06/2023

SoJA Alum Courtland Milloy gives his thoughts on the recent Supreme Court ruling banning affirmative action.

Affirmative action was killed by the Supreme Court, with Clarence Thomas striking a fatal blow.

05/04/2023

Impressive win streak!

Saluki Adlab outshone its competition at the National Student Advertising Competition (NSAC) in South Bend, Indiana, achieving first place in the 2,500-plus student district level, which spans the states of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. This marks the fifth time that AdLab has placed in the top th...

02/24/2023

More impressive work from Saluki AdLab!

It’s not every day that university students get to play an integral part in fulfilling a $2 million contract, but that’s exactly what’s been happening at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

02/23/2023

02/20/2023

Congrats to the students of the Daily Egyptian who brought home 22 honors from the Illinois College Press Association Awards. These include second place for general excellence print and third for general excellence web. Photo editor Dominique Martinez-Powell won the real time photo competition with the theme "Chasing Moments."

11/18/2022

Who are the students of SoJA? A couple of them drew self portraits. Meet Ashleigh Spence (left), she’s majoring in linguistics and minoring in ASL and advertising. Her favorite brand is Kwik Trip. Meet Trevor Reaman (right), he’s majoring in cinema. Fun fact is he’s bad at coming up with something interesting about himself.