Welcome to the SIUC Department of Radio and Television

Students in the Department of Radio-Television combine the analytical with hands-on practice to become cutting edge media producers and scholars. Our world-class production and research faculty guide students not only in the use of the latest technologies, but also in developing an understanding of the social, political and economic contexts of the media they produce and analyze.

Radio-Television students can concentrate in five specializations: Digital Media Arts and Animation, Electronic Journalism, Media Industries, Radio/Audio Production, and Television/Video Production. A Television Studies Minor is also offered and students can broaden their knowledge of the field through elective courses in Media Studies and Sports Media.

 

Faculty Spotlight

  • Greg ToddThe Department of Radio -Television welcomes Greg Todd as News Director of River Region Evening Edition. Todd joined professors Eileen Waldron and Joey Helleny as the newest member of the Electronic Journalism Specialization.

    Todd has had a very successful career in broadcast journalism. After graduating from SIU Department of Radio-Television he started working for the ABC affiliate in Dubuque, Iowa doing the weather. He then went to the NBC affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio where he was the youngest news anchor at a top 100 station.

    Read Greg's Full Faculty Spotlight

Student Spotlight

  • tetsuya-frontTetsuya Aboshi, an undergraduate student who studied under Professor Burns, worked as an intern over the summer at Threshold Animation Studio in Santa Monica, California.

    Tetsuya Aboshi came from Niigata, Japan to study 3D computer animation. 

    His 3D computer animation, “Sushi-of-the-Dead,” was recently screened at the SIUC Museum Theater as a part of the student CATS RSO’s i-Scape 3D Computer Animation Festival.