In a short timeline since its creation, Good Morning Illini Alumni are finding success in television news and video production. Producers, reporters, and production are just some of the jobs these talented journalists are landing after graduation. This page highlights their success and what GMI has given to them.
Producers
Spring 2019 – Season 3
News Producer, WQAD-TV
Moline Illinois
Production, Big Ten Network
Chicago, Illinois
Leadership Development Program
BT – Dallas, Texas
Fall 2019 – Season 3
News Producer, WISC-TV News 3
Madison, Wisconsin
Demi Ramirez
Digital Producer – WCIA 3
Champaign, Urbana
Tommy Polcyn
Editor
Chicago Illinois
Spring 2018 – Season 2
News Producer, KRDO NewsChannel 13
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Former producer WQAD Moline Illinois
News Producer, WQAD-TV
Moline, Illinois
Fall 2017 – Season 2
Digital Producer
Las Vegas, Nevada
Spring 2017 – Season 1
Windy City Live
ABC 7 WLS Chicago
Producer,
WCIA Channel 3,
Champaign Illinois
Digital Line Producer
KYW CBS 3
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kelsey Lubatkin – Graduate Student at George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Media Communications Specialist at Engineering at Illinois
Champaign, Ill.
On Air
MMJ, WSBT
South Bend, Indiana
Associate News Producer
WCCU Fox,
Champaign, Illinois
Digital Account Coordinator
Thompson & Co Public Relations
Anchorage AK.
Devyn Tammons
Morning Anchor/Reporter, 9 & 10 Michigan This Morning
Cadillac, Michigan
Assignment News Desk Editor
Univision
Chicago, Illinois
Multi-Media Journalist, WQAD,
Moline Illinois
Multi-Media Journalist, KWWL,
Waterloo, Iowa
Sports Reporter, The Times
of Northwest Indiana,
Munster, Indiana
Sera Olin
Mascot Handler Chicago Cubs
Monster Squad Member, Chicago Bears
Chicago, Illinois
Reporter WCIA-TV Channel 3
Springfield, Illinois
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago, Illinois
Production Assistant
Weiden & Kennedy
New York, New York
Kelton – Qualitative Senior Analyst
Los Angeles, California
Malec Caudell
Illinois Press Assistant – U.S. Senator
Chicago, Illinois
Kaine Walters – Master Control Operator WISH-TV Indianapolis, Indiana