Faces of GMI

 

 

These are our anchors for the upcoming Spring Semester. For more information about joing the GMI team please email good-morning-illini@illinois.edu to get more information. Come share your Illini story with us.

Spring 2020 GMI Anchors

Rebecca Wood 

Good Morning, Illini! I’m Rebecca Wood, currently a junior majoring in broadcast journalism with minors in public relations, political science and history.  Along with anchoring and reporting for Good Morning Illini, I also work in video production for Fighting Illini Productions, write for the Daily Illini and am Director of Digital Media for the Society of Professional Journalists.  This past summer, I interned with NBC 5 Chicago Investigation team, learning about both the production and on-air sides of live broadcast journalism.
Besides getting my hands on anything journalism related, I also am Vice President of Programming for my sorority, Vice President of Digital Media and Communications for PRSSA and try to keep up with some hobbies such as singing, writing and reading.
Good Morning Illini has been one of the most positive and impactful experiences I have had here at the University of Illinois.  Everyone is constantly learning and growing from one another as people and journalists, making it no problem to start my Friday mornings off at Richmond Studio!

Taylor Howard

Good morning, Illini!  I am Junior majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Leadership Studies. I was born and raised in Matteson, Il, a southern suburb from Chicago and my family consists of 5 people- my mom, dad, brother, sister, brother, and my dog, Cody! I am heavily involved on campus! I am the president of two organizations: 100 Strong, a retention initiative and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alpha Nu Chapter, a news reporter for the Daily Illini, and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. My hobbies include: watching basketball and movies, working out, and hanging out with friends and family. Post-graduation, as I intend to pursue my passion for Journalism, I aspire to be a news anchor or a radio host. I am enthusiastic, persistent, and I live each day like it is my last. Although journalism is a competitive field, I am more than confident that I will achieve my goals! As I am in the latter half of my undergrad career, I am excited to enhance the journalism skills that will get me closer to my aspirations; I believe GMI will help me get there! I have been apart of Good Morning Illini since my sophomore year and I am happy that I am apart of the production team.

 

 

Patrick Catezone – picture coming soon

 

Good Morning Illini! I am a freshman studying journalism here at the
The University of Illinois. I was born and raised in LaGrange Park, Illinois. Before college, I was the sports manager at my high school radio station, WLTL LaGrange. I was a part of the broadcast team, which broadcast football, basketball, and baseball games.
I currently help the Illini hockey broadcast team as a color commentator. Along with
broadcasting Illini games, I am a radio DJ for WPGU. I have a morning show every Sunday from 10 to 11 where I play 1 hour of all Grateful Dead music called “Wake Up to Find the Grateful Dead.” I am a huge deadhead and I’m super excited to play their music every weekend. I love to be on the air and would like to pursue more radio work in the future. I have never been a part of the morning TV show and I am really excited about this new challenge. As a freshman, I am looking forward to exploring more events around campus as a part of GMI. I can’t wait to be apart of the Good Morning Illini team!

 

 

Jared Farmer

Picture Bio Coming Soon

 

Liam Dwyer

Picture Bio Coming Soon

 

 

UI7 News Correspondents 

Announcement of Correspondent coming February

 

Illini Sports Night Correspondents

Nathan Dehaan

Picture/ Bio Coming Soon

 

Blake Landa

Picture/ Bio Coming Soon