Zac Summers

Zac is reporting and doing some anchoring at CBS 46 in Atlanta, after several years in Kansas City.  He's also been an anchor in College Station, Texas and a reporter/anchor in eastern Washington state.

Abi Mitsven

Abi is soaking up the Florida sun as she does an internship at WFLA-TV in Tampa Florida.
She is the winner of an INBA Scholarship and the Randy Salerno Scholarship at ISU.

James Schertz

James is ready to take the reins as a newscast director. The 2023 graduate has landed at 25 News Now in Peoria.

Jake Flannigan & Stephen Nicholas

Jake is the General Manager of the sports programming service CHGO, which produces daily shows on each of the Chicago sports teams. One of his producers is alum Stephen Nicholas. Both of them worked on different versions of sports programming at TV-10: The Lineup for Jake and the SportsZone for Stephen.

Shauna Jackson

Shauna is now at her second station in Dallas, which is one of the very top markets in the country.
She's an Assignment Editor with CBS 11. Previously she was a photographer at FOX 4 News.
She's also worked in the Oklahoma City and Rockford markets.

Jason Dolan & Steve Scheuer

TV-10 alums often end up being co-workers. Jason Dolan and Steve Scheuer are just two of many alums doing shooting and editing at WGN-TV in Chicago.

Olivia Svetich

The CBS Network News bureau in Miami is the latest stop for Olivia Svetich.  She has been a director, technical director and photographer at stations in Quincy, Pensacola and West Palm Beach.

Imani McClay

Producers put the newscast together and make sure it runs well. That's what Imani is doing in Peoria at 25 News. She's currently working the overnight shift, for the early morning newscast.

Tom Fergus

The Chicago native just celebrated 37 years of covering stories for FOX 10 in Phoenix, Arizona.
He's also taught at the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University.

Scott Chambers

This 2021 grad is moving up quickly. After a year directing newscasts in Tucson, Arizona, he's in Seattle at the FOX affiliate. He excelled at directing live newscasts while at TV-10, and also makes a mean DP Dough calzone.

Katrina Beck

A standout basketball player during her time at ISU, Katrina pursued a career in coaching after graduation.
Now she is back at ISU as an Assistant Coach for the ISU Womens Team.  Go Redbirds!

Alexis McAdams

Alexis is a Network Correspondent with the FOX News Network, headquartered in New York. She moved there in Fall 2021 after 3 years at ABC7 in Chicago. She also worked in Indianapolis and Rockford.

Eric Olsen

Eric is the News Director at WHBF-TV in the Quad Cities. He's been in news management at stations in Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio.

Maddy Wierus

Network, baby!  Maddy has made the jump to the network level, working for CBS out of their
Chicago/Midwest bureau. She earned her way there with stops in South Bend, Indiana; Rochester, Minnesota and Shreveport, Louisiana, as a producer, anchor and MMJ.

Jeff Armstrong

Jeff's covering news on the West Coast, as a per diem photographer for KLTA-TV in Los Angeles.
Before that, he was at both NewsNation and WGN in Chicago, after starting his career
at KWQC-TV in the Quad Cities.

Aundrea Parsons

Dre is in the world of live event production, as an Associate Producer at Wilson Dow Group on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. It's a great place for her creative energy, when she's not dancing or talking about wrestling.

Ashley Shannon

Ashley graduated from UIC Law School in May 2023.  After graduating from ISU in 2018, she also earned a Master's Degree from the U of I in Champaign.

Brendan McNulty, Daniel Leibovitz & Mike Liacone

TV-10 alums often end up working together. These three are at Chicago's NewsNation, as part of the morning news crew. Brendan is a producer, Daniel is a director and Mike is a steadicam operator.

Emily Stopka

Emily makes videos and social media content for CoinFlip, which is the world's leading BitCoin ATM operator. Their offices are inside the old Post Office building in Chicago.

Camberyn Kelley

Camberyn is working at at WMTV-TV in Madison, Wisconsin.
She is both a producer and a multi-media journalist, and often uses her skills in speaking Spanish.

Jeff Conway

Jeff has made a good career in entertainment journalism, covering Red Carpet events for several years now. He's currently writing for Forbes magazine, interviewing a wide range of celebrities, from Jennifer Aniston to Ryan Reynolds to Katy Perry, and always surprising them with a small gift.

Maggie Hradecky

This alum is a true TV-10 supporter. As News Director at WIFR in Rockford, she has hired seven ISU alums, and makes frequent trips to campus to interact with current students.

Viktoria Figueroa

Viktoria headed to Minnesota after graduation in 2022. She's already moved up some markets; now working in the automated control room at FOX 9 in Minneapolis

Stephanie Rodriguez

Stephanie is reporting for CBS58 in Milwaukee, alongside 5 other TV-10 alums.
She started her career in Peoria and then was a morning anchor in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Cory McIntyre

Cory is a student, doing an internship at CBS2 Chicago during the summer. He's working with several reporters and photographers, and already doing his own interviews.

Grace Barbic

Grace won 2 awards for her work at the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. She has been working there since her graduation from the Public Affairs Reporting Masters' Program at UIS. At ISU, she was heavily involved with both TV-10 and the Vidette.