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Journalism Faculty

Our seven Journalism faculty members bring decades of real-world experience at daily newspapers, magazines, blogs, radio stations, an advertising agency and TV stations, among other work. Several remain active writing and researching, producing journalism, scholarly articles, books and conference presentations.

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position	names	contact information
Assistant Professor Journalism	Lisa Kernek	Simpkins 226I 309-298-1326 l-kernek@wiu.edu
Professor Newsroom Writing	Bill Knight	Simpkins 226H 309-298-1217 bk-knight@wiu.edu
Instructor; Adviser, Western Courier Magazine and Feature Writing, Introduction to Mass Communications Magazine Design and Content	Richard Moreno	Heating Plant Annex 309-298-1876 r-moreno@wiu.edu
Professor; Director, Journalism Public Relations, International Press, and Research Methods	Mohammad Siddiqi	Simpkins 226E 309-298-1324 m-siddiqi@wiu.edu
Associate Professor Advertising	Teresa Simmons	Simpkins 317 309-298-1426 r-moreno@wiu.edu
Associate Professor	Pearlie Strother-Adams	Simpkins 226J 309-298-1425 p-strother-adams@wiu.edu
Assistant Professor Journalism	Yong Tang	Simpkins 226G 309-298-1948 y-tang@wiu.edu