Jean McDonald

mcdonld@illinois.edu

Education

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Journalism)
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (English Education)

Affiliations

Lecturer in Journalism

Course Specialties

News Editing
Sports Writing
The Digital Newsroom

Background

McDonald has 33 years of newspaper experience, including 21 years as a sports editor and sports writer at The News-Gazette in Champaign, Ill. Most recently, she was director of information systems and electronic publishing at The News-Gazette.