Faculty
Louis Liebovich
334 Gregory Hall
(217) 333-7362
liebovic - at - uiuc.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (Mass Communications)
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Affiliations
Professor of Journalism
Professor of Communications
Professor of Media Studies
Course Specialties
History of American Journalism
The Press and the Modern Presidency
Issues in Journalism
Background
Liebovich was formerly a reporter and editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel, a reporter/editor for the Rockford (Ill.) Register-Republic, and a reporter for the Champaign-Urbana Courier. He won several awards as a reporter. He has written five books on the press the presidency and the press and foreign policy. He previously was an instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and UW-Whitewater.
Research/Creative Endeavor
Liebovich is the author of “Abraham’s Rhyme” (Nightengale Press, 2007); "Richard Nixon, Watergate, and the Press: A Historical Retrospective" (Praeger, 2003); "The Press and the Modern Presidency" (Praeger, 1998, 2nd edition in 2001); "Bylines in Despair: Herbert Hoover, the Great Depression and the U.S. News Media" (Praeger, 1994), and "The Press and the Origins of the Cold War 1944-'47" (Praeger, 1988). He is a co-author (with Shraga Feivel Bielawski) and editor of "The Last Jew From Wegrow" (Praeger, 1991). His fourth book, “The Press and the Modern Presidency,” won the Choice Magazine Award as one of the outstanding academic books of 1998. His areas of interest include media history, the press and the presidency, media economic history, politics and the media.