College of Media

Lex Tate

235G Armory
(217) 352-2481
amtate - at - uiuc.edu

Education

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (News-editorial Journalism)

Affiliations

Visiting Lecturer in Journalism

Course Specialties

Reporting 1

Background

Tate previously was a reporter, editor and columnist for The (Urbana) Courier and The (Champaign) News-Gazette, from 1972-1985. She handled public relations, speechwriting and media relations in the three-campus Office for University Relations of the University of Illinois (system) from 1985-2007.

Research/Creative Endeavor

Currently she is writing a book about campus planning and architecture, 1867-present, at the University of Illinois.