College of Mass Communication & Media Arts - Eileen Waldron

Eileen Waldron

Department of Radio-Television

Eileen Waldron: Senior Lecturer; SIUC Faculty Since 2005
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Education: B.A. at San Francisco State University, 1983

Interests

Investigative journalism, local TV news I-Teams

Biography

Eileen Waldron, Instructor who has more than twenty years of experience in TV, print and online journalism. She has worked as a special projects producer and executive producer at various major television news operations from San Francisco to Philadelphia. While working at KPIX TV in San Francisco, Waldron covered the aftermath of the opening of the Berlin Wall. The station's series of reports won a RTNDA award in 1990. Her investigative journalism projects have won many awards including an Emmy in 2000, an Edward R. Murrow award in 2001, and an Investigative Reporter and Editor's finalist award for online journalism. Prof. Waldron received her B.A. in broadcasting from San Francisco State University in 1983.