Eileen Waldron

Distinguished Broadcast Journalist

SIUC Faculty Since 2005

Contact Information

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Room: 1050E Communications Bldg.

Office Phone: (618) 453-7587

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Education

B.A. at San Francisco State University, 1983

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.

Courses

• RT 310 - Electronic Newswriting  Syllabus
• RT 470 - TV News Field Production  Syllabus