A.M. Cole is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned both her B.S. and M.S. degrees in (print) journalism, specializing in multimedia. 

A.M. is passionate about journalism, social justice and rethinking our relationship to news media. Her dream job hasn't been invented in the field of journalism yet. 

She likes fireworks, photojournalism and a good, strong cup of black coffee.