Northwestern Medill School
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Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University.
Chicago was named the Best Big City in the U.S. by readers of the Condé Nast Traveler magazine for a historic 10th year in a row! 🎉
The city is home to our Master of Science in Journalism Program. 🏙️
Learn more: spr.ly/63328BG2NIj
The city is home to our Master of Science in Journalism Program. 🏙️
Learn more: spr.ly/63328BG2NIj
October 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Chicago was named the Best Big City in the U.S. by readers of the Condé Nast Traveler magazine for a historic 10th year in a row! 🎉
The city is home to our Master of Science in Journalism Program. 🏙️
Learn more: spr.ly/63328BG2NIj
The city is home to our Master of Science in Journalism Program. 🏙️
Learn more: spr.ly/63328BG2NIj
Medill recently welcomed Sheinelle Jones (BSJ00) back to campus to discuss her career path with visiting high school students from the Chicagoland area. 💜 Jones is a recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Alumnae Award from The Alumnae of Northwestern University. 🏆
October 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Medill recently welcomed Sheinelle Jones (BSJ00) back to campus to discuss her career path with visiting high school students from the Chicagoland area. 💜 Jones is a recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Alumnae Award from The Alumnae of Northwestern University. 🏆
The Medill Solutions Journalism Hub announced awards to support journalism educators who lead students on guided tours of local neighborhoods, where they learn to report on communities and their responses challenges through assets instead of deficits: spr.ly/63326BGUCwm
September 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Medill Solutions Journalism Hub announced awards to support journalism educators who lead students on guided tours of local neighborhoods, where they learn to report on communities and their responses challenges through assets instead of deficits: spr.ly/63326BGUCwm
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#Chicago!
Please join us tomorrow night!
Don't miss this incredible doc!
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Please join us tomorrow night!
Don't miss this incredible doc!
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September 25, 2026 at 9:34 PM
#Chicago!
Please join us tomorrow night!
Don't miss this incredible doc!
www.siskelfilmcenter.org/oldest-perso...
Please join us tomorrow night!
Don't miss this incredible doc!
www.siskelfilmcenter.org/oldest-perso...
Congratulations to Professor of Practice Michael Wilbon (BSJ80) who will be awarded with the 43rd Walter Cronkite Award of Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University alongside his co-host Tony Kornheiser.
Learn more about Wilbon's work here: spr.ly/63324BGYEjG
Learn more about Wilbon's work here: spr.ly/63324BGYEjG
September 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Congratulations to Professor of Practice Michael Wilbon (BSJ80) who will be awarded with the 43rd Walter Cronkite Award of Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University alongside his co-host Tony Kornheiser.
Learn more about Wilbon's work here: spr.ly/63324BGYEjG
Learn more about Wilbon's work here: spr.ly/63324BGYEjG
Wildcats at Work: Naomi Taxay (BSJ27) 📰
🏛️ Taxay spent her summer as a Capitol Bureau intern at @sacbee.com.
"From congressional races ahead of the midterms to the final weeks of the state legislative session, I got a firsthand look at the issues and decisions shaping California." she said.
🏛️ Taxay spent her summer as a Capitol Bureau intern at @sacbee.com.
"From congressional races ahead of the midterms to the final weeks of the state legislative session, I got a firsthand look at the issues and decisions shaping California." she said.
September 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Wildcats at Work: Naomi Taxay (BSJ27) 📰
🏛️ Taxay spent her summer as a Capitol Bureau intern at @sacbee.com.
"From congressional races ahead of the midterms to the final weeks of the state legislative session, I got a firsthand look at the issues and decisions shaping California." she said.
🏛️ Taxay spent her summer as a Capitol Bureau intern at @sacbee.com.
"From congressional races ahead of the midterms to the final weeks of the state legislative session, I got a firsthand look at the issues and decisions shaping California." she said.
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Read the Medill 2026 survey: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
September 16, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Read the Medill 2026 survey: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
The Medill Local News Initiative has completed its third annual survey of Chicago-area news consumers. Read more to see how consumers are engaging with local news and their thoughts on AI as part of the news-gathering process. spr.ly/63321BGr1o7
September 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The Medill Local News Initiative has completed its third annual survey of Chicago-area news consumers. Read more to see how consumers are engaging with local news and their thoughts on AI as part of the news-gathering process. spr.ly/63321BGr1o7
Wildcats at work: Alex Zhong (BSJ28) 🎤
🎥 Zhong spent his summer as a news intern at @abc7chicago.bsky.social, supporting daily and special-event coverage. He also worked at the assignment desk and created digital stories and videos for ABC7’s social media accounts.
🎥 Zhong spent his summer as a news intern at @abc7chicago.bsky.social, supporting daily and special-event coverage. He also worked at the assignment desk and created digital stories and videos for ABC7’s social media accounts.
September 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Wildcats at work: Alex Zhong (BSJ28) 🎤
🎥 Zhong spent his summer as a news intern at @abc7chicago.bsky.social, supporting daily and special-event coverage. He also worked at the assignment desk and created digital stories and videos for ABC7’s social media accounts.
🎥 Zhong spent his summer as a news intern at @abc7chicago.bsky.social, supporting daily and special-event coverage. He also worked at the assignment desk and created digital stories and videos for ABC7’s social media accounts.
Medill is now offering a Creator Journalism elective concentration as part of our Master of Science in Journalism Program, which equips you with the knowledge to build your own platforms and audiences, as well as sustain your media venture without compromising the mission of journalism. 📱
September 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Medill is now offering a Creator Journalism elective concentration as part of our Master of Science in Journalism Program, which equips you with the knowledge to build your own platforms and audiences, as well as sustain your media venture without compromising the mission of journalism. 📱
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"Subscriptions are the bedrock of what we do."
Full episode with Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Full episode with Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
September 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
"Subscriptions are the bedrock of what we do."
Full episode with Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Full episode with Daily Memphian CEO Eric Barnes here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
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New study w/ Ayse Lokmanoglu, Christopher Dobmeier, and Nathan Walter in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social. We asked U.S. adults what "news" means to them and found six distinct schemas--including one built almost entirely on negative feelings, not topics or outlets. @medillschool.bsky.social
The Meanings of News: How U.S. Adults Think About the Word “News” - Stephanie Edgerly, Ayse D. Lokmanoglu, Christopher M. Dobmeier, Nathan Walter, 2026
This study explores the immediate, top-of-mind meanings audiences hold about “news.” Inspired by recent audience-centric approaches in defining news, we adopt a...
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August 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
New study w/ Ayse Lokmanoglu, Christopher Dobmeier, and Nathan Walter in @jmcquarterly.bsky.social. We asked U.S. adults what "news" means to them and found six distinct schemas--including one built almost entirely on negative feelings, not topics or outlets. @medillschool.bsky.social
📺 Tomas Moran (BSJ28) is interning at CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau. "Depending on the day, I could be a segment producer, digital editor, researcher or all of the above. I also have the incredible opportunity of shadowing reporters in the field, including Capitol Hill and the White House." 🏛️
August 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
📺 Tomas Moran (BSJ28) is interning at CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau. "Depending on the day, I could be a segment producer, digital editor, researcher or all of the above. I also have the incredible opportunity of shadowing reporters in the field, including Capitol Hill and the White House." 🏛️
That last day of class feeling! 🥳
MSJ students recently wrapped up their Hosting & Producing Lifestyle Content course with Adjunct Lecturer Cortney Hall. Students spent five weeks learning how to produce and host a lifestyle segment to add to their reel. 🎥
MSJ students recently wrapped up their Hosting & Producing Lifestyle Content course with Adjunct Lecturer Cortney Hall. Students spent five weeks learning how to produce and host a lifestyle segment to add to their reel. 🎥
August 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
That last day of class feeling! 🥳
MSJ students recently wrapped up their Hosting & Producing Lifestyle Content course with Adjunct Lecturer Cortney Hall. Students spent five weeks learning how to produce and host a lifestyle segment to add to their reel. 🎥
MSJ students recently wrapped up their Hosting & Producing Lifestyle Content course with Adjunct Lecturer Cortney Hall. Students spent five weeks learning how to produce and host a lifestyle segment to add to their reel. 🎥
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Full Episode here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
August 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Full Episode here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Isabel Papp (BSJ28) is spending her summer as a news intern at NBC Tower Chicago. "I’m privileged beyond words to have received mentorship from the team at NBC Chicago and Telemundo and I can’t wait to see what the rest of the summer holds!" 🎥
August 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Isabel Papp (BSJ28) is spending her summer as a news intern at NBC Tower Chicago. "I’m privileged beyond words to have received mentorship from the team at NBC Chicago and Telemundo and I can’t wait to see what the rest of the summer holds!" 🎥
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Very happy to be able to spread some good news about #Yemen.
Thank you @buffett.northwestern.edu for this support:
buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/bu...
Thank you @buffett.northwestern.edu for this support:
buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/bu...
Buffett Q&A: The Yemeni Women Fighting to Preserve Their Heritage with Brent Huffman, Buffett Faculty Fellow: Buffett Institute for Global Affairs - Northwestern University
For this installment of our Buffett Q&A series profiling faculty and students in the Roberta Buffett Institute community, we spoke with Brent Huffman, Professor and Director of Documentary Journalism ...
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August 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Very happy to be able to spread some good news about #Yemen.
Thank you @buffett.northwestern.edu for this support:
buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/bu...
Thank you @buffett.northwestern.edu for this support:
buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/bu...
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What happens when local news includes communities behind prison walls?
A new LNI story explores the growing movement of journalism in prisons — from the Prison Journalism Project to newspapers run by incarcerated women in Oklahoma.
Read more: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
A new LNI story explores the growing movement of journalism in prisons — from the Prison Journalism Project to newspapers run by incarcerated women in Oklahoma.
Read more: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Journalism Behind Bars
Yukari Kane co-founded the Prison Journalism Project in 2020 with a clear goal in mind: to not only shed light on the experiences of incarcerated people across the country but empower them with the wr...
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August 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
What happens when local news includes communities behind prison walls?
A new LNI story explores the growing movement of journalism in prisons — from the Prison Journalism Project to newspapers run by incarcerated women in Oklahoma.
Read more: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
A new LNI story explores the growing movement of journalism in prisons — from the Prison Journalism Project to newspapers run by incarcerated women in Oklahoma.
Read more: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Congrats to Shannon Shaw Duty for being awarded with the 2026 IJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award!
“Shannon’s body of work and commitment to Indigenous storytelling has been crucial in elevating the Osage Nation,” said Dean Charles Whitaker.
More: spr.ly/63329B1OVqv
“Shannon’s body of work and commitment to Indigenous storytelling has been crucial in elevating the Osage Nation,” said Dean Charles Whitaker.
More: spr.ly/63329B1OVqv
August 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Congrats to Shannon Shaw Duty for being awarded with the 2026 IJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award!
“Shannon’s body of work and commitment to Indigenous storytelling has been crucial in elevating the Osage Nation,” said Dean Charles Whitaker.
More: spr.ly/63329B1OVqv
“Shannon’s body of work and commitment to Indigenous storytelling has been crucial in elevating the Osage Nation,” said Dean Charles Whitaker.
More: spr.ly/63329B1OVqv
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"When a people's history is destroyed, a fundamental part of their identity is lost with it," said Buffett Faculty Fellow & filmmaker @brenthuffman.bsky.social. He's following Yemeni women protecting their heritage from war, climate change, & looting. 🎥 or 📖: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/bu...
August 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
"When a people's history is destroyed, a fundamental part of their identity is lost with it," said Buffett Faculty Fellow & filmmaker @brenthuffman.bsky.social. He's following Yemeni women protecting their heritage from war, climate change, & looting. 🎥 or 📖: buffett.northwestern.edu/news/2026/bu...
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Full episode: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
August 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Full episode: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Check out these all-star journalists! 🏀🌟
Medill students Alex Strizek (MSJ26), Lucy Roberts (MSJ26) and Sydney Meyer (MSJ26) recently covered WNBA All-Star Weekend festivities at the United Center and the Obama Presidential Center.
Medill students Alex Strizek (MSJ26), Lucy Roberts (MSJ26) and Sydney Meyer (MSJ26) recently covered WNBA All-Star Weekend festivities at the United Center and the Obama Presidential Center.
August 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Check out these all-star journalists! 🏀🌟
Medill students Alex Strizek (MSJ26), Lucy Roberts (MSJ26) and Sydney Meyer (MSJ26) recently covered WNBA All-Star Weekend festivities at the United Center and the Obama Presidential Center.
Medill students Alex Strizek (MSJ26), Lucy Roberts (MSJ26) and Sydney Meyer (MSJ26) recently covered WNBA All-Star Weekend festivities at the United Center and the Obama Presidential Center.
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At a time when many are retrenching, The Post and Courier Publisher P.J. Browning is expanding, adding nine newsrooms in South Carolina, creating collaborations with local news outlets on investigative projects & launching a robust events series.
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localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Charleston CEO P.J. Browning is Investing and Growing the Post & Courier While Many Other Local News Outlets Retrench
In the seventh episode of the State of Local News Podcast, host Tim Franklin—Professor, John M. Mutz Chair in Local News, and founding director of the Medill Local News Initiative—speaks with P.J. Bro...
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August 3, 2026 at 4:40 PM
At a time when many are retrenching, The Post and Courier Publisher P.J. Browning is expanding, adding nine newsrooms in South Carolina, creating collaborations with local news outlets on investigative projects & launching a robust events series.
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/0...
Applications for Medill's Master of Science in Journalism and Integrated marketing Communications Full-Time programs beginning in fall 2027 are now open! 🎓
🔗 Learn more and apply here: spr.ly/63326BE7OX4
🔗 Learn more and apply here: spr.ly/63326BE7OX4
August 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Applications for Medill's Master of Science in Journalism and Integrated marketing Communications Full-Time programs beginning in fall 2027 are now open! 🎓
🔗 Learn more and apply here: spr.ly/63326BE7OX4
🔗 Learn more and apply here: spr.ly/63326BE7OX4
Wildcats at work: Alexander Hernandez Gonzalez (BSJ27) 🎬
As an editorial intern at L'OFFICIEL USA, Hernandez Gonzalez (BSJ27) is spending his summer writing news stories and reviews surrounding the topics of fashion, film, music and more. 🎶
As an editorial intern at L'OFFICIEL USA, Hernandez Gonzalez (BSJ27) is spending his summer writing news stories and reviews surrounding the topics of fashion, film, music and more. 🎶
July 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Wildcats at work: Alexander Hernandez Gonzalez (BSJ27) 🎬
As an editorial intern at L'OFFICIEL USA, Hernandez Gonzalez (BSJ27) is spending his summer writing news stories and reviews surrounding the topics of fashion, film, music and more. 🎶
As an editorial intern at L'OFFICIEL USA, Hernandez Gonzalez (BSJ27) is spending his summer writing news stories and reviews surrounding the topics of fashion, film, music and more. 🎶