Michele Weldon
Assistant Professor Emeritus
An award-winning journalist and author for more than 32 years, Michele Weldon is an assistant professor emeritus at her alma mater, Medill, where she has taught since 1996. An expert on issues related to media and also to women, she is a columnist for the Huffington Post and a mentor/editor and seminar trainer with The OpEd Project, an initiative to increase the diversity of voice in public discourse.
Weldon began her editorial career as managing editor at North Shore magazine. She then worked as a market editor for ADWEEK magazine and later Fairchild Publications. She was a columnist and feature writer for the Dallas Times Herald, and has been a regular contributor to newspapers, websites, magazines and radio such as Alternet.org, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago magazine, Chicago Parent, Dial, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Parenting, Seventeen, Writer’s Digest, West Suburban Living, womensenews, Woman’s Day and hundreds more, including academic publications such as Harvard’s Nieman Narrative Digest. She has given more than 200 keynotes on issues related to women and media.