Jon
Marshall
Lecturer
Jon Marshall is the creator of the Society of Professional Journalists’ “News Gems” blog which David Kaplan of U.S. News & World Report named one of the best blogs of 2006. He is a columnist for Quill magazine and a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, CBS News’ “Public Eye,” Chicago Tribune, Family Circle, Parenting, Parents, Home & Away, Illinois Issues, Reform Judaism and many other publications. Previously he covered government, business, transportation, crime and education for the Tampa Tribune and Daily Herald. He is writing Watergate’s Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse as part of Medill’s “Visions of the American Press” series for the Northwestern University Press.
A 1991 graduate of Medill's MSJ program, Jon has taught graduate and undergraduate classes at Medill since 2000. He often coordinates the graduate school’s Journalism Methods program and teaches Enterprise Reporting in Diverse Communities, Reporting and Writing, and 21st Century Media. He is a member of Investigative Reporters & Editors, The Chicago Headline Club and the Association of Educators in Journalism & Mass Communication.
Office
Fisk B8A
Phone
847-467-2450
Email
j-marshall@northwestern.edu