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Student Work

Every year, the Medill Student Showcase highlights exemplary work done by undergraduate journalism students. Faculty members serve as judges, and students are honored in different categories based on the medium of their piece.

A woman wearing a fur coat looks into the camera while seated on a bench facing a body of water.

Audio

Sofia Sanchez (BSJ21)

The American Dream Daughter

Latino USA


A family of four poses for a photo in front of an empty chair.

Digital

Chloe Hilles (BSJ22), Alexa Mikhail (BSJ21), Daniel Konstantino (BSJ21), Cadence Quaranta (BSJ22), Binah Schatsky (BSJ22), Molly Burke (BSJ23), Rachel Baldauf (BSJ22), Catherine Buchaniec (BSJ22), Brett Haensel (BSJ21), Michael Korsh (BSJ22), Emma Edmund (BSJ21), Zack Cherkas (BSJ22), Ellie Eimer (BSJ22) and Daniel Rosenzweig-Ziff (BSJ21).

51 lost lives: A portrait of the pandemic’s tragic toll in America’s nursing homes

The Washington Post


Eric Shin dressed in a black shirt on the left. On the right, Eric is dressed in his drag persona, Erica Chai, in a pink and silver outfit with full hair and makeup.

Documentary

Sian Shin (BSJ21)

A Queen's Seoul

YouTube

Closeup image of a bee on a yellow flower.

Video

Miranda Chabot (BSJ22)

Chicago's Native Pollinators

YouTube

Audio

  • Angelina Campanile (BSJ20)
  • Cassidy Jackson (BSJ21)
  • Melissa Perry (BSJ22)

Broadcast

  • Vanessa Kjeldsen (BSJ23)
  • Andrew Rowan (BSJ23)
  • Joey Safchik (BSJ21)

Digital

  • Stephen Council (BSJ22)
  • Maggie Galloway (BSJ22)
  • Alexa Mikhail (BSJ21)
  • Christian Thorsberg (BSJ21)

Long-form

  • Lia Assimakopoulos (BSJ22)

Magazine

  • Justine Banbury (BSJ21)
  • Jacquelyne Germain (BSJ23)
  • Anna Margevich (BSJ22)

Multimedia

  • Molly Lubbers (BSJ23)
  • Jacquelyne Germain (BSJ23), Joshua Perry (BSJ23), Maria Caamaño (BSJ23)
  • Kalen Luciano (BSJ21), Heena Srivastava (BSJ21)

News

  • Rayna Song (BSJ23)

Photo

  • Ryan Kuttler (BSJ23)
  • Ali Wilt (BSJ22)

Video

  • Megan Lebowitz (BSJ22)
  • Joey Safchik (BSJ21)