News Releases

November 7, 2007 - Doha - Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development and Northwestern University are to establish a branch campus at Education City on the outskirts of Qatar's capital, Doha.

October 10, 2007 - Longtime public television newsman Jim Lehrer, executive editor and anchor of “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” will discuss “The Journalism Revolution” when he delivers the 2007 Minow Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Northwestern University.

November 1, 2007 - In response to a recent spike in listserv and blog chatter over the past few weeks relating to the name of the school, Medill Dean John Lavine sent out a message to set the record straight and put to rest rumors regarding a potential name change.

October 1, 2007 - Medill's redesigned Web site and alumni magazine launched on October 1, mirroring the School's recent curricula changes.

October 8. 2007 - Journalists Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff -- winners of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History for their book “The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle and the Awakening of a Nation” -- will deliver a lecture of the same name Monday, Oct. 8, on Northwestern University's Evanston campus.

May 23, 2007 - Computer programmers and Web developers have an opportunity to win full scholarships leading to a master's degree in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, thanks to a grant announced today (May 23) by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Meet the First Two Journalist Programmers by Director of Digital Technology in Education and Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor Rich Gordon The first two "journalist programmers" experienced Web developers who won Knight News Challenge