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(5/6/13) Two Medill graduate students and one alumna were awarded scholarships by the White House Correspondents' Association and attended the annual White House Correspondent's Dinner on Saturday, April 27.

(5/3/13) The family of James Foley (MSJ08) held a rally in Boston on World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness about his situation and the plight of missing journalists around the world.

(5/1/13) Medill staff members Jessica Parker Gilbert and Marc Zarefsky were honored by The International Academy of Visual Arts on Wednesday, May 1, with 2013 Communicator Awards for their work on the Medill Magazine and Medill graduate journalism viewbook.

(5/1/13) Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director for international operations of Al Jazeera America, announced the station's plans to expand its Chicago bureau on Tuesday, April 30 at Medill. The bureau will be one of 12 in the United States for Al Jazeera America.

(4/30/13) Medill Hall of Achievement charter member Rance Crain (BSJ60) was honored by the American Advertising Federation with induction into the Advertising Hall of Fame Monday at the historic Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York.

(4/26/13) Al Jazeera America announced it will participate in a “Coffee and Conversation” panel hosted at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications on April 30.

(4/25/13) The Medill Undergraduate Student Advisory Council presents the 2013 Medill Student Showcase, highlighting some of the best work produced by Medill students this year.

(4/23/13) Join New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan (MSJ80), BostonGlobe.com Editor Jason Tuohey (MSJ05) and Medill faculty members Caryn Brooks and Josh Meyer as they discuss what the media did right, what went wrong, how social media helped (and maybe hurt) the investigation and what journalists can learn from the coverage.

(4/23/13) Journalist and author Jeff Himmelman will share stories and insights gleaned from a career of interviewing complex public figures when he speaks Thursday, April 25, at Northwestern University.

(4/16/13) Three part-time Integrated Marketing Communications graduate students earned second place and a prize of $2,000 in a national social media competition sponsored by NetBase and Coca-Cola.