Exclusive Opportunities
At Medill, you will find dozens of opportunities to learn new skills, try new things, travel and meet professionals working in the field.
Explore your passion for journalism
Because we deeply believe that future journalists need to learn about journalism from different locations, we offer a variety of reporting trips and opportunities to work with leading media outlets and industry experts.
In the MSJ program, you can:
- Meet and network with top professional journalists and newsmakers
- Train at Medill’s Chicago Newsroom overlooking Navy Pier
- Experience reporting from Washington, D.C.
- Meld journalism and technology in the Knight Lab
- Probe social justice issues with Chicago journalists
By focusing your experiences on your unique interests, you can gain skills and relationships that will benefit you in your future career.
Travel and report
Medill Explores
Through Medill Explores, you will have access to a variety of week-long learning and reporting adventures, many of which include domestic or international travel.
Learn more about Medill Explores
Train with Medill from Coast to Coast
Chicago
Take classes at our space in downtown Chicago, located in the Loop among top media companies and with easy access to journalists, many of whom are Medill alumni.
Washington, D.C.
Train at Medill’s D.C. campus and work as a credentialed journalist reporting on Congress, the White House, politics and national security.
San Francisco
Study design thinking and examine the intersection of technology and innovation at our San Francisco campus, right in the middle of the Bay Area’s entrepreneurial culture.
Meet and learn from top journalists
Medill Fridays
Guest speakers at Medill
Medill Initiatives
Knight Lab
Explore how technology changes the way we report, consume and share news and information. Work with a team to develop new technology tools for journalists.
Medill Local News Initiative
Learn about research conducted at Medill regarding the local news crisis and new business models that are being developed to support this important part of democracy.
Pulitzer Center and Medill Post-Graduate Reporting Fellowship
Put your reporting skills to work right away after graduation through Medill’s partnership with the Pulitzer Center on post-graduate reporting fellowships.