Job Outcomes
MSJ Class of 2025
95% of graduates were employed within six months of graduation
Types of employment include full-time and part-time positions, fellowships, internships and freelance
Job Categories
Our graduates are employed in a variety of fields, both in journalism jobs and other types of roles.
News Reporting and Writing: 46%
Comms, PR, and Marketing: 11.5%
Broadcast or Production (Audio/Video): 21%
Sports Reporting: 11.5%
Audience or News Product Management: 7%
Business and Law: 3%
Locations
Chicago Area: 34%
Washington, D.C. Area: 14%
New York Area: 13%
California: 6%
Other - United States: 31%
International: 2%
Sample Companies of Employment
A list of the different employers of Medill grads around the world. They include prominent print, digital and broadcast outlets.
- 1871
- AARP The Magazine
- Abundant Lifestyles
- Allied Global Marketing
- Amazon Web Services
- Aos Fatos
- Area 2 investigative documentary
- Arkansas Times
- Ava Community Energy
- The Baltimore Sun
- Barnes and Noble
- BBC News
- BioNews Inc.
- Block Club Chicago
- Blue Engine Collaborative
- Borderless Magazine
- The Butler
- CBS News Channel 5-KWGN
- Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV)
- Chicago Reader
- Chicago Sky
- Chicago Tribune Media Group
- CNN
- Conde Nast
- The Dallas Morning News
- Daybreak Health
- Diamond Digest
- Discover and The New Scientist magazines
- DW News
- Echo Global Logistics
- Edgewater Athletic & Swim
- Ellis Porter PLC - The Immigration Attorneys
- ESPN
- FanSided
- Food Republic
- FOX News
- FOX Sports
- Frederick News-Post
- Fulbright Germany
- The Hill
- The Hollywood Reporter
- International Women's Media Foundation
- Invisible Institute
- Las Vegas Sun
- Lincoln International
- Loam
- Maine People's Alliance
- Medill School
- Miranda & Co. Communications
- MSNBC
- NBC News
- NBCUniversal
- NFL Films
- Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
- Northwestern Athletics and Big Ten Network
- Northwestern University Library
- Outlier
- PBS NewsHour
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- POLITICO
- Prep Hoops
- Public Radio Tulsa
- Report for America - WNIJ
- Reuters
- The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Seeking Solutions
- Smithsonian
- Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
- Statesman Journal / Gannett
- TMJ4 News
- Variety
- The Wall Street Journal
- The Washington Post
- Wear-Tv 3 ABC
- The Whitney Reynolds Show
- WHTM ABC27
- WKBW-TV
- WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan
- WMTV 15 News
- Yuan Media Group
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*Data is based on the graduates for whom we know their employment status (92/97 graduates). Data is based on the first job students obtained after graduation. Sources of data include self-reported, LinkedIn, X, and company websites. Types of employment include full-time positions, fellowships, internships and freelance. Percentages are rounded.