
Short-Term Global Opportunities
Learn how to ask questions and find answers on a global stage in Medill's weeklong, faculty-led trips.
Only one top-10 university offers an undergraduate degree in journalism. Take a Northwestern Direction to experience our life-changing degree.
If you are deeply curious about the world and want to research, report and produce journalism that matters, Medill offers the combination of a top-ranked university, a best-in-class journalism education and a Big Ten college experience.
At Medill, reporting and writing are just the start. You'll experiment with emerging media, explore global journalism and prepare not only to work in a changing media world but to lead it.
We believe in learning by doing. Whether you are passionate about social justice, politics, global affairs, entrepreneurship, technology, the arts or sports, you'll have the chance to develop those passions into expertise.
Medill's innovative curriculum allows you to solidify your writing and editing skills and explore your passions outside Medill. Our curriculum comprises three components:
Learn how to ask questions and find answers on a global stage in Medill's weeklong, faculty-led trips.
Spend a quarter abroad and earn credit toward your degree with our media internship partner organizations in Argentina, South Africa or Qatar.
Immerse yourself in a new culture at Northwestern's Qatar campus or at our partner campus, Peking University.
Medill undergraduate student Troy Closson wrote a story about economic revitalization in the Chicago neighborhood of Woodlawn that was published by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Beth Bennett is an award-winning producer and reporter with more than 15 years of experience in broadcast television news and video production. Her experience spans many areas of television news, including on-air reporting, studio/booth producing and field producing. Bennett is a Medill alumna.
Read Bennett's bioJ.A. Adande was a columnist for ESPN.com for nine years, covering the NBA as well as serving as a sideline reporter for NBA games, and he was a panelist for ESPN’s “Around the Horn.” Adande is Medill alumnus.
Read Adande's bioNBC "Today Show" anchor Sheinelle Jones has used her Medill degree to work her way up the ranks at several local TV stations. Jones also earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish while at Northwestern. She returns to Medill regularly to network with students.
Meet more Medill alumniPrepare for a wide range of traditional and digital marketing positions through the Medill IMC certificate program.
Study design innovation, digital communication and the intersection of technology and culture at our San Francisco campus, right in the middle of the Bay Area’s entrepreneurial culture.
Spend a quarter in Washington, D.C., reporting on Congress, the White House, and federal policy and politics in our Medill on the Hill program. You'll work as a credentialed journalist, side-by-side with professional reporters.