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Headshot of Penny Abernathy

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Our People, Journalism

12.17.2020

Penny Abernathy, nation’s foremost researcher and expert on local news deserts, joins Medill as visiting professor

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"Medill Degrees Are Now STEM Certified" on la purple background showing interconnected nodes of light

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IMC, Journalism

12.16.2020

Northwestern Medill degrees receive STEM designation

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Illustration of a ballot box that says "Vote" A sheet of paper with a large red question mark is being placed into the box.

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Our People, Journalism

12.15.2020

‘Nonvoters 2020: Counted Out’ examines reasons 80 million Americans opted out of presidential election

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Headshot photos of new Medill Board of Advisers members

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IMC, Journalism

11.16.2020

Medill Board of Advisers adds four new members

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Illustration of a computer with a funnel above it. Pixels of "data" are being poured into the funnel"

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Our People, Journalism

11.12.2020

Two Major Industry Players Join Medill’s New Subscriber Index

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Headshot photo of Tim Franklin

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Award and Recognition, Our People, Journalism

11.11.2020

Medill announces John M. Mutz Chair in Local News

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A newspaper clipping of the front page of The Washington Post featuring a story by Medill students

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Journalism, Our People

10.29.2020

Medill students provide ‘crucial contributions’ to The Washington Post’s pandemic coverage

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Screenshot of a Zoom presentation by the Saleforce IQ team.

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IMC, Our People

10.26.2020

Northwestern Medill IMC master’s students turn tribulations into triumphs during 2020 Immersion Quarter

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Headshot photo of María Inés Zamudio

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Award and Recognition, Journalism

10.15.2020

María Inés Zamudio honored with 2020 Cecilia Vaisman Award for Multimedia Reporters

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Journalism

09.24.2020

Statement from Medill Dean Charles Whitaker regarding recent comments from President Donald Trump

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Journalism

09.24.2020

Statement from Medill Dean Charles Whitaker regarding recent comments from President Donald Trump

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The words "Medill High School Journalism Live" against a purple background

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Journalism

09.18.2020

Medill launches new virtual workshop series for high school students

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Headshot photos of new faculty and fellow

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Our People, IMC, Journalism

09.03.2020

New faculty members and fellow join Medill

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Headshot photo of Jonathan Copulsky

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Award and Recognition, Our People

09.01.2020

Medill names Senior Lecturer Jonathan Copulsky as Executive Director of the Medill Spiegel Research Center

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India Walton poses in front of the Capitol building

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Award and Recognition, Journalism, Our People

08.25.2020

Medill journalism master’s student India Walton selected as inaugural Reuters-NABJ fellowship recipient

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Students photographing a lake

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Journalism

08.17.2020

Medill launches new specialization in investigative journalism

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Headshot photo of Lori Edmo

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Award and Recognition, Journalism

08.03.2020

Lori Edmo selected as 2020 NAJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award recipient

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Linnea Phillip Ghilardi and Steve Armstrong

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Our People, Journalism

07.30.2020

Donors commit $1.5 million to support journalism students now and in the future

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Headshot photo of Steven Thrasher

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Award and Recognition, Our People, Journalism

07.24.2020

Medill faculty member awarded Ford Foundation Creativity and Free Expression Grant

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Headshot photos of Cassidy Jackson on left and Megan Lebowitz on right

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Award and Recognition, Journalism, Our People

07.21.2020

Medill junior and senior win Howell Essay Contest

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pile of newspapers

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Our People, Journalism

07.15.2020

Survey Reveals That Americans Overwhelmingly Support Freedom of the Press, but Many do not Trust the U.S. News Media

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Headshot photo of Jeremy Gilbert

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Award and Recognition, Our People, Journalism

07.06.2020

Medill selects Jeremy Gilbert of Washington Post as Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy

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Headshot photo of Azam Ahmed on the left; photo of the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in a wooden box on the right

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Award and Recognition, Journalism,

06.30.2020

New York Times Reporter Azam Ahmed awarded the 2019 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage

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Sherrell Dorsey working on her laptop

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Award and Recognition

06.24.2020

Sherrell Dorsey, founder of digital news platform covering the Black innovation economy, awarded inaugural Medill Garage Media Entrepreneur Fellowship

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A student holds a recording device while he interviews someone. A high-rise building can be seen out the window.

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Award and Recognition, Journalism

06.17.2020

Medill awarded $1 million by McCormick Foundation to help improve local news in Chicago 

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Headshots of the selected students set on a purple background

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Award and Recognition, Journalism, Our People

06.16.2020

Medill students selected as Report for America corps members

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Headshot photos of the six Medill alumnae who are being inducted into the Medill Hall of Achievement Class of 2020: Northwestern, Northwestern University, Medill, Medill School, journalism, integrated marketing communications, IMC, Hall of Achievement, HOA, Jeanie Caggiano, Cindy Chupack, Mary Dedinsky, Helene Elliott, Maudlyne Ihejirika, Kary Mcllwain

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Our People, Award and Recognition, IMC, Journalism

06.10.2020

Medill inducts six women into its 2020 Hall of Achievement class

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Don Schultz stands at the front of a room and speaks into a microphone at the Hall of Achievement reception

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Our People, IMC

06.05.2020

Medill Professor Emeritus Don Schultz dies, leaves legacy in integrated marketing communications

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A student sits on a couch in a modern-looking lobby space. She works on a laptop computer that has an "N Medill" logo sticker on it.

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Our People, IMC, Our People

06.01.2020

Northwestern Medill transforms master’s marketing program to offer more flexibility for working professionals

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“I am grateful for the work of intrepid reporters like Omar Jimenez who are on our streets giving face and voice to struggles and wrongdoings. And I fiercely decry any efforts to hinder these brave journalists – regardless of their race or ethnicity – from telling these vital stories.” By Charles Whitaker, Dean Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

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Our People, Journalism

05.29.2020

Medill Dean Charles Whitaker's statement in support of Medill alumnus and CNN Reporter Omar Jimenez

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Lizzie Presser of ProPublica

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Award and Recognition, Our People, Journalism,

05.12.2020

Investigative journalist Lizzie Presser honored with Medill’s John Bartlow Martin Award

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An illustrated visualization of the microscopic coronavirus

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Journalism, Our People

05.07.2020

Medill students create databases to track key coronavirus data points

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Jess Stevens, an environmental science teacher at Gary Comer College Prep High School in Chicago, drills into a deposited boulder in the valley of the Potanin Glacier in Mongolia. The rock chipping she gathers could hold the clue as to how fast the climate is warming.

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Award and Recognition, Journalism, Our People

02.26.2020

Medill and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announce partnership

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Maynard 200 participants post for a large group photo

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Journalism

02.18.2020

Maynard Institute and Medill partner for Maynard 200 journalism fellowship

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Medill alumnus George RR Martin laughs as he tells students a story

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Our People, Events, IMC, Journalism, , Our People

01.31.2020

Famed author George R.R. Martin strengthened writing skills, love of storytelling at Medill

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