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George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop Fellows Announced for 2025 Session
Ten writers have been accepted into this year’s George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop Medill. Medill received almost 200 workshop applications from accomplished journalists
MY MEDILL STORY
Medill, Marketing, and a Mic: How Peter Johnson (MSJ72) Found a Passion for Music Along the Way
Long before he became Dr. Johnson, a marketing professor at Fordham University, he was harmonizing at Northwestern’s fraternity parties and waiting for a draft letter from the U.S. Army. “I
GIVING BACK
Medill’s Fight to Save Local News
Local and regional newspapers, many of them more than 100 years old, going out of business. Broadcast media shrinking. Online startups folding after blowing through millions of dollars in initial
LEGACIES
Madeline Halpern (MSJ86)
Madeline J. Halpern, née Jackolin, passed away peacefully at home on May 8, 2025. She was 79. Beloved wife of the late Richard C. Halpern, loving mother of Rebecca (Hal
MEDILL RESEARCH
Major survey of news consumption highlights challenges for entire industry
A sweeping, in-depth survey of the news consumption habits of Chicago-area residents by Medill researchers captures the tectonic shift to smartphone usage from television and print newspapers, and finds that
