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Medill launches new program to cover Illinois Government
Medill has created the Medill Illinois News Bureau, which will provide local news outlets with coverage of the state legislature and government agencies. Working in
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Kalle Kamal Eko (MSJ12): Combining Storytelling and Social Media with Humanitarian Work
Kalle Kamal Eko is the Communications and Marketing Manager for Catholic Relief Services in West Africa, where he combines storytelling with social media to amplify the organization’s humanitarian work. With
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
Howard Geltzer (BSJ58, MSJ59)
Howard Geltzer, longtime Medill board of advisers and Hall of Achievement member, died Jan. 7, 2025. He was 88. Geltzer and his wife Sheila started their public relations agency, Geltzer
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
