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McCormick Foundation awards $3.6 million, three-year grant to the Medill Local News Initiative
The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant to the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern to expand the University’s work
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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
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2025 George R.R. Martin Summer Writing Workshop Fellows announced
Ten writers have been accepted into this year’s George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. The workshop will take place
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Andy Hullinger (Medill Lecturer)
Andrew Steven Hullinger, known affectionately as Andy, left this world on July 4, 2025, suddenly and unexpectedly due to complications of cancer, which he had been living with for over
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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
