Books by Medill Alumni

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Poisoning the Well

Rachel Franzin (BSJ19) This is the shocking true-life story of how PFAS—a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of—poisoned the entire country....

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Reading for Our Lives

Maya Payne Smart (MSJ05) Today’s children face intense pressure to meet rising academic standards and prepare for future careers, but most fall dangerously short. Early...

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Justice Battled Last

Don Zminda (BSJ70) “Justice Batted Last: Ernie Banks, Minnie Miñoso, and the Unheralded Players Who Integrated Chicago’s Major League Teams” tells the story of the...

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Ken Morrow

Allan Kreda (MSJ88) All hockey players dream of hoisting the Stanley Cup and winning a gold medal for their home country. Ken Morrow was the...

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Green Gold

Monique Parsons (MSJ89) The avocado is the quintessential symbol of aspirational living, a ubiquitous agricultural favorite, and the driver of an $18 billion global industry....

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Lead Like an Editor

Victor Maze (MSJ03) In today’s crowded marketplace, selling a quality product is not enough. To stand out, businesses must tell compelling stories and build relationships...

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Intersections

Karen Florsheim Uhlmann (MSJ79) Secrets and guilt collide as Charlotte Oakes’ perfect life unravels after a hit-and-run possibly involving her troubled daughter. She forms a...

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A Life of the Party

Dave Schechter (MSJ78) The Story of a Jewish Woman Who Made Communism Her Way to Repair the World An FBI informant called Amy Schechter “a...

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And Now, Back to Me

Rita Lussier (MSA79) What does a mother do when her youngest child leaves home and her perfectly ordered (well, almost) life is suddenly thrown off...

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Muddy the Water

Matt Barrows (MSJ97) When a popular fishing captain is murdered on his own trawler, everyone in Haversport, Massachusetts, knows the culprit is a young deckhand...

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Everybody Needs an Editor

Melissa Harris (BSJ02) Melissa Harris is co-author of the new book “Everybody Needs an Editor: The Essential Guide to Clear and Effective Writing,” written with...

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OF BLACK, WHITE, AND MANY COLORS

by Michael Chacko Daniels (MSJ68) With illustrations by Krittika Ramanujan & Aaron Bass Michael Chacko Daniels, in his inimitable way, paints a wild, sensuous, explosive,...

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