Category: Magazine Issues

Northwestern University alums, Sarah Adler (BSJ13) and Mackenzie Barth (C13), founders of Spoon University magazine are “helping students eat intelligently.” They are building the ultimate food website for college students and over the past year have created a web magazine with a national audience and rapidly growing network of affiliated colleges throughout the country.

From the Bard to the Big Ben, London is steeped in the kind of history of which most American cities can only dream. But the London of today is something entirely different- a cutting-edge melting pot that offers work and cultural experiences on a global scale. The city by the Thames is home to four Medill alums who told us about their lives and careers abroad.

In January, students, faculty, staff, donors and university leaders celebrated the launch of Medill’s first research center, the Medill IMC Spiegel Digital and Database Research Center. It was also an opportunity for the center to share research findings on how mobile and social media engagement, affect purchase behavior.

Read these stories and more in issue 87 of the Medill Magazine.

Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals BHAGs.  As executive editor of LinkedIn, Daniel Roth (BSJ95) has overseen two successful BHAGs that have helped propel the social network into the uncharted territory of content creation and customized content delivery as a part of LinkedIn’s broader content strategy.  Find out how he is helping to make LinkedIn a destination for compelling content in the professional world.

Indianapolis Star publisher Karen Crotchfelt (BSJ92) is leading the Gannett-owned paper past a season of tumultuous cutbacks into new territory. Laying out what could be a roadmap of survival for the metro daily in a digital world.

Read those stories and more in issue 86 of the Medill Magazine.

Twenty years ago, the Northwestern News Network was nothing more than an idea in Linton Johnson’s (BSJ95) head. But in the fall of 1993, he, Mary-Jo Lipman (BSJ95), Aimee Nuzzo (BSJ95) and a handful of other students brought NNN to life. Twenty years later, some of the founding members provide an oral history of the first year of NNN as part of Medill’s Magazine’s special NNN section. Plus, hear from a collection of alumni about their favorite NNN memories and how NNN helped prepare them for success after college.

Also in this issue, go behind-the-scenes with Rance Crain (BSJ60) as he gets inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Hall of Fame, learn why Marcela Aguilar (IMC02) was named to Advertising Age’s list of “Women to Watch” in 2013, get a glimpse of a day in the life of Melina Kolb (MSJ09) as she finishes her documentary on Sue Duncan – the mother of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan – and find out what it is like to live and work in Dallas.

Read those stories and more in Issue 85 of the Medill Magazine.

Ten years ago, Josh Grau (IMC04) was coaching college volleyball. Today he is introducing brands all over the world to the power of Twitter. Since graduating from Medill, Grau has had jobs at ESPN and Google. Find out how he became a “Social Climber” and how Medill helped him along the way in this issue’s cover story, written by Glenn Jeffers (BSJ01).

To help celebrate graduation, Lauren Manning (BSJ13) checked in with a variety of alumni from around the world to hear their advice for soon-to-be graduates, as well as their own favorite graduation memories. Elliott Smith (BSJ96) also introduces readers to four alumni who work in Philadelphia and talk about what life is like living in the “City of Brotherly Love.” Plus, meet two alumni who are helping train the next generation of journalists in their roles as deans of higher education journalism schools.

Read those stories and more in Issue 84 of the Medill Magazine.

In her role as public editor at The New York Times, Margaret Sullivan (MSJ80) questions stories, readers and even her employer. She is the first woman to ever hold that role. Find out more her unique job and her career path in the Issue 83 cover story, “The Public Eye,” written by Glenn Jeffers (BSJ96).

Also in this issue, Medill celebrates Valentine’s Day by showcasing a collection of married couples who first met at Medill, as well as introduces readers to two IMC alumni who played a role with the Obama for America campaign.

Learn about these alumni and more in Issue 83 of the Medill Magazine.

Covering the White House is considered by many to be the pinnacle of political journalism, and Medill has a long and storied history of churning out reporters who have made 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. their second home – at least for a few years. Four Medill alumni who are or have been White House correspondents discussed this coveted job, as well as the details and hard work that go hand-in-hand with the Oval Office beat. Plus, learn about a collection of alumni and faculty members who are or were involved in covering Presidential elections in the rest of the “Medill Press Corps” special section.

In addition to the special section, readers can get to know new Medill Dean Brad Hamm as he becomes the eighth dean in the school’s 91-year-old history, as well as learn about faculty member John Sullivan, who recently helped the Philadelphia Inquirer earn the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for public service.

Read those stories and more in Issue 82 of the Medill Magazine.