Today we are pleased to announce a $2 million partnership with
@GoogleNewsInit
for the Data-Driven Reporting Project. The award funds investigative journalists in local news and outlets for underrepresented communities in the U.S. and Canada. Read more:
We are excited to announce that Charles Whitaker has been named dean of Medill. A longtime faculty member and Medill alumnus, Whitaker has been serving as interim dean for the past year.
#MyMedillStory
Congratulations to Medill Professor of Practice
@RealMikeWilbon
(BSJ80) on receiving the Curt Gowdy Award (Print) as part of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's 2020 class of inductees!
Medill Interim Dean Charles Whitaker was recently voted on to
@ASME1963
's Board of Directors. His election is notable: He's the first academic board member in ASME's 50+-year history and the first to not be working as an editor when elected.
#MyMedillStory
Thanks to Medill alumnus George RR Martin (BSJ70, MSJ71) for talking today about his career as a science fiction and fantasy writer, and how his Medill and Northwestern experience helped him on his path to success.
#MyMedillStory
#Northwestern
@GRRMspeaking
Congratulations to Medill alumna Admiral Lisa Franchetti (BSJ85) who was confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations. Franchetti is the first woman ever to lead the
@USNavy
.
Congratulations to Dr. John C. Watson, associate professor of journalism at American University, for receiving the Ida B. Wells Award that is co-curated by
@NABJ
and
#Medill
.
Thank you to Medill alumnus and Northwestern Trustee
@RealMikeWilbon
for wishing the NU Class of 2020 well as they embark on their next phase. Go ‘Cats!
#NU2020
Congratulations to Medill Professor
@MangoCurtis
on being named Journalism Educator of the Year by
@NABJ
. Award recipients will be recognized at NABJ's 2020 Salute to Excellence Awards event on Saturday, December 19. Read more:
For the last day of
#HispanicHeritageMonth
, Medill and
@NAHJ
are proud to announce that
@WBEZ
's
@mizamudio
has been awarded the 2020 Cecilia Vaisman Award for Multimedia Reporters, which recognizes outstanding reporting on Hispanic and Latinx communities.
Congratulations to the Medill Class of 2022! Thank you to
@Espngreeny
(BSJ89) for addressing and welcoming our graduates into the Medill alumni network.
#NU2022
Medill alumna
@SusanPage
(BSJ73), Washington bureau chief at
@USATODAY
, will moderate tonight's vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah between Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris.
Congratulations to Kyle Williams (MSJ23) on becoming the second recipient of the Simmons Family Scholarship for Sports Journalism, a full-tuition grant launched by Medill in 2021 in partnership with the Simmons Family Foundation. Read more:
Medill alumna
@SabrinaSiddiqui
(BSJ08) of
@WSJ
was one of only two journalists allowed to travel with President Joe Biden (
@POTUS
) to document his surprise trip to Ukraine. Read her report:
Our
@MedillCherubs
are headed home after a summer of writing, exploring and making memories. Congrats to all who took the Cherub pledge this afternoon.
Congratulations to India Walton (MSJ21) on being selected as the inaugural recipient of the
@Reuters
and
@NABJ
fellowship. Walton will receive more than $40,000 in tuition and credits for the 2020-2021 academic year funded by Reuters and Medill. Read more
Congratulations to the six Medill alumnae who are being inducted into the Medill Hall of Achievement Class of 2020. These women represent the highest levels of accomplishment in their fields.
#MedillAlums
#MyMedillStory
#WomxnatNU
Congrats to Assoc. Prof.
@nuboye
for leading the
@MedillCherubs
program for 50 years! The Medill community celebrated Boye yesterday over Zoom for his service.
We're excited to welcome
@joiechen
as director of
#Medill
Washington, D.C. programs. Chen is an award-winning former reporter and anchor for
@CBSNews
,
@CNN
and Al Jazeera America. Currently consultant and host at
@CNNCourageous
. She’s also a Medill alumna.
Medill was founded 101 years ago today on Feb. 8, 1921 by Joseph P. Medill on
@NorthwesternU
's Evanston campus. After celebrating our centennial this past year, we are eager to launch our second century. Cheers to 100 more years!
We are excited to welcome Fernando Diaz (
@thefuturewasnow
) to Medill as a lecturer. As a social justice and investigative journalist and the former editor and publisher of
@ChicagoReporter
, Diaz will aid
@knightlab
in pushing journalism into new spaces.
Congratulations to all the
#Medill
and
#Northwestern
students who won 6 out of 7 College Student Production categories at the 62nd Annual Chicago/Midwest
#Emmy
Awards! We are so proud to have you representing our community of storytellers. See the winners:
This summer, these Medill instructors taught a four-week virtual workshop for high school students packed with lectures, guest speakers and hands-on practice. A total of 103 rising seniors from five countries—including 22 U.S. states—participated.
Congratulations to professor
@Brent_Huffman
for receiving a
@NorthwesternU
Provost Grant for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts for his new documentary project "Saving the Cultural Heritage of Yemen"
Congratulations to Medill Lecturer
@ArionneNettles
on receiving a
@NABJ
Salute to Excellence Award for her
@WBEZCuriousCity
piece titled, "Ida B. Wells’ Lasting Impact on Chicago Politics and Power." Read the winning piece:
Thank you to all of the staff, faculty, students and alumni from around the world who have wished us a happy 100th birthday. It may be cold in Chicago, but this outpouring of support has warmed our hearts. Cheers to the next 100 years!
#Medill100
In celebration of Medill's Centennial year, today we launched the Medill Centennial website, which explores both Medill’s unparalleled past and charts our path for our unlimited future. Visit the site:
#Medill100
#Medill
Interim Dean Charles Whitaker spoke to nearly 200 freshmen and transfer students in the introductory Journalism 201-1 class last week. The topic? Magazines, one of Whitaker’s areas of expertise.
#MyMedillStory
Congratulations to
@jacquygermain
(BSJ23) and
@LPIII_TRES
(BSJ24) for being named 2023 Fellows and Scholars by the
@NABJ
. Read more about their awards:
Congratulations to
@CassidyHubbarth
(BSJ07) who signed a multiyear contract extension with
@ESPNNBA
to continue as host and reporter. Tune in tonight as Hubbarth hosts her seventh
@NBA
Celebrity All-Star Game on
@espn
. Read more:
.
@julieturkewitz
and
@federicorios
of
@nytimes
have been awarded the 2023 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism. Read more about their coverage of migration through the Darién Gap:
Medill Associate Professor
@jadande
(BSJ92),
@profblackistone
(BSJ81) and Willie Weinbaum (BSJ82, MSJ83) cheered on
@NUMensBball
during the NCAA March Madness Tournament in Sacramento. Congrats on a great season, Wildcats!
Twelve writers have been accepted into the inaugural George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop. The group includes Pulitzer Prize, Peabody and Emmy Award winners, and hail from the U.S., England, Malaysia, and South Korea:
This year we’re celebrating 100 years of Medill. 100 years of innovation and excellence. Follow this thread over the next several weeks to see highlights of our past century. Learn more about our Centennial year:
#Medill100
Congrats to Medill alumna
@eramshaw
on launching
@19thnews
. Ramshaw was interviewed today by fellow NU alumna Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. They discussed the need for women and others who have been marginalized to be represented in media.
Medill undergraduate students are now eligible to receive a new scholarship thanks to the generosity of Medill alumni
@StacyGSG
(IMC95) and
@Espngreeny
(BSJ89).
Congratulations to Medill Prof.
@mlhopgood
on receiving the 2020 Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship, awarded by
@NewsEditors
. The award is given in recognition of an educator’s outstanding efforts to encourage students of color in the field of journalism.
We are proud to announce the 2018 inductees into the Medill Hall of Achievement. Please join us in congratulating these seven alumni and all they have accomplished.
#MyMedillStory
#MedillAlums
#MedillHOA
Learn more about our honorees:
Happy
#NUHomecoming
from Medill! President Morton Schapiro and Athletic Director Derrick Gragg welcomed back some of our outstanding alumni today.
@ProfBlackistone
(BSJ81),
@cbrennansports
Brennan (BSJ80, MSJ81), Dean Whitaker (BSJ80, MSJ81) and
@RealMikeWilbon
(BSJ80).
Congratulations to
@hannahdreier
of
@nytimes
for being the recipient of the 2024 John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism. Read more about Dreier and our honorable mention award winners:
Congratulations to
@thedailynu
for taking first place in the 2018 general excellence category for daily college newspapers at the Illinois College Press Association convention.
Congrats to
@SheinelleJones
(BSJ00) who is one of the seven inductees to the Medill Centennial Hall of Achievement class. Since joining
@NBCNews
in 2014, she is now the co-host of
@3rdHourTODAY
. Read more about her achievements here:
Join us on 1/27 (5:30PM CT) for a conversation with Medill Dean Charles Whitaker on "Building and Rebuilding Trust Between Journalists and the Communities They Cover." Panelists include alumnae Antonia Cereijido,
@CorinneChin
and
@Waldens_Block
. Register:
Congratulations to Medill students
@khadijaislow
and
@laurnosa
on being named as
@pulitzercenter
fellows. This year, fellows will investigate underreported stories related to the coronavirus pandemic, environment, global health, culture and more.
#Medill
faculty raised $1,115 through a bake sale for the families of
@Reuters
journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, imprisoned in Myanmar. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo will receive the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism this fall.
Congratulations to Medill junior
@elissairenegray
for being named a
@TrumanApp
Scholar today! The Truman Scholarship is "the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States."
#MyMedillStory
#Medill
student
@JulietteTalk
has been selected as the first Medill-Foley Fellowship winner. She will help engage the public in important issues around conflict reporting.
@JamesFoleyFund
To commemorate Medill's Centennial,
@NorthwesternU
President and Professor Morton Schapiro sends his congratulations and praise to faculty, staff, students and alumni around the world. Join us at 6PM CT to celebrate:
#Medill100
This year, we welcomed nine new Medill faculty members. They bring years of experience and expertise in journalism and integrated marketing communications to our students and to our research.
Congratulations to Medill alumna
@_MJHopkins
(MSJ16) of
@kcbeacon
on being awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting by
@PulitzerPrizes
. Hopkins won for her work as an investigative reporter while at
@BetterGov
. Read more:
Congrats to
@michaelsbarajas
and
@SophieNovack
, recipients of the 2022 John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism. They were honored for their 2021
@TexasObserver
story "Locked Up and Left to Die." Read more:
Today, Medill launches a new specialization for its MSJ program focused on investigative journalism. The Medill Investigative Lab specialization will hone the skills students need to become effective investigative reporters. Read more:
Medill will receive $2.4M from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation over three years to launch the Medill Local News Accelerator, a program to spur innovation and improve long-term sustainability of independent Chicago news organizations. Read more:
Congratulations to
@NorthwesternU
Trustee, Medill Professor of Practice and
@USATODAY
Columnist
@cbrennansports
(BSJ80, MSJ81) on receiving the 2020 Red Smith Award presented by the
@APSE_sportmedia
. Brennan is 1 of 5 women to receive the award since 1981.
.
@PeterAlexander
revisited his alma mater last weekend to give the convocation speech to
@MedillSchool
journalism students at
@NorthwesternU
and he shared the best piece of advice from his speech.