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Janea Wilson

Janea Wilson, Diversity and Inclusion Editor

Janea Wilson is a Medill senior from Detroit studying journalism and anthropology. She currently serves as a diversity and inclusion chair. At The Daily, she's served as print managing editor, web editor and arts and entertainment editor. On campus, she is involved in A&O Productions and Dale Duro Latin Dance Company. You can reach Janea via email or Twitter.

Last updated fall 2021. 

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Wilson: Changing my goals was the best decision I’ve made

Wilson: Changing my goals was the best decision I’ve made

June 6, 2022
A man wearing a white face mask sits across from another man at a table with a microphone between them.

Real Ones makes a space for itself in the music podcast space

May 26, 2021

Letter from the Editor: Breaks should be valued

May 26, 2021
Plants hang from the ceiling over a counter with a menu poster and stickers on a glass divider.

Open Tab: 4 Suns Fresh Juice gives health a different standard

May 26, 2021
A man in a suit stands in front of a wood fireplace.

Final rose-worthy?

April 29, 2021

Letter from the Editor: In the name of optimism

April 28, 2021
A sketch of a statue of Louis XIV being torn down by revolutionaries

Historian Rebecca Zorach to present “Abolition Art” Sunday at Evanston Art Center

February 26, 2021
“Welcome to the Blumhouse” films are now available on Amazon Prime

Blumhouse Productions premieres their horror film anthology, ‘Welcome to Blumhouse’

October 21, 2020
“BLACK JOY” virtually premiered on Oct. 16 and is available to those who make a donation through the end of the month.

Taking Back the Stage: Black artists celebrate their experiences in “BLACK JOY” showcase

October 20, 2020
Concerts Crush Covid

Concerts Crush Covid

October 14, 2020
Austin Abrams (left) and Lili Reinhart (right) star in Amazon Prime’s “Chemical Hearts,” a movie that centers on an unrequited love between high school seniors Henry Page and Grace Towns.

“Chemical Hearts” focuses on loss and love through a teenage lens

August 25, 2020
Singer and songwriter Alex Banin began to focus more on after her sophomore year at Northwestern. Since then she has broken into the Chicago music scene and signed with Loop Theory.

Alex Banin breaks into the Chicago music industry

May 13, 2020
Students perform in the 76th Annual Dolphin Show, “Ragtime.” This year’s special event, “A Splash for Support”, will include performances from current and former Dolphin Show members.

78th Annual Dolphin Show presents a virtual cabaret

May 4, 2020
Griffin’s Tale members applaud a student who wrote the story they are about to perform. The theatre company encourages students to write creatively and to dig into their imagination.

Children’s theater company finalist in Zipcar “Students with Drive” competition

April 13, 2020
Illinois high school students sing in their submissions to “Around Broadway In 80 Days.” Hamilton’s Miguel Cervantes (pictured top right) is the emcee for the virtual showcase.

“Around Broadway In 80 Days” gives a virtual stage to high school performers

April 8, 2020

Red Bull Music Festival pays tribute to Chicago and local communities

November 29, 2019
Attendants enjoy a Red Bull Music Festival Chicago show last year at Metro. The festival will return to the city with eight shows this month.

Red Bull Music Festival returns to Chicago

November 7, 2019
Ogi Ifediora performs at Goalkeepers 2019, at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 25, 2019 in New York City.

Aca-Believe It: How Ogi Ifediora rode a wave of a cappella to a career in music

October 30, 2019
Previous cast members of “New Faces Sing Broadway” perform. The upcoming concert will play at Evanston SPACE on Oct. 29.

NU alums featured in “New Faces Sing Broadway 1956”

October 23, 2019
Cerqua Rivera’s “American Catracho” will premiere at Studio5 on Sep. 27. The concert explores immigration, culture and heritage through the lens of Latin music and dance.

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre debuts concert centered around immigration

September 25, 2019
Actors from Women of 4G, opening August 1 at The Factory Theater, perform a fight.

NU alums work on all-female sci-fi play, “Women of 4G”

July 29, 2019
Floyd Webb speaks at the AfroFuturism Film Festival. The festival, put on by Living in Color and the Black Arts Initiative, worked to highlight award-winning afrofuturism films.

Chicago filmmaker speaks at NU AfroFuturism Film Fest

May 30, 2019
Actors perform in Minnie’s Boys at Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago, composed by Larry Grossman (Communication ‘60).

Northwestern alum’s musical revived in Chicago with new song

May 22, 2019
Eddie George in “Chicago.” George has had many careers, including college and pro football player, entrepreneur and actor.

Eddie George goes from running plays to running lines

May 8, 2019
A live mural from the first Living in Color artist showcase in 2015 — the artists made the piece during the event.

Living in Color’s showcase, BLK GRL SANCTUARY, gives a platform to student artists of color

May 1, 2019
Communication senior Simi Ball plays Natalie, the teenage intern, in Redtwist Theatre’s “Herland.”

NU senior stars in Chicago play ‘Herland’

April 17, 2019
Donning period costumes, The Newberry Consort graced the Galvin Recital Hall during a prior engagement in 2018.

World-famous lute player to perform at Northwestern recital hall in classical concert

April 3, 2019
Block 9: Block-182

Block 9: Block-182

March 9, 2019
A cappella group Thunk rehearses for the SMILE Spring Showcase. Thunk is one of 16 acts performing in the showcase, which will take place throughout the first weekend of spring quarter.

SMILE Spring Showcase to unite student performance groups for Lurie Children’s Hospital

February 28, 2019
Director Nick Bowling tries to break down gender stereotypes in his adaptation of “Guys and Dolls.”

Director challenges gender roles in Wirtz production of ‘Guys and Dolls’

February 14, 2019
Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie originally met at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since then, the duo has written several musicals together that have been shown at festivals around the world.

Scottish artists bring ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ musical to Northwestern

February 7, 2019
“The Wolves” follows a high school girls’ soccer team through their warm-ups before a series of weekly soccer games. The play opens Friday and will run through Saturday at the Hal & Martha Hyer Wallis Theater.

‘The Wolves’ explores challenges of young womanhood through soccer

February 7, 2019
Northwestern alumna Daphne Maxwell Reid. Reid was Northwestern’s first black homecoming queen, who went on to star as Aunt Viv in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Daphne Maxwell Reid: from homecoming queen, to the set of ‘Fresh Prince’

January 23, 2019

Winter shows in Chicago include local comedy, rapper’s birthday bash

January 17, 2019
Debbie Marie-Brown.

Q&A: Debbie-Marie Brown on her new EP, “Not Too Fast”

November 28, 2018
Concept art for “The Liberator”, a miniseries written and produced by visiting Communications prof. Jeb Stuart (pictured in the inset).

Q&A: Communication prof. Jeb Stuart, creator of the upcoming Netflix miniseries ‘The Liberator’

November 28, 2018
Actors perform in “The Play That Goes Wrong.” Alums Jacqueline Jarrold and Ned Noyes are both starring in the national tour, which will be heading to Chicago’s Oriental Theatre from December 4 to December 16.

NU alumni star in the national tour of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

November 14, 2018
Jeffrey Sterling (Weinberg ’85) and Lauren Lowery (McCormick ’89). Their book, “Voices and Visions: The Evolution of the Black Experience at Northwestern University” is a collection of narratives from black alumni, staff and faculty documenting their time at NU.

New book by former NUBAA leaders explores the black experience at NU

October 31, 2018
Savanna Rae, who plays the lead in the web series “Dear Dark Lord,” talks to the “dark lord.” The series was created by Northwestern MFA student Pat Cavanaugh.

MFA student’s web series accepted to local film festival

October 24, 2018
Two-time Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon at Tuesday’s panel on LGBTQ+ artists. Higdon is openly lesbian and has been with her wife for 37 years.

Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon speaks to students as part of week-long residency

October 18, 2018
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