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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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In Focus: NU-affiliated political action committee makes ‘friends’ with lawmakers

November 20, 2023

Evanston P.O. Box 62 may seem indiscriminate among hundreds of others in the city’s ornate post office. However, it’s registered with an organization that spends thousands of dollars annually dispatching...

Three panelists and one moderator are sitting on a stage with a screen reading “Literacy Project.”

News Literacy Project panelists discuss misinformation epidemic, building trust in media

January 25, 2023

If journalism is the “first rough draft of history,” how do journalists earn and maintain the trust of an often skeptical audience? At a panel moderated by CNN Correspondent Omar Jimenez, Chicago-based...

Evanston cancels Fourth of July celebrations after shooting at Highland Park parade

July 4, 2022

Content warning: this story contains mentions of gun violence and blood. Authorities are still searching for the suspect following a mass shooting during Highland Park’s Fourth of July Parade. An...

Photo of Fisk Hall. It is a brick and concrete building with the words “McCormick Journalism Building.”

Not all ‘gloom and doom’: Panel of journalists find hope amid a local news crisis

November 18, 2021

A panel of journalists discussed the importance of finding optimism during an ongoing local news crisis in a Wednesday webinar hosted by Evanston RoundTable. Over 1,000 communities have become news...

Letter to the Editor: What are unidimensional political opinions worth?

July 14, 2021

A recent opinion piece by Alex Perry suggested a paywall to increase staff pay at The Daily. Perry correctly asked the question, “Is what we’re producing worth paying for?” As an alumnus who does...

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