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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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Medill deans reflect on school’s history, future during its centennial anniversary

March 1, 2021

When The Daily Northwestern first wrote about the then-Joseph Medill School of Journalism in 1920, it described “a school of journalism which will eventually be without peer in the United States.” One...

Northwestern to offer free online course for alumni

May 20, 2014

Northwestern is offering a free massive open online course this summer exclusively for NU alumni and friends. The course, Content Strategy for Professionals: Engaging Audiences for Your Organization,...

Park: College brought both tears, highs

June 19, 2013

I’ve never had a good memory. A part of the appeal of journalism has been recording as many moments as your notepad, tape and hard drive can hold. It’s also the appeal of hoarding, which I’ll admit...

Evan Smith shares the lessons he learned as CEO and editor in chief of The Texas Tribune. Smith was the last speaker for the Medill School of Journalism's Crain Lecture Series.

Texas Tribune founder returns to Medill

November 1, 2012

The co-founder of The Texas Tribune, a Northwestern alumnus, reflected on the unique challenges of working for a nonprofit news organization just days before its third anniversary. At Thursday's event,...

After extensive work in social justice reporting, Pamela Cytrynbaum is named the new director of the Chicago Innocence Project by David Protess.

New director for Chicago Innocence Project

July 20, 2012

After a nationwide search, one of Medill’s most famed former professors landed right back in Evanston, choosing Pamela Cytrynbaum — a Medill lecturer, Northwestern alumna and his own student in the...

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