Mara Brock Akil

Mara’s World, Mara’s Way

February 24, 2021

The Monthly Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) still remembers the first time she made an audience laugh. As a freshman at Northwestern, she volunteered to help some friends in the Black sketch comedy...

Creator of ‘Girlfriends’ show receives Medill Hall of Achievement award

October 6, 2017

When Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) first met Medill Prof. J.A. Adande (Medill ’92) during their new student orientation meeting, Adande said she was “just a girl from Kansas City” wearing overalls. “What...

Medill inducts 6 alumni to Hall of Achievement

April 21, 2017

The Medill School of Journalism will induct Pulitzer Prize winners, a TV show creator and other alumni into the school’s Hall of Achievement in May, according to a news release. The six alumni will...

Journalist, writer emphasize importance of black voices in media

November 19, 2015

Writer Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) and journalist Amy DuBois Barnett discussed the importance of black narratives in the media during this year’s State of the Black Union, hosted by For Members Only...

Medill announces Hall of Achievement honorees

April 10, 2015

Six alumni will be inducted into the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications' Hall of Achievement in May, the school announced Wednesday. “These alumni truly represent...

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