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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

Wall Street Journal executive editor Matt Murray speaks at the McCormick Foundation Center. The Medill alumnus spoke about journalism in the modern age at the Wednesday event.

Wall Street Journal executive editor talks readership trust, digital journalism

February 21, 2018

In a talk titled “Why the Nation Needs Real Reporting,” Wall Street Journal executive editor Matt Murray (Medill ’87, ’88) reminded students that journalism is fundamentally about other people. “We...

Medill Prof. Melissa Isaacson speaks to Northwestern students about her career as a female sports journalist. The Q&A event was held in the McCormick Foundation Center and was sponsored by the NU chapter of the Association for Women in Sports Media.

NU professor shares experience as a woman in sports media

October 11, 2017

Medill Prof. Melissa Isaacson said when she entered sports media, she could “count all the female sports journalists on one hand.” Isaacson, a former ESPN and Chicago Tribune sports reporter, reflected...

Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer and Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery speak at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum on Friday. Bauer shared his experience undercover as a private prison guard.

Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer talks undercover experience

May 21, 2017

Mother Jones senior reporter Shane Bauer spent four months undercover as a private prison guard at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana to discover for himself the living and working conditions...

Lecturer Jazmin Beltran speaks about activism and journalism on Wednesday. Beltran said that journalists have to personally decide if they want to appear at protests.

Medill faculty talk about activism in journalism, staying neutral

May 11, 2017

Journalists should safeguard their credibility and impartiality when deciding if they want to appear at protests and watching what they post online, Medill Prof. Mei-Ling Hopgood and lecturer Jazmin Beltran...

Bienen graduate student discusses diversity in classical music at TEDxNorthwesternU event

April 16, 2017

A second-year graduate student in the Bienen School of Music spoke about his desire to diversify Bienen’s core curriculum and reflected on his experience as a black classical musician during this year’s...

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