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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


Between the rising number of news deserts and at-risk counties on the Medill State of Local News Report’s watch list, about 5.5 million people nationwide are without reliable access to local news.

Medill State of Local News Report shows alarming decline in local news

October 24, 2024

The Medill School of Journalism released its annual Medill State of Local News Report on Wednesday, revealing that 127 local newspapers were shuttered in the last year alone. The annual report tracks...

LTE: The Daily should report the facts without bias, not SJP propaganda

LTE: The Daily should report the facts without bias, not SJP propaganda

October 9, 2024

Dear Daily Northwestern Editorial Board, I have just finished reading your news report on Sunday night’s Students for Justice in Palestine-sponsored "vigil" and, as a Medill alumnus and working journalist...

The chosen cohort of Medill students will be based in Springfield during the legislative session and in Chicago when the session’s in break.

Medill announces new program for students to cover Illinois politics

September 10, 2024

The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is launching a new program where students will have the opportunity to report on Illinois’ government, according to a Monday...

The capitol building.

House passes Antisemitism Awareness Act as Jewish NU students lobby for bill in Washington

May 1, 2024

A group of more than a dozen Jewish Northwestern students lobbied in Washington on Wednesday for the passage of the bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act, which passed the House of Representatives in a...

Eig was a Daily staffer for all four of his years at NU, serving as the campus editor for the 1985-1986 year.

MLK biographer and Medill alum Jonathan Eig reflects on love for journalism, storytelling

January 11, 2024

Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) began his journalism career covering high school sports for his hometown paper in Rockland County, New York. After four years in The Daily’s newsroom, Eig became a professional...

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