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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


James Foley (Medill ‘08) was captured Nov. 22 in Syria near the country's border with Turkey. His family has not heard from him or his captors since the kidnapping.

Family of Medill alum James Foley, missing in Syria, to host awareness event

April 22, 2013

The family of missing journalist James Foley (Medill ‘08) will raise awareness for his disappearance during World Press Freedom Day in Boston. A May 3 event called “Silenced Voices: When Conflict...

Brian Stelter, a media reporter for The New York Times, spoke during the first day of Media Rewired, a new conference on online journalism organized by the Medill Undergraduate Student Advisory Council.

New York Times reporter Brian Stelter, former Facebook editor Dan Fletcher talk digital storytelling

April 14, 2013

Two wunderkinds of the media industry on Saturday offered an optimistic outlook for journalism's future and where Medill students fit into that puzzle. "It's scary, it's uncertain, you may not make...

ESPN reporter Adam Schefter (MSJ '90) imparted career advice on a packed crowd at the McCormick Tribune Center Forum. It is his first trip to Evanston since he left in 1990.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter returns to Northwestern to discuss career, give job tips

April 10, 2013

ESPN reporter Adam Schefter earned his masters degree at Northwestern but never claimed his diploma. Schefter (Medill '90) left the graduate journalism program early to pursue an internship in Seattle....

ESPN personality Adam Schefter (Medill '90) will speak on campus April 10.

ESPN reporter Adam Schefter to speak at Northwestern

March 26, 2013

ESPN personality Adam Schefter will talk professional football and sports journalism April 10 at Northwestern, the University announced today. Schefter (Medill '90), a reporter and analyst for ESPN,...

Medill Board of Advisers member and award-winning broadcast journalist Dillon Smith passed away Friday. A memorial mass will be held Thursday in Chicago.

Dillon Smith remembered for service to Medill, broadcast fame in Chicago

February 26, 2013

Award-winning broadcaster and Medill Board of Advisers member Dillon Smith (BSJ ’63, MSJ ’64) was a well-known editorial director at NBC Chicago, but according to longtime friend Robert Feder (BSJ...

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