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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


Closson: Being a black journalist is hard — but necessary

January 14, 2019

I didn’t want to write a story about the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover last spring, but I wanted one to be written. When I first pitched my vision for the story, I basically said...

The McCormick Foundation Center lobby. The Medill School of Journalism will no longer be reviewed by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.

Medill to not reapply for accreditation from national journalism council

May 1, 2017

The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is not reapplying for accreditation under the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, an international...

Fliers denouncing relationships between black, white people falsely attributed to NU black student groups

May 1, 2017

Fliers denouncing relationships between black and white people, reportedly seen on campus Friday, falsely listed five black student organizations as its creators. The fliers said black people who date...

Four professors discuss the current state of the Black Lives Matter movement on a seven-person panel. The discussion was held Wednesday night as part of two weeks of student-run Northwestern Dialogue programming.

Panelists discuss current state of Black Lives Matter movement

January 12, 2017

The National Panhellenic Council and Northwestern’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists organized a moderated discussion Wednesday night to discuss the state of the Black Lives Matter...

Mara Brock Akil (Medill ’92) speaks about her experiences as a writer and producer of TV shows during the State of the Black Union on Wednesday night. For Members Only and NU’s chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists invited Brock Akil and journalist Amy DuBois Barnett to discuss the importance of black narratives in the media.

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...

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