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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


Eig won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his sixth book, “King: A Life.”

Pulitzer Prize winner, Medill alum Jonathan Eig seeks to tell ‘ambitious’ stories through biography

May 22, 2024

When Jonathan Eig (Medill ’86) was a student at Northwestern, he was thrilled at the chance to become a newspaper reporter after graduating. He never expected to one day win a Pulitzer Prize. Eig,...

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Letter from the Editor: Welcome to Games!

March 31, 2024

If you glance at the screens near you during class, there’s a good chance you’ll spot the checkered grid of a crossword puzzle. There’s an even greater chance that the puzzle is from a news publication...

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Medill alumna Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan to serve as inaugural George R.R. Martin Chair in storytelling

May 9, 2023

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan (Medill ’97), a journalist, author and teacher, will start as the inaugural George R.R. Martin Chair in storytelling at Medill in September, Northwestern announced April 27.  Tan...

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Medill celebrates its centennial with panel addressing major topics in journalism

February 4, 2022

Leading media executives discussed objectivity, social media, the pandemic, diversity, equity and inclusion at a Thursday panel. The virtual event, “Does the News Represent Us? The State of Journalism...

Perry: College newsrooms should help fix their readership’s media literacy

Perry: College newsrooms should help fix their readership’s media literacy

November 8, 2021

Illinois’ recently-passed media literacy in education law does not apply to college newsrooms, but college-aged journalists can — and should — contribute to the media literacy of local communities...

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