Don't miss this very special event at Northwestern University - @medillschool.bsky.social Oct. 9th 5:30PM! #Iran

Dean’s Scholarships of $40,000 each are now available for ten Medill graduate students with outstanding merit. Learn about the requirements and apply here: spr.ly/63329AkXyL

Tomorrow in #palmsprings! Don’t miss this amazing doc about the harrowing situation of #Afghan refugees in #India. Filmmaker @ankitakumar.bsky.social in person!

The @localnewsini.bsky.social is a finalist for a Chicago Innovation Award! 🎉 It recognizes innovative new products, services, and organizations in the Chicago region, celebrating breakthroughs that improve lives. Vote here for the "People's Choice" Award: spr.ly/63321Ap2O7

Meet our 2025–26 Buffett Faculty Fellows as they embark on international research, filmmaking, & more: buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/fac... Lina Britto @brenthuffman.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social katrina quisumbing king KB Dennis Meade Sally Nuamah Kennetta Hammond Perry Sulafa Zidani

Looking sweet in purple, Medill Class of 2029 and transfer students! We are excited to have you on campus.🍦💜

In a new survey commissioned by the @localnewsini.bsky.social, findings show the changing ways in which people’s news behaviors are evolving. Plus, they provide both dire warning signals for the news industry, and reasons for optimism. Read more: spr.ly/63325AKu7c

Welcome to Medill, Ava Francesca Battocchio! Their work focuses on the circulation of civic and critical information within hybrid media ecosystems, with attention to the roles of local journalism, non-news organizations, volunteer moderators, interpersonal storytelling, and place-based identity.

Professor Kalyani Chadha's book, "Disrupting mainstream journalism in India," highlights the role of alternative journalism. In this Q&A, she discusses how her scholarship has shaped her teaching and why it matters for future journalists: spr.ly/63327fAHIF

Medill will be offering new services for Chicagoland news outlets to help support them as they navigate fast-changing business conditions. The Medill Local News Accelerator will provide service in AI technologies, solutions journalism and more: spr.ly/63329f2FVB

Skamania County, WA, has one local paper left—no online edition, few staff, and just six pages. Is this survival or the spread of news deserts? localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...

Congratulations to Medill alumnus Nick Mantas (MSJ18) for accepting a new role as Sports Anchor and Reporter at KPRC2 Houston! Mantas is currently an award-winning Sports Editor and Reporter at KSAT-12 in San Antonio, Texas.

Are you a journalist looking to publish a nonfiction book? 📚 Submit your book proposal for a new partnership between Medill and @agatepublishing.bsky.social. Details: spr.ly/63321faFyv

Award-winning @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary "Hey Hugo" plays Middlebury Film Festival Aug. 21st! Don't miss this #Vermont! mnff2025.eventive.org/films/hey-hu...

Congratulations to @medillschool.bsky.social's @stephedgerly.bsky.social on receiving the Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship Award, which supports research that elevates Northwestern’s national and global reputation! Read more: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

Congrats to Ke "April" Xu for winning the AAJA-Medill Innovator Award! Xu is a bilingual journalist at @documentedny.bsky.social who also leads their award-winning WeChat official account, a news vertical tailored to Chinese-speaking audiences. Read more: spr.ly/63329fot9z

Congrats to @stephedgerly.bsky.social for being awarded a Ver Steeg Fellowship. This fellowship supports the research of a tenured faculty member whose work enhances the reputation of Northwestern and comes with a research grant of $45,000: spr.ly/63326fYwpn

Medill alumni: Join Dean Charles Whitaker and other Wildcats in Cleveland for an evening of food, drinks and networking at our NABJ alumni reception! The event is free to attend. Skip the check-in line by pre-registering here: spr.ly/63326f5iZK

Don’t miss this very special event featuring a screening of @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary “If This is Justice” @macarthurjustice.bsky.social Panel moderated by Ben Austin

Applications for our Master of Science in Journalism and IMC Full-Time programs are now open. Our world-renowned IMC Full-Time program is shifting to a new one-year format, which will serve students in an evolving marketplace. Read more: spr.ly/63329fdkZ7

Medill Investigative Lab students and @mindsitenews.bsky.social uncovered that CARE teams are responding to fewer mental health calls, that police are responding to the vast majority, and that the overall effort is hampered by dysfunction and bureaucratic infighting: spr.ly/63329fpe27

THRILLED that "Hey Hugo" is an official selection of the prestigious Middlebury New Filmmakers Film festival in #Vermont. The award-winning film plays 8/21. Big congrats to my @medillschool.bsky.social students Annie Xia and Ysa Quiballo. mnff2025.eventive.org/films/hey-hu...

Medill alumni: Join Dean Charles Whitaker and other Wildcats for an evening of food, drinks and networking at our @aajaofficial.bsky.social alumni reception! The event is free to attend. Skip the check-in line by pre-registering here: spr.ly/63327fJH8V

For three years, Illinois lawmakers have failed to regulate intoxicating hemp, even despite Gov. JB Pritzker’s backing. @medillschool.bsky.social looks at the latest failed effort. Isabella Schoonover and Simon Carr report. https://loom.ly/ITO9uEc

We're delighted to share that The Local is part of the Spring 2025 cohort of the Data Driven Reporting Project! The financial and technical support we receive through the award will go towards investigating long-term care in Ontario (1/2). datadrivenreporting.medill.northwestern.edu/2025-awardees

#CHICAGO - Don't miss this very special screening of @medillschool.bsky.social #Documentary Alum Colleen Cassingham's new award-winning #Sundance Film Festival doc! "LIFE AFTER is coming to #Chicago to the Siskel Film Center on July 27 3PM: lifeafterfilm.com

Congratulations to Medill student Ananya Chag (BSJ26) for being awarded with a 2025 South Asian Journalists Association Scholarship! Her reporting spans the 2024 presidential election and local news in South Carolina. Read more here: http://spr.ly/633224C1Mg

What an incredible experience it's been so far for the 2025 George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop fellows! 📸: Ashley Dong and Jenna Braunstein

We are now open to proposals at [email protected]!

Medill is collaborating with @agatepublishing.bsky.social to publish nonfiction books written by journalists, creating an outlet for journalists to produce ambitious long form work in a media climate where it’s challenging to find opportunities to do so: http://spr.ly/633294xBFV

Congratulations to @dana-thereporter.bsky.social on winning the IJA-Medill Milestone Achievement Award! “Dana’s investigative work has been critical to raising awareness of long overlooked tragedies the Indigenous community has suffered," said Dean Whitaker. http://spr.ly/633274qqLZ

Medill alumni: Join Dean Charles Whitaker and other Wildcats for an evening of food, drinks and networking at our @morelatinosinnews.bsky.social alumni reception! The event is free to attend. Register in advance: http://spr.ly/633214lGKc

Congratulations to Medill alumnus Mike Greenberg (BSJ89) for being awarded with the 2025 @northwesternalumni.bsky.social Medal. Greenberg has been among the signature faces and voices of @espn.com for more than 25 years. Read more about his exceptional work: http://spr.ly/633254cOVL

What a powerful experience to present w/ Robert Johnson at @medillschool.bsky.social Midwest Solutions Journalism Summer Summit. A far cry from the Hill Correctional Center interview room. Thank you @debofficially.bsky.social + @amberpayne.bsky.social. And esp to Robert for sharing his survival.

Medill is excited to announce that we have become the new institutional home for the Illinois Journalism Education Association (IJEA), a nonprofit organization that works with teachers and advisers to promote high standards in scholastic media. Read more: http://spr.ly/6332345pVf

Congratulations to Melody Xu (BSJ27) who was selected as a @djnf.bsky.social Intern! As part of the Multiplatform Editing Program, Melody attended a week-long multiplatform training at @utaustin.bsky.social in May, and will apply the skills she learned during her internship at the @sfchronicle.com.

Amid federal DEI rollbacks and labor shortages, Illinois trades competition highlights challenges of attracting and retaining diverse candidates. Story by Maggie Dougherty @medillschool.bsky.social https://loom.ly/lCPeOt4

Please join me for a very special in-person screening and discussion of an updated version of my award-winning documentary “Saving Mes Aynak” at the South Asian Institute in #Chicago: www.eventbrite.com/e/saving-mes...

For the first event of Medill's new @ire.org student chapter, @injusticewatch.org senior reporter @writeralejandra.bsky.social spoke with students at our downtown campus. She shared insights on breaking into the journalism industry, navigating investigative projects and more.

The Medill Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub invites journalists and media professionals to join our transformative Summer Summit. Hear from award-winning journalists about topics including conflict in news stories, justice reform and more. Register here: http://spr.ly/633264rAja

A wonderful night of @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary premieres! Thank you to all who came out to support this extraordinarily talented group of first-time documentary #filmmakers.

The government cut funding to agricultural innovation labs, ending efforts to fight hunger and promote food safety. Kansas farmers and researchers say they can already see the damage, @medillschool.bsky.social's @peterslevin.bsky.social reports in @newyorker.com. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Hey, @medillschool.bsky.social alums! If you're going to the @ire.org conference next week in NOLA, join us for a meetup with the dean. Free food and drink! 🎉 events.ard.northwestern.edu/Dn8g9BS7/5a6...

Medill student Divya Gupta (BSJ25) double-majored in journalism and economics and earned a minor in data science, but she was certainly never confined to the classroom. Check out her video feature in the Northwestern Magazine: http://spr.ly/633264y6g0 🎓

Huge congrats to an extraordinarily talented @medillschool.bsky.social #documentary alum!

The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant to the @localnewsini.bsky.social at Northwestern to expand the University’s work to strengthen local news and scholastic journalism in Illinois. Read more: http://spr.ly/633234GAah

Jim DeRogatis will join Medill's faculty as a professor of practice this fall. DeRogatis is the co-host of @soundopinions.bsky.social, a wide-ranging talk show about popular music heard on more than 100 public radio stations and via podcast. Read more: http://spr.ly/633254ErJR

From classmates to competition. 📚 🎥 Medill alumni Kierstin Lindkvist (MSJ23) and Kennedy Chase (MSJ23) are reporters at different TV news stations in Columbus, Ohio. We love to see alumni reconnecting in the field!

Sports journalist and Medill alumnus Benjamin Rosenberg (BSJ21, MSJ21) has advice for those considering Medill. "I would recommend taking a diverse array of classes and tapping into the alumni network." Read about his Medill experience: http://spr.ly/633234BfC5