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Medill School of Journalism
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| The Medill School of Journalism | |
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| Established | 1921 |
| Type: | A school of Northwestern University |
| Dean: | John Lavine |
| Undergraduates: | 663 |
| Postgraduates: | 342 |
| Location | Evanston, Illinois, USA |
| Campus: | Evanston / Chicago (news service) |
| Website: | http://www.medill.northwestern.edu |
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Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism (often just called Medill) is one of the premier journalism, integrated marketing, and media schools in the United States.
Medill was founded in 1921 and named after Joseph Medill, owner and editor of the Chicago Tribune beginning in the 1850s. For many years the school's main location was in Fisk Hall on the south end of Northwestern's campus. In fall 2002 the school opened the McCormick Tribune Center, which features a professional-grade TV studio and numerous multimedia classrooms in line with Medill's growing emphasis on new forms of media.
The journalism program offers bachelor of science and master of science degrees with concentrations in newspaper, magazine or broadcast. The IMC program offers a master's degree over five quarters with concentrations in advertising, public relations, and direct, database and e-commerce marketing. Medill's undergraduate curriculum requires students to engage in a broad liberal arts field of study as well as the technical aspects of journalism.
A "Medill F" is received when a student makes a factual error on a story, serving notice to students of the importance of correct information in the news media.
In their junior year, Medill undergraduates typically go on a teaching media experience for one quarter, where they intern in their area of interest: broadcast, magazine or newspaper. Numerous publications and media outlets across the United States--and in some cases, overseas--have participated in this program.
Medill graduate students work as full-time beat reporters for the Medill News Service, a wire service that operates out of newsrooms in Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Currently, Medill is embroiled in internal controversy over efforts to more closely align the Integrated Marketing and Communications faculty with the journalism faculty. Many journalism alumni feel this is contributing to the "watering down" of the Medill curriculum. Dean John Lavine has taken considerable flack from Medill alums for his decision to move the school in this direction.
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- J.A. Adande, Los Angeles Times columnist and ESPN personality
- Krishnan M. Anantharaman, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
- Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, journalists and consultants specializing in government management[1]
- David Barstow, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times
- Sy Bartlett, author and Hollywood screenwriter
- Kevin B. Blackistone, The Dallas Morning News sports columnist
- Christine Brennan, sports columnist for USA Today
- Hal Buell, former head of Photography Service (photo director) at the Associated Press
- Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times reporter
- Cindy Chupack, Executive Producer and writer: Sex and the City
- Joie Chen, CBS News Correspondent
- Paul Dana, late Indy Race Car driver
- Gregg Easterbrook, journalist and scholar
- John J. Edwards III, Wall Street Journal news editor
- Jonathan Eig, author of the New York Times Bestseller "Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig" and "Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season." Also worked as an Executive Editor for Chicago Magazine and reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dallas Morning News, and Wall Street Journal.
- Rich Eisen, NFL Network anchor
- Mike Greenberg, sports broadcaster for ESPN
- Gail Griffin, general manager, The Wall Street Journal Online
- Michael Isikoff, investigative reporter, Newsweek
- Clara Jeffery, editor of Mother Jones magazine
- Steve Kenny, editor of Quick, TDMN
- Michelle Kosinski, a correspondent for NBC News
- Nicole Lapin, an anchor for CNN
- Garry Marshall, writer/director/producer/actor (Happy Days, Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries)
- George R.R. Martin, science fiction and fantasy author (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- Steve McGonigle, The Dallas Morning News writer and investigative reporter
- Brent Musburger, sports broadcaster
- Noel "El Burro Mocho" Petro, Colombian singer and journalist
- Neal Pollack, satirist, journalist and author (Alternadad)
- Todd Pruzan, managing editor of Print magazine, author (The Clumsiest People in Europe)
- Carrie Rabin, CBS News Producer
- Tina Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
- Daniel Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and blogger[2]
- Evan Smith, editor in chief of Texas Monthly magazine
- Margaret Sullivan, editor, Buffalo News
- Lynn Sweet, Washington, D.C., bureau chief and columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
- Judy Baar Topinka, former Illinois State Treasurer and Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate
- Julia Wallace, editor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Laura S. Washington, Chicago journalist and editor
- Gary Weiss, author and investigative reporter.
- Michael Wilbon, ESPN analyst (Pardon the Interruption) and Washington Post sports columnist
- Dave Wolkowitz, business journalist
The Medill News Service - Chicago is a working news bureau in downtown Chicago that operates as part of Northwestern University's graduate journalism program at the Medill School.
Medill graduate students have been providing news coverage to client newspapers since 1995. Each quarter, approximately 40 graduate students are assigned to cover stories about city and county government, the events in state and federal courts, business and economic development and the arts and sports.
Every Medill News Service journalist becomes a Washington correspondent for a local news outlet. They cover breaking news as-well-as in-depth, enterprise stories on politics, civil rights, energy, technology or education. Medill journalists attend congressional proceedings, press conferences, conventions and congressional hearings and connect those stories to the communities they cover -- not an insider audience.
The Medill News Service serves newspapers, Web sites, television stations and radio stations, which all pay a quarterly fee to help cover production and communications costs. Print correspondents transmit stories electronically every day. Television stories are sent by network feed or satellite, or shipped overnight, as each station requires.
Clients include:
The American Banker, Bend (Ore.) Bulletin, Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald, Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun, The (Hanover, Pa.) Evening Sun, Florence (Ala.) Times Daily, Gadsen (Ala.) Times, Greeley (Colo.) Tribune, Imperial Valley (Calif.) Press, Island Packet (Hilton Head, S.C.), Madison (Wis.) Capital Times, Newsday (NY)--Student Briefing page, Quincy (Mass.) Patriot Ledger, Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press, Seattle (Wash.) Times, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald Journal, St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press, The Times of Northwest Indiana, Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News, Waterbury (Conn.) Republican-American, Waterloo (Iowa) Courier, York (Penn.) Daily Record
KFYR, Bismarck, N.D.; KMID, Midland, Texas; KNOE, Monroe, La.; KTKA, Topeka, Kan.; In Montana: KAJ, KBZK, KHLH, KPAX, KRTV, KTVQ and KXLF; KVLY and KXJB, Fargo, N.D.; WCAX, Burlington, Vt.; WKYT-TV, Lexington, Ky.; 6 News Lawrence, Lawrence, Kan., The Illinois Channel, Springfield, Ill., TV2, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Brownfield Radio Network, based in Jefferson City, Missouri; KAJX-FM, Aspen, Colo.; WATD-FM, Marshfield, Mass.; WHO, Des Moines, Iowa, WLIU-FM, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.; WTOP-AM, Washington, D.C.