by Medill News Service | Nov 21, 2017 | Events
Medill alums in Washington as well as graduate students heard from alums Lydia Randall and Adam Banicki, who are producers at VICE, about their new mini-documentary on the effects of industrial pollution in a small Pennsylvania town.
by Medill News Service | Nov 9, 2017 | Events
Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace, a Medill alum, told the graduate students in the Medill Washington Program on Wednesday that journalists have stepped up their fact-checking. Pace, who had covered the White House for eight years before taking on...
by Medill News Service | Nov 1, 2017 | Events
By David Thill and Samantha Yadron Medill’s third annual Health Care Reporting Conference coincided perfectly with a new wave of uncertainty about the future of American health care. The conference, Oct. 12-13 at Medill’s Washington newsroom, came as President Donald...
by Kevin Schmidt | Oct 17, 2017 | Events, Topics
WASHINGTON — Moral courage is not something easily taught in the newsroom nor critiqued by an editor. Medill alumnus James Foley proved the extent of his moral courage when he was abducted and killed by ISIS while reporting during the Syrian civil war, becoming...
by Medill News Service | May 8, 2017 | Events, Featured
By Carson Brown (BSJ18) on May 5, 2017 Three Medill students received scholarships from the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA). Two of those students were able to attend The White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. on April 29. Nia Prater and...
by Medill News Service | Jan 31, 2017 | Events
WASHINGTON — The 13 Medill graduate students in the Washington Program this quarter met their mentors and other alums on Jan. 28 at the quarterly Medill Mentors Reception. But Thursday’s event also featured a viewing of Medill alum Raquel Zaldivar’s...