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Medill

American  
[muh-dil] / məˈdɪl /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1823–99, U.S. journalist.


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And almost 40% of all local U.S. newspapers have vanished, according to an annual report on the state of local news put out by Northwestern University’s Medill journalism school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

She graduated with honors from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

These days, almost 55 million people in the United States have limited to no access to local news, according to Northwestern’s Medill Journalism School’s State of Local News project’s 2024 data.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025

California has lost one-third of its newspapers since 2005, according to a 2023 Northwestern Medill School of Journalism report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

“His friends all noticed it,” said Joseph Medill, once an ally but later Harrison’s most ardent opponent, “they would laugh or smile about it, and called it ‘Carter Harrisonia.’”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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