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Medill

American  
[muh-dil] / məˈdɪl /

noun

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


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Rachel is a graduate of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

She studied at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she received a double major in political science with a concentration in economics.

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