Meet Jesus Coll, one of the first college students in the U.S. to receive an athletic scholarship for esports
By Daniel Comer Medill Reports The next big thing in college athletics is simmering beneath the city streets of downtown Chicago, tucked away in a basement full of computer science majors whose sweaty palms and beady eyes indicate they’ve been battling for hours. Athletes or not, this team of Robert Morris University (RMU) esports players […]
2018 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Analysis
By Jake Riepma, Darren Zaslau and DeForest Mapp Medill Reports Jake Riepma, Darren Zaslau and DeForest Mapp analyzed the 2018 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. [vimeo 278239908 w=640 h=360]
In Cuba, homeopathic treatments are an integral part of health care
By Hayley Prokos Medill Reports COJIMAR, Cuba — On an average afternoon in a fishing village just outside of Havana, Dr. Gaston Rodriguez works in a local clinic, treating his patients’ aches and pains with cupping, acupuncture and massage therapy. Rodriguez uses arnica montana, a wildflower native to Europe, for inflammation of muscles. “It’s like […]
Families Belong Together rally in Chicago
By Katelyn Sabater Medill Reports While an estimated 2,000 immigrant children wait to reunite with their families, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of downtown Chicago to participate in the Families Belong Together rally. Hundreds of protests around the country took place on Saturday in opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
The agony of Syrian journalists
Loumay Alesali Medill Reports Issam Khoury has been detained, interrogated, beaten and tortured, and forced to flee his country because of his journalism and political activism over the last 15 years in Syria, a country torn apart by revolution and the reprisals of a brutal regime led by Bashar al-Assad. Hundreds of articles, many on […]
Chicago’s political scene and opioid crisis
By Gabrielle Phifer and Holly Honderich Medill Reports Gabrielle Phifer speaks to community activist Ja’Mal Green who at 22 years old, is the youngest candidate running for Chicago mayor. Reporter Holly Honderich examines the opioid epidemic, which took nearly 1,000 Illinois lives in 2016.
KPMG Women’s PGA Championship; day 2
By Darren Zaslau Medill Reports Three U.S. Olympians addressed the media prior to the start of the 2018 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at the Kemper Lakes Golf Club. Darren Zaslau reported from Kildeer, Ill., on June 27th for Medill Reports. [vimeo 277477222 w=640 h=360]
Chicago woman living her passion for eight decades
Loumay Alesali Medill Reports Doris Humphries, 93, has been dancing since childhood. She used to nail bottles caps to the soles of her shoes, so she can hear herself when she tried to do tap routines she saw in movies. “It is just something I love, and I get into it. I just feel the […]
Cherry Bombe Jubilee cultivates community for women changemakers in the food world
By Maia Welbel Medill Reports Between sips of Direct Trade coffee and hard kombucha, women at Cherry Bombe Jubilee this April in New York City talked food, business, and how they are making a difference in a male-dominated industry. The Cherry Bombe Jubilee conference brings together and celebrates women in the food industry. Created by […]
Science and tourism in the Rio Secreto caves of the Yucatan Peninsula
By Brittany Callan Medill Reports Rio Secreto, Yucatan Peninsula – The first thing that struck me was the darkness. The feeble light from our helmets struggled to illuminate the cave around us. You could either walk with your light pointing at the ground or use it to look around the cave. Not both. That was […]