
WATCH: What happened to the shotgun house?
By Almaz Abedje and MacKenzie Coffman Medill Reports Known for its vibrant culture and architecture, New Orleans has also faced rapid gentrification following natural disasters

Medill Media Teens: Changes to CPS selective enrollment process lessen burden of travel, testing for students
As part of the Medill Media Teens program, Chicago Public School students received training and worked closely with Medill master’s students to report and write

Medill Media Teens: Guidance counselors say they see increased stress among CPS teens
As part of the Medill Media Teens program, Chicago Public School students received training and worked closely with Medill master’s students to report and write

Supply chain pickles: An underestimated anomaly of a commodity
By Mollie Rotmensch Medill Reports Shortly after married duo Lindsay Malinowski and Bradley Treusdell bought their home in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, they gutted out

WATCH: Highland Park shooting renews push for Illinois and federal assault weapons ban
By Hannah Shapiro Medill Reports The shooting at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade killed seven people and injured dozens more. In the month following

Destigmatizing herpes: Meet the creator behind the podcast that saves people’s lives
By Sam Dier Medill Reports It took Courtney Brame four years after his herpes simplex virus type 2, or HSV-2, diagnosis to begin seeking out

From the ocean to the pharmacy: Studying marine organisms for potential human health advances
By Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports Scientific divers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego explore the ocean to collect marine

How to avoid a lawsuit when writing a song
By Lauren Turner Medill Reports Streaming platforms such as Spotify and SoundCloud make it easier to share and upload music –and to remix and sample

‘We are all musical’: Turning to music and a grief choir to heal
By Brittany Edelmann Medill Reports One evening in the beginning of May 2021, birds chirped along with the sounds of a piano and voices outside

WATCH: The Power of Puns in Advertising
By MacKenzie Coffman Medill Reports Several years ago, local hair restoration company Restore launched an advertising campaign with former Bears player Brian Urlacher. The company’s

WATCH: The Mardi Gras After Party: Plastic Pollution and a Way Forward
By Hannah Beir and Poonam Narotam Medill Reports After a pandemic-induced hiatus in 2021, the Mardis Gras celebrations in New Orleans came back this year.

Cake? Candles? Card? A dozen do’s and don’ts for handling adult birthday awkwardness.
By Sarah Berman Medill Reports Does hearing the happy birthday tune make you cringe? Do you dread seeing the number of candles on your cake