WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 2
In this week’s episode of “Chicago This Week,” we bring you along to Wrigley Field for Cubs opening day. We take a closer look at the city’s plan to help residents pay for higher gas prices, and we highlight local charities making a difference. “Chicago This Week” is a half-hour show that features news, sports, […]
Engineered log jams restore natural river flow, fish spawning in Pacific Northwest
By Fiona Skeggs Medill Reports The upper Quinault River in Washington is always changing. In February, you’ll be scrambling over rocks and dodging areas of soft, wet sand that was about 8 feet lower in October, the high winter flow having deposited new material on the floodplain. In December, you’d have been swimming. Still, water […]
WATCH: Misinformation is here to stay — how can you tell what’s real or fake?
By Menghan Xiao Medill Reports Why should we care about misinformation and how should we tackle it? An expert from Northwestern University School of Communication explains. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MISINFORMATION. WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? Donald Trump (clip): Fake, phony, fake. FROM THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION — Donald Trump […]
Saving communities after Hurricane Ida: Local resilience fills gaps
By Mckenzie Richmond Medill Reports Sixteen years to the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall along Louisiana’s coast, coastal communities were struck Aug. 29, 2021, by Hurricane Ida, a Category 4 hurricane. The storm devastated and displaced thousands. A lesser-known impact: Over 200 residents from Louisiana’s southernmost parish, Port Fourchon, who chose not to evacuate during […]
Medill Newsmakers: Community advocates aim to grow awareness for developmental disabilities
By Katerina Alexopoulos Medill Reports The month of March is National Developmental Disability Awareness Month. Krystal Romero, Daniel Steele, Tina Mathams and Matt Raekelboom are community advocates for autism and ADHD. They discuss their experiences, struggles, and how they bring awareness not only during March but every month of the year. Video transcript: Katerina Alexopoulos: […]
Medill Newsmakers: North Lawndale organizers hope to beautify the community
By Amber Cooper Medill Reports Litter-Free Lawndale is a beautification campaign occurring on the West Side of Chicago. Residents and community organizers hope to beautify the neighborhood through clean-up days, gardening and the implementation of more receptacles. Littering is an issue that has plagued North Lawndale for years, and residents are ready for a change. […]
Chicago’s art house theater innovates to survive pandemic
By Jack Murray Medill Reports CHICAGO— Music Box Theatre, an arthouse movie theater located on the city’s North Side, has been a Chicago staple since the 1920s. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the world in the early months of 2020, the future of the theater, especially to those who look at the facility as a […]
WATCH: Chicago This Week — Episode 1
On the latest episode of “Chicago This Week,” Medill reporters cover the latest on the construction of the Obama Presidential Center, a local Bolingbrook High graduate who is now an NCAA March Madness champion, how high gas prices are impacting local ride-share drivers and what stood out to fashion-wise at the Grammys to local fashion […]
Medill Newsmakers: Fighting gun violence in Chicago through research, youth programs
By Elise Devlin Medill Reports More people were shot to death in Chicago in 2021 than in any other year on record, according to the Chicago Data Portal. Yet many Chicagoans are trying to combat gun violence through weaponizing this data and using it to kick-start initiatives and organizations where needed. Kimberley Smith, director of […]
New exhibit ‘Jurassic Oceans’ shows how Field Museum has evolved
By MacKenzie Coffman Medill Reports Stepping into the Field Museum’s new exhibit “Jurassic Oceans,” visitors won’t need to fear that dinosaurs will come to life. “Jurassic Oceans: Monsters of the Deep” is open through Sept. 5, and looks and feels like a traditional museum exhibit upon entering the space. On loan from the London Natural […]