COVID-19: Stories from across America
By Allegra Zamore Medill Reports In this April 19-25 special report, COVID-19: Stories from across America, Medill Reports looks at how the global pandemic is affecting Americans across the country in politics, mental health, and the NFL draft. From Phoenix to Detroit, New England to Virginia, and everywhere in between, find out how the coronavirus […]
COVID-19: Stories from across America
By Joshua Skinner Medill Reports In this April 12-18 special report, COVID-19: Stories from across America, Medill Reports looks at how the global pandemic is affecting the lives of Americans both at home and abroad. From Los Angeles to New England, Detroit to Dallas, to across the Atlantic Ocean, see how the coronavirus is changing […]
A California couple’s big day postponed due to COVID-19
By Michael Thomas Medill Reports High school sweethearts Jenae Torres and Bobby Carrington spent a year planning their dream wedding. The COVID-19 pandemic and California stay-at-home orders forced them to postpone everything. The 27 year old bride was crushed. “I’m not going to lie and say I didn’t cry a little bit,” Torres said. With […]
Teenage gymnast somersaults through global pandemic
By Jenny Ly Medill Reports Ponderosa High School freshman and competitive gymnast Elli Brownfield knows what it is like to be trained in discipline and work hard in athletics. On top of the years of dedication to gymnastics, she is quickly learning another skill: how to adapt to life in sports during a global pandemic. […]
Women in sports: Past, present, future
By Allegra Zamore Medill Reports From the onset of Title IX in 1972 to the U.S. women’s national soccer team winning the 2019 World Cup, women have paved the way in all areas of sports for future generations. In this episode of Medill Newsmakers we take a look at how far women have come and […]
Basketball seasons cut short due to COVID-19
By Allegra Zamore Medill Reports Sports seasons all around the world were cut short when COVID-19 turned into a pandemic. Cameron Jackson, a professional basketball player for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, is on unpaid vacation at home in the United States while he waits for updates on the basketball season in Europe. Photo at top: Basketball […]
South Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution limited by lack of computer literacy, access
By Amy Sokolow Medill Reports Thabo Malatji, 29, commutes an hour from Alexandra, a township north of Johannesburg, to Tembisa, another township even farther north, every day for work. His office is inside a cluster of vibrant blue, green and orange converted shipping containers, which pop against their dusty surroundings. The neighborhood is dotted with […]
International Women’s Day conference brings community and knowledge to Chicago’s female founders
By Ruiqi Chen Medill Reports Startup incubator 1871’s International Women’s Day conference started with a call-to-action from CEO Betsy Zeigler. “Fund, found and scale tech companies,” Zeigler said to the crowd of roughly 200 women, many of whom were female startup. According to research company Startup Genome, over a quarter of Chicago’s startups are female […]
J.B. Smoove: Actor, comedian, basketball fanatic
By Keith Giagnorio Medill Reports You can learn a lot about J.B. Smoove from watching him portray Leon Black on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the hit HBO comedy series he stars in alongside Larry David. Both Smoove and the fictional Leon share the same high energy, quick-witted, and simply hilarious personality. Both are incredibly engaging and […]
From China to the US: Tracking 14 days in exile
By Henry Ren Medill Reports Two days after Xu Wu retrieved his passport in Shanghai, the Silicon Valley software engineer boarded a plane to Cancún after a 21-hour overnight layover at Frankfurt Airport. It was Feb. 18, just over two weeks after the Trump administration barred the entry of foreign citizens who had visited mainland […]
