Journalism

02.23.2016

Ethan Michaeli, AB’89, author of The Defender, explains how he came to be working there.

Winter/16

Studying anthropology prepared Ian Urbina, AM’97, for a headline career in investigative journalism.

July–Aug/15

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06.29.2015

A look at how, over the last two weeks, religion has been portrayed as relevant, crucial, destructive, and, as witnessed to in a Charleston church, sometimes grace-filled.
03.10.2015

Surviving Charlie Hebdo journalist Zineb El Rhazoui says not everyone can be Charlie.

Mar–Apr/15

Chicago Booth economist Matthew Gentzkow sifts insights about the media from massive amounts of digital information.

July–Aug/14

Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal columnist Bret Stephens, AB’95, brings a UChicago intellectual spirit to the sword fight of political commentary.

July–Aug/69

From our print archive: In remarks at Alumni Weekend in 1969, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, AB’38, demonstrates the complexities of covering campus protest in the Vietnam era.

Oct/92

From our print archive: With a killer instinct, David Axelrod, AB’76, creates messages that turns political candidates into winners.

May–June/14

Legendary photo editor John G. Morris, U-High’33, AB’37, reflects on his career in pictures.

Jan–Feb/14

Arika Okrent, PhD’04, lists the reasons why the listicle is a popular literary form.