The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has awarded a $3.6 million, three-year grant to the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern to expand the University’s work to strengthen local news and scholastic journalism in Illinois.
The grant provides funding for the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications to create a shared services hub that offers expert help and infrastructure support to news outlets in the Chicago region. The grant also will allow Medill to continue its efforts to bolster coverage of state government, propel the practice of solutions journalism and improve high school media programs.
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