Medill will launch hub to provide services to Chicago news outlets and continue programs to strengthen local news

June 10, 2025 Joe Amditis

Medill will launch hub to provide services to Chicago news outlets and continue programs to strengthen local news

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.

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Joe Amditis

Joe Amditis is the associate director of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. He can be reached via email at [email protected] and on Twitter at @jsamditis.