Four reporters from The Daily Northwestern were named the 2024 Illinois Journalists of the Year for their investigation of hazing within Northwestern’s football program. This year marks the first time student journalists have been chosen since the award began in 1972. Senior staffers Alyce Brown and Divya Bhardwaj, Print Managing Editor Nicole Markus and In.
The Northern Illinois News Association joins with all who cherish press freedom in expressing concern over the almost unprecedented Aug. 11 police search of the Marion County (Kansas) Record offices and the home of its publisher as well as the subsequent seizure of the news organization’s computers and other devices.