Talk:Medill School of Journalism

Dean Lavine drops "of Journalism"
I'm wondering whether perhaps we should change the name of this entry to "The Medill School" given the new dean's changes. Thoughts? nicefriend 17:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I asked Richard Roth and he said it's still the "Medill School of Journalism" officially. Thor Rudebeck 22:45, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Not sure if there are any active followers of this any more, but it begs another obvious question. The 1920-era documents had "Joseph" at the front of its name. The web site now seems to have dropped the "Joseph"? The article name has too. When did that happen? Irony is that the Engineering school has kept the first name of Robert, the same guy who instigated both donations, I think. W Nowicki (talk) 04:11, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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 * I replaced it with the Medill logo, trying to use a fair use rationale. Hope that one lasts. W Nowicki (talk) 04:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Medill F
The Medill F is actually a grade of 50%, not 0. I know this before I go there and have received one, but I can't find an official source. Anybody know of one?Mimzy (talk) 19:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Until a source can be found, the claim sould be removed. I hate to say. for a journalism article, this one is embarassing low quality. W Nowicki (talk) 01:27, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Notability for alumni
Please see WP:Notability and WP:LISTPEOPLE guidelines before adding someone to the list. Here are the ones without articles (nor in the hall of achievement cited):
 * Krishnan M. Anantharaman, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
 * Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, journalists and consultants specializing in government management
 * Ari Berman (B.S. 2004), journalist at The Nation and author of Herding Donkeys
 * Steve Bogira, columnist, Chicago Reader
 * David Chalian, deputy political director, ABC News
 * Pauline W. Chen (M.D.) author of Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality (Knopf)
 * Pauline Chiou, anchor and correspondent based in Hong Kong for CNN International
 * Patrick Cooper, Network Editor for USA Today
 * John J. Edwards III, Wall Street Journal news editor
 * Gail Griffin, general manager, The Wall Street Journal Online
 * Bill Jones (journalist), former mananging editor of the Chicago Tribune
 * Steve Kenny, editor of Quick, TDMN
 * Steve McGonigle, The Dallas Morning News writer and investigative reporter
 * Noel "El Burro Mocho" Petro, Colombian singer and journalist
 * Todd Pruzan, managing editor of Print magazine, author (The Clumsiest People in Europe)
 * Carrie Rabin, CBS News Producer
 * Jeremy Repanich, freelance writer, Wired.com and Popular Mechanics
 * Daniel Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and blogger
 * Mary Squillace, web assistant, Time Out New York Kids
 * Rick Wamre, founder, publisher and editor, Dallas' Advocate Magazines
 * Dave Wolkowitz, business journalist

W Nowicki (talk) 18:53, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: not move, per consensus of discussion. Orlady (talk) 21:02, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Medill School of Journalism → The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications — The Northwestern University Board of Trustees officially changed the name of the school on March 11, 2011 (http://www.medill.northwestern.edu/newsreleases/archives.aspx?id=183028). According to Wikipedia naming conventions, "a good title should convey what the subject is actually called in English," which is why I suggest this move. --74.129.169.22 (talk) 01:48, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Support assuming it becomes common to refer to the new name.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:07, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * The common name is The Medill School or simply Medill. The Medill School of Journalism is now neither official nor common. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.160.213.2 (talk) 15:30, 14 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Wait Thanks for letting us know. The important thing to do is fix the lead and infobox to have the new name, and cite the source as you have done. It is quite common to have the full name spelled out in the lead, while a shorter more common name is the article location (URL title). For example, almost all biography articles have only first and last name, or maybe middle initial as titles, while middle name etc. are filled out in the article. See Bill Clinton for example. Especially reasonable if the article title is an obvious shortening like this. Evidence of the name becoming "common" would be at least one independent source (e.g. not an NU press release) with the expanded name. Even its own web site calls itself "Medill" or "Medill School". With redirects it should not be a critical issue, so I would not object if there is a strong consensus for an early move. It would be consistent with the Engineering school name, for example, which has the full tongue twister. But please keep the Lead section as per style guidelines. For example, do not use Wikipedia as a source by disguising it as a web link. W Nowicki (talk) 17:47, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree that wait is appropriate. A quick survey of news articles reveals that the new name has, for the most part, only been used in articles criticizing or commenting on the name change itself. It is not on its way to becoming the common name by which reputable sources refer to the institution. Danielklotz (talk) 11:50, 17 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Support move to Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, without "The", which should not generally be used in titles and is not even capitalised in the citation provided. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:21, 15 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Oppose. No evidence that this new formal name has or ever will become the common name, in fact we might look at shortening the article name as hinted at above. Andrewa (talk) 03:06, 22 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Opppse What Wikipedia naming conventions actually say is that we should use the name most recognizable to readers, which may or may not be the offical name. In this case, I see no evidence that the official name, "Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications", is the common name. Dabomb87 (talk) 17:57, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
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Requested move 23 September 2017

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The result of the move request was: Page not moved. Consensus is that the page is already at the appropriate name. --  Dane talk  02:01, 1 October 2017 (UTC)

Medill School of Journalism → Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications – The official name of the school was changed in 2011 Medill School (talk) 18:51, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:32, 23 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Contested: nobody cares what the "official name" is – we go by what name is most commonly used in English-language reliable sources. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 19:16, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * queried move request Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:32, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose, already at the common name which is an honored and, more importantly, well-known (common) name in journalism and the history of journalism. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:55, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose per common name.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 20:18, 26 September 2017 (UTC)


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