Feb202009

Flash Forward: Medill, and Journalism

I’m going to start something we’ll call a Flash Forward.

Whoa Doc. This is heavy. — Marty McFly

That’s right. In an attempt to flesh out some career possibilities I’d be interested in pursuing, I’ve decided to blog about the ones that may have actual footing in reality.

The first is Medill’s (Northwestern University’s) Knight Foundation Scholarship. It seems the Journalism program at Medill has recognized the ever-increasing influence of the Internet, and has at the same time realized the opposite decline in print media. To keep up with the times — or to boldly go where no one has gone before (let’s face it; this is cool stuff) — Medill is giving away full rides to students interested in fusing technology and Journalism.

What’s great about these scholarships, and what makes Medill a clear candidate for my first Flash Forward, is it’s an actual possibility. Given my technical background, my interest in writing (this blog) and the timeliness of the opportunity — the deadline for January 2010 is this June, and the program is only a year long; I can see myself jumping for it.

But it’s true: As Doc Brown said, the future hasn’t been written yet. Stay tuned for my next Flash Forward, where I introduce you to Dr. Coulter (in training) and a few ideas for graduate study in Software Engineering.

7 Comments on “Flash Forward: Medill, and Journalism”

  1. 1 [M]etabrain [E]ntry [L]og » Blog Archive » I am “Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups.” said at 5:46 am on February 20th, 2009:

    [...] like Tim’s Flash Forward idea, wherein he writes about options for his future self. Maybe I should try it [...]

  2. 2 Chris Tanner said at 2:34 am on February 26th, 2009:

    Man, that’s awesome. I really hope you apply. Northwestern is a good school, so I imagine the program must be pretty sweet.

  3. 3 Mark said at 4:03 am on March 2nd, 2009:

    I actually just got admitted to Medill’s grad program for MSJ today. But I’m really dying to see some stats like the acceptance rate, and I can’t find them anywhere. Any idea, ballpark figure? Is it low? I’d like to see something giving the number of ppl who applied for my class and the number that got in.

  4. 4 Chris Tanner said at 7:44 am on March 2nd, 2009:

    @Mark
    Hey Mark, do you know Tim?

    Congrats on getting into Medill. I tried searching on CC (collegeconfidential.com) but gave up after 5 minutes. It seems it’s one of the best in the nation, filled w/ top kids. So, I can only speculate that its acceptance rate is probably 10-20%

  5. 5 Sophia said at 2:49 am on March 13th, 2009:

    @Mark
    i got accepted as well, and was wondering the same thing…they are not on the internet i’ve searched high and low…on that note, no journalism/communication acceptance rate stats are to be found.

  6. 6 One of the Wolves » Flash Forward: Dr. Coulter said at 5:18 am on March 19th, 2009:

    [...] Life is unexpected. Yep. If no other theme better permeates these Flash Forwards (of which there are only two), it would be that we should wholeheartedly embrace the uncertainty of the future. Unfortunately, that future at times means we cannot attend to our blog posts, and sometimes that’s a travesty. Here, however, I’m finally catching up. [...]

  7. 7 manya said at 8:32 pm on April 26th, 2009:

    Hi everyone! I have also received an admit from Medill and like everyone else I have tried to dig some info on acceptance rates and placement stats! Acceptance rates somewhere between 19-24% (what i found on one forum) but absolutely no data on placements, starting salaries etc. Please someone, ex-students, current students share this info with us.

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