Jesse SchecknerSeptember 16, 2021
8min1032
'The pandemic ... didn’t really drive people to the polls.'
Tag: Northwestern University
Jesse SchecknerSeptember 16, 2021
Phil AmmannMay 8, 2017
4min380
Poynter Institute President Tim Franklin is resigning to become senior associate dean at the Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing at Northwestern University. Franklin joined the St. Petersburg-based nonprofit journalistic foundation in 2014, leading “a financial turnaround at the Institute and adapted Poynter’s business to the changing industry,” according to the news release. […]
Guest AuthorAugust 27, 20157min325
Let’s circle back to Jeb Bush’s National Urban League address from several weeks ago, because if a big, pointed word must be used, it is “symptomatic” of Republican racial complacency. (It’s best to exclude Ben Carson, because like all black Republicans from Allen West to Tim Scott, he momentarily forgets that he is black. Colorblindness […]
Guest AuthorMay 7, 20145min202
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the attempt by some Northwestern University athletes to unionize. I’m a diehard football fan. I’m a football season-ticket holder and I attend any events that show support for the University of Central Florida program. Critics say the NCAA is greedy. They cite the association’s lucrative TV deals, […]
Guest AuthorApril 14, 20144min195
Many people love college sports. No. Many people are obsessed with college sports. They wear their colors, paint their cars college colors, names their dogs or even their children after their favorite coaches. They live and breathe their college! Big-time college sports make big-time money. The National Labor Relations Board ruled on March 26 that […]