"I was interested in putting the past into conversation with the present, as a way of tracing historical underpinnings and asking what these stories can teach us now." Read more
Last year, after taking over as the head of Northwestern University's highly regarded Medill School of Journalism, John Lavine vowed to "blow up" the curriculum, changing its emphasis to new media and marketing. Students and alumns have responded with anger and charges of betrayal. Read more
