David Protess, founder of the Innocence Project at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, announced he'll be taking an indefinite leave of absence from NU. If hindsight was 20/20, a blind man should have seen this coming once news broke last week that Protess was pulled from teaching classes at NU this spring while the university continues its investigation into whether Protess violated ethics with the Innocence Project. more ›

Lord help Northwestern's instructors. If they aren't allowing live sex toy demonstrations, they're being pulled from class for the upcoming quarter. That's what happened to Medill School of Journalism professor David Protess, the founder of that school's Innocence Project. more ›

American journalist - and Medill graduate - Roxana Saberi has been freed from an Iranian prison after an appeals court overturned her eight-year sentence for allegedly spying on Iran for the U.S. Saberi, a 32-year-old American-Iranian national, graduated from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in 1999 and has been in Iran for six years, covering stories for outlets such as NPR and the BBC. Saberi's father, Reza, who lives in Fargo, North Dakota where Roxana grew up, is in Iran to bring her back home, telling the Associated Press, "In the next few days, we will make travel plans to return home." more ›