Do journalism that really matters

Each winter we ask journalists a few simple questions: Are you ready to do the best journalism of…

How an underfunded lead poisoning surveillance system failed Flint

A lack of transparency at the state and local level led to criminal charges and civil lawsuits following findings that officials did not act quickly enough to alert residents in Flint, Michigan, that their water had…

O’Brien student interviews Milwaukee police officials about body cameras

2016–17 O’Brien Fellows announced

The J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication announced today that Pulitzer Prize…

O’Brien program assistant appears on CNN

Did Anderson Cooper just say my name? Did John Kasich interrupt him to finish answering…

MU grad recounts covering White House

On a wall in Ted Knap’s house, there are dozens of framed photographs of him with Lyndon B…

Two Newspapers Publish O’Brien Work

Marquette University students from the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication have teamed with journalists from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to produce national and local reporting that begins this week with a two-part…