Owen Youngman


About Owen Youngman

Professor Emeritus of Journalism and formerly Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. Formerly senior vice president/strategy and development and director of interactive media, Chicago Tribune.

“Imagine, if you will, sitting down to your morning coffee, turning on your home computer to see the day’s newspaper. Well, it’s not as far-fetched as it may seem.” Thus begins this video of a 1981 KRON report predicting the rise of news reporting on the internet. via You Need […]

1981 TV report on birth of Internet news [techcrunch.com]


Owen Youngman has been appointed the Knight Professor of Digital Media Strategy at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He will fill a chair created by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and will begin work in April 2009.  via Medill – News Releases .

Owen Youngman joins Medill