About Hilary Powell

Hilary is a student at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She received her bachelors in Broadcast Journalism from Medill in 2007. The recent graduate is currently seeking a master’s degree in New Media.

Hilary has reported for television stations in Quincy, Ill., Evanston, Ill., and West Lafayette, Ind. A documentary she created with 15 other Medill students allowed her to explore gentrification, displacement, and low-income housing issues in Chicago’s most notorious housing project, Cabrini-Green.

Hilary writes about health and legal issues for the Medill News Service.