Peter Medlin
Education ReporterPeter is an award-winning education reporter who has been at WNIJ since 2018. He’s also the host of Teachers’ Lounge: a listener-driven podcast & radio show telling the story of education through conversations with teachers and students. He grew up in Sandwich, Illinois, and graduated from North Central College. When he’s not writing & reporting, Peter loves to run at forest preserves across northern Illinois, cook, & hang out with his cat.
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This week, we’re talking about the ultimate goal of education with NIU professor Gulsat Aygen who spent several years as a political prisoner in Turkey in the 1980s. And we’re headed out on the water with students from DeKalb High School’s bass fishing team where they’re relaxed and having fun, but it’s competitive too.
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Local news coverage has all but disappeared in many Illinois communities. In Freeport, citizen journalists -- including local high school students -- are trying to help fill in the gaps. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin talked with Freeport High School students about their journalism experience.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that Illinois is, once again, home to a federally recognized tribal nation.
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This week, it’s the 2nd and final part of our conversation with Northern Illinois University Distinguished Teaching Professor, Dr. Gulsat Aygen. Dr. Aygen is a world-renowned Linguistics teacher, author, and translator.
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El jueves pasado, el Distrito Escolar de DeKalb rompió esquema sobre su nuevo escuela de primaria y reveló su nombre.
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Thursday, the DeKalb School District broke ground on its new elementary school and revealed its name.
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Speech therapists, also known as Speech-Language Pathologists, or SLPs for short, are facing major challenges, like stagnant pay and sky-high caseloads. It’s making many consider leaving the field. In a 2-part story, WNIJ’s Peter Medlin has more on the problems...and how it hurts their patients.
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On a new TL Podcast, world-renowned linguist, NIU professor, andformer political prisoner — Dr. Gulsat Aygen.“How did I end up being more human than I ever was, despite all the torture and dehumanizing circumstances I was in, I always think about this.”Listen to part 1 of our conversation about her life AND the ultimate goal of education. That’s on a new TL out now on WNIJ.org or wherever you get podcasts.
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Before they can get a teaching license, students spend months working in classrooms as “student teachers.” But they typically don’t get paid. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin reports on several bills in the Illinois General Assembly looking to change that.
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Student membership in the agriculture organization FFA is at an all-time high, yet the average age of farmers is rising and there are fewer farms in the U.S. than ever before. What do these shifting populations say about the future of agriculture?