Renowned Medill prof Protess to retire

Chicago Tribune
David Protess will retire from Northwestern University at the end of August. The Medill Innocence Project founder and director “went from making news for helping set prisoners free to becoming the focus of the headlines as his actions with the university and his techniques came under fire in the past year,” notes the Tribune. || From the Romenesko archives: Medill profs don’t expect Protess to return from his leave.
> Post-Protess era begins at Medill Innocence Project

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