Tim Franklin

Tim Franklin is senior associate dean, professor and John M. Mutz Chair in Local News at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Before joining Medill in June 2017, Franklin was the president of The Poynter Institute, a leading international school for journalists and a media think tank. The nonprofit Institute teaches more than 100,000 people annually, and it publishes one of the world’s most influential media news sites. Franklin led a resurgence of Poynter, nearly doubling its annual revenue in three years, forging partnerships with major media and technology companies, creating the International Fact-Checking Network and establishing a chair in journalism ethics. Franklin has been the top editor of three metropolitan newspapers.