Northwestern University Knight Lab is a community of designers, developers, students, and educators working on experiments designed to push journalism into new spaces.

The Lab provides an open, collaborative environment for interdisciplinary exploration and conversation, where students and professionals learn together and from one another. In short, we’re energized by hard questions worth answering; we believe in the process as much as the product.
We’re probably best known for our innovative suite of open-source, adaptable, and lightweight tools for media makers. The most popular, TimelineJS, has been used by more than 250,000 people to tell stories seen hundreds of millions of times, and is available in more than sixty languages. We also develop prototypes of tools for reporting, data management, research, and storytelling, often in connection with Northwestern classes. Students from our community have gone on to work at the New York Times, Vox Media, NPR, Medium, FiveThirtyEight, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, and more.
Faculty & Staff
Alumni
Faculty Collaborations
Professional Staff
Professional Fellows
Ph.D. Students
Fellows
- Aditi Bhandari
- Akhil Kambhammettu
- Alex Duner
- Allen Zeng
- Alma Bahman
- Anne Li
- Anushka Patil
- Arjuna Soriano
- Ashesha Mehrotra
- Ashley Wu
- Audrey DeBruine
- Audrey Valbuena
- Avriana Allen
- Ben Singer
- Benjamin Din
- Bomani McClendon
- Cary Lee
- Cathy He
- Chris Alan Williams
- Dan Keemahill
- David Latimore
- Dhrumil Mehta
- Edward Kimble
- Emily Chow
- Emily Ferber
- Eunice Lee
- Farah Mohammed
- Gloria Oh
- Gus Wezerek
- Hilary Fung
- Hilary Sharp
- Isabella Jiao
- J Kyle White-Sullivan
- Jeff Birori
- Jessica Soberman
- Joon Park
- Jordan Friedman
- Josh Shi
- Kaila Nichols
- Katherine Nagasawa
- Katie Park
- Katie Zhu
- Kelly Calagna
- Keyla Athalia
- Kimberly Lee
- Kinsey Erickson
- KK Rebecca Lai
- Lingwei Cheng
- Luke Rague
- Madhurya Manohar
- Mallory Busch
- Marguerite McNeal
- Mary Truong
- Matt Gelfand
- Matt Hong
- Matthew Zhang
- Maxine Whitely
- Michael Martinez
- Montserrat Vazquez-Posada
- Neil Holt
- Nia Adurogbola
- Nicole Zhu
- Nikhil Pai
- Patricia Gomes Lima
- Priya Krishnakumar
- Rhiannon O'Berry
- Rosalie Chan
- Ross Patten
- Ryan McAfee
- Sam Bernitz
- Samarth Soni
- Sarah Adler
- Sehmon Burnam
- Shelly Tan
- Shikhar Mohan
- Stephen Autar
- Suyeon Son
- Tanveer Ali
- Tyler Fisher
- Victoria Cabales
- Whitney Pow
- Zaria Howell