George Harmon
George Harmon is an emeritus faculty member at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where he specialized in business journalism, news writing and editing, reporting, public relations writing and liberal-arts courses through the Center for the Writing Arts. He currently teaches a graduate course in business communication for marketing students. For 15 years, he was Medill's news department chair.
Prior to joining Northwestern in 1980, Harmon was publisher and editor of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, a daily newspaper for Illinois' legal community. He joined the Law Bulletin from the Chicago Sun-Times, where he was financial editor. Earlier, he had been assistant managing editor for features of the Chicago Daily News, a 550,000-circulation evening newspaper. In 11 years at the Daily News, he served successively as a reporter, rewrite man, assistant city editor, financial writer, assistant financial editor, city editor, financial editor and assistant managing editor.
Since 2003, he has been a director of Paddock Publications, publisher of the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL, 151,000 daily) and Reflejos. He served seven years as a director of Home News Publishing Co., which owned the Central New Jersey Home News (55,000 daily), and 15 years as board chairman of Students Publishing Co., which publishes Northwestern's daily student newspaper. As a free-lance writer, he has produced articles and reviews for many newspapers and magazines and has been a part-time editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times.
As a consultant, he has trained more than 1,500 mid-level executives in communications skills and has acted as a writing coach and trainer for nearly 1,000 journalists.
His degrees are from Princeton University (AB cum laude) and Loyola University of Chicago (MBA, finance), where one year he was named the outstanding MBA alum. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Harmon served three years in the U.S. Navy as an officer.
Prior to joining Northwestern in 1980, Harmon was publisher and editor of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, a daily newspaper for Illinois' legal community. He joined the Law Bulletin from the Chicago Sun-Times, where he was financial editor. Earlier, he had been assistant managing editor for features of the Chicago Daily News, a 550,000-circulation evening newspaper. In 11 years at the Daily News, he served successively as a reporter, rewrite man, assistant city editor, financial writer, assistant financial editor, city editor, financial editor and assistant managing editor.
Since 2003, he has been a director of Paddock Publications, publisher of the Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL, 151,000 daily) and Reflejos. He served seven years as a director of Home News Publishing Co., which owned the Central New Jersey Home News (55,000 daily), and 15 years as board chairman of Students Publishing Co., which publishes Northwestern's daily student newspaper. As a free-lance writer, he has produced articles and reviews for many newspapers and magazines and has been a part-time editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times.
As a consultant, he has trained more than 1,500 mid-level executives in communications skills and has acted as a writing coach and trainer for nearly 1,000 journalists.
His degrees are from Princeton University (AB cum laude) and Loyola University of Chicago (MBA, finance), where one year he was named the outstanding MBA alum. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Harmon served three years in the U.S. Navy as an officer.