Amy Merrick
Amy Merrick teaches business reporting, magazine reporting, online reporting, senior capstone and other courses in DePaul University’s College of Communication. She also advises 14 East, DePaul's online magazine, and DePaul's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
A former staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Merrick spent 11 years writing about the Midwest economy and politics, state and municipal finance, and the retail and banking industries. Her work has been published in the Poynter Institute’s Best Newspaper Writing series.
Merrick earned a B.S. and M.S. from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. She recently started a master’s in computer science at DePaul to better understand what AI means for journalists, and to help her students prepare for changes in the field they’re passionate about.
A former staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Merrick spent 11 years writing about the Midwest economy and politics, state and municipal finance, and the retail and banking industries. Her work has been published in the Poynter Institute’s Best Newspaper Writing series.
Merrick earned a B.S. and M.S. from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. She recently started a master’s in computer science at DePaul to better understand what AI means for journalists, and to help her students prepare for changes in the field they’re passionate about.