The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative has received two additional years of funding from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
The NSJI provides journalists-in-training and working journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report accurately, completely and 
with context on events and issues related to defense, security and civil liberties. The initiative was begun in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The new grant is for $1 million over two years.
McCormick Foundation announced the NSJI funding on Oct. 3, along with a total of $5 million in new grants to “22 organizations committed to strengthening quality journalism, promoting news literacy and protecting press freedoms. These grants underscore the continuing importance of journalism in preserving a strong democracy.”
“We appreciate McCormick’s support in our efforts to help students and working journalists better serve the public interest,” said Prof. Ellen Shearer, co-director of the NSJI.
