Medill National Security Reporting Project
Medill/GlobalPost investigation sheds new light on $3.2 billion U.S. mine clearance and victim assistance effort.
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Medill/USA TODAY investigation of U.S. international food aid programs finds significant, entrenched problems
Read about the project.R.I.P. James Wright Foley, 1973-2014
#MedillRemembers James Foley, One Year Later
Remembering James Foley's life and legacy one year after his death at the hands of the Islamic State.
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Major TV networks sign onto freelancer safety compact
Read about the compact, which was signed by Medill NSJI Co-Director Ellen Shearer at Columbia University in September, here.McCormick Foundation renews grant for Medill National Security Journalism program
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has renewed a $1 million grant to fund the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University over the next two years.
The NSJ program 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 began in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The grant was also renewed for $1 million over two years in 2011.
Posts by Andrew Theen
Reporter Foley shares his tale of capture and survival in Libya
(Jun. 17, 2011)WASHINGTON — James Foley, a freelance journalist with GlobalPost and Medill graduate (MSJ 2007), shared the harrowing tale of his 44-day detainment by forces loyal to Libyan Col. Moammar Gadhafi on Friday (6/10), but said despite his ordeal, “Every day … Continue reading
Obama and Netanyahu meet under tense conditions; Netanyahu says return to 1967 borders “will not happen”
(May. 25, 2011)WASHINGTON – The day after President Obama bluntly called for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict along pre-1967 borders, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could not return to those borders, describing them as “indefensible” in a tense news … Continue reading
Is there a double standard for international war crimes violators?
(May. 11, 2011)WASHINGTON – Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, took shots at the George W. Bush administration in his new book for starting what he called a “needless war” in Iraq based … Continue reading
