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 Beth Lawrence
Experts: Commercial airliners need air gap for cyberprotection (video)
(Jun. 11, 2015)At a time when cybersecurity is at the forefront of many Americans’ minds, that manufacturing companies are producing commercial planes that experts say are more likely to be hacked than previous versions. Continue reading
Security threat interrupts White House press briefing (video)
(Jun. 09, 2015)The U.S. Secret Service evacuated the White House Briefing Room Tuesday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in to Washington police. Continue reading
Fighter Aces awarded Congressional Gold Medal
(May. 21, 2015)WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the early morning of Oct. 12, 1944, Navy pilot Ensign Clarence Borley had just shot down his fifth Japanese aircraft over the island of Formosa — present-day Taiwan — when anti-aircraft fire forced him to ditch … Continue reading
Protesters defy curfew in Baltimore
(Apr. 30, 2015)Tensions high on first night of Baltimore curfew from Medill Washington on Vimeo. Tensions flared as some residents of Baltimore’s Penn North neighborhood begged others to go home before the 10 p.m. curfew took effect. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake begged … Continue reading
James Foley’s death inspires other journalists
(Nov. 23, 2014)The Northwestern community held a memorial service for Foley Thursday at the Alice Millar Chapel. After Foley graduated from Medill’s master’s program in 2008, he made repeated trips to Chicago to talk with students about what it was like to cover the Middle East and about his capture in Libya in 2011. Continue reading
Judge delays detention hearing in Islamic State case
(Oct. 12, 2014)A Chicago federal judge delayed ruling on whether a 19-year-old Bolingbrook man accused of attempting to join Islamic militants in Syria should be jailed pending a trial. But the effect of her decision was that Mohammed Hamzah Khan will remain … Continue reading
