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 David Uberti
Rise of the machines: domestic drones take off
(Apr. 03, 2012)Drones – the same unmanned aircraft used for attacking the Taliban and killing Islamist terrorists – could soon come to a sky near you. Continue reading
Cash is king: Jim Harper and privacy in the digital age
(Mar. 14, 2012)[field name=”Harper-Video”] WASHINGTON — After his first year of law school, Jim Harper was driving across the country with a friend when sirens suddenly started flashing in his rearview mirror. Harper, who is now the director of information policy studies … Continue reading
Twitter to sell data to marketers 140 characters at a time
(Mar. 05, 2012)The future of @datamining for #marketing firms could lie in increments of 140 characters or less. Twitter has contracted with two research firms that are analyzing user information – such as geographic location – and tweets up to two years old. Continue reading
