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 Gulnaz Saiyed
If you’re listening, this is a joke
(Jun. 09, 2011)I’ve had a 15-year-old eighth-grader look me in the eye and tell me he’d make more money trafficking drugs than I made as his teacher. Although he had failed the year before and could barely read, he was right about … Continue reading
Education’s Shaky Foundations
(Jun. 07, 2011)Public schools in California seem to be failing the state’s students once again, according to California Watch, an arm of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting. This time this criticism isn’t about substandard teaching, freefalling test scores or the achievement … Continue reading
Keeping an Eye on Government Surveillance
(Jun. 05, 2011)Nationally, fusion centers have taken on a reputation as innovative new tools in the ongoing battle against terror and violence, and are also seen as hotbeds for potential civil rights violations. Adam Schwartz, of the Illinois chapter of the American … Continue reading
Discussing Terror and Death with Children
(May. 24, 2011)With Osama bin Laden’s death maintaining its place in the headlines, parents have had to walk a fine balance. We’re excited that he’s dead, but we teach our children it’s not okay to kill. And even bigger issues, such as … Continue reading
Indiana Fusion Center Online
(May. 23, 2011)Most Americans simply don’t know what a fusion center is or what their role is in the anti-terror effort. (See this story for some background information.) Many of these state and local organizations, including Illinois’ and Chicago’s fusion centers, don’t … Continue reading
What’s a fusion center?
(May. 19, 2011)In Chicago, if you see a crime or worry one is going to take place, you can text a tip, photo, video or audio to the city’s Crime Prevention and Information Center, according to the Chicago Police Department. Then they … Continue reading
School Disaster Preparedness
(May. 03, 2011)From natural disasters such as storms to man-made tragedies like school shootings, it’s important for schools and school communities to be prepared to respond to a crisis. In Illinois, the School Safety Drill Act from 2006 requires schools to be … Continue reading
Education reform: A national security issue?
(Apr. 29, 2011)The U.S. high school dropout rate – about 25 percent – is both “economically unsustainable and morally unacceptable,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Friday at the Education Writers Association national seminar in New Orleans. That failure is also … Continue reading
