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.
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Sequester cuts hinder FBI’s operations, but agency morale still high, experts say
(Dec. 06, 2013)The FBI’s sequester budget cut of about $800 million next year will force the agency to impose more furloughs, hiring freezes and cut resources for ongoing and new investigations, a group of current and former agents say. Continue reading
Tips for journalists to protect sources’ online privacy
(Nov. 04, 2013)Revelations that the National Security Agency is collecting data on millions of Americans are added evidence that journalists need to be more careful about their online privacy, especially in protecting information from whistle blowers and other sources, encryption experts say. Continue reading
