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
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#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 Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
The Debrief: Pope Francis Edition // Politics and Pope Francis
(Oct. 08, 2015)PHOTOS: Tea Party Patriots lead rally against Iran nuclear deal at the U.S. Capitol
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On Wednesday, the Tea Party Patriots staged a protest of the Iran nuclear deal on the U.S. Capitol’s west lawn. Continue reading
#MedillRemembers James Foley, One Year Later
(Aug. 18, 2015)Remembering James Foley, one year after his death. Continue reading
Off the page: Dan Archer on how ‘immersive journalism’ is changing the face of national security reporting
(Aug. 18, 2015)The pressure to capture the multi-sensory essence of a story might be challenge for print reporters, but moments like these are the stuff one journalist’s reporting dreams are made on.
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The Debrief: Guantanamo Edition // INSIDE A MILITARY COMMISSION COURTROOM
(Aug. 17, 2015)In this installment of “The Debrief: Guantanamo Edition,” Medill students who recently returned from a reporting trip to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay take you inside of a military commission courtroom — with words, that is. Find out what it’s like … Continue reading
The Debrief: Guantanamo Edition // OPSEC 101
(Aug. 05, 2015)In the third installment of “The Debrief: Guantanamo Edition,” Medill NSJI reporters Taylor Hall and Ezra Kaplan give you a crash course in OPSEC, or operations security, as it pertains to reporting from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Continue reading
The Debrief: Guantanamo Edition // INSIDE ‘TENT CITY’
(Aug. 04, 2015)In the second installment of “The Debrief: Guantanamo Edition,” Medill National Security Specialization students who recently returned from a reporting trip to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay discuss the so-called “Tent City” where journalists live during their brief stays on post.
USCENTCOM responds to joint letter from Medill NSJI, MRE, SPJ on Bales investigation transparency
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