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 Karla Meier
Do Americans have disaster amnesia?
(Jun. 05, 2011)The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is a little more than three months away. You’d assume this would be a time of heightened awareness and preparedness regarding potential threats to the U.S., but emergency management blogger Christopher Neuwirth says Americans are … Continue reading
Zombies shut down CDC web browser
(Jun. 03, 2011)The CDC has stepped up its game. It went from an afterthought to an attention grabber with one blog post—“Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.” Emergency preparedness is not the most exciting conversation piece, something that might have bothered CDC Assistant Surgeon … Continue reading
Fear of retaliation stronger than possibility?
(May. 19, 2011)The mix of jubilation and relief many felt after hearing that Osama bin Laden had been killed was short-lived when the country was put on high alert in anticipation of a potential attack of retribution. “A senior Pentagon official said late Sunday … Continue reading
‘If you see something, take a picture!’
(May. 16, 2011)Isn’t it frustrating when you are watching Law & Order and the only witness to a crime can’t recall pertinent details like the color of the perpetrator’s hair, or even skin? It happens in real life, too. People are so … Continue reading
FEMA has no plan for nuclear meltdown
(May. 16, 2011)Senator Al Franken, Democrat from Minnesota, made light of a very dark, and potentially disastrous, situation at a recent Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing about nuclear safety. “We have a plant in Monticello, Minn., that is the … Continue reading
Compensation enough for tsunami victims?
(May. 10, 2011)A few days after the Japanese government was blasted for minimizing the real hazardous impact of the near meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. is handing out checks to residents forced to evacuate the … Continue reading
Funding for hospital emergency management threatened?
(May. 10, 2011)In the case of an emergency, how well prepared do you expect your local hospital to be in responding to community needs? It’s sometimes a cat and mouse game for hospitals to get adequate federal emergency preparedness funding to be ready … Continue reading
Culture of endurance keeps Japan calm after tsunami
(Apr. 16, 2011)In the face of disaster, the Japanese people have kept, for the most part, calm and collected, mirroring the cultural ethos of ganman, or endurance. “If your feet hurt from walking all day and everyone else is also walking, you … Continue reading
