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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Gen. Zilmer on energy reform: ‘Not about being Green or Clean’ [VIDEO]
(Dec. 10, 2012)Weaning Americans off oil will make the U.S. a safer nation, says retired Lieutenant General Richard C. Zilmer. Now, as a Military Advisory Board member of research group CNA, Zilmer talks to young conservatives about how exploring alternative fuel sources … Continue reading
New high-tech radar tracks suspicious behavior on U.S.-Canadian border
(Dec. 09, 2012)Diagram courtesy of Accipiter, whose hi-tech radar system includes the integration of a “Target Information System,” which stores every movement of every target. Incessant blips on a screen fade into the past as U.S.-Canadian cooperation to protect the border grows … Continue reading
DIA
(Dec. 07, 2012)On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that the Pentagon would send hundreds of additional spies overseas. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dia-to-send-hundreds-more-spies-overseas/2012/12/01/97463e4e-399b-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_story.html?tid=pm_pop This is all part of transforming the Defense Intelligence Agency, so that it is as complex and strong as the CIA. … Continue reading
