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 Matthew Schehl
Under Control
(Jul. 02, 2015)
Dustin Temple earned an Air Force Cross for his heroism while outnumbered and surrounded by Taliban fighters. Continue reading
Swords into ploughshares: Veterans find opportunities in farming (video)
(Jun. 11, 2015)For America’s aging farmers and ranchers, worried over who will take the reins in the next generation, an infusion of veterans into American agriculture would be a welcome relief. Continue reading
A long road from Baghdad: Iraqi refugees and Special Immigrant Visa holders in the U.S.
(Jun. 10, 2015)The SIV program was slated to end in 2013, but when it became clear that thousands of qualified Iraqis remained, it was extended under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.
The NDA made a special allotment to bring 2,500 additional Iraqis to the U.S. To date, approximately 1,500 SIVs have been issued, and less than currently 1,000 remain. Continue reading
Fighter Aces awarded Congressional Gold Medal
(May. 21, 2015)WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the early morning of Oct. 12, 1944, Navy pilot Ensign Clarence Borley had just shot down his fifth Japanese aircraft over the island of Formosa — present-day Taiwan — when anti-aircraft fire forced him to ditch … Continue reading
TSA under fire for security flaws
(May. 18, 2015)WASHINGTON – Facing scathing criticism, Transportation Security Administration officials were a no-show at a House hearing on Wednesday. During a three-hour hearing by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth took the TSA … Continue reading
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman calls for increased NSA spying
(May. 14, 2015)WASHINGTON – Americans are in urgent need of more – not less – collection of their personal information by the National Security Agency, according to Sen. Bob Corker, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Following a classified Senate briefing … Continue reading
Valor in combat: Airmen honored
(May. 07, 2015)FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — As SrA. Dustin Temple fired back at the insurgents that had surrounded his unit in a remote area of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, some terrifying chatter came in over enemy radio. Insurgents were moving in to take American … Continue reading
Afghanistan’s advances for women could disappear as soon as US troops leave
(May. 05, 2015)WASHINGTON — In a rural village southwest of Kandahar, a local police force operates out of a posh modern facility surrounded by mud-brick buildings. Three years ago it was built as a cooperative US-Afghan venture to be a focal point … Continue reading
Guard operations center advises troops in Baltimore
(May. 05, 2015)BALTIMORE — As the third night of Baltimore’s curfew set in on Thursday, the Maryland National Guard stood watch over an empty City Hall. Their real action, however, took place 31 miles away at the Joint Operations Command in Adelphi, … Continue reading
The clearing of Penn and North
(May. 01, 2015)A police helicopter circles protesters as the 10 p.m. curfew approaches. A young boy tunes out the clamor of the protesters. Baltimore police hold the line as civic activists clear the ground before them. A local resident urges protesters to … Continue reading
