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 Matt Yurus
Oshkosh, B’Gosh: The US Military Is Finally Replacing the Humvee
(Aug. 28, 2015)This week marks the beginning of the end for the Humvee. Continue reading
U.S. reluctant to declare safe zone along Turkey-Syria border
(Aug. 24, 2015)
Turkey and the U.S. agreed to a deal in late July that might lead to an ISIS-free zone along the Syrian-Turkish border while and allow the U.S. to launch airstrikes against the marauding jihadist organization from Incirlik Air Base in Southern Turkey. Continue reading
Protesters seek an end to U.S. financial support of Pakistan
(Aug. 18, 2015)Roughly 50 demonstrators rallied in front of the Pakistani embassy Friday in Washington, D.C., many demanding that Congress stop U.S. financial support of Pakistan, a country that they and others accuse of supporting the Taliban. Continue reading
Odierno reviews Iraq, Islamic State in final briefing
(Aug. 17, 2015)Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno holds a press briefing Aug. 12 at the Pentagon before he retires from service. Continue reading
Obama promotes deal as the best alternative to war
(Aug. 11, 2015)President Barack Obama defended the Iran Deal at American University in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. “Now, we have before us a solution that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon without resorting to war,” he said. Continue reading
Gitmo detainees cannot be charged with conspiracy, federal appeals court says
(Aug. 10, 2015)On July 27, the U.S. military appealed a federal appeals court’s decision to toss out a conspiracy conviction against Osama bin Laden’s personal secretary and detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying the ruling could jeopardize key terrorism prosecutions that are currently underway. Continue reading
Navy base in Cuba houses one-of-a-kind music collection
(Jul. 28, 2015)This isolated U.S. Navy base has many facilities and services to make life comfortable for the service members and their families stationed here. Continue reading
Gitmo detainee requests new representation
(Jul. 22, 2015)Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, asked a judge on July 22 for new legal representation. Continue reading
Gitmo: al-Qaida defendant rejects Pentagon-assigned lawyer
(Jul. 22, 2015)Terrorist suspect Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi told a military court in Guantanamo Bay he no longer wished to be represented by two Marine lawyers — one of them had also defended another Gitmo detainee. Continue reading
Hearing delayed for Gitmo detainee
(Jul. 21, 2015)Monday’s pretrial proceedings for Abd al Hadi al Iraqi, a “high-value target” detained at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2007, were delayed Sunday after a closed-door meeting with prosecutors, defense attorneys and the judge. Continue reading
