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 Megan Pauly
Overcoming the unspoken barriers of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: lesbian and gay service members speak out
(Dec. 27, 2013)[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/126767539″ params=”color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] WASHINGTON – It’s been two years since the military allowed gay troops to serve openly. But for some whose careers were hurt under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or the earlier prohibition against homosexuality, … Continue reading
Future of country’s nuclear weapons up in arms
(Dec. 09, 2013)The United States should reduce its nuclear arsenal to both protect against proliferation, especially among nonstate actors, and to help deal with shrinking Department of Defense budgets, the chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said recently.
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NSA reform gaining momentum on Hill
(Nov. 04, 2013)WASHINGTON –Party lines are blurring as red and blue are becoming one with Democrats like Dianne Feinstein and Ron Wyden and Republicans such as Jim Sensenbrenner and Susan Collins now in favor of significant changes in the nation’s vast surveillance … Continue reading
Security clearance process under increased scrutiny
(Nov. 04, 2013)WASHINGTON – Senators want to crack down on federal security clearances because of the Navy Yard shooting in which 13 died on Sept. 16. Thirty-four-year-old defense contractor Aaron Alexis, who had previously been involved in a series of violent outbursts, … Continue reading
Senate thinks twice about ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws
(Nov. 04, 2013)WASHINGTON- Trayvon Martin’s mother told a Senate committee Tuesday that self-defense laws allowing the use of deadly force – like the Florida law cited in George Zimmerman’s acquittal in Martin’s death – increase racially motivated killing, Sybrina Fulton’s testimony before … Continue reading
Cato research proposes U.S. go to submarine-only nuclear delivery system
(Oct. 21, 2013)The U.S. nuclear weapon triad system — bombers, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles — wastes billions of dollars and could be streamlined to just one delivery system, according to research released Tuesday by the libertarian Cato Institute. Continue reading
Constitutionality of metadata system debate not black and white
(Oct. 09, 2013)WASHINGTON – On Capitol Hill, the debate over the constitutionality of the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records rages on. Despite the recent declassification of a top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruling from Aug. 29 – that … Continue reading
Senators up in arms about percentage of intelligence employees furloughed
(Oct. 03, 2013)WASHINGTON — National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander and James Clapper told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that 70 percent of intelligence employees have been furloughed since the federal government shutdown began two days ago, shocking the committee. “You scared … Continue reading
Al-Shabab remains a threat to the U.S., experts tell House members
(Oct. 03, 2013)WASHINGTON — In the wake of the deadly mall shooting in Nairobi, Kenya, last month, experts told the House Committee of Foreign Affairs Thursday that al-Shabab, the militant group responsible for the tragedy, poses a credible, and increasingly dangerous, threat … Continue reading
NSA data collection not targeting Americans, Alexander says
(Oct. 02, 2013)WASHINGTON – National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the NSA is not using its vast databases to create profiles of Americans’ locations, friends and other personal information. A weekend New York Times article … Continue reading
