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 Nolan Peterson
Josh Meyer speaks about cybersecurity on Huffington Post
(Jan. 21, 2015)NSJI Director of Education and Outreach Josh Meyer was featured on a HuffPost Live panel discussion on cybersecurity. Continue reading
NSJI fellow to speak at Chicago event honoring slain Ukrainian journalist
(Jan. 13, 2015)Viktor Gurniak, a 27-year-old freelance photojournalist for Reuters, was killed last October in eastern Ukraine while transporting wounded soldiers from the front lines of the ongoing separatist war there. Gurniak’s photography will be showcased at a special exhibit at the … Continue reading
NSJI fellow speaks on Fox News about French “no-go zones”
(Jan. 12, 2015)Medill National Security Journalism Initiative Digital Fellow Nolan Peterson spoke on Fox News over the weekend following the Paris shootings, highlighting the cultural conditions inside France that have left its Muslim minority vulnerable to the recruitment efforts of Islamist groups … Continue reading
