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.
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Medill NSJI, MRE and SPJ send letter to Army Secretary
(Jun. 22, 2015)The joint letter sent to Army Secretary John McHugh on June 19 requests the immediate declassification of the investigation into Staff Sgt. Robert Bales’ horrific crimes in Afghanistan in March 2012. Continue reading
SAVE THE DATE: Summer 2015 National Security Journalism Data/Watchdog Workshop
(Jun. 17, 2015)We’ll be providing a full day’s worth of intensive, hands-on training that focuses on how to use data, documents and the Internet for security reporting at the local, state and national level. Continue reading
Medill NSJI students embed with Marines at Twentynine Palms
(May. 30, 2015)Check out the suite of stories produced by graduate students in Medill’s National Security Journalism Specialization program. Continue reading
Photos: Medill National Security Specialization students embed at Twentynine Palms
(May. 04, 2015)Students from Medill’s National Security Journalism Specialization program embedded with United States Marines at the Twentynine Palms base in California’s Mojave Desert. Check out photos from their embed adventure.
2015 MRE Conference is Oct. 9
(Mar. 03, 2015)Speakers will include retired Gen. John Allen, special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL; Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee; Rep. Rob Wittman, chairman of the HASC readiness subcommittee; a panel with Gulf-area ambassadors discussing anti-ISIS operations; and a panel with top military public affairs officers. Continue reading
Sign up for the NSJI email newsletter
(Feb. 18, 2015)The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative is a leading resource for covering national security issues and funded by the McCormick Foundation. Our biweekly email newsletter is a great way for journalists-in-training and working journalists to stay up to date with program … Continue reading
Medill National Security Journalism Initiative’s Ellen Shearer in Washington Post: “In Syria, freelancers like James Foley cover a dangerous war zone with no front lines.”
(Feb. 18, 2015)Ellen Shearer, a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, is a co-director of Medill’s National Security Journalism Initiative. “Conflict zones can be covered safely,” James Foley told students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 2011. “This … Continue reading
Hands-on training session offered to teach journalists how to encrypt and protect their emails
(Feb. 03, 2015)The Military Reporters and Editors association and Northwestern University’s Medill National Security Journalism Initiative are co-sponsoring a one-day seminar, “Cyber Security Skill Workshop for Journalists: Sending Secure Email,” to be held April 3, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., … Continue reading
Josh Meyer writes in the Sunday Guardian about Obama’s visit to India
(Feb. 03, 2015)In a piece for The Sunday Guardian titled “Allies in the long war on terror,” Meyer analyzes the U.S.-India counterterrorism relationship. The piece looks at ways to dismantle distrust between the two countries and the potential implications of the president’s recent … Continue reading
Covering the military, veterans and homeland security: Tomorrow’s trends and issues
(Feb. 02, 2015)The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative hosted journalists who cover the military, homeland security or defense matters in the National Security Journalism Conference. The invitation-only conference included a briefing at the Pentagon as well as panel presentations with top military, … Continue reading
