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 Tiffany Chinn
Retired Colonel Shields talks about being deployed around the holidays
(Dec. 07, 2012)While we are at home waiting for Santa Claus to come to town, jingling bells and having chestnuts roasting on an open fire, deployed Army soldiers aren’t having as many bright and right times rocking the night away, according to … Continue reading
Marine Corps turns 237..Commander talks about its future
(Nov. 09, 2012)Just days before the Marine Corps 237th birthday, U.S. Marine Corp Commandant James Amos addressed a group of military scholars and peers about the present day efforts and future of the Marine Corps, and a warned them—against increasing cyber technology. … Continue reading
