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 Tobias Burns
Under Control
(Jul. 02, 2015)
Dustin Temple earned an Air Force Cross for his heroism while outnumbered and surrounded by Taliban fighters. Continue reading
The human interest in Pakistani media
(Jun. 11, 2015)The veneration of hard news and analysis at the expense of milder journalistic fare is not a media universal, as I learned recently on a trip to Pakistan. In fact, it’s very much an American phenomenon. Continue reading
Valor in combat: Airmen honored
(May. 07, 2015)FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — As SrA. Dustin Temple fired back at the insurgents that had surrounded his unit in a remote area of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, some terrifying chatter came in over enemy radio. Insurgents were moving in to take American … Continue reading
Kerry makes national-security pitch for trade deals
(Apr. 23, 2015)WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry placed the issue of U.S. trade agreements firmly in a national security context Thursday, saying two pending trade deals demonstrate how U.S. economic and national security interests are one and the same. “In … Continue reading
Experts: Terrorism groups find new revenue sources
(Apr. 22, 2015)As the number of terrorist groups around the world increases, so do the ways in which they’re raising money to fund their activities, experts say. “The funding is more global and more diversified than ever before, and it’s interacting less … Continue reading
Iraqi leader: ISIS still ‘frightening’
(Apr. 21, 2015)WASHINGTON — Despite a recent series of military losses, the self-proclaimed Islamic State is still more than capable of concerning Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. “They are frightening their enemies,” he said this morning at the Center for Strategic and … Continue reading
The Marine Corps’ Archeological Treasure Trove
(Apr. 20, 2015)TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The Twentynine Palms Air Ground Combat Center is a 1,100-square-mile training facility for U.S. Marines where infantry units hurl grenades, aircraft drop bombs and artillery batteries pummel the earth with 100-pound shells. But buried beneath the … Continue reading
Crude awakening: oil prices reflect deeper economic woes
(Dec. 19, 2014)With the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil falling to its lowest price in more than five years, and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries aggressively maintaining its current production levels, American consumers have oil companies over a barrel. … Continue reading
