[field name=”photogal400″] Journalists who cover the military beat around the country participated in briefings at the Pentagon and panel discussions and presentations with a variety of experts on topics ranging from medical care for veterans to national security law during … Continue reading
As the U.S. military presence overseas has grown over the past decade, military contractors have gone to war with American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan- in countless and often unexpected ways. Those contractors provide reporters with a wealth of potentially … Continue reading
Learning how to file effective federal Freedom of Information Act requests and knowing what other national security information is publicly available are the first two steps toward getting great stories about the military and the war on terrorism—especially those scoops that the government … Continue reading
Suicides by troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are sharply on the upswing, and they are only one of the many important side effects of the two wars that will continue long after the United States draws down its military presence in the … Continue reading
The potential for cyber attack in the United States is understated and the increasing vulnerability is shared not only by the private sector but also by the military and other government operations. While the Obama administration has treated the cyber … Continue reading
Gretel C. Kovach attended the 2011 National Security Journalism Conference on covering the military. She filed this story for the San Diego Union-Tribune, where she is a reporter. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The president’s new plan to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan … Continue reading
The role of the U.S. Cyber Command is to operate and defend Department of Defense electronic networks, mainly those with the .mil Internet address, Col. Rivers Johnson, the Command’s public affairs officer, told conferees at the 2011 Medill National Security … Continue reading
Agenda the from June, 2011 “Covering the Military At Home and Abroad” conference in Washington.
Registration has closed for an intensive one-day hands-on training workshop for national security reporters, focusing on data, documents and the Internet. The session, featuring trainers from IRE’s National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting, will be hosted by Medill’s National Security … Continue reading
Medill/GlobalPost investigation sheds new light on $3.2 billion U.S. mine clearance and victim assistance effort.
Medill/USA TODAY investigation of U.S. international food aid programs finds significant, entrenched problems
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→ Continue to the story.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.
