With the cooperation of the United States Marine Corps, students enrolled in the National Security Specialization Program were able to spend a few days at the massive base in Twentynine Palms, California, reporting on a live-fire training exercise and the facets of military life that they learned about. Continue reading
Two prominent National War College professors of Strategy and Policy gave reporters a detailed look at how Islamic State terrorist group recruits and operates during an April 6 National Press Club panel. Continue reading
The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative has been elected to membership in the Global Investigative Journalism Network, an international association of nonprofit organizations that support, promote, and produce accountability and watchdog reporting. Continue reading
March 12, 2015 6:30 PM at The National Press Club, Murrow Room Government inspector general (IG) offices might be a journalist’s most promising but underutilized resource. On Thursday, March 12, the National Press Club’s Young Members Committee and the Medill … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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.
