WASHINGTON — On Monday, the United States Disciplinary Barracks’ Directorate of Inmate Administration released “USDB Regulation 600-1, Nov. 2013” entitled “Manual for the Guidance of Inmates” to the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative in response to an April 17 Freedom … Continue reading
Women who served in the military are too often stereotyped as victims, making it harder for them to reintegrate into society, a veteran says. Continue reading
Overall suicides in the U.S. military were down just under 10% in 2013 over the year before, although there was slight increase (5%) among reservists and those not on active duty, new data from the Department of Defense shows. With … Continue reading
We’ve done a lot of stories on the transparency reports that major companies release with details on the number of requests they’ve gotten from law enforcement agencies for user information and/or data, so we thought it was time to keep … Continue reading
Some two dozen media outlets around the country have done stories on the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative’s 2013 database of gun confiscations since we posted our story on the data on Jan. 6, 2014. Links to those stories: Huffington … Continue reading
The unemployment rate for veterans who served since 9/11 dropped a bit in 2013, but remains 25% higher than the non-veteran population, an analysis of new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. The yearly average rate for “Gulf … Continue reading
Example of a local story done with our TSA data. Data below compiled from weekly TSA Blog updates on the number and type of weapons confiscated during carry-on searches at airports. Data is updated weekly (current data through Dec. 31, … Continue reading
The table below shows includes data for each gun found at Transportation Security Administration screening, by airport. Click on column label below to sort that column. There are 30 records visible at a time; click the arrow key at the … Continue reading
Yahoo on Friday reported that U.S. authorities asked for user data 12,444 times in the first six months of this year — covering 40,322 accounts. That is 69 requests a day, on average. Most of those cases resulted in the … 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.
