Viktor Gurniak, a 27-year-old freelance photojournalist for Reuters, was killed last October in eastern Ukraine while transporting wounded soldiers from the front lines of the ongoing separatist war there. Gurniak’s photography will be showcased at a special exhibit at the … Continue reading
The Medill National National Security Journalism Initiative will host “Purse Strings: The Tug of War Among Congress, the Pentagon and the President over Defense Spending,” on May 29, 2014 in its Washington office. Time: Noon-2pm EST Location: Medill Washington Bureau, 1325 … Continue reading
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM JAN. 22 TO JAN. 24 DUE TO WEATHER The report and recommendations from the president’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies will be discussed by a member of the Review Group … Continue reading
This weekend’s Chicago Marathon will be unlike any other in the event’s 36-year history. Sunday’s race marks the first major U.S. marathon since the Boston Marathon in which two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three … Continue reading
Medill NSJI’s Ellen Shearer was among the panelists of journalists, educators and national security experts at this roundtable at the Newseum in Washington on June 25. Click the video above to watch a replay. Transcript of the session:
WASHINGTON — The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, will make his first appearance before the news media at the Military Reporters & Editors conference at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 in Arlington, Va. … Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, will make his first appearance before the news media at the Military Reporters & Editors conference at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 in Arlington, Va. … Continue reading
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
The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative invites journalists who cover the military or defense issues to participate in the first annual National Security Journalism Conference scheduled for June 23 thru June 24, 2011, in Washington, DC. The conference will include … 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.
