Announcements josh meyer moderates war reporting talk at University of Chicago institute of politics Didn’t make it out to the event, featuring NBC’s Richard Engel and The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson in conversation with Medill National Security Journalism Initiative Director of Education … Continue reading
Finding and analyzing VA disability claims data Our latest NSZ 101 how-go guide helps get you started in your pursuit of good local, state, regional and national stories that are to be had in data about the enormous backlog of … Continue reading
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Welcome to Local Lookout We’ve got a new regular feature that wraps up of some of the most interesting and useful stories done about national security issues by local reporters across the country. It will be updated weekly. The column … Continue reading
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Medill launches specialization in national security journalism The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative is offering a National Security Journalism Specialization in the school’s Graduate Journalism Program, a unique offering among journalism schools nationwide. The new specialization was announced to current … Continue reading
Medill launches specialization in national security journalism The Medill National Security Journalism Initiative is offering a National Security Journalism Specialization in the school’s Graduate Journalism Program, a unique offering among journalism schools nationwide. The new specialization was announced to current … Continue reading
Chasing China’s Tail: The Long Road to Mes Aynak Medill Assistant Prof. and filmmaker Brent Huffman offers a different look at a country that has been at the epicenter of our overseas national security for more than a decade — … Continue reading
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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.
