By Marina Cracchiolo WASHINGTON — Former Defense Secretary and author Robert Gates can add one more title to his growing resume: walking quote machine. The charismatic leader who stood next to two presidents during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and … 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
Vada and Col. Barney Oldfield National Security Reporting Fellowship A $1,000 award, created by the RTDNF Board of Trustees in honor of the names it bears. Barney and Vada served in WWII and both had illustrious military careers. Barney’s long … Continue reading
EVANSTON, IL – The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Center for Public Integrity have named Mattie Quinn as the second recipient of a $15,000 McCormick National Security Reporting Fellowship at the Center. She will receive … 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
Josh Meyer of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative discusses with BBC News the recommendations a special panel made on Dec. 18, 2013 about changes in how the U.S. National Security Agency gathers data about citizens’ phone and online accounts … Continue reading
Josh Meyer of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative discusses the latest developments in the Edward Snowden story with KCRW’s “To the Point” host Warren Olney on Dec. 16, 2013. MixCloud Podcast Nsji-meyer-kcrw-snowden-12-17-2013 by Medill National Security Zone on Mixcloud
Medill National Security Journalism Initiative’s Josh Meyer has been named as a 2013 Dart Center Ochberg Fellow at Columbia University. “This year’s Ochberg Fellows – half from the United States and the rest from around the world – all excel … Continue reading
A Blackwater memoir from a reclusive former Navy SEAL The founder of Blackwater, the private military company that did $2 billion worth of contract security work for the U.S. government in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, is releasing a memoir detailing … Continue reading
Reactions to the Fort Hood shootings four years later Philip Jankowski at the Killeen Daily Herald reflects on how things have changed at Fort Hood in the four years since the shooting that killed 13 people and wounded more than … 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.
