We are pleased to present National Security Zone: War 2.0, a special report by NSZ Carnegie Fellow Sharon Weinberger, who spent the six months investigating social media and its opportunity to predict and perhaps even influence, future international events. The … Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A three-month investigation by a team of Medill student reporters has found significant gaps between the health care and support for the 665,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and their active-duty … Continue reading
We are pleased to present The Data Minefield, a project that encompasses original research on the U.S. government’s use of data mining tools for national and homeland security, as well as similar uses around the world. Heading the project was … Continue reading
At the request of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative, journalism graduate students at Northwestern University’s Medill School spent 10 weeks this summer exploring how to best connect consumers with important online content in new and innovative ways. The team … Continue reading
For her investigation of U.S. special military operations, Medill National Security Journalism Initiative Fellow Tara McKelvey visited Pakistan to explore the role — and risks — of special operators working there. She reported from Swat Valley, northwest of Abbottabad, where … Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The controversy began with an announcement on – where else? – Twitter. “Just got this,” Birgitta Jónsdóttir wrote on Jan. 7, adding in a second tweet: “usa government wants to know about all my tweets and more since … Continue reading
United States Special Operations forces target crisis situations — whether natural disasters, civil wars, or terrorist attacks. Special operators engage in risky, Hollywood-ready adventures, hunting down terrorists and militants in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. They also do less glamorous but … 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.
