Paul Rosenzweig shares his expertise to help reporters better understand cyber crime — how much money and intellectual property are we losing every day and what it means, as well as how governments around the globe can coordinate to fight … 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:
[field name=”by”] WASHINGTON — China hacks into U.S. computer systems. Do we a) protect our information with malicious software, b) disable data reading, c) send back false data or d) take more offensive measures and issue a trade embargo or … Continue reading
Weaning Americans off oil will make the U.S. a safer nation, says retired Lieutenant General Richard C. Zilmer. Now, as a Military Advisory Board member of research group CNA, Zilmer talks to young conservatives about how exploring alternative fuel sources … Continue reading
Video clips from “Legal Aspects of US Special Operations and the New Covert Warfare,” a forum sponsored by Medill’s National Security Journalism Initiative, held on Nov. 17, 2010 in Washington. The first segment is below; additional segments are listed beneath … Continue reading
View Friday’s sessions at the 2010 Military Reporters & Editors Conference in Washington, DC. Panel 1: Military Justice: From Gitmo to Hood. Experts from the National Institute for Military Justice talk about everything from trends they’re seeing, to the problems … 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.
