After seeing a decade of heavy combat in two major wars, the lightweight M777 howitzer continues to be an integral piece of the U.S. military’s artillery strategy – as it looks forward to facing a range of new threats. Continue reading
Delphine Halgand, U.S. director of Reporters Without Borders, explains how freelance reporting is growing around the world and the need those reporters have for a support system as well as information. The organization and its offices provide help for journalists … Continue reading
Thomas Hundley, senior editor of the Pulitzer Center for International Crisis Reporting, outlines the extensive work of the Washington-based Center and details the requirements for journalists seeking grants to support individual reporting projects around the world. While many grants are … Continue reading
In anticipation of Veterans Day, NSJI co-director Tim McNulty spoke with two veterans, one who is engaged in running an Internet “incubator” office and other in developing a unique web application for ordering and paying for restaurant meals. Tom Day, … Continue reading
TOPIC: A Post-Kinetic World: The United States Military After Iraq and Afghanistan. Hosted by Medill National Security Journalism Initiative. WHEN: Tuesday, July 22, 2014– 1 p.m. Eastern, 12 noon Central Time, 10 a.m. Pacific WATCH VIDEO REPLAY: On this page. … Continue reading
TOPIC: A Post-Kinetic World: The United States Military After Iraq and Afghanistan WHEN: Tuesday, July 22, 2014– 1 p.m. Eastern, 12 noon Central Time, 10 a.m. Pacific
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
Below you can listen to the audio archive of a May 29, 2013 National Security Zone webinar on whistleblowers with Dan Meyer, the Pentagon’s director of whistleblowing and transparency. Medill’s Ellen Shearer hosted the webinar. Listen: [Audio clip: view full … 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
Read about the project.
→ 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.
