nuclear – On the National Security Beat http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/onthebeat On the National Security Beat Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:29:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 No passport? No problem: A guide to covering Iran from your desk http://nationalsecurityzone.medill.northwestern.edu/onthebeat/no-passport-no-problem-a-guide-to-covering-iran-from-your-desk/ Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:46:27 +0000 http://onthebeat.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=2448 Congratulations! You’ve convinced your editor that the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States have a tie to your community – either because you have a nuclear reactor nearby or a military base or a number of Iranian readers.

The only problem? You have to do it from your desk.

So, what do you do?

Here are some tools for capturing the context behind this hot-button issue. This guide isn’t intended to be exhaustive, but it should give you enough fuel to hit the ground running in your Iran coverage.

UNDERSTANDING THE GOVERNMENT:

ECONOMY & DATA:

PRESS:

SOCIAL MEDIA

MISCELLANEOUS WEBSITES, REPORTS AND RESOURCES:

RECENT CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS OF INTEREST:

Senate Armed Services Committee:

  • United States Middle East Policy

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