Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation — with partners Reporters Without Borders and A Culture of Safety Alliance — have published an online curriculum guide for college journalism educators to teach students about the growing risk of reporting on conflicts, terrorism and violent unrest around the world.
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The project, titled “The Perfect Storm,” is being published this week by VICE News, a U.S.-based media organization with a global reach across all digital platforms. It is also being published on a special Medill website created by the reporting team, complete with even more videos and multimedia/interactive components. The findings are based on interviews with dozens of experts, health and government officials and a Medill analysis of dozens of reports and studies.
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McNaughton/Gunn has published in limited quantities Ghazals for Foley (ISBN: 978-0- 9845398- 7-1/ $12.95), an anthology of ghazals written to, for, or about American Combat Journalist, James Foley. It was created by HINCHAS Press through a Kickstarter campaign. The books can be purchased online through Square Up.
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The May 20 screening of “Jim: The James Foley story,” drew a big crowd at the Medill School of Journalism — and left an indelible memory with many of the students who attended.
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In February, eight graduate journalism students traveled with Medill Professor Craig Duff to Pakistan to work alongside professional reporters at some of the country’s top newspapers, magazines and television news channels.
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A documentary about the imprisonment and murder of Medill alum James Foley won the Audience Award in the U.S Documentary category at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
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