David Axelrod tells Medill students: ‘You are warriors for democracy’
The former top Obama political strategist talked about his journalism career and challenges facing the news business in recent meeting.
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Salon, Center for Public Integrity Lead Winners of 2019 Military Reporters & Editors Awards
WASHINGTON –The Military Reporters & Editors association, the preeminent organization for U.S. media professionals specializing in national security, announced the winners of its competition for defense journalism produced in 2018.
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Crimes against Americans abroad: Who’s being held accountable?
On April 2, the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation will host a distinguished panel uniquely qualified to explore that difficult
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MRE Journalism Awards Competition Kicks Off
The Military Reporters & Editors association announced Monday it is accepting work for its annual journalism awards competition that recognizes outstanding military reporting in several categories.
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US Hostage Official: ‘Austin Tice Is Still Alive’
Austin Tice is believed to still be alive more than six years after being kidnapped in Syria, according to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Richard O’Brien. O’Brien would not give specifics while speaking at the National Press Club Tuesday, but repeated that the U.S. government believes that Tice is alive.
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Military Reporters & Editors Association: MRE Protests White House Treatment of Reporters
The Military Reporters & Editors association expressed deep concern Thursday about President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the press and about the blackballing of a White House reporter. Trump verbally abused Jim Acosta, a CNN reporter, at a Nov. 7 news conference at the White House as Acosta was trying to question the president. After the event, the president’s spokeswoman said Acosta’s press pass is being revoked.
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James W. Foley Legacy Foundation President Addresses Excellence in Journalism Conference
Days before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, press freedom and journalists’ safety advocates said assessing risks in an increasingly dangerous environment for journalists is crucial to their safety.
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Military Reporters & Editors Association: CJCS, USCG Commandant, Deputy Defense Secretary to Address 2018 Conference
The deputy secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard are among the top brass who will address the annual conference of the Military Reporters & Editors association this fall.
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UN Human Rights Council Working Group Condemns Princeton University Student’s Imprisonment in Iran
The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has condemned the Islamic Republic of Iran’s arrest and imprisonment of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang as having “no legal basis” and called for his release in an August 2018 opinion.
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Medill MSJ Students Visit Obama Foundation, Get Presidential Center Preview
Students from the Medill School of Journalism’s Politics and National Security Journalism initiative visited the Obama Foundation July 20 to learn about plans for the new presidential center in Chicago honoring former President Barack Obama.
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