Tag: medill explores

Medill students report across Germany and France

By Joe Snell on March 20, 2020December 16, 2020 cybersecurity, disinformation, medill explores

A recap of the 2020 Medill Explores trip to Germany and France. This year’s trip focused on how Russian disinformation campaigns work to influence elections around the world.

Conflicts and Terrorism

No foreseeable future: How a project that restored vision for hundreds of people in Afghanistan came to a halt

By David Thill on March 13, 2018March 23, 2018 global health, Kabul, medill explores, Paris, refugee crisis

Wahid Hafizi has a job to do.

He’s got a patient. He’s got an operating room. He’s just waiting for the final piece. That would be a cornea: the clear tear-soaked outer layer of our eyes responsible for focusing our vision. At the moment, it’s en route to Kabul via airplane from the Czech Republic.

Hafizi gets the call: It’s in.

Conflicts and Terrorism Privacy and Civil Liberties

Medill Without Borders

By Jini Hernandez on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 medill explores, Paris, Reporters Sans Frontieres, Reporters Without Borders

RSF, with headquarters in Paris and offices in Washington and San Francisco, advocates for press freedom and journalists’ safety around the world.

Global Health and Migration

Video: Taking on the Paris refugee crisis, one van ride at a time

By Kevin Schmidt on February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Europe, Heather Young, homeless, Kevin Schmidt, medill explores, Paris, refugee

Heather Young operates Paris Refugee Ground Support from a single van she drives throughout the city, distributing aid to homeless refugees living on the streets and near waterways in the French capital.