2017 Foley Medill Medal for Courage Recipients Sentenced to Prison in Myanmar Over Rohingya Investigation

Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, recipients of the 2017 Foley Medill Medal of Courage, have each gotten a seven-year prison sentence in Myanmar for violating the country’s Official Secrets Act in the course of their investigative reportage on an alleged massacre of Rohingya Muslims there, CNN reported Sept. 3.

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Axelrod to Medill Politics, National Security Specialization Students: ‘We Need You Out There’

Students from the Medill School of Journalism’s Politics and National Security Journalism initiative met July 20 with national political consultant David Axelrod, former chief strategist and senior adviser to President Barack Obama, and learned immediately of his respect for both journalism and politics.

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Military Reporters & Editors Association: MRE Urges Release of Jailed Photojournalist in Egypt

The Military Reporters & Editors association has joined with other press groups in urging U.S. officials to press authorities in Egypt to release from prison an acclaimed Egyptian photojournalist who faces the death penalty for taking pictures. MRE joined two dozen other organizations and individuals in a June 26 statement that pressed Congress and the Trump administration to take all necessary steps to pressure Egypt to immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Abou Zeid, who works under the name Shawkan.

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