From Medill News Service to DoD: Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook’s journalism journey

Assistant Secretary of Defense, Pentagon Press Secretary and – most important –- Medill MSJ alum Peter Cook paid a special visit to the Medill Washington newsroom to discuss his journalism journey and the hot topics in national security in his new job on Oct. 6.

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Who is Guarding the Grid?

In a two-month study, seven national security reporters with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism traveled to the Pacific Northwest to determine whether disruptive attacks are possible, likely or even inevitable and whether measures being taken are sufficient to secure the nation’s power grid.

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