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5Disability dashboardVisit our new dashboard of data and resources to help you stay on top of the major backlog in claims for veterans disability. (Click on headline or image for dashboard).Digital securityA basic primer for journalists on how to protect themselves in an increasingly complex world of digital threats. (Click on headline or image for full story).Natalie’s LatestMaking military meals tastier; memorial for combat dogs; home-buying help for widows. Click image or headline for more.Great new featureWe’ve launched a new feature called “Insights,” which showcases essays by NSJI’s faculty and invited writers. (Click image or headline for more)TSA gun seizures upThe number of guns confiscated at U.S. airport security gates in the first quarter of 2013 was up 14% over last year. Click image or headline for more.Journalists discuss impact of AP phone record grab by DOJ
The Medill Watchdog interviewed a number of journalists last week, including Ellen Shearer and Josh Meyer of the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative, about the impact of the Justice Department's seizure of phone records from the Associated Press. It is believed authorities wanted the phone records as part of an investigation into AP coverage of a CIA operation in Yemen.
Experts join NSJI advisory panel
Three respected national security journalists from the Washington Post, Foreign Policy and the Associated Press have been added to the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative's professional advisory board. Details.Students receive scholarships to investigate food security
The 10 students in the National Security Reporting Project will focus on the national security implications of food security—how it is grown, bought and sold internationally and used to prevent hunger, famine, disease and conflict. → Full DetailsListen to advice on whistleblowers
Visit the audio archive of our May 29 webinar with Dan Meyer, the Pentagon's director of whistleblowing and transparency, and review the slides he showed.Journalist captured in Syria
Medill Student Reports
- Endgame: Dissecting the dynamics of an al-Assad-free Syria
- The Syrian conflict: What should America’s next move be?
- Syrian refugees causing strain on Lebanon and Jordan
- Life or deadline: The ethics of conflict reporting
- Can Generation Facebook ever truly be apolitical?
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Obama and Romney: Very different candidates with similar stances on foreign policy
(Jul. 31, 2012)Foreign policy can be generally defined as the way in which one nation interacts with other nations. The United States’ foreign policy affects a multitude of national security issues including imports and exports, the war on drugs and the price of oil. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney have frequently slammed each other’s foreign policies. Aside from the divisive rhetoric, the two appear to have more similarities than differences. China: Obama is now … (Continue reading . . .)







