5th Quarter | Medill National Security Zone

NSJI awards 10 scholarships to students for energy security investigation

By NSZ Editor

EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism has selected 10 McCormick National Security Journalism Scholarship recipients for an innovative 11-week reporting program under way this Fall. Their work in Medill’s Washington bureau will culminate in an investigative multimedia project on national security issues. The winners of these $7,500 graduate student scholarships are working under Josh Meyer, a 20-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times who joined the Medill faculty in 2010 to help establish the school’s National Security … (Continue reading . . .)

National Guard, Reserve not adequately served by military health care system, Medill students find in 3-month investigation

By National Security Zone

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A three-month investigation by a team of Medill student reporters has found significant gaps between the health care and support for the 665,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan and their active-duty counterparts. The project, called Hidden Surge, found that many have been hastily channeled through a post-deployment process that has been plagued with difficulties, including reliance on self-reporting to identify health problems. These service members face unique challenges … (Continue reading . . .)