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Graduate students in our special reporting project traveled the globe, investigating the effects of climate change on national security. A full web site with their findings launched earlier this month. Visit Global-Warning.orgPartner
- Military Reporters and Editors: An association of reporters, editors, photographers, television news people, educators, retired journalists, college students and others who cover or are interested in national security and veterans issues.
- Military Reporters and Editors: An association of reporters, editors, photographers, television news people, educators, retired journalists, college students and others who cover or are interested in national security and veterans issues.
Latest News & Analysis
- TSA carry-on gun confiscation data
- Oil Change Project Q&A with Josh Meyer
- Medill students find significant vulnerabilities in U.S. energy security policy
- US military: China is trying to steal our computer, night vision and aerospace technology
- The real face of global supply chains is a Mexican drug kingpin
- The worst possible cybersecurity breaches could be far worse than you imagined
- Responsible journalism sometimes means NOT going with the story
- Having the ‘courage not to file’ — without regrets
- Visual reminder of the VA disability claim backlog
- J-schools experiment with drones as news tools, but worry about privacy
About the initiative
By the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative, in partnership with the McCormick Foundation.Links we recommend
- Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict
- Global Warning
- International Reporting Project
- McCormick Foundation
- Medill
- Medill Washington
- Military Reporters & Editors
- Northwestern University
- Security Clearance
- The Center for Public Integrity
- The Crimes of War Projct
- The Dart Center
- Washington Post National Security news
