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The emergence of the”golden hour”
WASHINGTON — The idea that a traumatically injured person who receives medical attention within an hour of being injured has a higher chance of living than those who are treated later has long been...
View ArticleSafety measures for reporters traveling abroad
WASHINGTON – The dangers inherent in covering conflicts or wars have worsened in recent years as terrorist groups like the Islamic State have targeted reporters and civil wars like that in Syria have...
View ArticleIslamic State’s violent campaign against journalists worsens
Reporters Without Borders Digs Deep into Islamist Terror Group Attacks on Reporters By Ryan Connelly Holmes WASHINGTON — Islamist terror groups’ violent relationship with media goes beyond the killings...
View ArticleMedill signs on to safety principles for journalists effort
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is the latest journalism organization to sign on to the Global Safety Principles and Practices, a set of...
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Syrian Family Finds Rare Path to Call Chicago Home
Pointing to a verse in the Qur’an that condemns violence, Firas explains that ISIS goes against the teachings of the religion. “They never represent Islam,” he said. Firas and Rehab don’t want photos...
View ArticleFoley documentary wins Sundance award
ROCHESTER, N.H. – A documentary about the imprisonment and murder of Medill alum James Foley won the Audience Award in the U.S Documentary category at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival/ “Jim: The James...
View ArticleApply for the RTDNF National Security Reporting Fellowship
The Radio Television Digital News Association is offering fellowships for journalists early in their careers, including a fellowship for national security reporting. RTNDA’s website has all the...
View ArticleReporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders has compiled a list of resources for journalists reporting abroad, especially those in dangerous areas. Please check their website for the resources.
View ArticleFoley documentary wins Sundance award
Tweet ROCHESTER, N.H. – A documentary about the imprisonment and murder of Medill alum James Foley won the Audience Award in the U.S Documentary category at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. “Jim: The...
View ArticleSyrian Family Finds Rare Path to Call Chicago Home
Tweet Sitting in a modest apartment in Chicago’s northern Rogers Park neighborhood, Firas Jawish, 35, thought back on the 10 months he spent detained underground by the Assad regime in Syria. “We had...
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Will biometric tracking systems at U.S. exits improve border security?
Tweet WASHINGTON — Facial recognition software, iris scanners and fingerprint matching are spy-movie staples but they also are part of a national security debate over whether they should be installed...
View ArticleEvent: Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command
Tweet Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, will speak at a Military Reporters and Editors event to be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 16, 2016, at the Air Force Association...
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The Marine Corps’ Archeological Treasure Trove
Tweet TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The Twentynine Palms Air Ground Combat Center is a 1,100-square-mile training facility for U.S. Marines where infantry units hurl grenades, aircraft drop bombs and...
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In the middle of the Mojave, Marines make millions off bullet casings and...
Tweet TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — On a stretch of California desert the size of Rhode Island at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, thousands of Marines train for combat each...
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Marines at Twentynine Palms prepare for the theater of war
Tweet TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — Marines stationed at Southern California’s Twentynine Palms base who are ordered to move to a sleepy little town in the Mojave Desert do so willingly for one...
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The Marines: Training for war with virtual combat
Tweet TWENTYNINE PALMS, Ca. — The United States Marines are not afraid of relying on computer technology when it comes to saving time and resources in combat convoy training. Saving thousands of...
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Twentynine Palms: The Best Training (But the Worst Social Life)
Tweet TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Getting stationed in California should sell itself: Sun, sand and mountains. But that’s not the case for some Marines assigned to Twentynine Palms Marine Air Ground...
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VIDEO: Howitzer Artillery System still vital in today’s ground combat
Tweet TWENTYNINE PALMS, Ca. — After seeing a decade of heavy combat in two major wars, the lightweight M777 howitzer continues to be an integral piece of the U.S. military’s artillery strategy – as it...
View ArticleMedill Student Journalists Cover the News in Pakistan
Tweet In February, eight graduate journalism students traveled with Medill Professor Craig Duff to Pakistan to work alongside professional reporters at some of the country’s top newspapers, magazines...
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The U.S. is arming itself in outer space
Tweet The United States is arming itself against national security threats emerging from a more crowded and more hostile outer space. As the largest user of space for national security purposes, the...
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