Military Reporters and Editors- The Association for Military Journalists

Military.com seeks multimedia associate editor

Posted by Admin on February 8, 2010

Leading online news and information company serving the military audience is looking for an experienced photographer/videographer with deep knowledge of the Web to manage our multimedia content and expand its reach.

MRE 2010 MRE journalism contest now taking submissions

Posted by Admin on February 8, 2010

The MRE is now taking submission for the 2010 Military Reporters and Editors Association Journalism Awards for print, online, photography, or video produced in 2009. Official Rules Who can enter? Print, visual, television and online journalists covering...

Board of directors meeting for Jan. 30, 2010

Posted by Admin on February 8, 2010

Present: President Kelly Kennedy, Vice President Don North, Secretary-Treasurer Otto Kreisher, Lou Hansen, Mike Francis, Steve Komarow, Kimberly Dozier, Isaac Cubillos, Salome Angrand & Ellen Sherer 12:05 p.m. Kelly – Need to talk about the...

Blackwater decision to be appealed

Posted by Admin2 on February 5, 2010

The Los Angeles Times reports that a U.S. court’s decision to drop charges against the Blackwater guard involved in the Baghdad shootings on September 2007 will be appealed by the Obama administration.

Obama administration strategizes plans for Guantanamo Bay detainees

Posted by Admin2 on February 5, 2010

The New York Times reports that 50 detainees will continue to be imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay because it was concluded that they were “too difficult to prosecute but too dangerous to release.”

NPR has opening for National Security Correspondent

Posted by Admin on February 4, 2010

Identifies and reports stories on military, intelligence, and national security issues for all NPR News programs. Responds to breaking news, initiates and develops short-term news and feature stories and in-depth enterprise and investigative reports....

Sig Christenson blogs about Four more dead. We’re just getting started

Posted by Admin on February 3, 2010

The Afghanistan casualty count for January, supposedly one of the slowest months for fighting and casualties in that country, got worse almost by the day in the first month of 2010, portending darker times that will test our willingness to stick...

Stephens Media needs freelance reporter in Baghdad

Posted by Admin on February 2, 2010

The Stephens Media newspaper group (flagship is the Las Vegas Review-Journal) is seeking a reporter presently in Baghdad for a freelance assignment to interview a top U.S. military official who has agreed to a sit-down.

recent from Deployment Info Pentagon nominee promises reporters won’t be rated before embeds

The nominee for the Pentagon’s top public affairs job promised Thursday he will review Defense Department policies to ensure that journalists are not being denied embeds with combat troops based on the tenor of their reporting, a practice exposed by Stars and Stripes last summer.

recent from President's Blog Introducing MRE Board of 2010

I have received a majority vote for the slate of officers and board posted last week as follows:

recent from Military in the News Indiana shuts down Ernie Pyle Museum

DANA, Ind. – The state historic site featuring famed World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle’s boyhood home and a collection of his memorabilia has been closed, with officials saying it drew too few visitors. Ernie Pyle Museum in Dana Indiana.The state agency that oversees the small museum...

recent from Fallen Comrades Soldiers comment on death of journalist Rupert Hamer

Britain’s Sunday Mirror reports that, to the soldiers he was with, Mirror reporter Rupert Hamer was “one of the lads” and “made a big impact.”