Investigative Journalism and Citizen Journalism
For Russia
January 26 - March 2009
The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is currently hosting a training program for working professional journalists as well as “citizen journalists” or bloggers in Russia. Working in three cities in diverse regions of Russia – Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok – ICFJ will undertake this work in cooperation with its Russian partner, the Glasnost Defense Foundation (GDF) of Moscow.
Through their efforts, ICFJ and GDF will increase the investigative reporting capacities of the participating Russian journalists and journalism trainers in all three regions. At the same time, ICFJ and its partner will also develop the capabilities of Russian bloggers, helping them to work at a higher professional level and creating a corps of genuine “citizen journalists.”
The program will be conducted in three four-month phases, one in each of the selected cities. The first phase will take place in Moscow.

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