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 This annual program brings 10 Latin American journalists to Washington for a two-week seminar on media ethics. Participants are encouraged to reflect on and evaluate professional practices, discuss journalism independence and country-specific principles of conduct, contemplate personal codes of ethics and, when they return home, to continue the discussion in their newsrooms. Funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation. Pictured: 2008 participants in front of the White House.
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 ICFJ conducts many of its environmental and science programs in Latin America. These programs address medical health reporting and environmental topics such as conservation and deforestation.
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The six-week fellowship program brings two journalists to Washington, DC for a three-day orientation, followed by a two-week assignment in the newsroom of a Spanish-language media organization in the United States and another assignment at a prestigious newspaper or TV station in Latin America. At the conclusion of the professional newsroom attachments, the fellows attend a wrap-up and evaluation program which will include a train-the-trainer session.
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Knight International is building a digital portal for rural, indigenous radio stations to share content and resources. Exchange content with stations serving Guatemalan communities in the U.S. Partners: Noticias de mi Gente and Radio Guate. Fellow: Maria Martin
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The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program sends top media experts to targeted countries around the world to lead projects that have a lasting and tangible impact on journalists, media organizations and societies as a whole.
The International Center for Journalists welcomes Knight Fellowship project ideas. While training journalists and media managers is part of what Knight Fellows do, it is not their only task. Project proposals must include plans for long-term, tangible changes beyond providing journalists with new information and skills.
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ICFJ's April 2007 seminar on immigration coverage brought Latin American journalists together with U.S. journalists from English- and Spanish-language media. The group has since created a virtual newsroom through their active listserv, sharing reporting techniques, editing tips and even sources.
This program was sponsored by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
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