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This Web chat took place on January 22 and was hosted by the U.S. State Department's "Ask America" service.
Hello to everyone around the world. I’m looking forward to talking with you about some of the exciting changes that are happening in journalism because of new technologies and the opportunity they bring to help get more people involved in shaping their societies. Please feel free to send your questions.
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 This interview was originally posted on the SAJA Forum
"I'm not pretending to be a know-it-all, and I don’t want to be there telling Indian journalists how to do things. Remember, you have the world's fastest growing media there. Compare that to the state of the media here, especially print. So it's an opportunity for me to step back and see what is happening there – both in the media and in the environment arena, and to see how together we can do things better and make use of the new opportunities. It's going to be a learning experience for me, as well, and a chance to develop myself."
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 By Charles S. Rice
“Don’t embrace obstacles,” became the mantra for ICFJ’s first class of in-depth investigative reporting in Baku. Ayten Farhadova says those three words, mouthed by one of her trainers, have made a difference in the way she approaches her stories now. “I used to start my story planning with “this will be impossible, this interview will be a problem, but now, I always interrupt myself and say why should it be a problem. And I always find a way to do it,” she said.
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 By Luis Manuel Botello
In the digital age, is everyone a journalists or is nobody a journalist? Where is technology leading journalists? How can journalists better interact with their audiences using the Web?
These are some of the questions posed by more than 500 people at the 3rd International Journalists’ Conference “The New Forms in Journalism”, that was held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 3.
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 A two-day event was held on November 28-29, 2007 at Tsinghua University in Beijing to mark the official launch of the Global Business Journalism (GBJ) Program, a joint initiative between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Tsinghua’s School of Journalism and Communication (TSJC). This unique initiative includes a two-year master’s degree program in global business journalism and training for professional journalists, and aims at bringing business journalism in China in line with top international reporting standards. At left: GBJ students, Merrill Lynch's Jason Wright and ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan talk after the conference. A two-day event was held on November 28-29, 2007 at Tsinghua University in Beijing to mark the official launch of the Global Business Journalism (GBJ) Program, a joint initiative between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and Tsinghua’s School of Journalism and Communication (TSJC). This unique initiative includes a two-year master’s degree program in global business journalism and training for professional journalists, and aims at bringi
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