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 Joint event welcomed new Knight International Fellows who will spearhead projects in the Balkans, Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan and South Africa
By Natasha Tynes
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 By Sabina Babayeva
February 1, 2008
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN - More than half of the toys being sold in Azerbaijan are made in China and most of these toys pose a threat to children’s health, according to the state-run Sanitary Quarantine Inspection Office. Officials at the inspection office say it’s impossible for them to inspect all of the toys being brought into Azerbaijan that are made in China, Russia and Iran. These three countries produce most of the toys sold in this country. The officials say some of these toys arriving in Azerbaijan are banned from many other countries because they are dangerous.
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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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By ICFJ Vice President of Programs, Patrick Butler
Blogging, online video, and rapid-fire text messaging are new media technologies that have become widely used and adapted in the last few years. Savvy users have applied these technologies in unexpected ways to achieve political goals. Governments are struggling to respond, some with repression, some with reforms.
Across the globe, journalists and non-journalists are using digital media tools like the Internet, short-message service (SMS) messaging, and small cell-phone video cameras to gather and disseminate information in ways that were impossible just a decade ago. The technology — ubiquitous even in poor countries — not only enables a freer flow of information, but it also encourages citizens who previously felt powerless to take a role in bringing about changes in their societies.
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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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December 2nd, 2007
Speaking recently at a conference held in Guadalajara, ICFJ Vice President Patrick Butler and the director of the University of Guadalara, Carlos Briseño, announced the launch of the Center for Digital Journalism [el Centro de Periodismo Digital]. The center’s aim is to advance professional practices in the growing field of digital journalism in Mexico and Latin America.
Read more: El Universo, El Tiempo, El Financiero, La Jornadajalisco, El Comercio (Peru)
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November 6th, 2007
Kenyan Police Commissioner Maj- Gen Hussein Ali called upon editors to stop the printing of hate speech in the media in order to help prevent ethnic clashes. Maseme Machuka’s article features Karen Rothmyer, a Knight International Journalism Fellow.
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A McCormick Media Matters article features ICFJ as an exemplar of journalism training initiatives, including coverage that has been a result from ICFJ programs.
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October 11th, 2007
ICFJ presented an event at the National Press Club which featured a panel that included journalists from Georgia, Jordan, Mexico, Malaysia and Zimbabwe to discuss international opinion of America.
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September 15th, 2007
The Arab Press Network examines the way that bloggers have become a new actor in the Arab media market and the constraints they face from countries which limit freedom of expression. It highlights Wael Abbas, an Egyptian blogger and 2007 recipient of the Knight International Journalism Award.
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September 11th, 2007
Knight Fellow Stephen Frankin posts an article on IJNet which features advice on starting and maintaining an effective blog.
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September 10th, 2007
Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega remains in U.S. custody after his parole date, as his lawyers fight an extradition request from France. The 73-year-old Noriega was scheduled to be released Sunday when his drug and rackteering sentence ended. Brian Wagner’s article features ICFJ’s Luis Botello and his analysis of the situation.
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August 29, 2007
Watch a video of ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan's speech at the Google headquarters in San Francisco in August. Her speech, Global Digital Journalism: A Transformative Moment, was broadcast to five other Google offices across the nation.
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August 9th, 2007
Journalists from print, radio, and television media countrywide, participate in the second phase of training workshopsAs part of a project conducted by ICFJ and Doctor Robert Thomas, the workshop attempts to educate journalists on the nuances of covering the environment.
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July 13th, 2007
IJNet interviews Hossein Bastani of Rooz online.
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After participating in an ICFJ program on personal finance, sponsored by The McGraw-Hill Companies, José Melendrez launched a unique Web site to help his community understand an essential topic.
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June 16th, 2007
Knight International journalism Fellow and visiting filmmaker/instructor Craig Duff hosts a showcase to view student made documentaries. The films were produced in professional development classes and in a graduate-level course at the University.
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November 27, 2006
Here are men and women struggling under the most difficult conditions to shine the brightest light possible on ignorance and intolerance and injustice for the benefit of their countrymen. Miss al-Jubori is a highly intelligent, young Iraqi woman who is willing to sacrifice much of her youth to perform a public service. It is exactly what we should be recognizing as achievement of the highest merit.
Read this column in: The Washington Times, The Cincinnati Post, The Naples News or The Northwest Alabama Times Daily (external links)
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November 26, 2006
Bukharbayeva is studying U.S. journalism as part of a training program sponsored by the International Center for Journalists. I hope that, with all the talk of decreasing circulation and ad sales, debates about media bias, disputes between unions and management, she was able to learn as much about the profession as she taught.
Read more in the Philadelphia Inqurirer (external link)
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November 20, 2006
At the annual dinner of the International Center for Journalists this week, Fareed Zakaria, the thoughtful Newsweek columnist, spoke touchingly of what America should do. "We may not be a great empire," he said, "but we're a great nation-state. But we can't do anything if we keep playing the last act of the British empire over and over."
Read more in Yahoo!News (external link)
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