Basic Journalism

Mar 182013

Choices and Consequences in Kenya’s Election

by Joseph Warungu

Kenya’s national election resulted in victory for Uhuru Kenyata, a man charged with crimes against humanity in the International Criminal Court. His top rival, Raila Odinga, has petitioned the Kenyan Supreme Court challenging the election. As the nation waits for the court’s ruling, Knight Fellow Joseph Warungu reflects on the election’s implications.

“Choices have consequences.”

That warning to Kenyans, issued almost a month before the election by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, played on the minds of many voters as they cast their ballots on March 4.

Mar 152013

Why We Need Better Tools to Measure the Value of Journalism

by Ben Colmery

Journalists and media have only scratched the surface in assessing their value to the world. To better understand and deliver that value, we need to improve how we measure the true impact of journalism.

vaccines

A child is vaccinated against meningitis. Photo: Gates Foundation

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A child receives oral polio vaccine from a house-to-house polio vaccination team in the Kamla Nehru Nagar slum in Patna, India. Photo: Gates Foundation.

Story Contest for Best Coverage of Vaccines

In Partnership With: 
African Health Journalists Association
In Partnership With: 
Arab Media Forum

Journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan and the Gulf States have a chance to win a trip to the United States or cash prizes as part of three regional competitions to recognize the best media coverage of vaccines and immunizations.

A child is vaccinated against meningitis. Photo: Gates Foundation

Stories published or broadcast in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan and the Gulf States between March 15 and May 15, 2013, which includes World Immunization Week (April 24-30), will qualify for the regional contests.

Mar 132013

Poderopedia Makes Political Connections More Transparent

In Chile, a website called Poderopedia has recently been launched by Knight International Journalism Fellow Miguel Paz. A crowdsourced map of business and political power, Poderopedia aims to make connections between people more transparent. Paz explains how some of the powerful people profiled are also some of the site's best contributors, during this interview for the U.S.

Program: 
Chile: Expand Poderopedia, a Site Linking Business and Politics, Across the Region

2013 Knight Fellows

Four new Knight International Journalism Fellows will spread a culture of media innovation in Latin America. Left to right: Gustavo Faleiros, Mariana Santos, Miguel Paz, Mariano Blejman. Photo: Kaveh Sardari.

Mar 52013

Knight Fellows Will Propel News Innovation in Latin America

WASHINGTON—From revealing webs of influence in Venezuela to promoting visual storytelling in Costa Rica, four new Knight International Journalism Fellows will spread a culture of media innovation in Latin America.

Working as a team, the Knight Fellows will build networks of journalists, illustrators, technologists and data scientists. During yearlong fellowships, they will create or adapt tools that improve the quality and distribution of news. The Knight Fellows will produce a Spanish-language data toolkit for journalists.