Students in Professor Lee Miller's Corporate Strategies class pitched their talents to corporate CEOs in the final project of the semester.

Irene Choge arrived at the data boot camp with little experience using spreadsheets. But the reporter for NTV in Kenya knew that learning how to use data could help her nail down an important story: why girls in rural school districts started performing badly as they reached adolescence.

Washington – More than 500 media leaders and luminaries gathered at the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Awards Dinner in Washington to honor journalists and news innovators who have had tremendous impact.

Washington – The top executive of YouTube said the online video platform has made it possible for more information to instantly reach the far corners of the world, but that journalists are needed to put that information in context and “make sense of it all.”

YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar made the remarks in accepting the International Center for Journalists’ 2012 News Innovation Award at a gala ceremony in Washington. The award is given for pioneering work that promotes the free flow of news and the open exchange of ideas.

Stating that “democracies die in darkness,” investigative reporter Bob Woodward praised two journalists named as this year’s Knight International Journalism Award winners for their brave work in bringing truth to light.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Justin Arenstein works with the African Media Initiative to, among other things, encourage the use of data in reporting. He speaks about his work and the importance of open data and NGOs on La Nacion’s data blog.