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  • Oct 282010

    Knight International Fellow Wins Another Tech Award For "Voice of Chhattisgarh" Project

    A project developed by Knight International Journalism Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary has won a technology award in India that recognizes unique initiatives to improve information sharing and citizen services through social media and Web 2.0 developments.

    The 2010 India eGov 2.0 Award for Social Media Useage was presented Oct. 28 to Choudhary for his CGNet Swara , or “Voice of Chhattisgarh” project. “Voice of Chhatisgarh” enables trained citizen journalists in the remote Chhattisgarh region of India to produce news reports that local villagers listen to on their cell phones.

  • Aug 22010

    USAID Visitor Tours Maubisse Media House and Radio Station

    Dili, Timor-Leste: 25 July 2010 - Dr. Frank Young, the highest ranking USAID official ever to visit Timor-Leste, toured ICFJ’s Media House and Community Radio Station in Maubisse on Sunday, July 25.

    Frank Young, senior deputy assistant administrator for USAID's Asia Bureau, was interviewed live on Community Radio Maubisse Mauloko. He said it brought back memories of his college days when he worked at his school’s campus radio station. Before taking to the airwaves, Dr.

  • Jul 292010

    Photos: Ethics Workshop from the Global Business Journalism Program at Tsinghua University

    by ICFJ Staff

    See a slideshow of images from the Ethics Workshop from the Global Business Journalism Program at Tsinghua University, hosted by the International Center for Journalists.