News

  • Jul 102012

    "All the Stereotypes are Gone" Thanks to U.S.-Pakistan Exchange

    An ICFJ exchange program for Pakistani and U.S. journalists is having one key impact: Stereotypes are going by the wayside fast. After working in U.S. newsrooms around the country, Pakistani reporters said that personal interactions with Americans helped to dispel many myths. They discovered that Americans do care deeply about family and that Muslims have a voice in U.S. society. "I had so many stereotypes when I came here," said one participant. "Would you believe that all the stereotypes have gone?

  • Jul 62012

    Final Call for Submissions to the African News Innovation Challenge

    Got a great idea for advancing the news media in Africa? You still have time to enter the African News Innovation Challenge—a global competition designed to spark cutting-edge projects that will strengthen African media. The deadline is midnight on July 10, 2012 (Central African Time).

    Modeled after the highly successful Knight News Challenge and launched by African Media Initiative (AMI), the competition will award US$1 million in startup capital.

    Program: 
    Sub-Saharan Africa: Spurring Innovation and Experimentation in Newsrooms
  • Jun 112012

    South Asian Journalists Learn to Cover Climate Change Using Multimedia

    During a new regional training initiative, South Asian journalists from six countries created iPod Touch videos of farmers in southern Sri Lanka, where rising sea levels have increased salinity in fields and changes in rainfall patterns have disrupted the rice-planting season.

    Climate changes have contributed to the farmer’s loss of income – but so have the drainage channels they dug initially to drain the fields, which now bring in seawater.

    Program: 
    New Media, New Challenges: Best Practices In the Digital Age
  • Jun 52012

    Students Rank Bloomberg Professor Among Tsinghua's Best

    by James Breiner

    Bloomberg Professor Lee Miller mixed enthusiasm and candy with journalism basics in his “English News Writing” class to earn a place among the top 15 percent of teachers at Tsinghua University.

    “I like this teacher, he did a really good job! Hope he could keep his passion forever!” one student wrote.

  • May 312012

    Tsinghua School of Journalism Celebrates 10th Anniversary

    by James Breiner

    BEIJING - For those interested in how to innovate the curriculum of international journalism in China, there was a day-long academic conference.

    For those who wanted to experience the energy and creativity of journalism students, there was an evening of song, dance, drama and comedy.

  • May 292012

    Phone call to Mobile News Network Prompts Delivery of Water Wells in India

    For 10 years the government promised the remote Indian village of Sajan Khar its own well, and for 10 years the villagers struggled with the same four-mile trek to fetch drinking water for themselves and their animals.

    Then early this year, Hem Singh Markam used a cell phone to call for help. And 15 days later, two hand-pump wells were delivered.

    It is the latest example of what happens when indigenous, tribal communities are able to make their voices heard.

  • May 292012

    Grads From India’s "World Media Academy" Land Jobs With Global Media Firms

    The World Media Academy Delhi graduated its first class of students on Saturday, May 26, all of them armed with the skills to become professional multimedia journalists in today’s high-tech, competitive news environment.

    "This is your chance to make a difference in your profession," Knight International Journalism Fellow Siddhartha Dubey told students during his commencement speech. "It really is all about the love for journalism and reporting.

  • May 242012

    Religion Reporting Programs at ICFJ to Expand

    New offerings include online courses and an international reporting fellowship, thanks to Luce Foundation grant

    A new, $300,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation will bolster ICFJ’s religion programs and help improve U.S. and global reporting.

    Program: 
    Creating an International Association of Religion Journalists
  • May 142012

    Bank of America Sees Impact of Business Journalism Graduates

    by James Breiner

    BEIJING -- The Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua University is helping to generate top-quality coverage of business and finance in the world’s fastest growing economy, said Lisa Xue, chief administrative officer, China, for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

    Xue was speaking at a May 13 luncheon hosted by the bank as part of the 10th anniversary of the university's School of Journalism and Communication.

    "We’re happy to see GBJ graduates are hired by China’s top media," said Xue.

  • May 72012

    Media Play a Key Role in Senegal's Election

    Senegal held a successful runoff election for president on March 25th, resulting in the defeat of two-term President Abdoulaye Wade. Despite fears that Wade would refuse to go quietly and that violence would result, he conceded defeat to opposition candidate Mackey Sall and Senegal experienced a relatively smooth transfer of power. Journalists were credited with getting out the results early and professionally, making it difficult to dispute the outcome.