Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to Support First Program in Global Business Journalism at Tsinghua University
As China becomes one of the world’s largest economies, this innovative program will provide journalists with the skills needed to cover international business
Washington, D.C. – Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has become a sponsor of China’s first Global Business Journalism Program that launches on September 17 at Tsinghua University. The goal of this unique initiative, run by this prestigious university and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), is to create a new generation of business journalists able to produce insightful, balanced coverage of China’s markets and the global economy. Read the September 6 press release>
New York Times’ Web Site Highlights Videocast by Knight International Trainees
A videocast about Palestinians forced to flee fighting in a Lebanese refugee camp, produced by Knight International Journalism trainees, was featured July 26 on The New York Times’ Web site.
The report by Farah Fayed, a Lebanese journalist, and David Munir Nabti, a Lebanese-American graduate student at the American University of Beirut–with assistance from Knight International Journalism Fellow Craig Duff–was prominently displayed on the prestigious daily’s homepage.
Duff, who has been in the region for the past nine months, was on a Fellowship designed to introduce long-form documentaries to Egyptian and Lebanese journalists on subjects rarely covered in the local media. He launched a film festival in Egypt that showcased the work of local journalists and attracted a standing-room-only crowd. Satellite network Orbit TV then decided to air some of the documentaries to a much wider audience throughout the region.
Reflecting on Exile: Leaving Home for Craft and Truth
By Kyle McSweegan, IJNet Writer
The warm July air is heavy with the night’s humidity, the sweat of an expectant crowd, and the thick aromas of Afro-Caribbean food served to patrons downstairs. An aging jazz musician takes the stage from halfway around the world, and as his trumpet’s first few notes ascend, floating over the exotic smells, mingling energies and damp, they tell the story of a man who bore witness to a forbidden culture—his own—and paid for it with exile.
Performing a few Saturdays ago at Zanzibar on the Waterfront here in Washington, D.C., this man was the great Hugh Masekela. Arguably one of South Africa’s most important jazz players, he spent some 30 years in exile on account of an undefeatable passion for his craft.
Strange, one might think, for a musician to become a political refugee, as composing music is hardly an overt political act. It would be keen to observe, however, that under such conditions simple devotion to truth can become extraordinarily provocative, and as political an act as any. Read More
A series of recent ICFJ workshops in the Caucasus gave local journalists the opportunity to delve into environmental issues such as timber land and wildlife conservation – and the chance to quiz previously inaccessible government officials.
By Rob Taylor
Director, ICFJ Science & Environment Programs
;When a guy goes to buy a car, he checks the car and then agrees on a price,” said a World Bank official. But in Georgia, he said, the government is asking timber companies to lease timber lands without an inventory of the trees.
So how, he asked, can the buyer and seller set the price? “There’s no inventory, no car!” he exclaimed.
The spirited question was one of many thrown at Georgian forestry officials May 11 at a panel discussion in Tbilisi sponsored by ICFJ. The forum at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs focused on government plans to start issuing 20-year leases of timberland. Plans called for leasing to begin before the government does timber inventories, forest classification and long-term planning. Read More>
Biodiversity Reporting Awards - Belize
Deadline: Sept. 7
Open to all Belize media, print, radio and television, for stories on environmental or biological conservation issues published or broadcast between Oct. 1, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2007. Click here for more information
Community Journalists will Report from 15 Countries on World Affairs Fellowship
Journalists from small and mid-sized newspapers across the U.S. will cover issues from AIDS relief to counterfeit goods to biofuels.
Washington, D.C. – Thirteen top U.S. journalists selected as World Affairs Journalism Fellows will spend up to three weeks abroad reporting on issues that are vital to their local communities. The group is in Washington, D.C. this week for training, brainstorming sessions, and an event, open to the public, featuring longtime foreign correspondent for ABC News: John Donvan.
In its fifth year, the program is administered by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and sponsored by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, with additional funding from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The fellowship covers travel and reporting expenses abroad and provides each Fellow with a mentor who has regional and topical expertise relevant to the reporting project. Read more>Learn more about the World Affairs Journalism Fellowships program>
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Going Beyond the Facts: Covering Coastal Development in Panama
A group of journalists learned environmental reporting tactics on a native village island deeply affected by the largest oil spill in Panama’s history and facing unprecedented development. The May 3 -7 program was administered by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and sponsored by International Community Foundation (ICF), Foundation Avina, and Foundation Natura.
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| Germán Trujillo from Acénto Gráfico shows his photos to a group of indigenous Ngobe children while on a reporting project on the coast of Panama. |
By Luis Botello
Bocas del Toro, Panama – “This is like a ghost town,” remarked a member of a group of 16 Panamanian journalists as their boat approached this small village of Bahia Ballena. The coastal town in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, home to a community of Ngobe Indians, is one of many northwest Panama locales affected by the largest oil spill disaster in the nation’s history – and a place its residents say has been abandoned by the authorities and Petroterminal Panama, the company responsible for the accident. “It is very difficult to write about these complex stories. Neither the authorities nor the people on the street understand the environmental laws, much less the reporters,” said Aris Abrego, a reporter with Channel Eleven, a local public station in Panama City. Read more>
ICFJ Journalism Program to Raise Financial Know-how in Hispanic Communities
The McGraw-Hill Companies sponsors innovative workshops in New York and DC
New York, NY – In an effort to raise the level of financial knowledge in Hispanic communities in New York and Washington, DC, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is launching a unique program sponsored by The McGraw-Hill Companies. The two-day workshop will train Hispanic journalists to cover personal finance, focusing on everything from how to invest wisely to avoiding identity theft and financial scams. The first workshop, in New York on May 24 and 25, will train a dozen print and online journalists reporting for Hispanic communities, offering hands-on exercises and visits to Wall Street. A second workshop will be held for Hispanic journalists in Washington DC on June 28 and 29. Read more>
Journalists Look at Caucasus Conservation Issues from Poaching to Polluting
By Rob Taylor, Director of Science and Environmental Programs.
From May 1-4, Armenian and Georgian journalists debated, studied and honed their skills for covering conservation of biological diversity in the Caucasus region.
They soaked up information on conservation issues – from the location of the last Caucasian leopards to efforts to combat poachers and illegal loggers. They absorbed insights on how to frame stories and weave in colorful details. They practiced writing story proposals and crafting articles.
"I have new connections in the world of eco-journalism," said Nino Kvirikashvili, a reporter for Georgia’s Imedi television. "I hope these days in Borjomi will help me to improve the ways I can get information to the public." Read more>
ICFJ Honors World Press Freedom Day May 3
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An ICFJ trainee in East Timor interviews voter Dilma Z. last month. |
World Press Freedom Day is a time to commemorate the important work of our colleagues around the world. Vibrant, independent news media are a fundamental pillar of civil society. They bring transparency to hidden corners of government, report the truth in the face of untold danger and ultimately improve the human condition.
Today the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) honors World Press Freedom Day with an interactive discussion on our Web site, www.ijnet.org. Journalists from around the world will share the struggles they face covering the news. Read what they have to say or share your thoughts with them on this important day.
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Good Journalism and Good Governance
The International Center for Journalists participates in panel at the U.S. Capitol, urges greater support for international media training as a way to stem corruption
May 2 - Washington, D.C. – Vigorous, independent news media are vital in promoting good governance and stemming corruption, concluded a panel at the U.S. Capitol moderated by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif). The event took place on the eve of World Press Freedom Day and was organized by the National Endowment for Democracy’s Center for International Media Assistance.ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan participated on the panel, which included World Bank Director Daniel Kaufmann, Costa Rican investigative reporter Mauricio Herrera Ulloa, and VOA Ukrainian Service Anchor Myroslava Gongadze, wife of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze.Read more>
Arthur F. Burns Program Announces 20th Annual Journalism Fellows
Participants come from top U.S. and German media outlets
May 2 - Washington, D.C. - Twenty journalists from leading news organizations in the U.S. and Germany such as CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Deutsche Welle were named as winners of the prestigious Arthur F. Burns Fellowship.
Fellows travel to the other side of the Atlantic for a nine-week stint, where they work for host newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and also send stories back to their home news organizations.
For the names of the fellows and more information, click here>
Read more about the program>
Immigration and the 2008 Elections: Are We Victims to Political Spin?
 This April 18 event brought political rivals Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Il) and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wi) to a heated panel on the future of the immigration debate in this country and its affect on the 2008 elections. Also joining the panel were former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner, Washington Post Immigration Reporter Pamela Constable and El Universal's Washington Bureau Correspondent Jose Carreño. To watch video clips of the event, click here.
To view a slideshow of the panel, click here.
Covering Immigration: A New ICFJ Program to Help Latin American and U.S. Journalists Improve Coverage of a Heated Issue
In the lead-up to the 2008 elections, this unprecedented program will gather reporters from both sides of the border to interview policy makers and activists on immigration topics as they produce stories together that will be published by their home newsroom.
(Washington, D.C.) – As the debate over immigrants in the United States becomes a decisive policy issue in the 2008 elections, the International Center for Journalists is organizing a unique hands-on reporting program to bring Latin American and U.S. journalists together in Washington, DC. Read the April 12 press release>
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International Center for Journalists Names Internship Program After Former Vice President Whayne Dillehay
 Dillehay not only started the program, but also mentored, supported and sometimes housed interns.
In honor of more than 15 years of dedication and passion, the International Center for Journalists announced on March 21 that it is naming its internship program after former Vice President Whayne Dillehay. He worked at the International Center for Journalists from 1990 to 2003. During his tenure, he first launched the internship program. Read more>
Reaching the Horizon: A First for Botswana Students
McGee fellow Doug Cosper leads group in publishing campus newspaper
 On March 21, a group of students under the guidance of ICFJ fellow Doug Cosper delivered on that promise, launching the UB Horizon, the university’s first student newspaper.
Cosper is at the university as this year’s McGee Journalism Fellow. Each year, the McGee program, administered by the International Center for Journalists, sends an experienced, U.S. journalist to Southern Africa to teach in the journalism schools and conduct professional development programs.
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The students launched the paper's Web site on April 1. Click here to visit the page>
Ethnic Media Probe Air Pollution in California
 Riverside, Calif. – Residents of Mira Loma Village claim air pollution harms their health. In March 2007, a group of ethnic media journalists went to investigate.
The visit was part of a two-day workshop on air quality for ethnic media in California organized by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Read the March 26 story>
Covering Green Companies in the Black
Mexican journalists spend a week honing their reporting skills and understanding of environmental efforts that are bringing cash flow to the tourism industry and local industry in Baja California on a training program sponsored by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, among others.
Miguel Allemán, Mexico - An Alexandria hog farm is turning waste into money: That was the conclusion of a group of Mexican reporters who visited the farm here in early March on a program run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).
The tour was part of a three-day, ICFJ workshop on sustainable development in the state of Sonora on the fringe of the Gulf of California. In the project, 20 journalists met experts, researched issues, practiced story development and visited tourism and agricultural developments. Read the March 22 story>
The International Center for Journalists Announces Knight International’s First Group of Global Fellows
 Eight international journalists will spearhead high-impact projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East
Washington D.C. –The International Center for Journalists on March 14 named its first class of Knight International Journalism Fellows since expanding the program to include Fellows from outside the United States. The new Fellows, outstanding journalists from five continents, will launch groundbreaking programs in countries where media are in transition. Read the March 14 press release.
Bob Woodruff to Present Keynote Speech at International Center for Journalists’ 10th Annual Awards Dinner
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NBC’s Tom Brokaw will receive Excellence in Journalism award
(Washington, D.C.) – ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff will give the keynote address at the International Center for Journalists’ 10th Annual Awards Dinner on November 13. Tom Brokaw, the former NBC Nightly News Anchor, will receive the Founders Award for Excellence in Journalism at the event, to be held in the Great Hall of News at the newly opened Newseum.
Woodruff was severely injured last year in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq. After months of rehabilitation, he has returned to work at ABC News. In his 11 years at the network, he has been a lead reporter on such key news events as 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, and the Asian tsunami. Read the February 27 press release>
Elber Gutiérrez Roa, a former fellow of the Tweedale Memorial Fellowship administered by ICFJ, is one of a pair of Colombian reporters who have been awarded Spanish-language journalism’s most prestigious honor, the King of Spain Prize. Read more>Iran's News Media: It's Not What You Think
A panel discussion organized by ICFJ reveals that Iranians are sophisticated news consumers
 At such a tense time between Iran and the United States,
it's important for both sides to gain a deep understanding of what's
taking place on the ground. Is the image Americans have of Iran a
full and accurate one? And do Iranians have access to reliable
information on the US? At a panel discussion at George Washington
University, Iranian experts discussed media coverage of both
countries, highlighting misperceptions and misunderstandings.
Joining ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan for the discussion at GW’s Jack Morton Auditorium were Majid Joneidi, a producer for the BBC’s Persian Service in Washington; Dr. Ahmad Karimi Hakkak, professor and founding director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Persian Studies; and Babak Yektafar, editor in chief of the weekly Washington Prism, an online journal in Persian and English. Read more>
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ICFJ Launches Global Business Journalism Program in China
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Tsinghua University in Beijing, China |
With support from Merrill Lynch, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Bloomberg News, the International Center for Journalists and Tsinghua University will establish a unique master’s degree and professional training program
(Washington, D.C.) – The International Center for Journalists and Tsinghua University in Beijing will launch China’s first Global Business Journalism Program in September 2007. The initiative includes a two-year master’s degree program and workshops for professional journalists from around the country.
The program will train students how to cover the fast-changing world of global business, economics and finance at one of the country’s most prestigious universities. The goal is to create a cadre of top-notch business reporters and editors, who can produce clear, balanced and insightful coverage of Chinese and global companies. This will help make China’s markets more transparent and foster greater understanding between China and the international business community. Read the February 13 Press Release>
 ICFJ Selects Mexican Reporter for Sustainable Development Fellowship
Eduardo Valdez Verde of Periódico Noroeste selected for fellowship to cover mangrove destruction in Gulf of California
(Washington, D.C.) – The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has awarded the first Gulf of California Fellowship for Coverage of Sustainable Development to Eduardo Valdez Verde of the Sinaloa newspaper, Noroeste. Read the February 14 Press Release>
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ICFJ Hires USA Today World Editor as Director of Flagship Knight Program
 Elisa Tinsley to lead Knight International Journalism Fellowships
(Washington, D.C.) – The International Center for Journalists has appointed USA Today World Editor Elisa Tinsley to become Director of its flagship program, the Knight International Journalism Fellowships, starting in February.
Tinsley has more than 20 years of experience as an international editor and overseas correspondent. At USA Today, she supervised the paper’s international coverage, assigning, editing and placing stories by staff reporters and overseas stringers. Proficient in Russian and Spanish, she has been involved in the paper’s international operations since 1990. She also spent four years in Moscow as a reporter for United Press International, ABC Radio, USA Today and Time, Inc., among others. Read the January 24 press release>
The International Center for Journalists announces publication of the memoirs of a pioneering female journalist 
Kay Fanning's Alaska Story:
Memoir of a Pulitzer Prize-winning Newspaper Publisher on America's Northern Frontier
January 17 Review by David Anable, former ICFJ President
Cheerful voices and the gentle rattle of computer keyboards often spill out of the “Kay Fanning Center” into the surrounding offices of the International Center for Journalists. This is the most visible and audible reminder of Fanning’s association with, and generosity toward, ICFJ.
This glass-ceiling-shattering editor was a long-time board member and benefactor of the Center. And now her daunting, Don Quixote-like, but eventually triumphant battles as owner-editor of Alaska’s Anchorage Daily News are published in an unusual and highly readable auto-biography-cum-biography. It’s a loser-to-winner story if ever there was one. Read more>
Norman Pearlstine Joins the International Center for Journalists’ Board
Renowned journalist and senior advisor to the Carlyle Group to become director in May 2007
 (Washington, D.C.) - Norman Pearlstine has been named a member of the board of directors of the International Center for Journalists, the Washington, DC, non-profit dedicated to raising professional journalism standards worldwide.
After more than 30 years of experience in the highest ranks of international journalism, Pearlstine recently joined the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, as senior advisor for telecommunications and media. Prior to that, he served as Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc’s magazines for 11 years, overseeing the editorial content of more than 154 publications, including Fortune, TIME, Sports Illustrated, and People. Pearlstine worked at The Wall Street Journal for 23 years, serving as Executive Editor and Managing Editor as well as Editor and Publisher of the Wall Street Journal/Europe and Managing Editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal.
Read the January 10 press release>
Ending Isolation: Student Journalists Establish Internet Newsroom
by Jody McPhillips, Tsunami Knight Fellow
Student journalists at the Institut Agama Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, are on the Internet, after weeks of hard work. And already, they say, they’re planning their first internet edition.
The staff of the Sumber Post student newspaper scrubbed and painted a suite of rooms that had been abandoned since the Dec. 26, 2004 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 150,000 Acehnese and left half a million homeless. Banda Aceh, a city on the northwestern tip of Sumatra, was the closest point of land to the epicenter of the earthquake, which measured between 9.1-9.3 on the Richter scale. Read the story on IJNet.org>
ICFJ Honors CBS's Schieffer at 8th Annual Excellence in International Journalism Awards Dinner
ICFJ presented its first Founders’ Award for Excellence in Journalism to CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer for his commitment to the highest professional standards at the annual Excellence in International Journalism Awards Dinner on Nov. 15. It was announced that a visiting professorship in media at the University of Botswana will be named in Schieffer's honor, promoting training for journalists throughout southern Africa. Journalists from Iraq, Croatia and Uzbekistan were also honored at the dinner.
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ICFJ Publishes Arabic Version of “Fighting Words”
 (Washington, D.C.) – “Fighting Words: How Arab and American Journalists Can Break Through to Better Coverage,” published by the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C., is now available in Arabic. The manual, the offshoot of a no-holds-barred conference between American and Arab journalists, identifies sources of bias in media coverage and ways to prevent it. Read more>
Download a free copy of "Fighting Words: How Arab and American Journalists Can Break Through to Better Coverage." in English> Download a free copy here>
A Record Year for Burns Fellows
The 2006 group of 19 Arthur F. Burns Fellows from Germany and the United States produced at least 167 stories for both home and host news organizations during their two-month-long fellowships in August and September. Florian Gathmann wrote 25 articles, including 11 for his home paper Thüringer Allgemeine and 14 for his host paper The Chicago Tribune. Nicole Markwald produced almost 40 stories for her host radio station, the NPR-affiliate KUT in Austin, Texas.
Read final reports from all 2006 Burns fellows>
Request a compendium of news stories produced by 2006 fellows>
IJNet Readers Rate IJNet a Top Resource for Professional Development
 From September 15 to October 1, the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) conducted a 33-question survey for its audience. The survey was available in Arabic, English, Portuguese and Spanish, and received 885 responses from journalists, communications professors, trainers, media development organization representatives and press workers from around the world. 77 percent rated IJNet an excellent or very good source of information; and 80 percent said IJNet’s resources have helped them become better at their job. IJNet>
Mexican journalist harassed
ICFJ director of Latin American programs Luis Botello was interviewed by Los Angeles NPR radio station 89.3 KPCC about a recent case of press freedom in Ensenada, Baja California. A journalist is being harassed there for her reporting on development in the region. This comes just weeks after ICFJ conducted a workshop on Sustainable Development: Coverage of Northwest Mexico.
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Pulitzer Center Announces Partnership with ICFJ
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is partnering with ICFJ to sponsor one of the World Affairs Journalism Fellowships. The Pulitzer Center WAJF Fellow will pursue a project that addresses an under-reported international issue thrugh a combination of print and other media outlets. The designated fellow will receive additional support from the Pulitzer Center staff and the resulting project will be highlighted on the Pulitzer Center's Web site. For more information on World Affairs, click here.
In the Danger Zone: Women Reporters on the Beat in the Muslim World
On November 20, ICFJ brought award-winning journalists Bagila Bukharbayeva and Shadha al-Jubori to New York to discuss their experiences as Muslim women covering conflict in the Muslim World. “Upholding strong journalistic standards is not easy when faced with the danger of a conflict zone, as well as societal norms that expect women to be reserved and docile,” said ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan, who moderated the panel discussion. “These women are anything but.” Read more>
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| From left to right, Shadha al-Jubori, BBC Arabic Service, Iraq, Joyce Barnathan, ICFJ, Drago Hedl, The Feral Times, Croatia. |
The Deadliest Beats:
Journalists in War Zones
Washington, D.C., Nov. 13 - Shadha al-Jubori tells it like it is on her BBC Arabic broadcast, but for her own safety she has to hide her identity as a correspondent. "I can't trust anybody, just a very few closest members of my family."
Drago Hedl, editor of the Croatian Feral Tribune, faces constant threats for singling out leading officials involved in war crimes. "The leader I was calling out was considered by many to be a national hero, and I knew many were willing to kill for him."
These two journalists spoke at a program called "The Deadliest Beats," organized by ICFJ and the National Press Club in DC on Nov. 13. Al-Jubori and Hedl receives the Knight International Journalism Awards at the International Center for Journalists; annual awards dinner on Nov. 15. Read more>
Latin American journalists debate freedom of expression in video conference and on VOA
 The International Center for Journalists organized a video conference on freedom of expression in Latin America as a part of its Scripps Howard Latin American Media Ethics Seminar. Experts in the United States connected with journalists in Panama and Venezuela to analyze restrictive legislation, attacks on the media and judicial persecution of journalists.Read more>
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Also, listen to ICFJ's Media Ethics Seminar participants talk about freedom of expression issues on Voice of America. Ana Lucía Duque of El Tiempo in
Colombia
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Jorge Benezra Briceño of Televen in Venezuela were interviewed for "Foro Interamericano" on July 28. Listen here>
ICFJ Chairman, Foreign Affairs Editor Jim Hoge hosts foreign policy roundtable with 2006 Burns Fellows
This year’s class of Arthur F. Burns Fellows met with ICFJ chairman and Foreign Affairs Editor James F. Hoge Jr. for a briefing on America’s strategic position in the post-September 11 world. The July 26 discussion with 19 Fellows – nine Americans and 10 Germans – was part of the group’s weeklong orientation in Washington, D.C., before heading out for their two-month exchange in newsrooms across the United States and Germany.
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ICFJ to honor CBS News' Bob Schieffer and international journalists for excellence in journalism
ICFJ will present its first Founders’ Award for Excellence in Journalism to CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer for his commitment to the highest professional standards at the annual Excellence in International Journalism Awards Dinner on Nov. 15. Also, journalists from Iraq, Croatia and Kazakhstan will receive the Knight International Journalism Award for their achievements in the face of political and economic threats.
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Knight International Journalism Fellowships Program Announces New Class of Fellows
ICFJ has awarded 10 veteran journalists Knight International Journalism Fellowships to train colleagues in countries that have little tradition of a free press.
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 ICFJ names top BusinessWeek editor as new president
The ICFJ Board announced that Joyce Barnathan, who has held a wide range of senior editorial and management positions at BusinessWeek and Newsweek, will become ICFJ's new president on July 1.
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Health Journalism Partnership launched
Internews Network, Panos London and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) have launched the Health Journalism Partnership (HJP), to build support for health journalism in countries with the most acute public health crises.
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Mexican journalists strengthen skills on covering Northwest Mexico
Twenty Mexican journalists participated in ICFJ's "Sustainable Development: Coverage of Northwest Mexico" training program in May. The three-day program was designed to give journalists of Northwest Mexico  tools to improve coverage of the regional growth in Mexico's northwest states, an area where rapid economic development threatens an already fragile ecosystem. Read more>
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World Affairs Journalism Fellows bring the world home to their readers
ICFJ's latest class of World Affairs Fellows traveled to countries such as Sudan, Peru, Haiti and Japan to report on stories that impact their communities.
Read, watch and listen to reporting produced by World Affairs Fellows>
View Fellow Katya Cengel's multimedia photo galleries on the Lost Boys of Sudan>
Listen to Fellow Jonathan Nelson interview a Peruvian coffee farmer for his series>
More information on the World Affairs Journalism Fellowships>
Report from the field: Training Cameroonian journalists
Knight International Press Fellow Marilyn Greene reports from Cameroon on press freedom, media management, and her work to teach journalists there about corruption, writing and reporting techniques. She’s also helping them to deal with a government that is not afraid to use harassment to intimidate local reporters.
Read report on IJNet>
For more information on the Knight Fellowships>
Arab and American journalists talk about better coverage of each other's worlds: ICFJ hosted more than 20 journalists from the Arab world and the United States for a two-and-a-half-day conference (Nov. 29 - Dec. 1, 2005) at the Wingspread facility, in Racine, Wis. At the conference, participating journalists talked about sources of misperception, misinformation and bias in reporting, as well as strategies for overcoming these problems, and possibly eliminating these sources of miscommunication.
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