Haiti

Mar 122012

Investigative Story Tracks Donations Intended to Help Refugees in Haiti

In the aftermath of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, scores of non-governmental organizations and churches moved in to help.

Mar 122012

Haitian Journalists Show How Temporary Solutions Create Permanent Problems for Refugees

As hundreds of non-governmental organizations begin to pull out of Haiti, their departures are causing problems in a nation still struggling to recover from the 2010 earthquake. Several journalists chosen to take part in the Fund for Investigative Journalism took a close look at one of those problems.

Mar 52012

Tackling the Challenges of a Thriving, Free Press in Haiti

GlobalPost's GroundTruth blog featured the work of Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich, working in Haiti to build a network of trained investigative journalists. It details the many, many challenges journalists in that country face, not the least of which includes newsrooms that still have not recovered from the devastation of the January 2010.

Feb 112012

Why Do So Many Good Journalists Leave Haiti? Knight Fellow Shares Her Insight

When International Media Support, a nonprofit organization that works to improve conditions in developing nations, wanted to examine why Haiti struggles to find and keep journalists who can report on difficult conditions there, they turned to Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich.

Klarreich works with investigative reporting trainees in Haiti, particularly those interested in tracking the flow of aid funds following the January 2010 earthquake.

Jan 192012

Two Years After Quake, Investigative Fund Launches in Haiti

The Fund for Investigative Journalism in Haiti officially launched this month – almost two years to the day after the January 12, 2010, earthquake that devastated the small island country. The first meeting brought together 13 journalists – representing seven projects and chosen from a pool of applicants – for the two-month pilot project that will coach and guide them to complete their investigations. To say it was exciting is an understatement, almost like saying the crumbling capital city of Port-au-Prince still has “a few steps to go” in its efforts to recover.

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The fund offers an opportunity for reporters to focus on one story for an extended period, researching the issue, gathering information and conducting multiple interviews for an in-depth report. (Photo by Jon Bougher)

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Only one of the journalists selected for participation in the program is female, a statistic Klarreich is hoping will change in the future. (Photo by Jon Bougher)

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The group engaged in passionate debate about some of the standards and expectations for investigative journalists in Haiti. (Photo by Jon Bougher)

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Knight Fellow Kathie Klarreich (seated at desk, right) addresses the first meeting of 13 journalists selected for the Fund for Investigative Journalism in Haiti. (Photo by Jon Bougher)

Jan 172012

Two Years After Quake, Investigation Shows Failure to Help Haitians Stranded in Camps

Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich has been helping Haitian journalists expose the failures of local and international efforts to deliver aid to the country devastated by an earthquake two years ago. In this report, a journalist who worked with Klarreich captures the plight of many thousands with the story of 400 families forced to relocate to a new camp without necessary services including food, health care and education.