Basic Journalism

Oct 12012

Bob Woodward and Wolf Blitzer to Headline Premier International Journalism Event in D.C.

by Sonja Matanovic

Awards to be given to YouTube and reporters covering Afghanistan and Somalia

Washington, D.C.—Veteran journalists Bob Woodward of The Washington Post and Wolf Blitzer of CNN will be featured at the 2012 International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Awards Dinner on Nov. 13.

Program: 
Knight International Journalism Fellowships
Sep 282012

Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt addresses journalism students at Tsinghua University

On September 24, former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt spoke to journalism students at Tsinghua University about the Internet's role as a digital marketplace for goods and ideas.

Program: 
The Tsinghua Global Business Journalism Program (GBJ)
Sep 182012

ICFJ Fellow: Human Smugglers Use the Pacific Ocean for Trafficking

Orange County Register reporter Cindy Carcamo traveled between Mexico and the United States as an International Reporting Fellow to cover the latest frontier in human smuggling and the shifting battle over illegal immigration to California's coast.

Read her series here.

Program: 
Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists
Sep 172012

How Innovators Aim to Disrupt African Media

Fact-checking the media, drone journalism and journalists' security were among the topics on the minds of more than 500 innovators vying for startup capital to disrupt African media.

The African News Innovation Challenge will provide US$12,500-US$100,000 to about 20 startups.

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

40 Finalists Emerge in $1M Innovation Challenge

Forty pioneering digital journalism projects have been shortlisted as finalists in the inaugural $1 million African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC).

Program: 
Sub-Saharan Africa: Spurring Innovation and Experimentation in Newsrooms
Aug 232012

Mobile and Advertising Innovations Set the Course for Sustainability Efforts by Liberia Media

by Luisa Handem Piette

Since embarking a year ago on a media-sustainability project as a Knight International Journalism Fellow in Liberia, I have worked with managers at three newspapers and three radio stations to help them succeed not only as news organizations but also as businesses.

The Liberia media industry is extremely volatile, with radio stations, in particular, shutting down from time to time for lack of income.

Aug 222012

Brazil Newspaper Launches Data Website to Monitor Sao Paulo Election

by Gustavo Faleiros

Brazil’s largest newspaper has created an interactive website that tracks the major issues in Sao Paulo’s mayoral race, including housing, public health, safety and the environment.

The site FolhaSPDados (or "Folha Sao Paulo Data") combines news stories with data sets, maps and other infographics to help Sao Paulo residents monitor developments in the upcoming mayoral election in October.

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Information management specialist Luis Hernando Aguilar, standing, is part of the technology team on the project, which uses the open-source Ushahidi mapping platform. (Photo by Elkin Garavito)

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The group worked on strategies for citizen input monitoring the garbage problems of Bogota, a city of more than 8 million people.