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Jul 252012

Unsafe Abortion Makes News, as Mozambique Prepares for a Change in Law

Abortions are technically illegal in Mozambique. Even though the laws are no longer enforced, medical standards have yet to catch up, especially in rural areas where patients find less sterile, riskier procedures. Now with a new effort to revamp and discard the old national laws, all that is about to change.

Jul 242012

Hack/Hackers Sao Paulo: On the Quest for Journalism Innovation

by Gustavo Faleiros

On Monday, July 16, I launched Brazil’s first Hacks/Hackers chapter in Sao Paulo. The initiative has the support of ABRAJI (the Brazilian Investigative Journalism Association), the local offices of the Open Knowledge Foundation and W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium).

Jul 242012

Knight Fellows in Africa Develop Tools To Improve Health Data Reporting

Knight International Journalism Fellows collaborated with Measure DHS (Demographic Health Surveys) in Entebbe, Uganda, to develop tools that can be used to train other journalists to accurately report on health issues using data. The complexity of understanding health data, coupled with the thoughtful and sensitive coverage necessary when reporting HIV prevalence, makes training health journalists critical to improving public health in Africa.

Knowledge for Health wrote about the event on their blog.

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Nigeria: Launch New Multimedia Health Section

Jul 242012

A Journey to the Source: Reporters in South Africa Learn How and Where to Find People Behind the Stories

by Brenda Wilson

Stretching across a broad expanse of wilderness along South Africa’s Eastern Cape, the Transkei is the region set aside for the Xhosa people by the old apartheid regime, ostensibly as an experiment in black self-governance. It is also the birthplace of some of South Africa’s greatest freedom fighters, among them Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu and Thabo Mbeki.

Jul 202012

African Media Trainers Focus on Health Data

by Chris Conte

Entebbe, Uganda – Leading journalists from across Africa have teamed up with international demography experts to train journalists how to report on important demographic and health data.

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Nigeria: Launch New Multimedia Health Section

Jul 202012

Citizen Journalist Describes Contradictions Faced by Lower-Middle Class Brazilians

Former Knight International Journalism Fellow Bruno Garcez pioneered the blog Mural Brasil with Folha de Sao Paulo to help the daily newspaper increase its coverage of Sao Paulo's underserved communities through citizen journalism. In a recent post to the blog, trained citizen journalist Leandro Machado relates the contradictions he faces as part of Brazil’s lower-middle class.

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Brazil: Tapping the Power of Citizen Journalists to Increase Coverage of Poverty

Jul 182012

In Sao Paulo, Digital Media Leaders Urge Innovation in News and Information Delivery

by Elisa Tinsley

It’s winter in Sao Paulo, where the Brazilian Investigative Journalism Association (ABRAJI) has been holding its 7th International Investigative Journalism Congress. The slight chill in the air here – a respite from the recent heat in North America – seemed to permeate discussions about the future of media.

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Knight Program Director Elisa Tinsley (left, seated) with Knight Fellows Bruno Garcez, Sandra Crucianelli and Gustavo Faleiros at the ABRAJI Congress in Sao Paulo.