Knight International Journalism Fellow Miguel Paz will speed the development and use of the Knight News Challenge-winning platform Poderopedia, which reveals links among business and political leaders. He will bring Poderopedia to Venezuela and to other nations, creating a cross-border community that uses the platform. He will introduce customized versions of Poderopedia in newsrooms and civic media projects.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Mariano Blejman is creating the first news innovation contest in Latin America. Modeled on the African News Innovation Challenge, the contest will spur new technology that improves access to quality news and information. Blejman will upgrade the Hacks/Hackers network by running data boot camps and hackathons.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Mariana Santos will create teams of artists, developers and journalists to improve visual and interactive storytelling in Latin American media. This network will enrich story development, execution and digital delivery of news. Santos will introduce animation and other ways to use data in compelling ways in Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica. A key goal will be to create a corps of tech-savvy women in Latin American newsrooms.

At La Nación, one of Argentina’s leading daily newspapers, Knight International Journalism Fellow Sandra Crucianelli is creating the first team of investigative journalists who can track tax revenues earmarked for the country’s crumbling public services. She is creating a team of data journalists who can extract and analyze information for investigative stories. And as part of this effort, she helped La Nación launch Argentina’s first data blog, where journalists post data-driven stories and invite the public to respond and engage.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Joseph Warungu is leading the launch of an Africa-wide storytelling contest to encourage better coverage of Africa’s growth, development, health and quality of life. The challenge will seek in-depth features; data-driven journalism; and other entries that use innovative tools to engage the public or tell stories.

Justin Arenstein is a Knight International Journalism Fellow who is helping the African Media Initiative (AMI) to establish a digital innovation program that supports experimentation in newsrooms across Africa. AMI, the continent's largest association of media owners and executives, is working with more than 600 of the most influential media companies in both northern and sub-Saharan Africa.