Development

Apr 192012

Argentine Hackathon Helps Journalists Tackle Data Visualization

Knight International Journalism Fellow Sandra Crucianelli participated in a "Hackathon," bringing Argentine tech developers and media organizations together in an effort to help journalists stay on top of communication technologies. The goal of this first session? Creating applications to display chronologies of social issues and events.

Program: 
Argentina: Create Tools to Collect, Analyze and Visualize Data for Investigative Stories

ICFJ sent six Knight International Journalism Fellows and staff from all over the world to Austin, TX for the South By Southwest interactive conference. Here, they describe what top media innovations caught their eyes.

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Six Knight International Journalism Fellows and staff flew in from all over the world to attend the South By Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Here, they describe the kinds of innovative projects they've come to see.

Apr 182012

SXSW and ICFJ: Eye-Catching Technologies Help Media Engage and Track Information

by Ben Colmery

I attended this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) to interact with industry leaders and explore interactive technologies we could use to help people in developing countries access and share information in new ways.

For the unfamiliar, SXSWi is a five-day extravaganza of panels, parties, free food, meetings planned and moments serendipitous, accelerators, keynotes and one massive tech trade show. Few events bring together such an amazing array of mobile and digital thinkers and innovators.

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Sandra and Gustavo

Knight Fellows Sandra Crucianelli and Gustavo Faleiros are both writing data blogs where journalists post data-driven stories and invite the public to respond.

Mar 212012

ICFJ's Jerri Eddings: New Technology Brings New Opportunities for African Journalists

At the 14th annual National Freedom of Information Day Conference, held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., ICFJ Program Director Jerri Eddings said that many governments in Africa have eased restrictions on journalists. Now, she said, journalists are learning to access new kinds of information and deliver it to an increasingly tech-savvy audience across the continent.

The Newseum's First Amendment Center reported on the event.

Program: 
Knight International Journalism Fellowships

FOI Panel

Knight International Journalism Fellow Justin Arenstein, who works in sub-Saharan Africa, spoke about the importance of training African journalists to mine databases for in-depth storytelling. (Photo by Sonja Matanovic)

FOI Panel

Jerri Eddings, director of ICFJ's Africa-based Knight International Journalism fellowships, told the audience there is a new level of press freedom in many parts of Africa. (Photo by Sonja Matanovic)

FOI Panel

Adam Clayton Powell III, senior fellow at the USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, moderated the panel discussion on "Freedom of Information Worldwide." (Photo by Sonja Matanovic)