Mobile

Knight International Journalism Fellows from around the globe helped spur news innovation at a key gathering for journalists and technologists in Buenos Aires.

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 12012

Knight Fellow Cultivates Data Journalism in Africa

Media outlets struggle to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, and lagging revenues reflect that. Justin Arenstein, a Knight International Journalism Fellow, believes that data journalism is the solution for sustainable media in Africa.

In this TechCentral profile, Arenstein suggests that news organizations should digitize content and open their data archives to third parties for development.

Program:

Sub-Saharan Africa: Spurring Innovation and Experimentation in Newsrooms

Training the Next Generation of Tunisian Media Professionals

In Partnership With:

The Institute of Press and Information Sciences (IPSI)

In partnership with The Institute of Press and Information Sciences (IPSI) at the University of Manouba in Manouba, Tunisia, ICFJ organized an internship program for a group of eight Tunisian master’s degree journalism students. The internship program’s goal was to educate Tunisian journalism students on U.S. journalistic practices and ethics. ICFJ placed students in newsrooms for a 17 day internship in September 2012. Students observed U.S. newsrooms at work and learned new skills to enhance their journalism careers.

India Swara Training

A citizen journalist uses his cellphone to interview a woman in Central India as part of a training workshop on mobile news. (Photo by Arjun Venkatraman)

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.

Apr 182012

In the Works: A Mobile App to Help Jordan's Farmers

by Ayman Salah

Tomato farmers all over Jordan face a daily challenge. Should they collect their daily crops and send them to the central vegetable markets without knowing the market availability or price? If there is a big stock of tomatoes in that market, high supply and stable demand reduce the prices. Sometimes there aren't enough buyers and the produce goes to waste. Since there are no tomato processing facilities in Jordan, the result is a direct loss to Jordanian farmers.

Jordan Tomato Farmers

Farmers in Jordan will get reports on their cell phones about price fluctuations and market demand so they can better sell their goods. (Photo by Luigi Guarino)

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