The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now receiving applications for a new AT&T-funded online course on public service journalism. The course will teach 40 Brazilian journalists how to use digital tools to produce multimedia projects on critical public interest issues affecting impoverished communities.
The five-week online course called “Digital Tools for Effective Public Service Journalism” is scheduled to start February 27, 2012.
Students at the World Media Academy learn both the basic skills of journalism and the technical multimedia skills they will need to do their jobs in the future.
How does one television network with limited resources cover election issues in a country like Peru, spanning 500,000 square miles? With the help of Knight Fellow Hena Cuevas.
Chris Conte helped develop the curriculum and sustainability plan for an innovative multimedia academy in India. Launched by ICFJ and Greycells Education, the World Media Academy Delhi equips students with practical, digital skills and international standards needed to succeed in today's emerging, multimedia news environment.
Knight Fellow Ayman Salah is connecting journalists in the Middle East with tech experts. Together they will find ways to deliver quality news using the latest digital know-how in a freer media environment.
The World Media Academy – Delhi has launched its inaugural class with 18 students from around the world, each of them enrolled in a 10-month graduate journalism program in television, print and digital media. It is a joint venture between the International Center for Journalists and Greycells Ltd., a Mumbai-based education company.
Radio is the most popular source of news in post-conflict Liberia, but stations are struggling. Knight Fellow Luisa Handem Piette is developing business models that will lead to profitability.
Knight International Journalism Fellow Ayman Salah is connecting journalists with IT experts across the Middle East by starting Hacks/Hackers chapters. Salah has launched the technology journalism group in three countries: Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia. Participants are working to find technological solutions to information bottlenecks.
In Amman, journalists and programmers developed the first mobile citizen journalism reporting app for major Jordanian news outlets.
Knight Fellow Meredith Beal is working with the African Media Initiative, the only group of media owners on the continent, to find new revenue streams.
