One of the problems of advancing data journalism in Latin America is that many of the tools used in data analysis and visualization are available only in English. Knight Fellow Sandra Crucianelli is working to change that. She contacted the creators of Junar, a handy tool that allows users to extract and process data, to explain the impact a Spanish interface of its free version would have on journalists in Latin America. Crucianelli explains why this program and others like it are so important for Spanish speaking journalists.

Former Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich has covered Haiti for more than two decades, but she is still surprised by the dilemmas facing Haitian reporters. In spite of the apparent conflicts of interest, low-paid Haitian reporters often take second jobs working for political candidates or the government to help them pay bills.

Zhang Hong, deputy editor-in-chief of the Economic Observer, told students in Advanced Business Writing how the weekly newspaper uses social media in news gathering and distribution. He visited Professor James Breiner's class on March 29.

The newspaper, with print distribution of about 100,000, gets about 10-15 percent of its web traffic from Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, Zhang said.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich's efforts to create a culture of investigative journalism in Haiti are paying off. Thanks to her work, journalists across the capital region are digging into stories as they track the billions of dollars in earthquake aid that poured into the country. In a Caribbean Journal op-ed, Klarreich says Haitian newsrooms have changed fundamentally in the past 20 months. Reporters she has mentored are investigating stories in newsrooms where editors are more willing to give them the time to break new ground.