ICFJ Programs in All Topics

  • Syria: New Online Network for Young Journalists

    In Partnership With: 
    United Nations Development Programme

    In the Middle East, bloggers and digital journalists are covering stories and sparking debates on topics avoided by mainstream media. Knight International created an online networking site in Syria that enables young reporters to share resources, experiences. Called Tawasul – Arabic for "connecting" – the network features multimedia stories, including photography, cartoons and animation, on social issues. Their stories focus on social issues such as maternal and child health, gender equality and religious tolerance.

  • Rwanda: From Hate Radio to Responsible Reporting

    In Partnership With: 
    Contact FM Radio

    In a country where radio helped incite genocide, Knight International helped produce balanced broadcasts on the recovering nation. Knight Fellow Sputnik Kilambi improved newscasts in French and Kinyarwandan and launched the first news programs in English at the country's first privatized independent radio station, Contact FM.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Launched English-language news service that is used by government leaders and is attracting new sponsors.

    • Raised the station's profile: Before the U.S.

  • Mexico: Improved Access to Information for Investigative Broadcast Journalists

    In Partnership With: 
    Televisa

    Susana Seijas helped journalists to use Mexico’s access to information law to improve the quality and increase the quantity of investigative and in-depth reports produced for the country's largest TV network and its website.

    At her suggestion, the partner organization Televisa revamped a one-hour weekly news show called Reporteros, which showcased the work of the investigative team. As a result of a Televisa series on prison corruption, the Mexican Human Rights Commission issued recommendations to all prisons to combat the problem.

  • Covering Immigration: Establishing Links Between U.S. and Latin American Media

    This training program on coverage of immigration brought together journalists from U.S. community-based Spanish- and English-language media and Latin American media for a hands-on training workshop on covering immigration issues, followed by several days of reporting on the issue under the guidance of experienced trainers. It took place in Washington, D.C., April 16-24.

  • Mexico: New Investigative Journalism Unit Exposes Corruption

    In Partnership With: 
    El Universal

    Knight Fellow Ana Arana worked with reporters and editors at the daily El Universal and the magazines Gatopardo and Expansión. She helped them build a new joint investigative unit and databases to produce exposes such as a story on illegal land transfers.

    HIGHLIGHTS

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  • At El Universal, reporters produced a series on corruption in soccer club management.

  • Egypt: Journalism Training (2007)

    In Partnership With: 
    American University in Cairo

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Craig Duff completed nine months in Egypt in 2007, partnering with the Adham Center for Electronic Journalism.

  • Egypt: Journalism Training (2007)

    In Partnership With: 
    American University in Cairo

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Stephen Franklin completed four months in Egypt in 2007.

  • Armenian School of Journalism

    ASJ's class of 2006 with program administrators Aram Mkrtchyan and Mario Scherhaufer in Yerevan during graduation ceremonies Sept. 28.

    The Armenian School of Journalism, a two-year international master's degree program at Yerevan State University, aimed to promote free, independent and professional media in Armenia through quality Western-style educational and training programs in journalism and media management.

    Students were trained to assume news and management positions at newspapers, news agencies, broadcast outlets and Web-based publications.

  • Building Better Media in Timor-Leste

    The International Center for Journalists’ project in Dili, Timor-Leste, is working to develop a strong, professional and sustainable media sector.

  • Journalism Training in Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Honduras

    In Partnership With: 
    El Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Deborah Kirk completed three months of journalism training in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Honduras in 2002, partnering with El Colegio Dominicano de Periodistas.

  • Journalism Training in Ecuador

    In Partnership With: 
    El Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL)

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Mary Walton completed six months of journalism training in Ecuador in 2001, partnering with El Centro Internacional de Estudios Superiores de Comunicación para América Latina (CIESPAL).

  • International Journalism Exchange

    For decades, the International Center for Journalists’ International Journalism Exchange has brought experienced newspaper, broadcast or online editors from the developing world to the U.S. to observe how media are managed here.

  • Nigeria: Giving Citizens in the Niger Delta a Voice on Health Issues

    In Partnership With: 
    U.S. Embassy in Nigeria
    In Partnership With: 
    Daily Trust

    Babatunde Akpeji is a Knight International Journalism Fellow who is building a network of citizen journalists to cover health in Nigeria’s Delta region, an area rich in resources but wracked by severe poverty.

  • Social Justice Reporting for a Global America: International Reporting Fellowship Program for U.S.-based Journalists

    About the Program

    Plagued by the twin challenges of a slow economy and digital disruption, many U.S. news organizations are cutting back on foreign coverage and are shrinking their editorial staffs.

    But journalists can play an essential role in raising awareness around international social justice issues, including women’s rights, corruption, human trafficking, poverty, religious tolerance, environmental issues, migration and education.

    It is with this in mind that ICFJ announces the Social Justice Reporting for a Global America Program, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

  • South Asia’s Youth at Risk – Multimedia Storytelling by Young Journalists

    Participants in the 2012 "Best Practices in the Digital Age for South Asian Journalists" Program interview a farmer in Sri Lanka using an iPod Touch.

    Journalists from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives are invited to apply to a program that aims to connect 21-30 year old journalists in South Asia for joint reporting projects that will explore topics relating to youth and the risks young people face in the region, while also training the journalists on responsible reporting in the digital age. The program, run by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and sponsored by the U.S.

  • Creating an Association of Pan-African Health Journalists

    Founding members of Africa's first continent-wide health journalists network met for four days to hammer out the many details needed to launch the association.

    The African Health Journalists Association (AHJA) is an association of health journalism organizations and journalists dedicated to promoting and providing quality media coverage to improve the lives of people across Africa.

    Its goals are:

    • To help journalists improve the quality and quantity of reporting on health issues in Africa
    • To advance professional development and raise the profile of health stories in the media
    • To promote dialogue and understanding between journalists and experts
    • To encourage journalism that fosters the b

  • 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.

  • Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists

    Over the years, journalists of color have had few opportunities to work as foreign correspondents. That’s especially the case in today’s media environment, with sharp cutbacks by many news outlets in their international coverage. At the same time, communities of color rarely receive coverage of global issues that directly affect their lives, from the migration of jobs overseas to wars fought by minorities serving in the U.S. military.

  • Knight International Journalism Fellowships

    The Knight International Journalism Fellowships seed new ideas and services that deepen coverage, expand news delivery and engage citizens in the editorial process.