Peru

Dec 212012

Mashup of Open Data, Maps and Storytelling Makes Sense of the Amazon's Environment

In O'Reilly Radar, Alex Howard profiled six examples of data-driven journalism from around the world, which featured Knight Fellow Gustavo Faleiros's InfoAmazonia.

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Brazil: Launch a Digital Map That Uses Open Data to Monitor the Amazon

Apr 112012

Former Knight Fellow Shines International Spotlight on Peru

Knight International Journalism Fellow Hena Cuevas was assigned to report on the Peruvian potato for China Central Television (CCTV). Peru is the birthplace of the potato and home to more than 4,000 species of the tuber.

Cuevas knew the best way to cover a global story so important to her country was through Red TV, the national network she partnered with during her fellowship to create Peru's first broadcast training center.

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Feb 142012

Keeping Success Alive in Peru: A Yearlong Fellowship Leads to Lasting Change

by Hena Cuevas

The success of any project isn’t measured by what occurs when you’re around, but by what happens once you’re gone. That was the dilemma in Peru as the Knight Fellowship was approaching its final stage. Sustainability: How would all this training of journalists continue without the presence of the Knight Fellow?

Throughout the year, we had been working with two journalists from Red TV, a 40-station network that reaches more than one third of Peru's TV viewers.