The Exchange Program for Media Professionals from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and the United States, is a four-part, two-way media program run by ICFJ and funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Awards to be given to YouTube and reporters covering Afghanistan and Somalia
Washington, D.C.—Veteran journalists Bob Woodward of The Washington Post and Wolf Blitzer of CNN will be featured at the 2012 International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Awards Dinner on Nov. 13.
This year’s MIT-Knight Center for Civic Media Conference, “The Story & the Algorithm,” showcased how data innovations are changing storytelling, burgeoning models for seeding that innovation and, of course, a whole lot of apps.
One of the most exciting features of this year’s MIT-Knight Center for Civic Media Conference was a chance to check out several new apps and projects, many still in development. These new apps will enable people to collect data in new ways and check facts more easily. All of them can enhance journalism, and many can engage audiences in the process.
The author, far left, along with Knight Fellows and ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan (second from right), got a chance to see new apps and projects at the MIT-Knight Center for Civic Media Conference.
Knight International Journalism Fellows and ICFJ staff attended the 2012 Knight-MIT Civic Media conference to share their knowledge of merging traditional journalism with innovative technology. Left to right: Jorge Luis Sierra, Ayman Salah, Ronnie Lovler, ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan, Justin Arenstein and Knight Fellowships Deputy Director Ben Colmery.
