Africa

FOI Panel

Adam Clayton Powell III, senior fellow at the USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, moderated the panel discussion on "Freedom of Information Worldwide." (Photo by Sonja Matanovic)

FOI Panel

Panelists discussed the latest trends in freedom of information worldwide at the 14th annual National Freedom of Information Day Conference. (Photo by Sonja Matanovic)

Dec 62011

$1 Million Fund Seeds New Media Innovations in Africa

I’ve crisscrossed the African continent over the past five months, clocking more than 27,000 miles as I’ve helped newsrooms come to grips with the new digital era. And wherever I go, I meet two to three journalists per day who think they have a solution to the malaise that paralyzes much of the continent’s traditional media.

Dec 62011

Leading African Media Organization Announces $1 Million Fund for News Innovation

The African Media Initiative (AMI), the continent's largest association of media owners and operators, has announced a $1 million fund to spur innovation in the news industry.

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Knight Fellow Justin Arenstein discusses the African News Innovation Challenge at AMI's African Media Leader's Forum in Tunis.

Tunis - Jerri Eddings

ICFJ Program Director Jerri Eddings addresses the crowd in Tunis.

Tunis - Ba and Arenstein2

AMI's Amadou Mahtar Ba announces challenge while Justin Arenstein waits to give details

Maness and Kabwato

Michael Maness of Knight Foundation with Chris Kabwato of Highway Africa.

Tunis - Ba and Arenstein

AMI's Amadou Mahtar Ba announces the challenge while Knight Fellow Justin Arenstein waits to give details.

Tunis - Maness and Kabwato

Knight Foundation Vice President Michael Maness (left) with Rhodes University's Chris Kabwato .