The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has experts who are available for interviews on topics such as journalism ethics, journalism training in emerging democracies and war-zone coverage as well as specific regional knowledge of South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Russia, Central Asia and other former Soviet republics . ICFJ has been sending its program directors and trainers into the international community for 20 years, providing training and resources for journalists and media organizations in locations from East Timor to Panama.

Along with an experienced staff, ICFJ has an extensive network of U.S. and international media through its training programs and resources:

• ICFJ has deployed 188 U.S. journalists as Knight International Press Fellows, who have trained media in more than 70 countries. Fellows can speak with practical experience about the media in the regions where they lived and trained. Please visit www.knight-interational.org for more information.
• The International Journalists’ Network ( www.ijnet.org ), launched by ICFJ in 1998, connects 11,000 journalists and others around the world and provides a community for the exchange of resources and media assistance news. ICFJ can tap into this network of journalists and media organizations, who are working to improve the state of journalism in all regions of the world.

For more information or to book an expert, please contact:
Dawn Arteaga
Communications Manager
E-mail: darteaga@icfj.org
Phone: 202-349-7624 or 202-737-3700

Patrick Butler

Vice President, Worldwide Programs

Areas of Expertise: Journalism training in emerging democracies, global journalism ethics, best practices of journalism, difficulties overseas journalists face reporting the news, globalizing local news, Latin America

Biographical summary: Butler has worked on general assignment, business and feature news at the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the San Jose Mercury News and The State (Columbia, SC). Completed a five-month Knight International Press Fellowship in Nicaragua in 1999. Recent travel to the Caucasus, the Middle East and Latin America. B.A., Spanish and Journalism, University of Missouri. pbutler@icfj.org

Luis Botello

Director, Latin American Programs

Areas of Expertise: Journalism training in Latin American countries, journalism ethics, best practices of journalism, freedom of expression and freedom of the press, civic journalism

Biographical summary: Previously served as morning newscast producer, host and television reporter for Televisora Nacional in Panama, where he covered assignments in Colombia, the United States and Europe. He is a member of the board of directors of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin and the Latin American Journalism Center (CELAP) in Panama City, Panama. Recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in 1988 and a fellowship to Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication in 1997. B.A., Journalism and M.A. in Mass Communications, Louisiana State University. lbotello@icfj.org