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We design all of our programs to deliver maximum results. By investing heavily in monitoring and evaluating our initiatives, we show how good journalism can improve societies.

  • Online Master’s Degree in Digital Media a First in Latin America

    The University of Guadalajara’s Digital Journalism Center, launched by Knight International Journalism Fellow James Breiner, is now offering the first online master's degree in digital media in Latin America.

    “This new degree is particularly important because students can access the training they need from anywhere,” said Rosalía Orozco, director of the Digital Journalism Center.

    January 31, 2012
    Latin America
    Multimedia
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  • Trio of Reporting Awards Helps Elevate Role of Health News and Women Journalists in Mozambique

    When Knight International Journalism Fellow Mercedes Sayagues arrived at the Savana newsroom in Maputo, Mozambique, in 2010, she found a lone woman reporter covering health and education news, stories that were largely ignored by editors more focused on politics, sports and corruption. “Salane Muchanga was the token woman, and not taken seriously,” recalls Sayagues.

    Sayagues went to work, guiding the young reporter in the basics of health journalism.

    January 23, 2012
    Africa
    Basic Journalism, Health/Science
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  • New Mobile SMS Service Helps Indonesian Villagers Hold Company Accountable

    The first message came by text on October 17 from a cell phone in rural Indonesia, and it quickly got results – a surprising and encouraging turn of events for the new citizen journalist who sent it.

    “One hundred residents of Sei Enau village … are defending their lands,” it read in the native Indonesian language. It was the very first SMS message sent through a new communications system developed by Knight International Journalism Fellow Harry Surjadi, in partnership with Ruai TV and Internews.

    December 01, 2011
    Asia
    Citizen Journalism
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