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  • Dogged Reporter Uncovers Measles Outbreak in Zambia Government Responds with Massive Vaccine Campaign

    On her way to work this summer, Times of Zambia reporter Mirriam Zimba overheard two nurses discussing a startling rise in the number of measles cases. She called government health officials, who brushed her off. Knight International Health Journalism Fellow Zarina Geloo encouraged her to look into the matter.

    “I told her, ‘you have to follow this up,’” says Geloo. “Up until that point, health officials were side-stepping the facts, and no reporters were pushing hard enough to get the right answers.” Zimba did press for answers.

    March 01, 2011
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  • Media Reports Prompt Tanzanian Government to Invest in Dairy Industry and Irrigation System

    A special agricultural news weekly, launched by a Knight International Journalism Fellow at Tanzania’s leading newspaper, took recent aim at the faltering dairy industry. In the June 1 issue of The Guardian’s Kilimo Kwanza, reporters Angel Navurri and Jaston Binala wrote about the inability of Tanzania’s dairy farmers to afford modern equipment because of high taxes.

    February 01, 2011
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  • Journalist Uses Activism to Foster Press Freedom in Mexico

    The prevailing violence against the press in Mexico in 2008 has mobilized journalists to organize and seek ways to combat self-censorship and to restore press freedom in the country.

    January 29, 2011
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