When Mercedes Sayagues arrived in Mozambique three years ago to begin work as a Knight International Journalism Fellow, health news was consigned to the back pages, health stories were based on news releases, and health assignments went to the least experienced reporters.

We’ve recently launched the newest version of the InfoAmazonia platform, which includes interactive photo galleries, video mashups and a new “distribution widget” that will allow journalists and NGOs to customize their own maps and data layers.

The InfoAmazonia platform uses satellite feeds and other publicly available data to monitor the fragile, nine-country Amazon Basin region.

Why don’t Latinos invest in 401(k) programs? Is the Navajo nation making a good move by investing in coal extraction? Are low-wage workers really better off than the unemployed? These are some of the key issues tackled by reporters, recently honored for raising financial literacy in minority communities.

A new corps of trainers is teaching best practices

Less than a week after participating in an ICFJ “training of trainers” session in early February, reporter Fakhar Durrani of Dunya News was already leading a workshop on journalism ethics in his Islamabad newsroom. He’s also helping to draft his organization’s first code of ethics.

Durrani is one of 13 Pakistani journalists who participated in the three-day session, held as part the U.S.-Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism Program.