Press Mention

Tech Day in Jordan Showcases Innovative Ways to Deliver News

Knight Fellow Ayman Salah, in partnership with UNESCO and Hacks/Hackers Amman, brought together Jordanian journalists and technologists to demonstrate creative technology solutions designed to overcome common obstacles media organizations face such as limited access to Internet in remote areas and expensive, outdated technology platfor

Knight Fellow Advances Media Sustainability in Liberia

Liberia is taking steps towards greater press freedom through media sustainability, according to Knight International Journalism Fellow Luisa Handem Piette. Recent improvements in legislation encourage free reporting, but bolstering media sustainability remains pivotal. Piette, with support from UNESCO and ICFJ, brings together media owners and journalists in monthly exchanges to formulate plans for increased private investment in Liberian media, with promising results.

National Geographic Highlights New Digital Map Designed to Track Problems and Progress in the Amazon

With its focus on global environmental issues, NationalGeographic.com is highlighting a digital map launched by Knight International Journalism Fellow Gustavo Faleiros, including the use of layered filters that can help data journalists track the effects of forest fires, deforestation and extractive industries like mining.

Chief of News in Rural Indonesia Finds Citizen Journalism Gives Villagers a Voice

Growing up in a village in rural Indonesia, a young boy by the name of Alim dreamed of one day owning his own TV. He never imagined he'd be the head of a broadcast news operation that reports on indigenous issues and serves as a voice for people who have never really had one before.

Today, Alim is chief of news at Ruai TV.

Tsinghua School of Journalism Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan and Vice President of Development Vjollca Shtylla traveled to China to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Tsinghua University's School of Journalism. ICFJ's Global Business Journalism program is in its fifth year there.

Mobile Network in Rural India Finds a Powerful New Ally

Shubranshu Choudhary's mobile news network has become known primarily through word-of-mouth. As a Knight International Journalism Fellow he developed CGnet Swara and trains citizen journalists to use the service to report news from their tribal regions. Activists, government officials, mainstream media and others can check for new reports by phone or online.

Mobile News Network Helps Counteract Violence in Rural India

Not long ago, officials sent to work in India's rural Chhattisgarh region often viewed the assignment as a "punishment post" because of the region's isolation, violence and lack of infrastructure. Slowly, that is changing, says Knight International Journalism Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary.

Podcasting (on Cell Phones) for the Masses in India—And Beyond

Citizen journalists in remote regions of India are using cell phones to call in news stories that can be relayed to a whole network of tribal people through CGnet Swara, the mobile news network created by Knight International Journalism Fellow Shubhranshu Choudhary. In an interview with Technoholik.com, a technical advisor for CGnet says the network receives more than 200 calls a day.

Frontline SMS: How Lives Are Changing in Rural Indonesia, 160 Characters at a Time

When Knight International Journalism Fellow Harry Surjadi launched his mobile news network in rural Indonesia, it relied on Frontline SMS technology to work -- allowing citizens to text news reports that are sent to journalists, activists and others, and are aired on Ruai TV.

The project has been so successful -- empowering indigenous people to make their voices heard -- that Frontline SMS is profiling the project as an example of how journalists can use the software as an innovative

Tackling the Challenges of a Thriving, Free Press in Haiti

GlobalPost's GroundTruth blog featured the work of Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich, working in Haiti to build a network of trained investigative journalists. It details the many, many challenges journalists in that country face, not the least of which includes newsrooms that still have not recovered from the devastation of the January 2010.