An interview with Faith in the Media program participant Asma Al Sharif, Saudi contributor to Arab News and Reuters, reveals new insights gained following the program's December conference. Along with her partner Kelly McEvers--a regular contributor to NPR-- Al Sharif is covering the changes to the curricula in Saudi schools following criticisms that the curricula and textbooks have encouraged violence.

Inside Saudi Arabia, debate about how to reform the education system began after the 2003-06 al-Qaida attacks there that killed nearly 200 people.

The all-girls' high school is pretty typical for Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh. Poured-concrete walls, dusty bougainvillea, iron gate, padlocked door. Inside, a covered courtyard keeps out the late-spring heat. On the wall hang hand-drawn posters sporting logos and slogans.

During a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ICFJ’s 2009 Knight International Journalism Award Winner called for a non-partisan security force to end sexual violence in the conflict-torn region.

Chouchou Namegabe also pleaded for more protection for the DRC’s media, which she said are vulnerable to government closures. Namegabe was among a group of people who battle sexual and gender-based violence that met with Clinton on Aug.