ICFJ Programs in Radio/Audio

  • Chile: Expand Poderopedia, a Site Linking Business and Politics, Across the Region

    In Partnership With: 
    Poderomedia
    In Partnership With: 
    Hacks/Hackers Chile

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Miguel Paz will speed the development and use of the Knight News Challenge-winning platform Poderopedia, which reveals links among business and political leaders. He will bring Poderopedia to Venezuela and to other nations, creating a cross-border community that uses the platform. He will introduce customized versions of Poderopedia in newsrooms and civic media projects.

  • Beyond the Border: Covering the Immigration Phenomenon through Digital Media

    In Partnership With: 
    Scripps Howard Foundation

    The Scripps Howard Immigration reporting training program brings together journalists from the U.S. Spanish and English-language media for a week-long training on how to cover immigration issues using multimedia tools.

    ICFJ is currently seeking applicants for the 2012 Scripps immigration reporting program. The program is scheduled to take place Sunday July 15, 2012 through Sunday July 22, 2012 in Washington, D.C.

    The application deadline is Monday May 28, 2012.

    The 2012 program will have a special focus on the U.S. 2012 presidential election and immigration.

  • South Africa: Create Multimedia Health Coverage

    In Partnership With: 
    South African Broadcasting Corporation

    In South Africa, where AIDS and tuberculosis continue to cripple the population, Knight Health Journalism Fellow Brenda Wilson has expanded multimedia health coverage at the country’s largest broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). She has dramatically increased coverage of health from its network of provincial bureaus.

  • Liberia: Create Commercially Viable Radio Stations Using New Marketing Strategies

    In Partnership With: 
    UNESCO

    Luisa Handem Piette is a Knight International Journalism Fellow who is coaching management at four independent newspapers and three radio stations in Liberia to become profitable. She started the Media and Business Sustainability Exchange (MBS), a monthly meeting that brings together Liberian media managers and other members of the business community, including the Liberia Chamber of Commerce. The goal: to help the news media attract clients and educate businesses on the value of buying ads in a country where most advertising still comes from the government and NGOs.

  • Ethiopia: Launch the Country's First Health Journalists' Association

    In Partnership With: 
    Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health

    Elsabet Samuel Tadesse is a Knight Health Journalism Fellow who has led the creation of Ethiopia's first health journalists' association, the Addis Ababa Health Journalists' Initiative. She also launched a half-hour health show called “Tenachin” (Our Health) on Ethiopia’s national television network. The show, which airs every two weeks on the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency (ERTA), educates the public on key topics such as tuberculosis, maternal health, HIV/AIDS, and health extension services.

  • Indonesia: Launch a Mobile Environmental News Service for Rural Communities

    In Partnership With: 
    Ruai TV

    Harry Surjadi has recruited and trained more than 150 citizen journalists living in the most-remote areas of Borneo to send news reports via text messaging using the FrontlineSMS system to Ruai TV, a station in the provincial capital. The service also allows subscribers from mainstream media, the government, and activist organizations to receive the news reports.

  • Middle East: Start Up Investigative Reporting Teams at Major News Outlets

    In Partnership With: 
    Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)

    At a pivotal time for the Middle East, Knight International Journalism Fellow Amr El-Kahky is launching teams of investigative reporters at news organizations across the region. His efforts have helped journalists gain more access to government documents than ever before, particularly in Jordan and the West Bank. His investigative unit in Jordan uncovered a vote-buying scheme ahead of the November 2010 parliamentary elections. Jordanian reporters also tackled the issue of childhood alcohol addiction—a controversial topic never covered in the past.

  • Haiti: Track Aid Funds to Ensure a Strong Recovery

    In Partnership With: 
    Radio Metropole
    In Partnership With: 
    Le Nouvelliste
    In Partnership With: 
    Nat'l Assn. of Haitian Media
    In Partnership With: 
    Assn. of Haitian Journalists

    Haitian journalists work in a makeshift newsroom at Le Nouvelliste. Their old building was destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake.

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Klarreich established an investigative team at Le Nouvelliste, Haiti’s leading newspaper, which regularly produces stories on the misuse of aid sent to Haiti after the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake. The team has broken stories about a land dispute that stopped work at a critically important sanitation plant near a refugee camp. After reading these reports, Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly intervened and construction resumed.

  • Online Course on Digital Tools for Community Radio Journalists

    As part of the Escucha! Taking Community Radio Digital in the Americas program, ICFJ offered two online courses in Spanish to train community radio journalists from Latin America and from Hispanic media in the US.

  • Sierra Leone: Launch the First Public Broadcasting Service

    In Partnership With: 
    Sierra Leone Boadcasting Corporation

    Stephen Douglas launched the country’s first media training center at the new Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), and served as its interim director. He coordinates all journalism and media management training funded by groups such as Deutsche Welle, Journalists for Human Rights, BBC World Service Trust and the United Nations. Courses range from media law and basic radio reporting to journalism ethics and TV camera operation.

  • Escucha! Taking Community Radio Digital in the Americas

    The International Center for Journalists aims to build stronger and better-informed communities of Latin American immigrants by creating a corps of community radio reporters and citizen journalists who will develop and share higher-quality multimedia programming across stations and borders.

  • Senegal: Shedding Light on Poverty Issues

    In Partnership With: 
    L'Observateur

    Manuela Huyghues Despointes, a French journalist with extensive experience in Francophone Africa, is working with the daily newspaper L’Observateur and its sister radio station RFM, to produce daily coverage of poverty-related issues that receive scant media attention.

    Recent stories focused on high health-care costs at public hospitals, coastal erosion threatening to displaced residents, and a heavily polluted canal in the middle of the capital.

  • Ghana: Tackle Poverty, Engage Citizens with a New Health Radio Show

    In Partnership With: 
    Joy FM

    Knight Fellow Sylvia Vollenhoven is interviewed on Joy FM about her mission to improve coverage of poverty-related issues.

    Sylvia Vollenhoven created a weekly radio show that has transformed coverage of social issues and poverty in Ghana. On the popular “Hotline” show, Joy FM, the country’s top English language station, reporters have produced NPR-quality documentaries on topics ranging from the plight of illegal miners and the threat of erosion on fishing villages to the consequences of chronic flooding that kills dozens and leaves thousands homeless every year.

  • Bolivia: Use the Web to Strengthen Community Radio

    In Partnership With: 
    Radio Fides Santa Cruz

    Knight International created an Internet platform for community radio stations in Bolivia to share programming with one another--and ultimately with major news outlets in the capital.

  • Kenya: Promote Better Health Coverage, Better Policies

    In Partnership With: 
    The Nation Media Group

    The Kenya Alliance of Health and Science Reporters (KAHSR), a journalism association Rachel Jones launched in November, now offers regular training workshops and resources on topics such as new vaccines, children’s health and agricultural research. The association is supported by a grant from the London-based Wellcome Trust. At Alliance workshops, journalists can interact with the country’s leading medical researchers and scientists.

  • Uganda: Setting a New Standard for Health Journalism in Africa

    In Partnership With: 
    The Monitor

    Knight International has made huge inroads in health coverage in Uganda. Over the past 2.5 years, Knight Fellow Christopher Conte has developed a vibrant community of journalists who now have the expertise to tackle tough health issues including the AIDS epidemic and health-care spending.

  • Guinea: Helping Journalists Hold Officials Accountable

    In Partnership With: 
    The Guinean Observatory of Media Professional Ethics (OGUIDEM)

    In a country where a stable government is slowly starting to emerge after years of conflict, Knight International worked with radio journalists to monitor political leaders. Knight Fellow Vianney Missumbi also helped improve election coverage, despite repeated postponements of the vote. He revived a journalism association and enabled reporters to break stories that are prompting local officials to address important issues.

  • Indonesia: Expand Environmental Coverage

    In Partnership With: 
    Kompas Gramedia Group

    Knight International worked with newspapers and radio stations to create weekly environmental reports in Indonesia, a country facing deforestation, over-fishing, mining and pollution.

  • East Timor: Delivering Radio and Television News to Isolated Communities

    In Partnership With: 
    Timor-Leste Media Development Institute

    In East Timor, Knight International helped radio journalists provide for the first time an independent, national weekly newscast to listeners in all 13 districts of the country. Knight Fellow Maria-Gabriela Carrascalão Heard, East Timor’s first woman journalist, trained news teams in each district to produce weekly segments. She created the first university-level journalism program in the capital as well as the first student radio station.

  • Guatemala: Pioneering a Digital Radio Network

    In Partnership With: 
    Noticias de mi Gente

    Knight International helped radio stations serving indigenous rural communities in Guatemala to build NoticiasdemiGente.com, a Web site for sharing content. Led by Knight Fellow Maria Martin, rural radio reporters now can upload stories and disseminate them across the country.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Raised the quality of local news reports produced by rural journalists.
    • Linked the radio stations via a digital platform, expanding the menu of programs reaching rural communities.

  • Rwanda: From Hate Radio to Responsible Reporting

    In Partnership With: 
    Contact FM Radio

    In a country where radio helped incite genocide, Knight International helped produce balanced broadcasts on the recovering nation. Knight Fellow Sputnik Kilambi improved newscasts in French and Kinyarwandan and launched the first news programs in English at the country's first privatized independent radio station, Contact FM.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    • Launched English-language news service that is used by government leaders and is attracting new sponsors.

    • Raised the station's profile: Before the U.S.

  • Building Better Media in Timor-Leste

    The International Center for Journalists’ project in Dili, Timor-Leste, is working to develop a strong, professional and sustainable media sector.

  • International Journalism Exchange

    For decades, the International Center for Journalists’ International Journalism Exchange has brought experienced newspaper, broadcast or online editors from the developing world to the U.S. to observe how media are managed here.

  • Social Justice Reporting for a Global America: International Reporting Fellowship Program for U.S.-based Journalists

    About the Program

    Plagued by the twin challenges of a slow economy and digital disruption, many U.S. news organizations are cutting back on foreign coverage and are shrinking their editorial staffs.

    But journalists can play an essential role in raising awareness around international social justice issues, including women’s rights, corruption, human trafficking, poverty, religious tolerance, environmental issues, migration and education.

    It is with this in mind that ICFJ announces the Social Justice Reporting for a Global America Program, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

  • Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists

    Over the years, journalists of color have had few opportunities to work as foreign correspondents. That’s especially the case in today’s media environment, with sharp cutbacks by many news outlets in their international coverage. At the same time, communities of color rarely receive coverage of global issues that directly affect their lives, from the migration of jobs overseas to wars fought by minorities serving in the U.S. military.