ICFJ Programs in Writing/Editing

  • Public Service Journalism for Arabic-speaking Journalists

    The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) held a six-week online course in Arabic on using digital tools in public service journalism and investigative techniques. The online course was the first part of a program that brought together journalists, citizen journalists and civil society actors from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, West Bank/Gaza and Yemen. The six-week online course guided 60 participants from the above mentioned countries to work on ideas for multimedia public service journalism 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.

  • Sub-Saharan Africa: Launch a Storytelling Challenge to Spur Innovative Coverage of Health and Development

    In Partnership With: 
    Rhodes University

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Joseph Warungu is leading the launch of an Africa-wide storytelling contest to encourage better coverage of Africa’s growth, development, health and quality of life. The challenge will seek in-depth features; data-driven journalism; and other entries that use innovative tools to engage the public or tell stories.

  • Training Qatari Journalists on International Editing Standards and Opinion Writing

    The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has trained Qatari journalists on international editing standards and opinion writing. The 2011 program trained 40 Qatari journalists for 10 days in Doha in January and March, 2011 in corpration with Qatar News Agency.

    Hoda Osman, an ICFJ trainer traveled to Doha, for five days in late January to train up to 40 Qatari journalists on Intetional News Editing Standards, and Daoud Kuttab, another ICFJ trainer, traveled to Doha, for 5 days in late March to train up to 40 Qatari journalists on opinion writing.

  • Capacity Development of Media Institutions Leaders in Yemen

    ICFJ provided hands-on training and mentoring to Yemeni media managers in order to give them the knowledge and skills to run their newsrooms as professionally and effectively as possible. The program structure included three phases: a two-week media management course, three months of online mentoring, and a two-week in-person follow up consultancy.

  • The High School Journalism Education Program (HSJEP)

    The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and iEARN-USA recruited journalists from Oman to work as mentors in The High School Journalism Education Program (HSJEP).

    The mentors had the chance to work as trainers in a high school in Oman, providing face-to-face and online guidance on quality journalism to educators, as well as facilitating summer internship opportunities for select students from each school.

  • Electronic Journalism and International Editing Standards

    In Partnership With: 
    Prince Ahmed bin Salman Media Institute

    Photo by Hoda Osman

    Participants also learned how to write and adapt stories for news Web sites examined and compared news Web sites from Arabic-speaking countries and from countries around the world. Photo by Hoda Osman

    In cooperation with the Prince Ahmed bin Salman Applied Media Institute, ICFJ conducted its first training courses in Saudi Arabia entitled Electronic Journalism and International Editing Standards.

  • Investigative Journalism: A Training Program for Egyptian Journalists

    In Partnership With: 
    Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism

    The Investigative Journalism project trained 40 Egyptian journalists in investigative reporting skills through a unique hands-on/online mentoring program that pairs Egypt’s top journalists with younger Egyptian journalists. The focus was to train journalists how to produce and disseminate investigative reports through computer- assisted reporting, and by linking to one another through a “virtual newsroom” online platform.

  • Egypt: Journalism Training (2007)

    In Partnership With: 
    American University in Cairo

    Knight International Journalism Fellow Stephen Franklin completed four months in Egypt in 2007.

  • 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.