Knight International Journalism Fellowships

Brazil: Expand the Use of Satellite Mapping and Other Technologies to Improve Environmental Reporting


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Knight International Journalism Fellow Gustavo Faleiros will build on the success of his 2012 Knight International Journalism Fellowship, when he launched a digital map that uses satellite feeds and other publicly available data to monitor the Amazon Basin region. He will expand the map, called InfoAmazonia, to make it possible for news websites to easily generate and publish customized maps on the environment. Faleiros will create a “citizen desk” at InfoAmazonia to gather data from the public on issues like water and air quality. He will develop the Eco News Lab to foster technology that improves reporting on the environment. With European Youth Press, he will also lead or support workshops in Brazil, Moldova, Nigeria and the Philippines, and create a new data and geo-journalism multimedia toolkit.

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