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 Fifty journalists from around the world will get a close-up look at the U.S. electoral process, through this ICFJ program. The Election 2008 Visiting Journalists Program will take place from October 22 to November 6. It is sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Foreign Press Center.
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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) presents a workshop on covering community forestry and forest conservation for Mexican journalists. The workshop was held in Oaxaca, Mexico from April 3-6.
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The Hispanic Personal Finance Reporting Program of the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) provids hands-on training to Latino journalists working in Denver, New York City, San Diego and Washington, D.C. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to improve personal finance literacy in Hispanic communities in the United States by training Latino journalists to effectively cover consumer finance issues. The program is aimed specifically at Latino journalists at Spanish-and English-language Hispanic news organizations. The training addresses the full spectrum of critical personal finance topics, including investing, consumer debt, financial planning, mortgages, and retirement planning.
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The problem for many reporters is that they’re not experts in personal finance –even though they probably have had to address personal finance issues such as balancing their checkbook, determining how to save money for retirement or buying a home.
The goal of this online tutorial is to give you a basic overview of personal finance so that you’ll feel more comfortable writing about money.
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ICFJ is working with Knight International Journalism Fellow James Breiner and the University of Guadalajara to launch Latin America’s first digital journalism center for media professionals and citizen journalists across the hemisphere.
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A program to train journalists on issues of disease prevention in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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Deadlines: October 1, March 1 and June 1
ICFJ brings three journalism students per year to participate in the Scripps Howard Semester in Washington internship program. ICFJ brings one student to Washington for the spring, summer and fall sessions.
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 Deadline: June 1
Ten foreign editors spend five weeks in the United States learning best practices in editing, newspaper management, business models and other key topics every year in October and November. The program includes a five-day course in Washington, D.C., a month-long newsroom attachment and three days in New York City.Read More...
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 The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program pairs global media professionals with partner media organizations in key countries where there are opportunities for meaningful and measurable change. Knight International seeks qualified applicants to lead innovative projects worldwide. Applicants should have at least 10 years of experience, strong leadership skills, and be able to devote at least a year to the project. Training and regional experience are a plus.
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| Patricia Nazario of KPCC Radio in Los Angeles, epitomizes a "mobile journalist" as she reports from the back of a pickup truck. |
Stories of disasters, natural and manmade, are a staple of journalism in the United States and Latin America, indeed everywhere. Mexico, Central America and the Andean nations are eternally plagued with earthquakes, many with great loss life. ICFJ equipped 14 U.S. Hispanic and Latin American journalists with essential tools to better respond on and report on disasters with its May program “Emergency Preparedness: Reporting on Disasters." The program took place in Washington, DC and New Orleans.
The program concluded with reporting projects that participants were able to take back to their home media.
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