Knight International Journalism Fellow Jeffrey Ghannam completed three months in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia in 2002.

Knight International Journalism Fellow John Smock completed seven months in Egypt in 2005, partnering with the Middle East News Agency.

Journalists from across the Arab world, North America, Europe, Pakistan and Indonesia participated in an online training course entitled “Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age.” Select participants were chosen to participate in a conference in Alexandria, Egypt in February 2010 that focused on freedom of expression and reporting on Muslim-West relations.

This 11-month training program has been extended to early 2013. it promotes the concept of citizen journalism, where members of the public play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information through traditional and non-traditional media outlets.

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.

Knight International has paired veteran Arabic-speaking journalists to mentor young colleagues in investigative journalism. Ten seasoned news professionals coached the junior reporters as they developed stories on everything from Egypt's Jewish communities to food safety to medical waste. Knight Fellow Roderick Craig started the program.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Visited Amman, Jordan, for hands-on training and to create networks with counterparts there.
• Best stories received awards.
• Linked Egyptian investigative journalists with journalists and media organizations in the region.