United States

U.S.- Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism

In Partnership With: 
United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP)

A three-year, multi-phase program will bring 128 Pakistani media professionals to the United States and send 30 U.S. journalists to Pakistan. Journalists will study each others' cultures as they are immersed in newsrooms in each country.

English-speaking Pakistanis will receive four-week internships at U.S. media organizations, and non-English speakers will spend half that time.

May 152012

Support the Whayne Dillehay Internship Program

Today, we are honoring our colleague Whayne Dillehay, ICFJ's former senior vice president, who passed away three years ago. We could not think of a better way to celebrate his birthday than by asking our closest friends to make a donation to the Whayne Dillehay Internship Program.

Apr 182012

SXSW and ICFJ: Eye-Catching Technologies Help Media Engage and Track Information

by Ben Colmery

I attended this year’s South By Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) to interact with industry leaders and explore interactive technologies we could use to help people in developing countries access and share information in new ways.

For the unfamiliar, SXSWi is a five-day extravaganza of panels, parties, free food, meetings planned and moments serendipitous, accelerators, keynotes and one massive tech trade show. Few events bring together such an amazing array of mobile and digital thinkers and innovators.

McGraw-Hill Markets Reporting Program

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The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will offer two online courses in English and Spanish on covering marketing concepts such as how to plan for retirement, understanding your 401k, stock and bond markets, mutual funds and private and public companies, among others. These courses will be available to U.S. journalists who report in minority communities. The online courses will take place from September 4, 2012 through October 26, 2012.

Apr 42012

'Pakistan is Much More than Osama bin Laden'

Gharida Farooqi, a broadcast reporter from Pakistan, told KSTP-TV in Minneapolis that her country is more complex and dynamic than most Americans understand. Farooqi is participating in the U.S.-Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism, a program run by ICFJ designed to dispel myths and build partnerships.

In this 18-minute web chat, she addresses everything from hockey to gay rights.

Program: 
U.S.- Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism
Feb 22012

Hacking Into a Data Journalism Revolution

by Ben Colmery

We are on the verge of a data-journalism revolution. That was my big take away from the Hacks/Hackers “Python Web Scraping 101 for Journalists” meetup this past weekend in Washington, D.C.

HacksHackers Ben networking

ICFJ's Ben Colmery (standing, left) discusses Python and other data technology tools with Jeremy Bowers, senior developer at The Washington Post, and instructor Jackie Kazil. (Photo by Maite Fernandez)

HacksHackers packed in

For journalists, the pull toward Python is being able to access the data they need to build solid, well-researched, well-documented stories. (Photo by Maite Fernandez)

HacksHackers and Laptops

With several dozen people gathered, the meet-up was designed to introduce the fundamentals of Python using a simple web scraping example. (Photo by Maite Fernandez)

Russia-U.S. Young Media Professionals Exchange Program

In Partnership With: 
Moscow Union of Journalists

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is now recruiting American journalists to take part in the first year of a new two-year initiative – the “Russia-U.S. Young Media Professionals Exchange Program.” The first round of the month-long exchange is set for April 2012.