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ICFJ Board of Directors, May 2012

Apr 182012

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

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

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) offered two online courses in English and Spanish on intriguing topics such as how to plan for retirement, understanding your 401(k), stock and bond markets, mutual funds and private and public companies. These courses were available to U.S. journalists who reported in minority communities. The online courses took place from October 22, 2012 through December 16, 2012. All applicants were asked to propose a project that they developed throughout the length of the course.

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) will soon be recruiting American journalists to take part in the second round of a two-year initiative – the “Russia-U.S. Young Media Professionals Exchange Program.” The first round of the month-long exchange took place in Nov./Dec. 2012.

Nov 222011

Reporters Win Awards for Raising Financial Literacy in Minority Communities

by Irene Moskowitz, Communications Officer

Three journalists have won awards for in-depth stories that have improved the financial literacy of minorities across the United States. The award winners were among 42 reporters who participated in a 12-week program administered by ICFJ and funded by The McGraw-Hill Companies on personal finance reporting.

Heather Scofield, staff writer at The Durango Herald, won first place for her front-page articles on immigrants slipping through cracks in the country’s health system.

Program:

McGraw-Hill Personal Finance Reporting Online Courses