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2012 Knight International Journalism Award Nominations

Rocío Gallegos and Sandra Rodríguez accept the 2011 award from Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen and ICFJ Awards Dinner emcees Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

Dec 62011

Leading African Media Organization Announces $1 Million Fund for News Innovation

The African Media Initiative (AMI), the continent's largest association of media owners and operators, has announced a $1 million fund to spur innovation in the news industry.

Program: 
Sub-Saharan Africa: Spurring Innovation and Experimentation in Newsrooms

Tunis - Jerri Eddings

ICFJ Program Director Jerri Eddings addresses the crowd in Tunis.

Maness and Kabwato

Michael Maness of Knight Foundation with Chris Kabwato of Highway Africa.

Tunis - Maness and Kabwato

Knight Foundation Vice President Michael Maness (left) with Rhodes University's Chris Kabwato . 

Tunis gathering

Knight Foundation Vice President Michael Maness (left) with Rhodes University's Chris Kabwato (second from left) and the Knight Fellowship team in Tunis: Knight Fellow Meredith Beal; ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan; and Knight Fellow Justin Arenstein. 

New Media, New Challenges: Best Practices In the Digital Age

Journalists from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were invited to apply to a training program aiming to connect journalists in the region on joint reporting projects that explored cross-border issues of importance, while also training them in responsible practices in the digital age. The program, ran by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and sponsored by the U.S. State Department, had two main components.

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Amanpour said a leading cause of death for journalists is murder. "We die mostly because people want to kill us," she said. "They want to shut up the truth."

Sep 232011

Knight Fellows Have "Profound Impact" in Africa

by Patrick Butler

The Highway Africa conference held here this week is the largest gathering of journalists on the continent, bringing together leaders who are promoting better reporting, better media management, better innovation in the digital arena and better laws to help and protect journalists. As the conference came to a close, I was proud to think that ICFJ’s programs – led by the Knight International Journalism Fellowships – are setting the standard in all those areas.