Kenya

Oct 52011

Bring It On: Tackling The Challenge of Sustainable Development Journalism in Africa

by Joseph Warungu

As Knight International Journalism Fellow Joseph Warungu launches a new network of journalists to report on development in Africa, the graveyard of those who’ve fought the same battle before him offers both warnings and lessons to be learned.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Build a Network of Climate-Change Reporters

In Partnership With: 
United Nations Development Program

As a Knight International Development Fellow, Joachim Buwembo has helped form a network of journalists across Africa who cover climate change. His participants now are part of the Baobab Coalition, a cross-border network of journalists reporting on climate change adaptation and sharing resources. The 20-nation initiative was launched as part of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Africa Adaptation Program.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Develop New Business Models

In Partnership With: 
African Media Initiative

Knight International Journalism Fellow Meredith Beal is a media entrepreneur who is working with members of the African Media Initiative (AMI) to develop effective business models, improve management structures, and create new revenue streams to support quality news coverage. AMI is a pan-African organization of media owners and operators.

Beal is mentoring a half dozen African media organizations, helping them to monetize mobile and online news services and creating models that can be replicated by other organizations.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Launch a Storytelling Challenge to Spur Innovative Coverage of Health and Development

In Partnership With: 
Rhodes University

Knight International Journalism Fellow Joseph Warungu is leading the launch of an Africa-wide storytelling contest to encourage better coverage of Africa’s growth, development, health and quality of life. The challenge will seek in-depth features; data-driven journalism; and other entries that use innovative tools to engage the public or tell stories.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Spurring Innovation and Experimentation in Newsrooms

Justin Arenstein is a Knight International Journalism Fellow who is helping the African Media Initiative (AMI) to establish a digital innovation program that supports experimentation in newsrooms across Africa. AMI, the continent's largest association of media owners and executives, is working with more than 600 of the most influential media companies in both northern and sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenya and Tazania: Journalism Training (2008)

In Partnership With: 
The Nation Newspaper Group

Knight International Journalism Fellow Karen Rothmyer completed one year of journalism training in Kenya and Tanzania in 2008, partnering with The Nation Newspaper Group.

Kenya: Journalism Training (2006)

In Partnership With: 
University of Nairobi

Knight International Journalism Fellow Karen Rothmyer completed five months of journalism training in Kenya in 2006, partnering with the University of Nairobi.

Oct 232010

Scientists and Journalists Working Together

by Rachel Jones

Editors Blog: Knight Fellow Rachel Jones emphasizes the importance of scientists and journalists working together.

How many researchers does it take to switch on the "lightbulb" of insight about the benefits of learning to talk to reporters?

About 20. And it really helps when one of them is the lead researcher on the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Impact Study (PCVIS), Dr. Anthony Scott.

Oct 232010

With the Push of a Button, A New Era Begins

by Rachel Jones

Editors Note: Knight Fellow Rachel Jones talks about the new possibilities after receiving more than $43,000 for a new Health and Science Writers' Association.When I pushed the button on an email application for a Wellcome Trust Public Engagement grant back in late April, I was thinking a lot about the direction my Knight Health Fellowship would take in the months to come.

Kenya: Journalism Training (2001)

In Partnership With: 
Mohamed Amin Foundation

Knight International Journalism Fellow Michael Beardsley completed three months of journalism training in Kenya in 2001, partnering with the Mohamed Amin Foundation.