Tackling the Challenges of a Thriving, Free Press in Haiti

By: ICFJ | 03/05/2012

GlobalPost's GroundTruth blog featured the work of Knight International Journalism Fellow Kathie Klarreich, working in Haiti to build a network of trained investigative journalists. It details the many, many challenges journalists in that country face, not the least of which includes newsrooms that still have not recovered from the devastation of the January 2010. It also highlights Klarraich's Fund for Investigative Journalism which she organized to encourage the tracking of aid money.

News Category
Country/Region

Latest News

Media Pioneer Patricia Mercado Sánchez Wins 2026 ICFJ News Innovation Award

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) today announced Patricia Mercado Sánchez, founder and CEO of Conexión Migrante, as the recipient of its 2026 ICFJ News Innovation Award. Mercado Sánchez leads a small team of journalists that has grown Conexión Migrante into a trusted, multi-platform lifeline for Latin American migrants in the U.S.

The European Journalism Centre Joins Plus Alliance as Constituent Member

The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is joining Code for Africa, ICFJ and PROTO as a constituent member of our expanding joint initiative, now known as the Plus alliance (formerly ICFJ+).

African Journalists Receive ICFJ-Wikimedia ‘Open the Knowledge’ Awards

Three journalists from Africa are being honored through the Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards, a story contest presented by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), in partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia.