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Knight Grants ICFJ $3.4 Million to Bring Global Innovations to U.S. Newsrooms

The International Center for Journalists today announced that it will expand its Knight International Journalism Fellows program to include a focus on sharing global journalism innovations with U.S. newsrooms. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $3.4 million to support the expansion.

How ICFJ is Bringing Innovations From the Global South to U.S. Newsrooms

In April 2014 I attended the first U.S. gathering of Chicas Poderosas, a network created by International Center for Journalists' Knight Fellow Mariana Santos. The goal was to give Latina reporters skills that would make them digital news leaders. Santos had worked with Latin American journalists, and now she was targeting Miami.

'Dodgy Doctors' Helps Nigerians Find Out if Their Doctors are Con Artists

There is a cancer eating Nigeria’s healthcare system from the inside. The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) says large numbers of confidence tricksters or ‘quacks’ across the country are pretending to be doctors, without any medical training at all.

The parasites are motivated by money, charging unsuspecting patients for their ‘lifesaving’ services…but the real cost to Nigeria is calculated in human lives, with patients maimed or needlessly dying because of misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment.

“They are evil geniuses.

Investigative Reporters in Africa Triumph Despite Budget Cuts and Threats

A boom in investigative journalism in South Africa seems to be winding down as media houses slash budgets to balance their books to continue to pay dividends to shareholders.

In recent years, all the country's big media houses set up investigation units staffed by senior journalists who had the resources and time to mount major investigations.

The Rules and Pitfalls of Using Twitter as a Reporting Tool

ICFJ Knight Fellows Chris Roper and Raymond Joseph discussed the six golden rules for journalists on Twitter, the pitfalls of the platform and more during a webinar hosted by ICFJ Anywhere and Dow Jones. Below are our main takeaways, starting with the six golden rules for journalists on Twitter.

How to Measure Impact Effectively: Best Practices for Media Organizations

How do you measure media impact? Is your journalism successful?

How 'Living on the Edge' Illustrates Data Journalism Tools' Potential

Sometimes the best story ideas come from a random discussion that sparks a light bulb moment.

And so it was with Living on the Edge, a data-driven multimedia story by Kim Harrisberg, which recently won the national online category of the Vodacom Journalist of the Year awards, South Africa's most prestigious journalism awards.

"This entry shows brilliant use of the online medium to unpack what could have been a standard human-interest story," said one of the online

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Code for South Africa Launches Data Journalism School

A new data journalism training program in Africa, tracking government spending in Chile and more from the Knight Fellows in this week’s roundup.

How News Organizations Can Use Social Media to Expand Their Reach

To make sure that stories get the visibility they deserve, they have to reach readers who spend much of their time on social media these days.

Five Data Journalists Uncover Corruption in Mexican Congress' Expense Reports

The truth hurts, especially when the truth is contained in receipts from bars, hotels, spas and luxury vehicle dealers.

A group of five young Mexican journalists has spent the past year or so sifting through thousands of expense reports of Mexico's senators and deputies (congress) to see how they are using taxpayers' money.

Among their scoops:

• Members of the Senate bought 10 Harley-Davidson motorcycles at a cost of 2.12 million Mexican pesos, or about US$130,000, in order to serve the