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ICFJ Knight Roundup: AfriLEAKS Launches, Chicas Poderosas Holds Event at Stanford

How sensor technology measures air quality, AfriLEAKS launches in South Africa, a fellow hosts a drone meetup in Nigeria and more in this week's roundup. 

New tools created with sensor technology to measure air quality

Former ICFJ Knight Fellow Gustavo Faleiros helped build new low-cost sensor technology to measure air

Blowing the Whistle: Collaborative Investigations in Africa

Top editors and investigative journalists in South Africa have welcomed a new whistleblowing platform designed to protect sources who leak sensitive information to the media.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Investigating the Mafia in Africa, Cargografías Launches

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field.

Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

Using Robots to Conduct Cross-Database Investigations

Cross-border investigative journalism has been much discussed in recent years. Working with the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), I got a chance to observe that process when two reporters from Italy’s investigative reporting project (IRPI) came to visit South Africa to trace the business interests of the Italian Mafia in the country.

ICFJ Knight Award Winner, Knight Fellow Elected to Board of World Editors Forum

A Nigerian editor tapped by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) for its top award last year and a former ICFJ Knight Fellow working to improve journalism safety in Latin America have been elected to the board of the World Editors Forum (WEF), the global network of editors and news organizations.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Justiciapedia Launches, Knight Fellow Hosts Webinar

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field.

Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

How Technology Helps Journalists Stay Safe

More than ever before, journalists who work in dangerous zones understand the importance of technology to improve safety and reduce risk.

Xiomara Orellana, Daniela Aguilar, Ernesto Aroche and Javier García are four such journalists.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Knight Award Winners Announced, Mapping Projects and More

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field.

Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Mapping Deforestation, User Experience Hackathon

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field.

Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

Knight Journalism Award Helps Put "Hostile Elements" on Notice

Pakistani journalist Umar Cheema, winner of the 2013 Knight International Journalism Award, credits the award with sending a message to “hostile elements” that violence against journalists “will not go unnoticed.”

A special investigative correspondent for Pakistan’s largest English-language daily, The News, Cheema received the Knight Award for producing high-impact stories in the face of violent attacks.