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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.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Hala Nigeria Projects Launched, Pakistan's First Data Bootcamp

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.

Community Radio Increases Awareness of Health Topics in Ethiopia

Inspiring Ethiopian journalists to write health stories may sound easy, but in a country where the media compete to cover crime, sport and entertainment, health is usually the last topic of choice.

Ambaw Belete, a community engagement specialist with the nonprofit organization EngenderHealth Ethiopia, says journalists only visit health centers for news when there is an accident or pandemic.

Africa Check Played Key Role in Dispelling False Information on Ebola, Elections

When the Ebola virus began to engulf parts of Africa in late March 2014, rumors and misinformation quickly started to spread.

Nigeria's Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, announced the government would test the use of a drug called Nano Silver to cure Ebola patients.

Finding ‘Ever Clever Ways’ to Create Sustainable Revenue for Newsrooms

The number of media start-ups is at an all-time high, according to Jan Schaffer, executive director of The Institute for Interactive Journalism’s J-Lab. But “the only way you can [sustain] that is to figure out what your revenue streams are going to be,” she said in a talk with 16 Latin American journalists who are in the U.S. as part of ICFJ’s “Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America” program.

ICFJ Fellows Win Prestigious Reporting Awards for International Stories

Seven participants in ICFJ’s international reporting fellowships for U.S.-based journalists recently earned top awards for outstanding coverage.

As fellows in the 2014 Bringing Home the World International Reporting Fellowship and the Social Justice Reporting for a Global America Fellowship, the journalists received funding and support to pursue stories overseas. They tackled topics such as immigration, religion and sexual exploitation.

Five Steps to Get Started with Data Journalism

U.S. journalists have a trove of public data available to use in their stories. But even though reporters have the freedom to use the data, it’s not always easy to find. And once you do locate it, it’s often even harder to decipher.

Jeff South, associate professor and director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Mass Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University, spoke to 16 Latin American journalists, who are in the U.S.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Media Party 2015 Announced, TechRaking Event 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.

2015 Global Health Reporting Webinar

Journalists interested in ICFJ’s 2015 Global Health Reporting Contest are invited to participate in a webinar featuring discussions with winners from the 2014 program, a senior health journalist and ICFJ staff.

The webinar will feature advice from the speakers on developing health stories, engaging audiences and applying to the contest