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ICFJ Knight Roundup: Investigative Reporting in Africa, Latin America 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.

'Fast Cars Need Good Drivers': Speed and Context Essential for Mobile News Strategy

Most newsrooms remain optimized for a desktop world when the vast majority of their customers consume their news on handheld devices, panelists on the mobile revolution told attendees of the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas.

Stacy-Marie Ishmael, editor for news apps at BuzzFeed News, asked how many in the audience could create or edit a story and post it to their news organizations’ platforms directly from their mobile devices, without logging onto a computer. No one raised a hand.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Tips on Digital Security, Environmental Journalism

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.

Health Reporting Contest Seeks Stories That Engage Audiences, Improve Lives

Building on the success of last year’s Global Health Reporting Contest, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) invites journalists to submit news stories that demonstrate the power of media to improve the quality of life of the world’s most vulnerable people: mothers and children.

The Power of Social Media in the Nigerian Election

The recent election of Muhammadu Buhari as president of Nigeria has been hailed internationally as a historic transfer of power for Africa’s most populous nation. It was the first in which a sitting president was defeated at the ballot box. Sunday Dare, a Knight International Journalism Fellow working for the International Center for Journalists in Nigeria in 2011 and 2012, is currently chief of staff and media adviser to the head of Buhari’s political party, former Governor Bola Tinubu.

Distinguished Broadcaster, Intrepid Photojournalist to Receive Top International Journalism Awards

Washington, D.C. – Jorge Ramos, known as the “Walter Cronkite of Latino America,” and Lynsey Addario, whose photographs have put a human face on war, will be honored by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) at its Awards Dinner on Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C.

CNN lead political anchor Wolf

ICFJ Partner Wins Prestigious European Press Prize

The European Press Prize named the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) winner of its Special Award for 2015, calling ICFJ’s partner organization “a determined force for good everywhere it operates.”

ICFJ oversees a six-year, $6.3 million grant from the U.S.

Distinguished Broadcaster, Intrepid Photojournalist to Receive Top International Journalism Awards

Washington, D.C. – Jorge Ramos, known as the “Walter Cronkite of Latino America,” and Lynsey Addario, whose photographs have put a human face on war, will be honored by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) at its Awards Dinner on Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C.

CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer will emcee the annual gala.

Security Tips for Journalists who Must Choose Between Danger and Self-Censorship

Enrique Juárez Torres, editorial director of El Mañana de Matamoros, knows very well what a “zone of silence” means. In Feb. 4, 2015, a group of drug traffickers kidnapped him for covering a wave of violence taking place in the border city of Matamoros.

“We are going to kill you,” the kidnappers said to Juárez.

He was freed the same day, but he found the newsroom empty. Most of the reporters, editors and administrative personnel quit their jobs and left the newspaper. Now Juárez and his family are living in the U.S.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: HackDash Gets a Makeover, New Code for Africa Tool Launched

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.