ICFJ Knight Fellowships

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

Code for Africa's Data Bootcamps Teach Journalists Digital Literacy Skills

Open data is useless if nobody knows what to do with it, which is why Code for Africa's data bootcamps are so important.

Developed in 2012 by ICFJ Knight Fellow Justin Arenstein and the World Bank Institute, these data bootcamps have been held all over the world — including 10 African countries, Pak