ICFJ Knight Fellowships

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Fellows Lead at African Open Data Conference in Tanzania

_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.

Vox.com's Melissa Bell on how to Engage Audiences Through Ideas and Branding

After growing from zero to 22 million unique monthly visitors in just seven months, digital news site Vox.com knows a thing or two about growing an audience.

"There’s so many ideas out there, but there’s something that makes your idea unique, and that is really what will bring audiences to it," said Melissa Bell, co-founder of Vox.com and formerly of the Washington Post, during a Media Party workshop.

Living Wage Calculator Sums Up Income Inequality in South Africa

Want to know if you’re paying your domestic worker a living wage? A new data journalism tool allows employers in South Africa to find out the answer to that question.

The ​Living Wage Calculator was created by Code for South Africa (Code4SA) to focus attention on a large and essential sector of the country’s labor force. Domestic workers make up 6 percent of South African workers.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: ICFJ Knight Fellow Attracts Impressive Following at Media Party

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.