ICFJ Knight Fellowships

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Code for Africa Launches the First d|Bootcamp in Taiwan

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.

Spreading innovations between Africa and Asia, audience data at the Hindustan Times and more from the Knight Fellows in this week’s roundup.

Code for Africa goes to Asia

Code for Africa held its first d|Bootcamp in Taiwan last weekend.

El Meme Builds Profitable Online Community by Making Content King

If you’re interested in exploring what Argentine millennials find funny, moving or captivating, visiting elmeme.me is a good place to start.

On the website, creative Argentines who register for a free account can post their political opinions, GIF lists or favorite throwback music videos.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Breakthrough App Salama Increases Journalists' Security

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.

Data Journalism's Pursuit and Obstacles in Storytelling

Data journalism is currently a hot buzzword among journalists in South Africa. But in reality it’s a case of lots of talking and not much action, with few journalists and newsrooms doing much real data-driven storytelling.

Too often it’s because old school editors working with very tight resources and dwindling staff numbers don’t understand the value and depth that good data-driven stories could add to their reportage.