ICFJ Knight Fellowships

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.

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.

Raising the Bar for 'Innovation'

Words and terms are prone to periods of popularity. These turn of phrases rise, get inevitably coopted, overused and diluted and eventually fall far from grace.

This has happened many times before, whether it’s “synergy” or “paradigm shift,” the words begin with value and then ring hollow after only a few short years. The most recent of these words to follow in this grand tradition is the star-child of the tech crowd, “innovate.”

Like many of the high-flying terms over the years, “innovate” (and its brethren “innovation,” “innovating” and “innovative”) is a catch all.