Media Innovation

The International Center for Journalists is partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project to administer three programs designed to support local media outlets by developing new ways to connect with the public and to create sustainable business strategies.

El Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ, por sus siglas en inglés) está apoyando a la próxima generación de jóvenes líderes de medios de comunicación en la República Dominicana, para ayudarlos a crear un sistema de medios modernos.

En los años recientes, el gobierno de Panamá ha aumentado la disponibilidad de datos para los ciudadanos. Pero este acto solo no puede transformar el gobierno. La participación de los medios y la sociedad civil tiene que ayudar a abrir el potencial de los datos abiertos, para hacerlos claros y útiles

In recent years, Panama’s government has increased the availability of data to citizens. But this alone cannot transform governments. Media and civil society engagement must help unlock the potential of open data, make it clear and useful for citizens, and reveal information that can expose and prevent abuses of power

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with the Google News Initiative on a large-scale effort to strengthen the digital know-how of thousands of journalists across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Participants the program will learn the most effective ways to gather and source information, enhance trust and verification, use data for stories and apps, and embrace immersive storytelling.

ICFJ is partnering with the Microsoft Modern Journalism program to award four grants to alumni of ICFJ programs for reporting projects focusing on data journalism and immersive technology. 

ICFJ is launching a new program in Moldova designed to strengthen local networks of media creators to counter disinformation in the country. This program will empower journalists, media professionals and civil society activists with products they need for engaging and creative storytelling based on fact-checking and social media monitoring.

El Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ, por sus siglas en inglés), una organización no gubernamental y sin fines de lucros con sede en Washington, DC que busca potenciar el periodismo serio y responsable en el mundo, te invita a participar de un curso de periodismo digital y oportunidades de intercambio profesional en Estados Unidos para periodistas independientes cubanos. El curso está disponible gracias al apoyo de Knight Foundation, una fundación privada dedicada a fomentar comunidades informadas y comprometidas. 

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), along with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), have established the Center for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) in Karachi, Pakistan. The CEJ serves as a hub for the professional development, training and networking of Pakistani journalists and media professionals from all parts of the country. It also welcomes journalists from around the world to participate in its programs.

Women in the developing world face even greater challenges than their developed-world counterparts breaking into IT and taking leadership roles in the field – especially when it comes to news media. Chicas Poderosas is addressing this challenge by helping to bring Latina women in the Americas into the forefront of digital journalism.