Media Innovation

We are leading the transformation of global journalism.

As technology transforms our industry, ICFJ trailblazers are developing new ways to gather information, tell data-driven stories and engage audiences through interactive techniques.

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Unlocking the Economic Potential of Digital Media

The Professional Fellows program is open for professional and citizen journalists, media business managers, digital media entrepreneurs and technologists from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The accepted fellows will be asked to create media business models that harness the power of digital tools to generate sustainable new revenue. They will be matched with expert U.S.

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Mejorando la calidad de las noticias e información: un proyecto de radios comunitarias en Guatemala (2015)

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El International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) ampliará su proyecto actual de la Iniciativa Regional para el Periodismo de Investigación en las Américas para aumentar las habilidades de los periodistas y los voluntarios que trabajan para la radio comunitaria en toda Guat

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Mapping, digital and mobile security for journalists and bloggers

Javier Garza is developing a culture of digital and mobile security among Latin American journalists, citizen reporters and members of civil society organizations. His work as an ICFJ Knight International Journalism Fellow is funded by a generous grant from Freedom House and supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as well the John D. and Catherine T.

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Workshop in Hyderabad for Bloggers on Global Issues and Challenges

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), with the support from the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad, India, hosted the “Workshop for Bloggers on Global Issues and Challenges,” in January 2015. The program was offered to support media professionals and bloggers in the dynamic locale of Hyderabad to illustrate the impact of international issues on the daily lives of their local readership and India’s broader development objectives. ICFJ’s partner in Hyderabad was the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI).

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On the Margins No More: Citizen Journalism Training for Egyptian Women and Youth

This 11-month training program has been extended to early 2013. it promotes the concept of citizen journalism, where members of the public play an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disseminating news and information through traditional and non-traditional media outlets.

U.S. Study Tour for Brazilian Journalists: Press Freedom and Innovation in Journalism

In March 2018, ICFJ will embark on a two-week “U.S. Study Tour for Brazilian Journalists: Press Freedom and Innovation in Journalism” with 10 media professionals.

The study tour will feature visits in Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas; and San Francisco, California. This tour will facilitate an exchange of information, professional links and contacts between the Brazilian journalists and the U.S. media professionals, academics, technologists and other experts whom they will encounter.

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Meet the Fellows- ICFJ Professional Fellows from Latin America, Fall 2015

Viviana Andrea Aguilar Cordoba, Colombia

Host: Storyful

A social communicator and journalist with over five years of experience in radio, Aguilar recently finished a Master’s degree in International Journalism at UNED Madrid. She is currently a foreign news editor at Caracol Radio, the biggest radio station in Colombia. She was born in Bogota 26 years ago, and her biggest passion is to travel around the world and learn as much as possible about other countries and cultures in order to combat stereotypes.

Facebook South Africa COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Application

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project (FJP) to administer nine grants to independent local news organizations in South Africa that are producing quality journalism amidst the COVID-19 crisis. This grant program will provide urgent financial support for independent publishers with a special focus