Latin America / Caribbean

Program Dates

11/26/18 - 12/07/18

Country/Region

Sub-Saharan Africa, East / Southeast Asia, South Asia, Eurasia / Former USSR, Latin America / Caribbean

Global Health Reporting Contest

The Johnson & Johnson Global Health Reporting Contest, one of ICFJ’s flagship programs, increases the quality and quantity of health coverage on four continents by offering journalists specialized training and access to leading experts.

Program Dates

06/01/13 - 06/26/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean, North America

Iniciativa para el Periodismo de Investigación en las Américas

La Iniciativa para el Periodismo de Investigación en las Américas apoya a periodistas investigativos en Latinoamérica y el Caribe para reportar sobre temas vitales como crimen y corrupción que ponen en peligro a ciudadanos y que hace que se desperdicien fondos públicos.

Program Dates

06/01/13 - 06/26/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean, North America

Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas

The Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas (IRIA) supports investigative journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean to report on vital issues of crime and corruption that endanger citizens and waste public funds.

Country/Region

Sub-Saharan Africa, East / Southeast Asia, South Asia, Eurasia / Former USSR, Latin America / Caribbean, Middle East / North Africa, North America

ICFJ Knight Fellowships

The ICFJ Knight Fellowships instill a culture of news innovation and experimentation worldwide. Fellows help journalists and news organizations adopt new technologies to enhance their news gathering, storytelling, editorial workflows, audience engagement and business models.

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean, North America

The Douglas Tweedale Memorial Fellowship

The Douglas Tweedale Memorial Fellowship helps Latin American journalists improve their investigative reporting skills, either generally, or in a specialty reporting area such as immigration, environment, science and technology or business, through a three-week long program in the United States.

Country/Region

South Asia, Latin America / Caribbean

Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship

ICFJ’s Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship helps journalists improve news coverage of child health in their countries, while building a global network of reporters covering this critically important issue. These one-year fellowships provide mentoring from leading health journalists and access to experts on issues ranging from nutrition to early education.

Program Dates

04/21/19 - 06/01/19

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean, North America

A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America

Laura Rojas Aponte interviews a woman in New York City as part of her fellowship with Fusion’s podcast team in fall 2017. Photo courtesy of Laura Rojas Aponte.

A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America is creating a network of journalists, technologists and media entrepreneurs across the region. This network is harnessing the power of digital tools to create sustainable news businesses that provide news and information in the public interest.

Program Dates

09/30/18 - 08/31/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean

Abriendo Datos Panamá

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

Program Dates

09/30/18 - 03/31/20

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean

Open Data Panama

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.

Program Dates

08/31/18 - 08/30/19

Country/Region

Latin America / Caribbean

Expanding investigative journalism and transparency in Nicaragua

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), in partnership with the Fundación Violeta B. de Chamorro, is offering a new program focused on addressing transparency and digital security issues in Nicaragua. Through this program, investigative journalists will be able to develop and strengthen their capacity to produce in-depth reports covering topics

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